Wednesday, June 20, 2007

catching up

I've been busy mosaicing and teaching beginning mosaics. My mosaic classes have ended and two more ladies have signed up for my next beginning mosaics class. I need to take some time to organize the next class. It's been so fun sharing in the creation of mosaics!

I have been invited to participate in a garden art show at the Whole Foods Market on July 13th, 2007. I'll include more information about the art show when I have it. I've been playing around with new ideas for garden art. I'll mosaic some pots of course, but I also think it would be fun mosaic a garden pole, with a funky monkey on top. A pole like no other, that's for sure. I have poured a female figure to mosaic, a Garden Goddess. I think I'll finish a birdbath and have it ready for the show. The colors are of the ocean - it's beautiful so far.

I have been continuing to work on the Transition sculpture - her face needs to be finished and then I can start building the base. I hope to have the sculpture and base done by the end of July. It's been so slow going because of what creating the sculpture has symbolized for me over the months. I have been slowly creating change in my life as I create the Transition sculpture. I'm not sure what created what - the creation of the sculpture pushing me to make change or me making changes in my life pushing the creation of the sculpture. I guess it really doesn't matter, but both are intertwined. As I write this, I realize that the last step in creating this sculpture is mosaicing the face. As I mosaic the sculpture's Face, I reveal my Face - that is the last step in making a transition, isn't it? I have created faces so many times, most are hidden in some way. One of my first faces had at least half of it concealed by leather.

I do get frustrated with how slow I've been in getting the sculpture done. But I also know that transition into the "New" isn't a quick process - it takes time and it does seem slow, perhaps too slow. But maybe slow change is the healthiest change there is - kinda like losing weight - if you lose weight too fast, it's easier to gain it back. And I do not want to go backward - I like the change I've created so far!

New projects that I've been working on: I have begun painting again. The piece I jsut finished today combines texture, color, and glass (of all things). For me, that's breaking the "rules" of painting - I suppose that's a part of my transition as well. I also have been working on a prayer pole and painting with oil paints for the first time. After the pole is painted in purples, turquoise, orange and deep red, I will attach a string that will hold my prayer flags and perhaps even a feather. The pole is for creating prayer/intention and manifest what I want in my life. It'll join my other prayer pole in my backyard garden. That pole has held strong in all seasons, lovingly reminding me of my prayers and connection with the heavens and earth, for a number of years. I guess it really is time to think about new intentions, to think of what I want next in my transition.

catching up

I have been invited to participate in a garden art show July 13th at the Whole Foods store on College Avenue, so I've been playing around with new ideas and mosaics. So far, I have decided to mosaic a few pots, a garden ball, and a garden pole (for the lack of a better word). For marketing purposes, obviously I will need to come up with a better name for the pole! I have been working on the Transition sculpture, which is getting pretty close to being done. I have the face to finish (the front and back of it). Then I will be building the base of it soon

I have also started up painting again - it's been a long time since I painted. Another new project is creating prayer poles. I primed, and painted the top part of the pole and next Monday I will paint the rest of the pole, then join them (when dry). Then I'll attach some string on the top and add prayer flags and perhaps a feather at the end.

My mosaic class ended a few weeks ago. A couple of other ladies signed up to do another beginning mosaic class, which will be fun.