Progressive decomposition

 This project was to create something and then document it as it decomposes. I chose an apple head and took pictures of it as it dried. It wrinkled up and then looked pretty snarly toward the end. ....and then he almost ...faded.....away......

Incongruous material

 Yesterday's assignment was to make an item out of a material that is out of character for that subject, (ie. use a hard material for a soft item or make something light out of a heavy material.) I thought a metal feather would work well. I like the way it turned out - would make a nice pin. My outdoor work is interfering with these projects... tomorrow it is suppose to rain and I hope to catch up. I am three projects behind and have no photos of several.

Day 143

 Maybe it's just the fact I've been doing this for 143 days, but I'm feeling a little bogged down....products have not been too exciting...or artistic, for that matter! I think I'll group a bunch today to catch up on posting.

The first is "something appealing to the sense of taste." I must admit I reworked a water color that I started a couple of years ago. My heart was just not excited about the project.

The second is an experiment in pop-up paper. I see the object of the process, but couldn't get into a decent subject. I always revert to flowers and landscapes when I'm stuck.

 The object of this assignment was to remember a childhood story and use it as a base for the drawing. I chose a Suessical looking house, as he is my favorite creative childhood author.

"Make something in a box." I kept this pretty little box - can't even remember what was originally in it - it seemed to need a perfect rose. These roses from my birthday dried perfectly and have held their color. (yeah, I know, can't throw anything away!)

This magazine project might have had possibilities, but I couldn't get into it! You just page through the magazine, cutting away, allowing underlying pages to shine through to hopefully convey a message. (Pretty lady with images of what is meaningful in her life.) I might try this project again later when I'm in a better creative frame of mind.

Textures

Yesterday's assignment was to compose something using a rubbing technique or do a rubbing of something like a gravestone. I found several textural items lying around my studio and used soft pastels (chalk) for the medium. It was so much fun, I did two!

Expressive food

 Today's assignment was to play with your lunch - faces are the focus. So here's my foodie critter.

Maps

 Create something using an old map, or ends up looking like a map. We are planning a fall trip to Machu Picchu, so I was digging around in my old National Geographic stuff and saw all these great Incan images. So this is a collage of what I hope to see when I travel. I loved the progression of pottery styles.

Non existent creature

 I had a Cub Scout craft kit for a bear-claw necklace. Unforunately unbeknownst to me, it was missing the promised bear claw when I bought it, so was just a pack of leather and beads. I am trying to clean out some of the extraneous stuff I have accumulated so the kit became the  perfect raw stuff for this little critter. I glued him to a piece of wood so he would stand up. Now I no longer have a bear-claw necklace kit, but I have this strange figure! Hmmm, may not have gained much here.