Showing posts with label Both bigger stronger and oranger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Both bigger stronger and oranger. Show all posts
Monday, December 13, 2010
This Month in the Garden
Mother nature has decided that oranges & yellows are the 'ín' colour! Thank you Mother Nature :)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ancient Nomad finds a permanant dwelling place
Seven months ago (can't believe it has been THAT long) I posted about an early birthday gift I had received from Mallory aka "The Divine Ms M" aka Rosebud101. I'd wanted to make my wonderful Bernadette Fuentes "Ancient Nomad" bead that Mallory had purchased at the Bead and Button Show into a necklace.
The plan had been to do it in time to wear on my birthday, but the usual dilemma of sourcing the right materials to go with the picture in my head put those plans to rest.
This Nomad needed a subtle treatment. He is enough of a statement in himself that he needed very little additional adornment. I could have just used a headpin & a couple of small silver beads, wire wrapped a loop & put him on a silver chain....but that is not my style. Besides, he deserved more if he was planning on stopping his travelling ways to reside on my neck.
I subscribe to the K.I.S.S theory when creating jewelry - a designer I 'aint! But I did want lashings of silver & to repeat some of the colours he had in him.
A couple of false starts (read: ordered findings online that didn't really work one way or another when they arrived)& I finally had what I wanted.
I've been wearing him frequently for a few months now & without fail he elicits comments from women & men alike.
Mallory said that I needed to name him. I did, his name is Spike, primarily in memory of Mallory's beloved wonder dog Spike & also because of the obvious.
The plan had been to do it in time to wear on my birthday, but the usual dilemma of sourcing the right materials to go with the picture in my head put those plans to rest.
This Nomad needed a subtle treatment. He is enough of a statement in himself that he needed very little additional adornment. I could have just used a headpin & a couple of small silver beads, wire wrapped a loop & put him on a silver chain....but that is not my style. Besides, he deserved more if he was planning on stopping his travelling ways to reside on my neck.
I subscribe to the K.I.S.S theory when creating jewelry - a designer I 'aint! But I did want lashings of silver & to repeat some of the colours he had in him.
A couple of false starts (read: ordered findings online that didn't really work one way or another when they arrived)& I finally had what I wanted.
I've been wearing him frequently for a few months now & without fail he elicits comments from women & men alike.
Mallory said that I needed to name him. I did, his name is Spike, primarily in memory of Mallory's beloved wonder dog Spike & also because of the obvious.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Bigger, Stronger, Oranger
What does one do when she gets an invitation like this in the mail? She decides to go of course.
Tomorrow night I shall be accompanying my friend, Tania, to the exhibition opening.
Ok, so there was orange in the title. But the opening invite itself is pretty special - being from one of my very favourite artists (& hand addressed...how is the writers cramp Mr Cribb?).
Tony Cribb is one talented guy, a true artist in every which way. He has idea's!
One of those idea's was Tin man, back in 2001. My, how Tin Man has grown & what adventures he has had along the way!
In my time at the gallery I watched "Tin Man" put smiles on the faces of gallery visitors from the ages of 8 through to 80! Tony's sense of humour is offbeat & brilliant - Tin Man reflects this to perfection.
I also watched many a wonderful piece I would have loved to own sell.
While I don't personally own a piece of Tin Man art - both of my sons do (boys - this is where you both come in & say what a fabulous, kind, generous Mother you have!!).
Tomorrow night I shall go along to the opening & try & choose just one that is a favourite (fat chance), hopefully manage to fight my way through the thronging people & say hi to Tony & keep my fingers crossed that I will see a whole heap of red 'sold' spots under a lot of the paintings!
Part of Tony's Exhibition blurb:
"This rustic orange character has an ever growing band of merry followers stretching all over NZ and now overseas such as America, theUK, Ireland and Denmark - as he plows through numerous adventures with themes ranging from the serious to the completely ludicrous.
Tin Man is simple.
Which in an ever growing complicated world - must be a good thing.
Fifty plus new episodes for this Icon of Orangeness with unique titles such as
*The Lesson
*Happy As A Frog In A Sock
*Leap Of Faith
*All You Need Is Love (And A Yellow Submarine)
*Avoiding The Recession
*The Day Something Crawled Inside And Died
*The Day He Filled His Lungs With Love, Freedom And A Small Bug
*Fixing The World
*Lobsters Love Guiness
On the opening night (Tues 12th May 6-8pm) there will also be a sneak preview of Tin Man animated in 3D, and a slideshow of the entire history of Tin Man (Part 1 – Part 343) running continuously. Drinks, nibbles and ginger artist all supplied.
Leave your sanity at the door and come along to see a show that will make a mark!
(it should come out in the wash)"
Yes funny man I shall be along to see you both in all of your orange glory!
Tomorrow night I shall be accompanying my friend, Tania, to the exhibition opening.
Ok, so there was orange in the title. But the opening invite itself is pretty special - being from one of my very favourite artists (& hand addressed...how is the writers cramp Mr Cribb?).
Tony Cribb is one talented guy, a true artist in every which way. He has idea's!
One of those idea's was Tin man, back in 2001. My, how Tin Man has grown & what adventures he has had along the way!
In my time at the gallery I watched "Tin Man" put smiles on the faces of gallery visitors from the ages of 8 through to 80! Tony's sense of humour is offbeat & brilliant - Tin Man reflects this to perfection.
I also watched many a wonderful piece I would have loved to own sell.
While I don't personally own a piece of Tin Man art - both of my sons do (boys - this is where you both come in & say what a fabulous, kind, generous Mother you have!!).
Tomorrow night I shall go along to the opening & try & choose just one that is a favourite (fat chance), hopefully manage to fight my way through the thronging people & say hi to Tony & keep my fingers crossed that I will see a whole heap of red 'sold' spots under a lot of the paintings!
Part of Tony's Exhibition blurb:
"This rustic orange character has an ever growing band of merry followers stretching all over NZ and now overseas such as America, theUK, Ireland and Denmark - as he plows through numerous adventures with themes ranging from the serious to the completely ludicrous.
Tin Man is simple.
Which in an ever growing complicated world - must be a good thing.
Fifty plus new episodes for this Icon of Orangeness with unique titles such as
*The Lesson
*Happy As A Frog In A Sock
*Leap Of Faith
*All You Need Is Love (And A Yellow Submarine)
*Avoiding The Recession
*The Day Something Crawled Inside And Died
*The Day He Filled His Lungs With Love, Freedom And A Small Bug
*Fixing The World
*Lobsters Love Guiness
On the opening night (Tues 12th May 6-8pm) there will also be a sneak preview of Tin Man animated in 3D, and a slideshow of the entire history of Tin Man (Part 1 – Part 343) running continuously. Drinks, nibbles and ginger artist all supplied.
Leave your sanity at the door and come along to see a show that will make a mark!
(it should come out in the wash)"
Yes funny man I shall be along to see you both in all of your orange glory!
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