Craft Montage

This is what I’m up to these days. Just insert whatever music you’d like.

Alpaca loft maintains itself...even throught the felting process! *cue angelic chorus*

Patiently waiting in the Kiln Queue. The one with copper filings will be dunked in vinegar just out of the kiln in the grand tradition of ancient french manufacturing of Lake..... hahah.....yep.

My first real foray into kyak design. With Sharpies.

A scratchboard tribute to the everyday via film noir.

First semi-successful raku firing! I'll go into it in greater detail later for the benefit of those who would but know not how....the blind leading the blind...

Looks like an old bronze.

Not sure if that's how it was supposed to go...but I like it anyway...

This weekend I’m headed out to Savannah, GA, to be at my dear soeur’s thesis show. Never been to Savannah…I plan on taking lots of pics and posting the best of the best. And a pic of Soeur + Sweater! Look forward to it!

Fullfeltment

A bunch of stuff is going down this week, and did last week, and will in the weeks to come. I’ve been ceramic-ing in the art department, felting in the garage, and researching/reading/trying really hard to keep my thoughts organized in a big binder in the meantime.

Here’s a photo run-down on the felting so far:

Carded alpaca wool!!! A good set of carders speeds things along.

My setup. I'm using short staples, which I can get for roughly $2/lb (because they're useless in spinning).

Ad-hoc felting station. I secure the lace curtain on top by tucking the sides down into the tub lid.

And when the acrylic lace curtain took the skin off my fingers, I got wise.

Checking to see whether it's time to flip.

I really want to card a sky full of clouds for my senior art show now. And bake a cake that looks like an architectural model.