What to do when it is over 100`

To Hot to Weld

The thermometer on the back porch said 108`

I just received my order of Seta-color paints for Sun-Printing so perfect day for trying to master the technique, I think I got the hang of it.

• I saturated my fabric with paint first, on a foam insulation board
• then arranged my plant that had been semi-preflatened,
• then took the whole thing out in the blazing Sun
  

It worked!!!!

Amazing How it draws the color out from under the item.

I am going to try more today ,

it is goin to be just as Hot and Sunny!

What inspires you to create?

A favorite blog I follow ( http://calamitykim.typepad.com/calamity_kim/)

posted this Question ,

What inspires you to create?

here is what I come up with:

1. I think her mushrooms Inspired me to start in with the mushroom making!

http://calamitykim.typepad.com/calamity_kim/embroidery/

2. Getting together with friends to "PLAY" and teach and learn from each other.

Rust Dyeing with Permission to Play teachers

3. All things Old and Rusty...of course
4. Nature -- where I live in rural western Oregon, its the best!

5. Family , I come from a very creative family , all branches of my family tree have creative artistic people.

Perfectly in Place

A little house perfectly in place along with some Mushrooms, After making the flat cut out mushroom's I wanted to try some 3-D mushrooms! So here they are. The set was a Mothers Day present for Mom this year. Mom and Dad's Campground is my personal "Outdoor Sculpture Garden". I usually give Mom or Dad some kind of sculpture for a special occasion.

Dad's Big Sculpture

This is a big piece I made for Dad in 2007, My niece is ringin'Da' bell.

The Biggest Compliment!!!

Giant "Crane"

One of the coolest compliments I have gotten recently is from a Lady that was looking at my Art at the Spring Garden Sale in Corvallis, She asked if I was a "Birder" or bird watcher, I said "not really" although I do watch birds all the time and love to spot them around here, But I have never kept a bird list. People in my family are always telling each other "I seen this bird or that bird".

Peacock

She went on to say the reason she asked if I was a "birder" is that my bird sculptures had such a Bird kind of attitude to them although not realistic, very birdish. That was a cool thing for someone to notice!

Oh by the way Me and Hubby seen a pair of Bald Eagles the day we planted the garden!!Maybe I will try my hand at an Eagle???

Heron

"RUSTic" little houses

Another set I started was little Rustic Houses, they are small and fun to make, and embellish. I was trying to make some Wonky , but they all turned out pretty straight.

Ferns, Fiddleheads and Mushrooms

Here is a new idea I had this Spring,

Fern and Fiddlehead sketches,

I got a plasma cutter last year and haven't got to experiment much with it . So these are some of my first ideas , I didn't want to do "cookie cutter" cutouts. I wanted to stick with my style of Art so here are the first attempts at drawing with my plasma cutter (it is a electrical type of cutting torch). Hopefully my future attempts turn out as good. The pictures are not very impressive, I forgot to take them at home and had to take the pictures at the Sale , so the lighting is kinda bad.

But Good thing I took a couple of shots, because this one SOLD!!

The two pictures above are close ups of this one.

Here are the other two, another Fern w/Fiddleheads and a Mushroom Patch.

Check out my flickr slideshow

Welcome everyone just getting started here, just a flickr slideshow for now. watch for more to come.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15367704@N04/sets/72157602498069730/

Kathi