Holiday Swag Creations

I've wanted to make a peace wreath for some time. 

I chose to make it with faux greens so that we can use it every year - although I should use it year round and keep decorating it with different themes... 'cause peace is a year-round gig!

I used the discarded tree cuttings from a local Christmas tree lot to make the base. 

Clipped natural branches from plants and trees.

Collected pinecones when I came across them throughout the year and reused them from previous creations.

Used florist wire to tie everything together.

Bows and ornaments can be removed after the season and reused again.

A little spritz of spray paint glitter sprinkles it with magic. 

These are fun to make and leave on your friend's and family's doors or fences as a festive surprise!

Welding Wonder - Spherical Orientation Scultures

More. More! MORE!

I can't seem to get enough dimensions to play with.
My unquenchable thirst for the challenge, innovation and complexity of constructing sculptures that offer not just a 360 degree orientation but a spherical one, has (for quite some time) had me wondering about welding...
and metal...
and yes,
their relationship to powder coating.  They just seem like a friendly, little love triangle - and as Stephanie Meyer knows, those are a lot of fun to work with as a creative medium.

Eric introduced me to MIG welding this weekend.

...and of course I have to play with photography a bit while capturing some of the spherical orientation possibilities of one of the pieces.  

I look forward to doing some photos later after the pieces are powder coated:

 playing with shadows, 

displaying them on mirrors, 

photographing them with other objects 

and grouping them together into a bigger structure (yum, more composition play!)

Kitchen Night Light

When the blender broke I thought it would make a great kitchen light - Replete with LED color changing light bulb, block guppies and slipper fish.

A simple push on the smoothie puree button illuminates the pitcher/picture.

(I was going to implant a sound card with bubble sounds or the sound of crashing waves but I figured any loop pattern would eventually end up bugging me or the fam.... but if I hooked up the switch only to the pulse button, that might work.  That way it would be a controllable, short burst of silliness.  In which case, having some random sounds like popcorn popping, fog horn, crickets etc. might take it up a few more notches of fun...)

Invention - Fruit Trap Sculpture

A fun twist on the fruit bowl
... just add some of nature's shapely, colored treats

Garden Tour Photos