Here is my beautiful ATC from Carla Lewis for our August exchange. The theme was "Artist's Favorite Color." Isn't it beautiful? She also sent me one of her exquisite pendants! I love everything about this piece and the cutting is so good.
I love our group. I hope I get Nathan for our next exchange, because the theme is "Where We're From," and I'm from Salem, so I know I can make something that suits him just fine. He's so dark! Actually, I think I'll ask our coordinator. I'm sure she'll want to do whatever she can to make the group as much fun as possible.
I'm working on a yoga scene right now, in eggshells. I'm kind of stuck on the window frame, though. I've painted some eggshells with a mother-of-pearl paint, but I'm not sure if I should cut the shells in a certain pattern or just have them be random.
I'm thinking I might send it off to Linda Biggers and see what she thinks. She really has a knack. Maybe I'll do that today.
I have two more yoga scenes planned in the same color scheme, Dancer and Lotus. There's something about these poses that makes me feel calm and safe. It's possible that, because I practice them myself, that's the way I feel while in those poses. All in all, I'm pretty happy with the way this is coming out. I'll need to create some shadows to make it a little richer and add a touch of nature.
"Fancy," is her name, and she was created at an Eggshell Mosaic Workshop with Linda Biggers, a.k.a., the Eggshell Lady, in Philadelphia, in March.
Linda is a wonderful instructor and gave each of us as much personal attention as we needed. I met Jessica Cherry and April Stiebel Press and they couldn't have been nicer. Annie and I had a wonderful time. It was a beautiful day and we had no problem finding our way around. The only thing we didn't count on was not being able to find a place to pick up a lunch for ourselves, so we ate from the vending machine. Yuck! So, we learned a lot and had a great time.
Here is a wall from The Magic Gardens in Philly. It is absolutely breathtaking! The side of a building, completely mosaiced, just jumped out at us when we arrived. Bonus; we got a parking spot right outside the front door!
Once inside, it was hard to decide where to look first! It was a feast for the eyes! I need to go back because I didn't get to see everything. It was pretty cold that day and we weren't up to walking outside to find all the other mosaics.
Annie banani taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.
The mirror stood out the most, in the sunshine. I can't describe how beautiful it was. These pictures don't do it justice, at all.
I could have stayed, but for some reason, I was physically uncomfortable. I can't put my finger on why, exactly, but I didn't really want to hang around. Maybe, if I could have sat down somewhere. I don't know. Anyway, I would go again. I had a great time.
