WOYWW #202

Ms. Dunnitt or Julia as her followers of What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday, WOYWW for short, is on vacation, and STILL she hosts folks from around the world so we can check in and snoop about. Thank heavens.

My desk is a mess this week. I was making a piece for two challenges I thought, but missed the deadline on one. Oh well. I got to play with a lot of metal flowers, gears, etc., etc. (see the previous post for Sara's version of Finnebair's amazing work). So on the left side you can see piles of goodies from both Tim Holtz and the  Frilly and Funky Boutique.

Along with ribbons, paint adhesives, "kitchen rolls", you'll see lots and lots of Dylusions Calypso Teal spray ink on a bunch of stuff. The piece I made is the previous post, and the metal came out so much darker than I had envisioned. So it was one of those nights last night, that my mind kept working "the problem" and now I want to go mix up some liquid gesso with some water in a mister and start with that...at any rate, there's lots of room for experimenting!! Which is good. But messy.

In the center of the table is a small little bottle called ZAP glue with a black cap. I first came across this adhesive which is essentially super glue with a brush in a steampunk jewelry class. And it is the brush that makes all the difference! Originally I had to order from a fly fishing shop - last time I was in Michaels' I saw it there. If you are looking for something new to glue metal bits together this stuff works great!

Last week I showed a different angle of my desk and several people commented on this wall hanging.

This quilted piece is made from batik fabrics in the mariner's compass pattern. I just love the colors...

Hope everyone has a great week ahead. Enjoy!!

Paris is My Dream City

My mother loved Paris, and took me there for the first time when I was in early twenties. The second time I went to Paris was after my mother was gone, but shortly after I met my sweetie. We went as my Mother would have...so we stayed in a really nice hotel and did tons of fun things. We went everywhere and saw if not everything, well, we saw a lot in the 11 days we were there. So when I saw that Frilly and Funkie was hosting an April in Paris challenge, I knew it was time to break out all those old calendars I had been saving!!

There are so many amazing things to look at in Paris, the architecture, the street lights, the people, the cars. We went everything on the Metro, and of course we had to go see the famous Art Deco Metro stations.  As I said this picture is from a calendar because my photos from Paris are not digital...it was a while ago that we went...lol.

Over on Alison's Words and Pictures blog I saw THE most fantastic piece of steampunk fairy tales that  she had made (you really should go check this out) and she mentioned she was entering it into a Snazzy's Inspired by Anna Dawbrowska. Well, I missed that deadline, but I'm a huge fan of her work, so I thought I would have a go at it.

I started with an 8 x 10 inch canvas, covered it with paper, painted that with a few coats and then layered the photo on a couple of black mats. I glued all most of the metal pieces together and then misted them with Tattered Angels White Chalk Board spray. Once that was dry, I used the new Dylusions Calypso Teal spray. Once everything was dry i glued it onto the background which had been same products. 

I REALLY need a lesson in how the colors are achieved, but it was fun to layer all those cool bits and bobs from Frilly and Funky. I like how it looks, but it's not how I thought it would come out. But then I also thought I would use red and that looked -- let's just say -- not so hot. 

It is my dream to go live in Paris for 6 months at this point. This year, I'll just thank Linda for hosting the challenge.