From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Best in Class Shoes

16 September 2009

These ruby slip­pers from Ahmet Bay­tar are all Dorothy from Wiz­ard of Oz grows up. The orig­i­nal are in the flash gallery on his site.

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Pierced Bird Window

1 September 2009

This lit­tle cop­per piece is wait­ing for a home. It’s about 2.5 inches square. The back­ground and fig­ure win­dow are cop­per. The tube riv­ets and spac­ers are brass. The back­ground pat­tern was printed onto the cop­per using a com­mer­cial pat­tern sheet with the rolling mill. The bird fig­ure is a sim­pli­fied out­line taken from a Dutch tile […]

Tagged as: bird, copper, piercing

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TGIF — Shrine I">TGIF — Shrine I

1 September 2009

After a long time sit­ting on the table in 5 or 6 pieces the Guadalupe/Sirena shrine has finally come together. I never did find a place for the rose petals. A cou­ple of details. My hand col­ored and glit­tered Vir­gin­sita. The oddly appeal­ing Chicken Boy.

Tagged as: blue, box, madonna, sirena

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Garden Report — Sept 1

1 September 2009

A cou­ple more notes from the gar­den. The nico­tiana in the bird bath bed con­tin­ues to thrive. This dark pur­ple vari­ety can really soak up the sun. The last man stand­ing in the library bed has been moved to a new home on the other side of the front door. Once the roundup has done it’s […]

Tagged as: cypress, nicotiana

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