Category: Lists-n-Promises

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7 random things

Since I was tagged and I feel like sitting downstairs for a bit… I will fill out the request, but with the standard L-edits

The Rules:
• Start with 7 random facts/habits about yourself
• People who are tagged have to write their 7 things on their blog
• Then choose another 7 people to get tagged and list their names
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment to tell them they have been tagged

1. In general I find that at any given time I have no fewer than 5 projects in some form of not-finished.
2. I have heard people refer to those as UFOs… Unfinshed Objects.. so apparently my house has UFOs in it.
3. The UFOs are usually in vastly different mediums. (in other words, when I say 5 projects, I don’t mean I am knitting 5 scarves or painting 5 paintings at a time)
4. My favorite art materials are…. metal, glass, cement and paint. In roughly that order.
5. Even though paint ranked as #4 in that list… I have oil paints that I am a little afraid of trying. Something about needing strong chemicals to clean your brushes/fingers and the paint not drying for ages…. it also brings to mind images of some cool painting marred by stupid pets while I’m not home.
6. I tried batiking for the first time ever today. let me tell you. it’s a SLOOOOOW process.
7. my hands were dyed blue-green for most of friday and saturday but I remembered to wear gloves when batiking today…. so except for a little dye around all of my fingernails, we’re pretty back to normal in this house 🙂

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in the hopes of keeping myself a bit more on task, here is a list of art-type projects that I have in progress somewhere on the premises:

  • sterling silver jewelry
  • light switch covers
  • sand-blasted glassware
  • a stained glass window (for my bathroom)
  • a wall-shelf to be mosaiced (also for my bathroom)
  • a bowling ball for my yard (to be mosaiced)
  • styrofoam insulation blocks — to be glued together, sculpted, covered with a ~4 inch layer of flying cement and then treated with an interesting surface treatment (mosaics, paint, and a few other texture-related plans) and sealed with envirotex
  • a dresser to re-finish
  • back porch to tile
  • mosaic project for bathroom #2 (wall/sink/nook plan)
  • a couple of other, smaller glass/mosaic ideas
  • a number of fabric projects (some re-cycling, some quilting, some batik-ing, some just fixing things)
  • a number of paintings (acrylic and watercolors)

and now…. now i think i see what my ‘problem’ is… i need to pick one or two to focus on and THEN go on to the others… i think tomorrow I’ll photograph the things i’ve done for April 1st SpringFest and see if I can figure out how to x-post to TCEKU…