Art Projects Revealed

So, guess who finally graced us with his presence 2 weeks after the new water kettle arrived? You got it, Mr. Swivel Base himself. Unbelievable. It was hiding in the cabinet behind some other stuff. Anyway, I must put this behind me.

Art project. Our first art project was due end of February. To recap, the quote was, "Cleopatra, catching but the least noise of this, dies instantly." February's birthstone: amathyst. Timothy and I both scrambled on the very last day and here's what we came up with.

Jen's project
(Photoshop)

Timothy's Project
(nickel and amathyst colored rhinestone)

On February 28 we submitted our projects and searched out the next written work for our March inspiration. This month it was my turn to pick the book. I chose The Bible. I picked the page and Timothy randomly pointed to a sentence. We landed on the Book of Job 42:11, "Then came there unto him all his brethren" March's birthstone: aquamarine.

As usual we were down to the wire. The night before, we stayed up late to finish our masterpieces. The result:

Jen's project
(acrylic paint)

Timothy's project
(mirror and aquamarine stone)

The April project is now in effect. The idea of couple's month was thrown in there, so we might work on a project together. We'll see. April's source of inspiration comes from Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Oval Portrait" The quote is, "...the spirit of the lady again flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp". Birthstone: Diamond/Crystal.

Can't wait to see what we come up with. Can you?

Must Create Art!

So, it's been several weeks and I've tried everything I could to find that swivel base for the darn water kettle. I consulted tarot cards, read tea leaves, used a Magic-8 ball, followed a bunch of tracking dogs - the works. Nothing. I've searched high and low and there's no sign of that darn thing, so I gave up. I logged onto Amazon and bought my husband *another* water kettle. It arrived two weeks ago. The household is now at peace.

In other news, Timothy and I agreed to commit ourselves to a monthly art project. This is how it works. At the start of every month, we pick an important (or maybe not so important) piece of literature. The bigger the book the better. Then we pick a page number, any page number. We open up to that page, and then randomly point to a line on that page. Whatever sentence we land on is what we use to serve as inspiration for an art project. It can be any type of art - painting, drawing, sculpture, jewelry, knit/sewn project, woodworking, food, anything. In addition to the quote, we can also refer to the birthstone for the month in which the project is due. We can use the color, the shape and/or the meaning of the stone as added inspiration.

For the month of February, we pulled a quote from the complete works of Shakespeare. We landed on this quote, "Cleopatra, catching but the least noise of this, dies instantly." February's birthstone is amathyst.

Not bad, eh?

I already drafted my art piece in Photoshop. I'm worried that my hand-made version will not live up to it's technology generated counterpart. I drafted it in Photoshop just to quickly visualize what was just a garbled idea in my head.

If all else fails, I can just hit the print button, right? I mean, just because I did it on a computer doesn't meant that it's not art. I did in fact make it myself. It's not like I adjusted the hue and called it a day. It was actually a little more involved than that. I do of course prefer to make a hand-made version of it. So, we'll see. I'll keep you posted. I can't write updates on my progress because it's possible that Timothy may read my blog entry. So, you'll all have to wait until the end of the month to see the final product.

Guess what? I start my sewing classes this Sunday. I am very excited about this. Our project will be to sew an apron. I'm hoping I'll be able to learn the basics and then in two weeks time create my own couture dress. I'll have to map out that project plan.

Thanks for reading :)