Showing posts with label wooden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wooden. Show all posts

Friday, July 18, 2008

Hey Mr. Tambourine Man



I'm still tweaking things on my website. I have to get into this FTP stuff so my pictures will enlarge when you click on them. It's a learning curve. If you go onto my website, you will see this tambourine called "Romany Magic" under the "One-Of-A-Kinds" section. I have 3 tambourines on there, this one included. I haven't taken a picture of my Egyptian one yet. One tambourine is metal but all the others are plastic and I purchased them in a kid's section of a store where toys are. It's fun to alter them with ribbons, yarn, buttons, coins, pictures of women, playing cards, jewelry, and the list goes on...

I found a wooden box that held champagne from France in the back alley. This will be fun to alter. I also have a wooden cutlery case that is dark wood and has red velvet inside. I'll have to do something Gothic to that.

I would really love to try and make from scratch, a 3-D replica of the tombs or mausoleums I saw in New Orleans. Here is a sample of what they look like:
When I was there in 2003 I think, Anne Rice had a store and in the store were these tiny replica tombs. These ones were expertly crafted ceramic ones and they cost a lot of money at the time. I can't make mine out of ceramic, it will probably wood. The decay mould and rust stuff will be fun to create.
Hopefully I will have some created by the fall. They'll be cool for Halloween.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Altered Art - Wooden Teapot

I found a paint-scraped-off wooden decorative teapot at a knic-knack store. I had 3 drawers in it to keep tiny things. It gave me lots of ideas for pictures to put on the teapot. It was fun to make and I used some found objects like a key, subway tokens, tickets, victorian images, bottle cap art. I'm calling it The Remembrance Teapot.