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Saturday, June 21, 2014

How to grow a Greenman...

Had the deep honor of making a very-very special piece for friends of ours... 
A Greenman Altar
This is the finished piece up on their wall.

The 'model' for this piece was the male head of house.
Started with a charcoal trace-copy of his face from an actual photo (not showing those photos for privacy) and then created his new leaf-y look free-hand over the trace in pencil. That way some of the little face quirks, especially around the eyes and mouth were HIS. 
This step was a bit difficult being that he smiles all-the-time... like seriously ALL-the-time!
 ...and even when he wasn't smiling (like in the picture provided) his eyes still crinkle and it looked like he was going to burst into a big grin any second. 
  The final plan was to mount it on this wonderful little shelf...
It was pick-up curb-side 4 years ago during one of the City of Ottawa FREE-Cycle days.
Been traveling with me ...waiting for just the 'right' project!
Once the free hand leaf-ing was done in pencil, it was then traced out in ink
 ...and the guidelines erased.
 Then the adding of a base-coat of color to all surfaces started...
 Then the adding of layers and layers... and TEXTURE began...
All surfaces have at -least- 5 layers of paint on them... quite a few have more. 
The eyes for example are 8.
 Finally... a little over two weeks later... he is DONE!
 ...and ready to be mounted on the shelf!
 After taking him to be scanned...
With the blessing and permission of the new owners: 
Prints WILL be available in the Future!
 I  trimmed him to fit and used Gel-Medium to attach him to the unit.
A little hanging Greenman Altar with a shelf and storage drawers...
Ta-Da!!!
He was made just in time to head off to his new home AND be up on the wall, and in use, for the Summer Solstice. 
YEAH!!!
Very pleased with his progress, almost made himself... 
and super pleased he will be loved and cherished in his new home. 
BLESSED SOLSTICE!!!!

Monday, June 16, 2014

Hello Blogger my old friend...

I'm here to write in you again...
So I guess the 1st thing is WELCOME 2014!
Yes, indeed, it has been -that- long since the blog has been updated.
No apologies though, LIFE LIFE and LIFE has been happening,
 ...and THAT, is always a good thing. 

First things First, 
Keepsake's Crafts is no longer in operation, so the Facebook page is now down...
Pop on over the the SHINY *NEW* Days End Studio Page to keep really-really up-to-date on what's happening here at Days End!

Now onto a wee summtin' about what's been happening...

Made donation art for Poet's Vision Aussie Rescue:

 
'Coffee First'

 
'Puppy Kisses'

We've also suffered our losses... and celebrated our gains...
In February we welcome Poncho the cat to Days End Studio...
In April we lost Hope, our bunny... 
Closely followed by the loss of Greg's 95 year old Grandmother 'Cupper'...
We also welcomed baby Saffron to the fold...
 Poncho and Hope

 6 week old Saffron

More recently, I was quite honored to have the chance to do my 'thing' for a fundraiser for the Ottawa Humane Society, helped prettify the DS Plumbing Dog House for a local auction event. 

I won't load the post down with a million photos but you can see the whole thing here:

The Ottawa Citizen covered the event and reported the next day:







 LOTS LOTS more has been going on...
and 
LOTS LOTS more coming up...

But you know...
SPOILERS!