Dance .... with leaves and animals

Dancing my way to Tag Tuesday this week for the theme "Dance-Dancers- Dancing" . Here I used torn bits of inked paper with other bits from concert advertising. All I could think of was kinetic energy and how I could convey that as a collage of contemporary dance. I liked the swirls of mark making because they remind of dance painting..... no words can explain this better than the sight of it in action.

In the past week, I have also been mesmerised by the beautiful coloured autumn leaves which look as if they are dancing in the breeze as they fall from trees . (Remember, I am in the southern hemisphere so it is just the start of our winter).

Attention -seeking
Against a bushland backdrop
Golden leaves dancing

( a free motion stitched wearable art pin #100pinpoems in #the100dayproject )

Sadly I was a little late photographing the tag I made for the previous theme "Animals" but I include it here .... I am sure some of those animals are dancing in her hair ( perhaps not the large lazy dog?) .... this is a simple collage tag drawing inspiration from a fun book , entitled " Animals in My Hair. "

Thank you Tag Tuesday for these little challenges.

Gourd Art

Last week, I rediscovered a few gourds "drying" in our garage... In fact, I was searching for them after doing a doll making workshop where we transformed gourds into doll bodies, with the addition of polymer clay and apoxie sculpt. I have researched a little to identify the gourds I have - they seem closest to the water jug shape gourds. The gourds we used in the workshop were Chinese bottle gourds. my gourd doll - a flower child /hippy fiddler? Workshop dolls - Christmas sprite by Jane Lambert , and my doll Flower doll also completed in the workshop by Lee Hennequin Balloon seller - gourd art doll by tutor, Janice Laurent Working with gourds made me very curious about the history and cultivation of gourds. A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae or the fruit of the two genera of "calabash tree" . The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shells, and some witho...

Countdown to Christmas 15 - Diamonds Forever!

How much would you pay for a Christmas fruitcake? The world's most expensive fruit cake has been estimated at $1.65 million. Yesterday, I wrote about the less than positive term "Christmas cake as it is applied to unmarried women, so again it amazed me that in Tokyo, this most exquisite and expensive Christmas cake was created. It took six months to design and another full month to construct. The beautiful cake is fully edible ... that is except for the 223 real diamonds used as decoration. This cake was part of an exhibition called Diamonds: Nature's Miracle and was one of 16 exhibits showcasing creative ways with diamonds . Apparently, the cake was auctioned, fetching $1.65 million US. While there have been other very expensive diamond encrusted cakes since this one in 2005 with estimated values of up to $75 million, this Japanese designed cake was the forerunner of the extravagant diamond studded wedding cakes in the higher price r...

Christmas Countdown 3 ; Christmas tree # 23 - Mannequins and Motors

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