Oh, I wish I could draw! I love botanical art. We're members of the Morton Arboretum here in Chicagoland, and they have a library that is home to some very rare books of botanical drawings, hand drawn no less! Some date back to the 1600's. I recently looked at a book of illustrations of common flowers in England...from 1752 or something like that.I love music and books and art, but I don't have a creative bone in my body. I've never learned to play an instrument, nor have I ever written any great stories (although I have written a poem or two that I thought were not bad)...I don't create much but I love to look at beautiful things. I'd love to see some of your dialysis inspired art...I think!Do you like music? Who are you listening to the most these days?
My project from tonight - the start of an art project for the Laughfest - a comedy festival sponsored by Gilda's Club of Grand Rapids. They have a bra auction. Anyone with a creative touch is welcome to decorate a bra in any theme they please and donate it to the auction. It's an adults only auction, since they have models wearing some of the bras! All in good fun. The little sculpted faces are going on mine. I will be pinning the little faces to a racer back style bra, along with tiny mirrors. I'm calling it the Leer Back Bra.Unfortunately, I can't go to the auction - I have class that night. I'm supposed to get a free ticket. Who wants it? Richard?
I used to love to draw. I went to art school back in the 80's but it was more for commercial art which was fun too. I think withthe way things are done on the computer today everything I learned is now usless lol. In 3rd grade I won an art contest for the school library . I was so proud lol. you couldn't take that smile off my face. Growing up my mother my used to swe before she passed. She also loved crafts. We had enough craft things at our house to fill up a craft store! It was very cool. One silly thing I remember: when I was about 8 or 9 I took a piece of fabric my mom had that had a red/gold chinese theme to it. I made it into a rectangle and layed it across a 6 or 8 inch spare piece of wood that my dad had and staples the sides to it with his staple gun lol. Wha la! I had my own pair of flips flops! I don't know why I'll never forget that wierd thing.
My hobby is learning to read music and learn to play the Fortepiano.I don’t know whether you could call this a hobby, but I also love to read books,and listen to classical music, mainly baroque and I like watching classical films.
I guess I have a few hobbies - Restoring old cars, writing, playing and recording music and probably my favourite, woodwork.Ive built a number of items of furniture, various chests and all the kitchen cupboards.
I thought it was Video killed the Radio star? (ie, looks were suddenly more important than talent.)
SammieJo...what a great thread to start. Getting to know more about our on-line friends through their creations...JBeany...what are your faces made of? They are great! And, the bra idea.... Leer Back! Henry, I am in awe of your talent! The cabinets are beautiful! And the boat...she's beautiful too! My hobbies are gardening (I LOVE to dig in the dirt), fishing, kayaking and quilting. I love music (yes, even country music) of all types and play the guitar a little.
Quote from: sammiejo23 on February 26, 2011, 09:26:00 AMHenry, that woodwork is BEAUTIFUL! I can't believe you made those! I had to take a shop class once for school, and the end results were not pretty. (Think popsicle stick house compared to what you just showed me)! Haha. What got you into woodworking? Restoring old cars sounds neat, I've never been too knowledgeable in the car area though, lol. I love to write as well, but I didn't get the music genes in the family!Thanks SJ, & TS as well. I was absolutely hopeless at woodwork at school - probably because I was too busy being disruptive! I was a terrible student.Fast forward 35 years and I had bought a lovely old wooden yacht. (pic below.) Wooden boats require LOTS of maintenance and frequent repairs to the topsides. To undertake this i needed a whole bunch of tools and a good solid workbench. As I was living in rented accomodation, (being footloose and fancy free at the time,) I needed a bench that I could move easily, so I designed and constructed the one shown in the pic below. It dissassembles into 10 components in under ten minutes and can be re-assembled in about 12. Its rigidity when assembled comes from threaded rods under tension.It's still the piece I am most proud of, being the first piece I had constructed since school and it came out perfectly.That was over 10 years ago and I have since used it on many projects, including the kitchen cupboards shown. The top is actually 5 boards edge joined together, with grains matched to one another to give the appearance of a single piece. Selecting and matching was the most difficult part.
Henry, that woodwork is BEAUTIFUL! I can't believe you made those! I had to take a shop class once for school, and the end results were not pretty. (Think popsicle stick house compared to what you just showed me)! Haha. What got you into woodworking? Restoring old cars sounds neat, I've never been too knowledgeable in the car area though, lol. I love to write as well, but I didn't get the music genes in the family!
Ooooh, Henry -Great woodwook, and I'll take a restored bubble fendered 50's Ford pickup if you have a spare one laying around!Having spent yesterday in all the little local art galleries - I'm of the opinion that handmade art isn't going anywhere. Sure I can get pretty prints at Pier 1 or Cost Plus or even Target. They look nice on the wall. But as texasstyle was saying - it's nothing to the experience of seeing the actual artwork and being able to see the passion the artist put into the piece. The one my sis and I both loved best during our shopping trip was a mere $600....worth it, but not an option for me!sammiejo, the little faces are oven-bake clay, sold under the brand names of Fimo and Sculpey. I've got to run to the store today for the rest of the bits and pieces (and a bra!) because the auction organizer emailed me today and is hoping to have a couple of completed bras in time for a TV interview on the 1st. Wouldn't that be fun? - my art on the 6 o'clock news!
OMG I so freaked out! When we were in art class 9it lasted 1/2 a day) this one guy John S. used to bring in cassettes (yes I said that lol) and used to always that song "Radio Killed The Video Star". How freaky you just put that in with my art class stuff. It was by the Buggles!
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