Details from the window at Arjan. I made some seashells into small hanging vases and Mina put bromeliads inside them.
I deconstructed an old assemblage that wasn't working. Here are the materials planned for the final product, although changes are bound to occur. The large black item is the base for a bell jar, its upper component long since broken and lost. Gothic arch cut out and and cigar box cut up with Terry's amazing saw.
Oh, and these, I forgot to put these in the first photo.
It turned out I had to take the little wooden handle off, as it interfered with the knob with the flower on it (you'll see why I changed it later). I turned the wooden disk over, I like the red on the other side better even though it is more distressed, as in having a chunk missing out of it. changed my mind on the background (several times actually). I replaced the green paer with the star paper. The birds have been glued to heavy paper reinforced with thin copper wire which I taped down with acid free tape.
Mina came to dinner last night, here I am showing off one of the perks of having a friend who is a florist. She tells me that people tell their florists even more than they tell their hairdressers, and that discretion in very important in this profession.
Home again to Oakland. Westward facing chairs in a yard near the MacArthur BART station.
Aren't these gorgeous? These Zodiac Crayons are the work of Diem Chau of the TinyHaus blog. If you live in the Chicago area, you can see her work at the Packer Schopf Gallery on West Lake street - the show runs till March 14. She has uploaded the entire series here.
