Octopus sculpture

Hallo,

  Discovered that I hadn't shared this little guy yet. 

  This sculpture started with a small piece of driftwood which I attached to a flat piece of wood.

  The octopus and all the coral and decorations are made with paper clay and painted with encaustic wax.

  I really enjoy making these little pieces, but they do take  a while to do.

   All for today, take care!

      Tera

 

Spiral basket

Hallo,

   Spirals - so fun to do!! Another car project for a long drive.

  I used 1/4-inch coil and hemp twine.

  I find it hard to read in the car so this keeps me busy without annoying the Hubby with 'excessive conversation' 😁

  Have a great day!!!

       Tera

 

Loopy yellow basket

Hallo,

  A couple little out of town trips with lots of driving time leads to me finishing off several small baskets this month.

  The base of the basket is a circa 1970's drink coaster. 

   I tried something new with the loopy stuff today.

  More baskets to come.

     Tera

 

Big pink and purple basket

Hallo,

  I finished off this basket almost 2 months ago - I am a little slow catching up. I made this basket for my Grandbabies to put toys in. 

   I used 3/4 inch coiled and used yarn from my overly big stash (considering I haven't knitted in about 15 years now... 

   The basket is about a foot deep and almost 2 feet around.

   Have a great day!!!

      Tera

   

 

Butterfly basket 1

 Hallo, 

 A small basket to show off today. For the basket start (aka bottom) I used an old drink coaster from the 70's. These came with a big tray for the drink picture and usually 6 individual coasters for the glasses. The big tray and one of the glass coasters were broken when I found these but 5 are good to use.  The finished basket is 7 inches round by 3 inches tall. 

   I started this basket on my flight to Wyoming last week, worked on it a bit during the week - something to clear my brain before bed. I finished this one on the flight back and started another - tune in tomorrow.

    Have a great week.

           Tera

       

Butterfly basket - 2

 Hallo,

    Back with another small basket for you. I started this one on my flight back from Wyoming last week and finished it off this last weekend. I like to keep my hands busy when I am sitting on the couch in the evenings watching TV.

    I used another one of the little drink glass coasters - circa 1970's. It measures 6 inches round by 2.5 inches tall.

     Have a great day!!!

        Tera

Photo encaustic class at Eaton's Ranch.

   Hallo,

      I spent all of last week up in Wyoming at Eaton's Ranch for a photo encaustic class. Using our own photos in our encaustic paintings. Of course, being at the ranch means lots of horses to take pictures of. These are the 4 paintings I finished last week.(looks like you will need to click on the photo to see all 4...)

    The top left and bottom 2 paintings combined 2 different photos for each. The first photo was printed onto cardstock and glued to the wood panel.  I then added several layers of encaustic to add effects to the background I wanted to achieve. The next step was to print the horse images onto tissue paper and embed them into the wax. I then added more encaustic wax to enhance and finished off the paintings.

In the top left one I added a border in texture white and gold encaustic and then carved in the ranches brand.

    The top right painting I painted the background with encaustic and then embedded the horse image into the wax. I then added encaustic and texture to finish off the painting.

    If you ever wanted to learn this way to use photos with encaustic wax, then take a class with Clare O'Neill - this is the second time I have done this class. A week of horses, horseback riding and painting is my idea of a great vacation!!!

    Have a great day!!!

        Tera