Roses are red basket

Hallo again, 

  Another basket to show you today.

The base is a vintage plate with holes around the edge. It is hand painted. They were used back in the day to hang on your wall for decoration. I found a few at a local thrift shop and figured the holes would make it the perfect basket start. And it is such a pretty plate!!

   The basket is 10 inches round and 4 inches high and took me about 15 hours to make - not counting thrift shop shopping time :).

   I have a nice 'little' pile of pretty plates to use.....

   Take Care

      Tera

 

Heron basket

Hallo,

   Finished off this basket a couple weeks ago. It is 17 inches long by 13.5 wide and 4 inches tall.

   The bottom of the basket is a pottery plate made for me by a friend who does pottery. She made it with the holes around the edges for me to use as a basket start. 

   To make the basket part took me a total of 44 hours. It turned out really pretty I think!!

  All for today - Take Care

     Tera

 

Hydrangea Bees

Hallo,

  Another flower and bee painting. It is 15 by 22 inches and framed in a black float frame.

 I started with a cyanotype print. I glued it to a cradled wood panel and added several layers of encaustic. Then I painted the hydrangeas and the other flowers with encaustic using my hot pen. I added the honeycomb with a stencil and modified it a bit and added some oil stick.

  I am enjoying this series... a couple more to do yet....

   Take Care

      Tera.

 

Garden Sanctuary

Hallo,

  Finished off another one in my Bee series this last weekend. This one is 15 by 22 inches in a black float frame.

  I started with a cyanotype using flowers and weeds from my yard and garden onto watercolor paper. 

  I then glued it to a cradled wood panel and added several layers of encaustic medium. I colored some of it in with pan pastels and then decided to paint them with encaustic instead. I added some ferns using a stencil and then added the honeycomb/beeswax with a stencil also.

  The bees were done with a hot pen with a very fine tip - from a photo printed onto tissue paper to use as an under drawing.

  I added a few touches of pan pastels on top of the honeycomb.

This one will go to a couple shows and be available on my Etsy shop in the early fall.

   Have  great week!!!

     Tera

 

Another purple basket

Hallo,

  I started this basket in the last basket class that I held at HH ARTS Gallery and finally had a few moments to finish it off (just in time for my next class this weekend).

  The basket is about 6.5 inches round and 4 inches tall.

  I used a seashell slice as a 'start' for this basket.

    All for today - have a great week

     Tera

 

Bees in the flower beds

Hallo,

  Another in my 'Bees' series finished off this weekend. This painting is 11 by 14 inches. 

  I started this painting with a cyanotype print and mounted it to a cradled panel. I then painted it with encaustic - the flowers I used pan pastels on.

  The bees were taken from photos and printed onto tissue paper to use as an under drawing and then I painted them with encaustic using a fine tip hot pen.

  I am debating putting this one in a float frame but for now the sides are painted black.

   Have a great week!!!

      Tera

 

Bee Buzz II to VI

Hallo,

  Finished off a few paintings in the studio today, including these 10 by 10 inch hexagon panels.

   These paintings all started off as cyanotype prints  which I mounted to the cradled panel. I then painted them with encaustic wax and used a bit of pan pastels also.

  There are 6 in this little series now with some bigger - regular shaped panels yet to come.

   Take Care

       Tera

 

Encaustic and plaster cloth bowl

Hallo,

   I did this bowl for a black and white themed show coming up at Artel in Pensacola. 

  I formed the bowl with plaster cloth and after it was dry I painted with encaustic and used a bit of gauze to add some more texture. I also used gauze and encaustic to secure the piece of driftwood to the bowl and then added seashells on top of the gauze. 

   I did add some bit of silver here and there but it is hard to see in the photos

  All for today - Take Care

       Tera

 

More baskets

Hallo,

   Showing off 2 more small baskets today made with seashell slices as a base. The first one was done while on our trip back home to Nebraska earlier this month for a wedding. the second was started while waiting for my Hubby who was having surgery.

   The beads on the second basket were made with plaster cloth, a layer of encaustic, a layer of silk fabric and another layer of encaustic.

  I have a basket class coming up that I am teaching at HH ARTS GALLERY in Fort Walton Beach - just drop me a message if you are interested(not many folks visit here anymore)- it wont let me upload the flyer....

   Take Care

     Tera

 

A 2 basket day.....

Hallo,

   Yesterday was a very long day!!! My hubby had surgery and between a three-hour delay to start and 4 hours in the recovery room waiting for a floor bed to be ready.......well at least I brought my basket making stuff, and a book!! (and played on my phone and wandered around.....)

   Both baskets are about 6.5 inches long by 6 wide and about 2.5 and 3 inches deep. 

   I used seashell slices for the base and some seashell beads on the first one and some pretty orange beads on the second.

                                                                                                           I was using a slightly thicker cord than I usually do so these each took me about 3.5 hours working time to do.

    All for today - Take Care

              Tera