Upcoming: A Touch of Saltspring at Panarama Recreation Centre Nov.30 -Dec 2
Victoria Art Gallery Dec 6, 5-9
Currently: The Gallery at Matticks Farm
Sea Cider on the Saanich Penninsula
Knickerbockers in Sidney and Broadmead
Sooke Harbour House
An antique plant stand is taken apart and made into heritage looking metal garden heart stakes, each complete with it own bird. Recycled heavy equipment shaft rings are welded into small globes, then a garden stake is added, to finish it off a miniature bird sits in the centre. Some very pretty metal garden stakes that were really fun to do.
After weeks of filling orders and producing repeats of popular products it was a great relief to work a lot looser and just look around the shop and put things together spontaniously. A few visitors came by and donated some fantastic metal shapes and scraps and they had the full studio, garden, workshop tour. I also created some fun mini birds cages this week, they look great hanging in the garden or a sunny room.with a little 3D bird inside. Cutting was inspired this past week, with the plasma I cut a new metal quail hook, a number of beautiful recycled rusty and painted items into numerous sized heart shapes, the color combinations are stunning as I wired them and made them into ornaments. Of course, the displays needed to be made for the new products, old whitewashed wood was the solution in a mini gate shape, wood is nowhere near as forgiving as metal, but I do love my cordless drill and the challenge. It is great to be creative, especially in the middle of busy show season, as it gives my clients a surprise of new, unexpected and one of a kind items.
After weeks of filling orders and producing repeats of popular products it was a great relief to work a lot looser and just look around the shop and put things together spontaniously. A few visitors came by and donated some fantastic metal shapes and scraps and they had the full studio, garden, workshop tour. I also created some fun mini birds cages this week, they look great hanging in the garden or a sunny room.with a little 3D bird inside. Cutting was inspired this past week, with the plasma I cut a new metal quail hook, a number of beautiful recycled rusty and painted items into numerous sized heart shapes, the color combinations are stunning as I wired them and made them into ornaments. Of course, the displays needed to be made for the new products, old whitewashed wood was the solution in a mini gate shape, wood is nowhere near as forgiving as metal, but I do love my cordless drill and the challenge. It is great to be creative, especially in the middle of busy show season, as it gives my clients a surprise of new, unexpected and one of a kind items.
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