"Cindy the Art Quilt"

I am still alive. Recently I have discovered doing a kind of Crazy Quilting. Kind of "Maggie Crazy Quilting." I'm still learning how to do it, and call them art quilts. "Cindy" started when I was talking (listening) to a friend on the phone. An older male friend of hers had recently passed away, and she was supposed to inherit his dog Cindy. Well, this guy's b*tch of a daughter had the dog put down instead. She didn't wait for her brothers or the reading of the will. So this "art quilt" is in Cindy's memory.

August/September

August was an interesting month for me. 1) I was laid off from my job of 19 years. Actually it came down to 19 years and 1 week. It was very bittersweet because I was kind of looking forward to being released, and sad because I would miss a lot of people, and I do. I'm going to get some training, and hopefully it will help me get a better job in the future.

2) My sister and her husband went up to Idaho to bring their daughter and family back down to Tucson - help her move back here. Her husband has been in Korea, and he got home about a week ago.

3) My long time fur friend and companion, Jiri, had not been feeling well, but I kept hoping it was the heat. That one week the swamp coolers stopped working, I had ants in the bedroom, and realized that Jiri needed to go to the vet. I took her, and unfortunately she was doing so badly that it was just better to "let her go" so to speak. Sometimes life just really sucks.

So now we start heading into September, and Jiri's sister (littermate) seems to have a growth on the left side of her chest. I take her into the vet. He wants to do surgery, and I might have been able to scrape the money together, but the big thing for me is that Bridget (as was Jiri) is 14 years old. That's getting up there in years for a cat. Would surgery really be the best option? I decided no. So I have her here at home, and I keep I close eye on her, and as soon as she seems uncomfortable, I will take her back to the vets.

Life really sucks sometimes, you know? But she seems to be doing okay, and we muddle forward.

vacation

I'm going to Comic Con in San Diego. My friends KC and Donna are going too. We're driving over in Donna's car. It will be fun, a nice break, and hopefully we will have a great time. The last time the 3 of us tried going on a trip together, Donna's husband died. Kind of scary, ya know?

Got a new Paper Mache book for my birthday. It's very inspiring. I need to finish up my wizard, and try something else. I saw a really cute gangly cat from an art fair, and I think I want to try something like that next. We shall see!

Drawing Day 2009

Found out late last night that today is Drawing Day. I hadn't heard of it before, wish I had of! I'll try to get a few drawings in just to show support.

This is the link to the website:
http://www.drawingday.org/index.php

Drawing Day - June 06, 2009
drop everything and draw
Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day.

Drawing Day has arrived - tell all your friends!

Still here!

I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted here. Getting laid off from work and not all that choked up about it. Last day in June. Working on going back to school for digital arts program. Took math placement test, and thank gods it was really low. I need the basic stuff again. Never have been good with math. Words are my thing.

Saw Wolverine twice this weekend. Once on Friday with Dear Sissy, and once Saturday with Ms. Collins.

Checking the watermark motif to make sure I got the directions right. Sharing it with a couple friends.

Going to try and make my own tiles for "mixed media mosaics". Got the Laurie Mike book, LOVE IT.

more me-tangle art

Mostly black Sharpie doodle art. Okay, there's some color.

paper mache figure

This is my first attempt at making a paper mache figure. I decided he is a wizard, though I haven't figured out his name yet. He isn't finished yet, so this is just the starting photos of him.






Wire frame on pillow










first layer of paper mache clay








More clay, one boot, and his staff.










I'm noticing that lately I'm having trouble getting steady photos. I know I've had jiggly problems in the past, but this seems to be more constant. It's annoying!