Re-painted an older design

This was a design I completed almost three years ago that my boyfriend bought. I would see it everyday at his house and never felt satisfied with the brown painted frame. After saying several times that I was going to take it to my house to rethink the frame color, I finally did. I painted the frame with a bright turquoise color. Used a rich brown oil paint for the inside edge, then painted the back with a dark charcoal color, which I do on every window design now, then signed it. I like how it turned out and I believe he will too.

Festive and elegant star for my sister - finally!

This project has been on my list for some time to complete. The idea for the star came from my sister. I was creating a piece for her home. She said she wanted a flat dimensional star, in colors of cranberry, forest green and sage. I had the crystal already and added some green confetti glass for the center shape.

Star in the light.

Can you see how the colors in the star change as light is reflected on it? She has an arched window in her home and I believe it will be beautiful there.

Still thinking of which chain to use.

Sitting on a table easel. I cut and designed the shape of the star myself. I added glass gems in the center and on each of the five corners. I covered the solder lines with a black patina, so it gave the design an antique and medieval look.

How do these objects become a Christmas Tree?

See how this becomes a Christmas Tree through the blog entries below. Also look and enjoy photos of my experiences at the Arts Festival in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, an event I participated in just last month. Thank you for visiting.

Becomes this:

That's right - a glass Christmas Tree with glass Christmas gifts.

Medicine Park Native American Flute Festival 10/2010

I try to get my art out amongst the people and attend at least one Arts Festival a year. Medicine Park, Oklahoma has always been a favorite spot of mine, hidden in a valley between Lawton, Oklahoma and the Wichita Mountains National Park. This was the first time they had an arts festival in conjunction with the Native American Flute Festival. Moved to the first week of October, I missed the high winds and unpredictable rains in May and April when most arts festivals are held in this state. I hope to attend this juried event again.

Moments at the Festival

Leonard, making his drums.

Looking....

and more looking.
Lots of friendly people enjoying the art.

The tent held up well and the art looked great.

Another Artist, named Lynn liked the Native American Glass Portraits. She creates beautiful pottery and also had a booth at the festival.
Hanging out.

Leonard worked all day long on his drums.

Angels galore....

I found this wire tree in a store near Shawnee, Ok. Jim helped me with all the set up of the tent. Couldn't have done it without his help.
The right side of my tent...

The left side of my tent.

Jim watching the crowd....me with my Pongo!

Jim also enjoyed the festival. He bought a flute and has taught himself how to play.
Mt Scott is in the background. At dusk, we could see lights on the mountain. This was from the cars driving down before the gates were closed. It is a beautiful place.

Drum I traded for "Pawnee Belle" Glass Portrait

I love to hit and hear the sound of this drum. Made with a bull hide, this traditional Comanche drum was stretched, tied and then dried to make its rich, deep sound. In about a month I need to get some mink oil to rub on it to keep it well maintained and preserved.

Christmas Tree - DONE!!

These were a few photos I had taken last night, when the multi-colored lights had been threaded up through the tree and the lights turn on. What a CHRISTMAS Flash these three trees make.

Trees near my window and gifts under the tree.

This is what the trees look like in the natural sunlight. I found some antique china saucers and decided to set each tree in a saucer.

I made nine glass gift boxes. Three for each tree. I added glass gems and beads to accentuate each unique wrapped gift.

More pictures of gifts and individual trees.

Another photo of the glass gift boxes.

Each tree stands 12 inches high and six to seven inches in diameter around the bottom of each tree. If you keep looking on prior posts you can see what materials I used to create the shapes.

More photos of the finished tree sculpture.

Star up at the top! Customers wanted glass beads attached of gold, yellow, blue, green, and red.

This is one of the saucers I found and they work perfectly for each tree to set in.