General Creativity

When my father called last January to tell me he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, my life sort of ground to a halt.  He passed away a month ago today. Here are my Instagram photos from Winter 2021.

The last time I worked on Stained Glass circles was in April 2017.  This past April, 3 years later, I started cutting glass circles like a maniac.  I cut 70 of them in a 5 day period!

For Christmas hubby gave me a set of Chromatek watercolor pens which came with a pad of watercolor paper and access to 6 YouTube tutorials.

For one of hubby’s Christmas gifts I ordered a TV-B-Gone Kit from Amazon.  They will turn off about 85% of televisions in public places. Unfortunately, since these devices are questionably legal, you can’t buy a complete device, you have to build it yourself.  They literally send you a bag of parts which I found very daunting!

This past November I decided to relax by coloring with crayons.  I have been keeping an ear open to the recent trend of adult coloring books, but wanted to make my own designs to color in.  I found a book of thick art paper in the girl cave, grabbed my circle templates [same ones I use for stained glass and art painting], a sharpie, and a ruler and set to work.

Just about a year ago I posted about my first stained glass mobiles, and mentioned that I’d made 2 more that same week and would post about them soon.  Well, a year later, and here we go! 

This past August I decided to craft 2 stained glass nautical stars.  I had promised a coworker I’d make her a star, and she really likes nautical stars, so instead of my usual star pattern I found a new one online. I decided to make 2 stars, one for her and one for me.

Back in September I made my first stained glass mobile. It was a gift for one of my German relatives who got married over the summer. I can’t seem to stop being enamored with glass circles. Cutting them, connecting them, etc. – I do hope someday to branch out into other stuff!

I cannot believe that after 14 months I am finally DONE!!!  I am floored.  This is definitively the largest and most complex painting I’ve ever done.  It’s the first time I’ve painted on large canvas.  My typical medium is small square wooden blocks.  It was a learning curve, for sure! 

The last time I worked on this project was last AUGUST – OMG. I have been working on the chameleon here and there since then, so this post is to bring you up to speed on my progress.