This little birdie is looking wistful.....waiting for his favorite bird to come and sit with him on his branch.  There is definitely room for two - especially if you don't mind being close together......


"Room for two" is my latest mixed-media necklace combining silver and rare woods.  I've been using my new tap and die set to make my own screws and screw holes which makes connections easy with materials where you can't use heat.


Don't you feel like taking a break and having a seat with this little birdie??

Here's a mixed media piece in progress.....


I thought I'd put out a little challenge to go along with it.  What is the brown material that forms the top part of this?


Any ideas?  Go on - have a guess!

I'm in Mendocino (northern California) this week, taking a mixed media class at the Mendocino Art Center with Diane Falkenhagen.

It's a great class. There are only 4 students and we are getting to try lots of different media and techniques.  The aim of the class isn't to make something, but rather to play and try a few samples and see what we like and see what inspires us.

Here are some of the samples that I made on the first day applying pictures to polymer clay.  The one on the far right is on liquid polymer clay. 

I'll show you some others as the class progresses.

It's a great place to come for classes. I am staying at the art center housing - and good sized room - basic but shares a tiny kitchen too.  The whole place - town as well - has just a great feeling to it. I really like it.

I've been experimenting with different mediums to add color to some of my pieces. I've used resin in a few pieces but I want something brighter sometimes.....

Here's one of my trials.....still working on it - but I love the vibrancy of the balloon.