31 May 2012 - Chisel-tip Black Marker & Colour Pencils

Pop Tab Butterfly Landed - Thanks Monique!

Thank you for the lovely pop tab butterfly Monique!

It landed in Adelaide today (care of Nancy)

on my Dad's photo of Boaz the lizard in their wildlife-friendly garden

You can find Monique's clever recycled pop tab creations on her blog and on Etsy

http://tabsolute.blogspot.com

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tabsolute?ref=em

30 May 2012 - Friendly Orange Crayon

29 May 2012 - Paper Stencil

The cut out paper stencil

and the original drawn design

28 May 2012 - Ellen's 366 Cranes

Ellen Katsumoto Fithian sent me two of her origami cranes to photograph as part of her 366 Cranes project. Each of her cranes comes with a quote attached. See the cranes in photos all around the world and read the inspiring quotes

https://www.facebook.com/#!/366Cranes

Crane No 144:  Perhaps inagination is only intelligence having fun.

-- George Scialabba

Photographed on the sundial on the forecourt of the Adelaide Festival Centre

http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/sights/sun-dial/

Crane No 143:  Trust that little voice in your head that says, "wouldn't it be interesting if..." And then do it.

-- Duane Michaels

Photographed at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in the citty centre,

on the main gate and on a hakea bush.

 There were also beautiful sacred ibis foraging in the Botanic Gardens that day.

http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/botanicgardens/Visit/Adelaide_Botanic_Garden/Visitor_information

Thank you Ellen for sharing your lovely cranes with me!

27 May 2012 - Flat Paper Fan

Made from two A5 sheets of 300GSM watercolour paper,

two pop-sticks and a rayon embroidery thread tassle

Inspired by Gina's blog

http://wheegina.blogspot.com.au/

26 May 2012 - Yarn

Beautifully soft 100% alpaca Grignasco Top Print

With the onset of wintery weather I've been distracted from sun-inspired projects

by knitting-to-keep-people-warm projects

Typing mitts, K2P2 rib, based on some my sister improvised a couple of years ago.

25 May 2012 - Lip Balm

For winter-chapped lips

from Bliss Cafe in Adelaide

http://www.hurrawbalm.com/hurraw/

"Thank you" to 365er's

Thank you to Gabi, Monique, Marieke, Ellen & Chris, Rebecca B, Cassy, Yvonne, David, Branka, Rebecca J., Heather and Jonathan for their enthusiasm and support, jumping in, creating and sharing sun-inspired projects.

Thank you to Branka for organising opportunities for shared inspirations via Facebook each week.

http://www.365dagenproject.nl/component/k2/item/4017-week-20-dag-139.html
http://rebecca-365daysoflove.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/day-140-ring-of-fire-love.html?spref=fb
http://ravenmaidcreative.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/day-141-sun-day-for-frances.html
http://365freestylezentangles.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/freestyle-zentangle-263.html
http://justdavescreations.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/day-141-yellow.html
http://wordkeepers.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/day-142-cut-holes-in-pages-of-magazine.html?spref=fb
http://thetoothbrushchronicles.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/entry-20-batter-up.html
http://365artydays.blogspot.com.au/#!/2012/05/day-132-bolivian-pompoms.html
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3997659350909&set=a.1085169940494.2015265.1563755144&type=1&theater
(at time of posting this list Jonathan's post is still on delayed release setting)

Gabi made her sun-inspired project back in February and Monique made hers back in April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYA40acC5ww
http://tabsolute.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/day-90-pop-tab-qoute-painting.html


* If I've missed anyone please let me know via the Comments box and I'll add them.

24 May 2012 - Gold Gouache on Black Paper

23 May 2012 - Bronze Gouache on PVA on Paper

That little pot of gold gouache had dried up

rock solid

so I went and bought a little pot of bronze gouache

but then discoverd

you can revitalise dried up old gouache

by adding a bit of demineralised water

It's raining gently tonight, it was nice waiting at the bus stop, watching the slow-falling tiny drops shining in the glow from the street lights.

22 May 2012 - Paper Cutout

My clunky attempt at a paper cutout.

Mawarini does beautiful delicate paper cutouts and sometimes

performs with them in collaboration with other artists.

http://mawarini.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/in-lieu-by-suhartokotlowy.html

http://mawarini.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/drawing-with-knife.html

I went to a Stirring the Possum community forum this evening, there were interesting guest speakers

http://connectingwithcountry.eventbrite.com/

21 May 2012 - T2 Envelope

20 May 2012 - Sunglasses Case

19 May 2012 - Bead Pendant

A simple pendant made of a hand-made silver-lined glass bead on a leather thread.

Supplies from "Voilà ! Beads in the City" at 298 Rundle Street in Adelaide city centre,

one of those shops you go in for a quick look and half an hour later...

(They don't appear to have a website.)

17 May 2012 - Pen Tops

16 May 2012 - Pencil & Pen on Paper

15 May 2012 - ArtRage - Pattern

14 May 2012 - ArtRage Bubble

Using ArtRage's stencil and airbrush.

13 May 2012 - Embossed Copper

12 May 2012 - Broomstick Crochet Cowl

The broomstick crochet experiment finished off today 

as a wrap-around-three-times skinny cowl

A bit less than 2 balls of Noro Silk Garden Lite colour 2040 (8ply/DK)

5.5mm (American size I) crochet hook

Those very helpful tutorials for learning Broomstick Lace Crochet

http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/broomstick-lace-2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yM_q9gqxSY

11 May 2012 - Bandana Cowls

Gift for Sonia and Ryan for chilly Melbourne autumn and winter days without enough sun.

It's their Adelaide engagement party tomorrow (she's from here, he's from there).

Melbourne where they live is known for its changable weather.

http://www.purlbee.com/bandana-cowl/

Bendigo Woollen Mills 8ply Luxury wool knit on 4mm circular needle.

10 May 2012 - ArtRage - Petal Pattern

9 May 2012 - Black Pepper

8 May 2012 - Crochet Flower Idea from Branka

Branka Vidovic-Butler is a talented professionally trained artist who

is experimenting with various arts and crafts for her 365 project

http://365artydays.blogspot.com.au/

She's learning crochet and found this design with sun-like potential for us to try

http://molliemakes.themakingspot.com/blog/how-to-make-crochet-flower-coasters

I modified the pattern a little using 3 chains at the beginning of each round insead of 2.

The pattern is written using American crochet terms not English crochet terms.

I used 3ply cotton and 2.5mm hook

Thank you Branka!

7 May 2012 - Mandarin

This project takes inspiration from Kenneth's Provine's entertaining 365 Creative Creatures

http://

365creativecreatures.blogsp
ot.com/

My creature's existance began on a sun-drenched mandarin tree somewhere.

He needs some whiskers but I couldn't find anything to use.

6 May - ArtRage - New Blog Header

5 May 2012 - Garlic

Smelly but no vampires around here tonight.

4 May 2012 - Rosehip Tea Bag

A fine gold pen (too fine), a bit of gold gouache paint (which I couldn't spell)

and a black pen.

3 May 2012 - ArtRage - Watercolour & Eraser

Playing around wanting to make an image for the background of my blog.

This second ArtRage was done a few days ago using ArtRage eraser and a spectrum photo.

2 May 2012 - Round Tea Bag - cut & drawn face

Uniball Pen and Derwent Watercolour Pencils