Hats n things

It is that time of year again and since snow was falling in my backyard already 3 times, I decided to break out the crochet hooks and yarn collection that has been packed away so long. I had a pile of really really RED yarn and thoughts of the little neighborhood menaces, flaming hellions speeding the walkways on big wheels and my great nephew came to mind. Have you ever seen a hat and said to yourself, "Hey-I know that kid?"

This next one came to me after reading a Gary Larson cartoon where a guy had a duck on his head. it just seemed so right.

But as everyone knows, the focus of my site is wire working and reclaimed art, so Ill get to it.

Let me explain a little bit about this first thing. I had actuallyhad made it for myself. You see, I have this sunflower love that boarders on the psychopathic, so I made this sunflower thing for myself to hang my giant fork and spoon set that belonged to my grandmother. The thing is, when I got all the elements together it kind of reminded me of a Pier 1 explosion and I realized my inner interior designer hates me.

I then thought how cute the whole situation would be in a kitchen with vintage aprons hanging on the hooks-Adorable! Alas, I have no vintage aprons.

I've decided to give my customers the opportunity to enjoy the sunflower. It is a very big piece, so your going to want to have a bit of room made for it. It's a favorite of mine though, so I hope you like it.

The rest of the day I spent finishing up a few projects, painting and listing. I always tell myself that I'm only going to spend an hour on my shop, then it turns into a whole day. I updated quite a bit though, so instead of writing all about it, I'll just let you go and see for yourself. Enjoy.

What is it??

I spent a little time with the thrift sales recently and found a few treasures. Treasures that led to my latest creation. My question is, what do I call them? They can be so many things and used for so many things, yet I find it awkward to title them in my shop as bird feeder/candle/soap/jewelry/etc thingies. I am thrilled that so much can come out of a recycled object, yet I struggle with a snappier name...







Eh well.







This is my newest. I'm not sure what it was originally for, but I assume it is some kind of serving bowl. The latest craze in my neck of the woods is feeding the oriels grape jelly which was my original thought when I picked this snazzy lil' number up; however, upon further inspection it can be so much more. I had once thought it would be a nice thing to hang in a bathroom to put those Glade smelly crystals in, or potpourri. Maybe a cute something to hang near the bed to put your earrings in? Earplugs? chap stick? Nighttime necessities? Maybe I need to work on making hooks as well...

Here it is at any rate...

Back to it Again

Where have I been? Well, I was out looking for a job to be honest. As much as I would love to admit to the contrary, sculpture has yet to pay my bills. After being downsized from job A, I am now working for job B and so far so good. That being said, I am loving the fact that I have more time in my afternoons to do what I love and weld. So, a new pecock garden stake/feeder/outdoor candle holder is ready for paint and a fish. I'm not sure what the final result will be for Mr. Fish, but I have an obscene amount of seashells that want to be windchimes. So, I leave you with pictures of the process:

This is pre paint. If you look carefully, you can see that there is a lot of discoloration at the welds and I really like the uniform look of the painted, finished peice. Besides, I weld like a drunken pirate no matter how hard I try, so the paint also cleans up my blobs if I get a little carried away.

And, Mr. Peacock:

Hm. Mr. Peacock does not want to load today. I guess you'll just have to wait until hes all done.

Wind chimes on a rainy day

It's a rainy day today, the first all April. Already I can see the grass getting green. My husband picked up a stray beta fish on the way home from town the other day (someone was moving and handing out all her animals), so I've spent the morning working on a new home for little Wong Foo. He came in a cheesy lava lamp thing that lit up like a disco ball and looked like it spent the better part of the 90's on the bottom shelf of a thrift store. It was time to retire the funk and I have been working on a hanger for him. I'll probably post it after the paint drys.

Yesterday I went for a free form whatever in an attempt to use up my excess glass. I really need to get more of these fired. Possibly I can get the next batch to behave a bit better than this last one.

I managed to scavenge some chandelier crystals and I think I'll use them on my beta home today. I thought it would be pretty window decor in the kitchen.

The key and sunflower

I started out with the idea for windchimes, but both of these kind of gave me the impression that they could hold their own.

I am kind of toying with the idea of making an army of the sunflower things and swagging material through the ends and making some kitchen window treatments.

It may just be the sugar hangover talking, but I suddenly have such an urge to decorate...lol

Just finished my little bohemian beauty-fly windchime today. I decided to go with only a single strand of wire instead of my usual twisting 2 strands. It made it so much harder to weld and I found myself blowing through a lot of wire and I wasn't as happy with the result as I am with the 2-strand sculpture. I managed to finish it though and it is up on my Etsy now. http://uniqueeuphoria.etsy.com/

Finished!

It is finished and turned out just beautiful! I sometimes wish I could make a living just selling my pretty things.