Happy Inauguration Day!

[merimask]

Yay!  Inauguration Day is here!  Char and I (and I think almost everyone I know) are so excited...we can't wait to see it all happen.  Good luck President Obama!  We're all counting on you.

I had a very busy weekend; I finished another of those big dramatic dragon masks.

I'm calling it a "Royal Dragon", 'cause it's purple & bronze on black, y'know.  Original!


It's up in Etsy, as well as on my DeviantArt site.  It was kind of funny because the light outside today was perfect for photography, but there was a light snowfall so you can see little snowflakes all over the place in my pictures!  Oh well.  ^_^

I'm pretty happy with it.   This second one was more fun to make.   I knew exactly what I was doing. 

I am also working on another "bronze" mask...I decided to do a ancient bronze "Bast" mask.  She's the Egyptian cat goddess.  Mel pointed out (I think it was Mel) that I could do gods & stuff like that with that bronze verdigris color treatment, & I researched Egyptian art & saw that they made bronze statuary quite a lot...apparently Egypt was full of copper!   So, I'm making a greenish bronze cat.  I think it'll be cool. 

I am out of almost everything that I need to make my art.   No more green dye, no more blue dye, very little red.  No big leather either...it's all gone.  I have a new hide coming, though it won't be here until next week probably.  I MUST go downtown tomorrow as I am in dire need of everything else...the hide will be delivered but everything else can only be found at this ONE little ancient leather goods shop in downtown Buffalo.  It's family-owned & has been there since before there were cars (it did a thriving harness-repair business & the 100+ year old sign still says that)...every time I walk in there I am reminded of what a HUGE anachronism I am.  ^_^  Actually I kind of like that...
 
Anyway, back to work!  Love you all!

EDIT:  Happy Birthday, kijjohnson !!  What a perfectly fabulous day to celebrate...go turn on CNN and look at all those joyful faces on the Mall in DC; I couldn't imagine a better present.  ^_^

Comments

[ravenedgewalker.livejournal.com]

Your recent masks have all been absolutely stunning - well your work always is but you're taking it to new and dizzy heights of splendidness (if that is a word).

This one rocks - the bronze masks are gorgeous also.

[merimask.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I guess when my bike paths are closed by snow & I have no other outlet to make me happy, I retreat into creative bliss. Winters suck for me personally, but I'm beginning to see that creatively they are my best season.