It’s Spring time!
One last clock before my show in March (details soon!) and before I go on a trip to London with my Mom and Aunt/Eastcoast agent (I’ll take lots of pictures!). I really enjoyed making the clock with the paper petals, so I wanted to work with folded paper again. Unfortunately, these glass front shadow boxes don’t make for the best photographs.
On the other hand, the sunny weather makes for more satisfying photographs of other subjects – signs of spring! Yay! Woo hoo! Summer’s on the way!!!
Snowdrops!
Plum buds!
Forsythia and blue sky!
*Please note: Vancouverites, this does not mean it’s time to start wearing shorts and crocs. In fact, it’s never time to wear crocs. Just thought someone should tell you.
This video has all the ingredients of perfect entertainment:
1. It’s Japanese
2. Animation
3. Cute little craft animals
4. Ukulele
5. Pianica
6. Catchy tune
7. Free
How awesome is that little video!
I am re-learning to play the ukulele these days (after acquiring some sweet skillz in Grade 5) and have rediscovered my appreciation for any degree of musical ability greater than my own. Of course, my cat currently plays the ukulele better than I do.
I just got home from the Ravishing Beasts exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver. I’ve been meaning to go for ages and today was one of my last free days before Olympic “excitement” (read: chaos) “sweeps” (read: paralyzes) the city.
My main reason for wanting to visit the exhibition was to sketch the animals.
Hmmm… can I still call them ‘animals’ after all they’ve been through? Is there a more appropriate word? ‘Specimens’ sounds so unsympathetic. ‘Corpses’ is a little PETA for my taste. ‘Stuffies’ is too horribly cutesy. I’m going with animals, unless someone has a suggestion.
So, sketching. The exhibition was smaller than I had expected and unfortunately dimly lit. I’m not sure if the curator was attempting to create a Victorian atmosphere suiting the collecting frenzy of that era or if the animals simply look better in low light. It is always fascinating, in a rather macabre way, to see these preserved creatures up so close. There is a sense of scale and texture not possible with photos or video. I did sketch several of the animals but found it frustrating not to be able to get a better look at the tiny details of bowerbird feathers, hummingbird feet, and so on. I was especially interested in the birds, but (surprise surprise) found that their poor little bodies and feathers simply didn’t look quite right. Worth the satisfaction of my curiosity and the reason to sketch, though.
Hickory, dickory, dock… another little clock!
I wanted to keep things as simple as possible for this little clock. I really like the colour combination of warm grey with unfinished wood. Not unlike the general colour scheme of this afternoon, actually. All these little clocks, and an assortment of other random bits of varying size, colour and functionality, will be part of a show opening in March. Once all the final details are confirmed, you will be the first to know!
