Tis The Season For Repairs

Spending the week repairing some props that have been damaged over the years....tonight's agenda is fixing the legs on three spiders.

Yummy

If you like Payday candy bars try mixing some candy corn and salted peanuts...tastes just like the candy bar....trust me because I've eaten enough of this stuff during the last month to know what I'm talking about.

GateKeepers and Wrought Iron Fence Test

Dress rehearsal for the new wrought iron fence and GateKeeper column toppers....a beautiful day to play with some new props. 

It's October!

Pumpkin Builders

The end result of the latest papier mache pumpkin workshop.

A is for Abbozzo

Picked up a 1946 edition of “Encyclopedia of the Arts” at a local thrift store, the book has 1064 pages of art terms and definitions which makes for some great late night reading. On the first page a word caught my attention, the word “abbozzo”,  a cool word that you can start using in everyday conversation if you really want to impress your friends and family.

Abbozzo (It.) Sketch or preliminary draft of a work of art.

Here is my latest abozzo, a rendering of a demonic style of gargoyle which I created late one night while sitting on our front porch sketching by candlelight. The plan is to build two of these for use as column toppers. You can check out the progress of the build here.

Creepy Crayola

Stumbled across this Crayola “Monster Mix-Ups  Creativity Kit” for ages 4 and older and since I fit the criteria I knew I had to have it. 

When my kids where younger they had a “Create-A-Critter” kit which was lots of fun.

Basically these are an assortment of plastic plates for the head, torso and feet that you can mix and match into hundreds of different combinations resulting in some wacky characters.

Each plate has a raised design and when you place a piece of paper over the plate and rub with a crayon the design is transferred to the paper.

A simple concept but lots of fun for this person that is well over four years old.