Naarmamo Day 24

[sallymn]

And here is today's post for your art :)

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[sallymn]

Someone at work sent me some funny animal pictures today, and some of them were owls. Like pandas and penguins, owls make for good icons, I think... so I made these three, just for fun.

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[saki101]

Oh, that last one! You are right about owls being great for icons. Despite all the fluff, they manage to be very expressive.

[sallymn]

Their expressions are so almost-human, and often so funny on their own :)

[kerravonsen]

My two-pound sledgehammer arrived in the post today, so I tried to do more stamping of my copper squares. No joy. So it occurred to me that perhaps they needed to be annealed. Not having a butane torch or a kiln, I improvised with narrow metal tongs (I think they were faux chopsticks or something like that) and my gas stovetop. Heat, heat, heat, drop in pyrex container of water - instant black - scrub scrub scrub with steel wool, scrub some more (and pricked my fingers ouch), and tried again with stamps and sledgehammer. It worked! So I have a copper square all textured with shooting stars, and coloured in lavender and black. I'll hopefully put the clear embossing powder on it tomorrow. And then you will see.

[saki101]

Ooh, ooh, this sounds beautiful and yay successful experimentation! Awaiting photos. Very glad that the heating did not involve any burnt fingers or kitchen curtains aflame!

[kerravonsen]

8-)

I always seem to burn my fingers on hot glue. I need a silicon thimble or something like that.

[vjezkova]

Wow - you are that medieval craftwoman, this is amazing and awesome!!!

[saki101]

Last night I had a photo all picked out for today. Today, I leafed through my folder to see if I had any paper the right size already in there and passed the extra copy of the plain pencil sketch of the stonework. I was overcome by an urge to colour those berry/seed-like bits deep blue. I tried to ignore, but it wouldn't go away. So...for the third day in a row, you have the same design, but now with different colours.

[vjezkova]

I understand your urge. And you did very well! These small objects are prominent more now and what a lovely blue there!

[shimere277]

Very nice! It's hard to decide which version I like better.

[catyah]

Awesome! And isn't coloring (and then going back to add extra nuances fun)? :-)

I copied:

[vjezkova]

http://vjezkova.livejournal.com/274551.html

[verdande_mi]

Scrapbooking was my thing today, just one page, but still :)

[saki101]

One page is good! It's one that wasn't done yesterday. ;-)

[verdande_mi]

This is true! I am forever behind on my scrapbooking.

[sallymn]

One page is more than enough if it made you happy :)