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spirograph and shrinky-dink art

June 25, 2009 in craft, drawing

remember these? i loved mine so much as a kid…though i also cursed its name as the circles skipped around or pens ran out, ruining the perfect designs…cursed precision!

well i got another one and tried it again after all these years.

then i got to wondering what else i could spiro on and used some shrinky-dink plastic…

the game

practice attempts

dry pen on foil board

spirograph on shrink film before baking

more before baking

spiro-dinks! one-third original size

micromandala on a necklace

Tags: game, mandala, retro, spirograph, vintage
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sheet music art

June 21, 2009 in craft, decor, music

got a bunch of old sheet music and liked the vintage looking fonts and stuff…so I spray-tacked them to some scrap pieces of foam core and thumbtacked them on the walls of our music room:

the raw materials

above part of the cd library

sideview

above the piano, on either side of a piece made by sandra mudge (i could devote several posts just to her work)

it's hard for me to find cd's so i made alphabet cards

Tags: eco, music, repurpose, upcycle
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heart shaped rock collection

June 19, 2009 in decor, nature

one of my collections: this one is of heart-shaped rocks

hearts on table

heart rocks up close

Tags: hearts, rocks
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oh, it’s been a really rainy spring here in vermont…the sun shot through the trees in my front yard right at the end of the day, when the light is all slanted, which makes everything look magical, which is why they use it in car commercials…anyway i ran out and took these: