MY STUDIO

My Studio is a converted Florida Room, I had french doors and side lights put up to close it in, and Mr. Miami can see me from the living room when he is watching t.v.

It is pretty new, just 3yrs old, and well organized to a point where I can't find anything.

I don't have a lot of stuff for a fiber artist, that is because I use to live on a Sail Boat, and there is not a whole lot of space for anything, living aboard it is just essentials. So I have learned to live with less.

But I love my Studio it has windows all around, and it is a beautiful shade of blue, I don't really need curtains, since I'm on the back of a farm. I have essentials, big leather chair, t.v. music, and lots of faeries floating about.

I also have a out door space for painting and playing with clay. The weather is pretty good here year round so, I can do a lot outside, and listening to the birds.

I feel blessed to finally live in a house out in the country, where it is so peaceful and quiet!

PLAYING WITH CLAY

Recently I joined this great doll club, ADO, check it out artdollsonly.blogspot.com

I've met wonderful serious art doll makers, lots of clay artists.

Seeing all this wonderful art, has inspired me to pick up some paper clay and mush it around.

I love primitive dolls, and made it easy by just rolling sticks and balls, and made this lovely little Tea Cup Fairy, she is joined together with ribbons. She is happy sitting in the morning sun, while I have my tea.

Thinking this isn't so hard, I made fabric sculptures and covered them with clay, smoothing seems to be difficult for me.

The mermaids are soft sculpture covered in clay

I than made clay bodies, heads, arms, and attached the arms with ribbon, added a stuffed tail

Green Pond Mermaids

These faeries are fabric sculpture covered in clay

I find clay interesting to work with, and it is fun to play with another medium, and I spent a couple afternoons laughing at my goofy faces. But I think I will stick to thread and needle, after all it is my comfort zone!