But I have managed some studio time, thankfully...the perfect place to escape the realities of things like the weather.
This is a small piece....about 8" wide and maybe 5" tall at the highest point. It's called Guess Who?
I like to do these tiny pieces sometimes, just as an escape. I love the colors, shapes and graphics on various game pieces, and at times, I just want to see a bunch of them together....dice, checkers, chess men (the bishop), bingo pieces, and some unindentified ones. The little "grid" in front of the bishop was made by slicing a masonite chess board into thin slices with the tabletop band saw I have. (Love that thing!) The whole piece is housed in a little drawer that I painted black and then added little "feet" to it so it can either hang or stand.
We'll start talking about the April giveaway this week. Stay tuned!
(Guess Who? copyright Diane Lou 2011)
5 comments:
diane! i love this piece. . . in fact i have one that is a bit similar in that i am using a wooden thing with indents in it,the game was played with marbles,i think it's called congklak, or mancala.
anyway, i too am placing things in it that are round, a ball, small doll's head, marbles, compass, and other things. still a work in process, but now i am again motivated to finish it.
I love game pieces too--they are art in themselves--this assemblage is just so cool!
Thanks, Rebeca and Diane. Great minds think alike, of course. Good luck on finishing yours, Rebeca...
Hope you are enjoying spring. We have a LITTLE sun today, but the clouds are moving in again....sigh
Sorry about your weather, here in Aust it's getting a bit chilly in the mornings but the days are gorgeous. (Of course, my idea of chilly probably doesn't count in your part of the world.)
I do like this new piece, and once again I see that I want/need a tabletop band saw. If I could figure out where to put it, I'd have it by now.
Hi Carol, I hope you get your band saw too. It is small enough that I use it constantly just to cut small things down to size, and it takes a second instead of struggling minutes. I love it.
Let me know when you get your prize!
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