Working on a Dream...

I have been working really hard lately

to create new things for my

art business.  Anyone who knows

me, knows I have been doing Art my whole life.

I would have loved to be able to do it

as my full time job but reality is that

I want a retirement pension

and health insurance too.

My art career has always been my

side thing.  I am seeing retirement

getting closer in my future. 

I figure there is no time

like the present to

expand on creating & sharing

my Art Inspirations.

 So I am trying different things to see what works...

 I am very grateful for my friends that

that share my posts
to help my art dream get visibility!

 There are so many talented people

out there creating art.

 I make things because I like to.

It brings me happiness and I enjoy

learning new things

 Plus if I can make someone happy

with something I made

that is a great thing.

 I think it is special to have something

that someone made. Something that there is

only one of in the whole world!

 That is the whole goal of life anyway right?

Figure out what makes you

happy and then do it...

That is my plan!

A Few Renovations

I have been working on renovating a

few things I want to use to display

some of my pottery at this artist market 

I am doing next month.  Above is one of  2 urns

that someone tossed out. I just happened to

be driving to work and stopped and

loaded these two into the back of my truck.

Cha Ching!

I'm thrilled though, because

I have wanted

urns like this for a while.

New they are pricey.

So FREE is awesome! 

The paint was peeling on the metal,

so I took a wire brush to them.

Then I spray painted several coats of rust-oleum

on them to protect the metal.

After that I brushed on several layers of colors

of acrylic paint.

I was going for the look of an

aged cement planter.

Then I sprayed clear protector over them,

and Wala!  I think they look like that now.

These are the inspiration for my next renovation.

I forgot to take a before...

but this was a garage sale find.  

Someone had slapped flat white paint 

on it very messily.  I was not pretty.

So this is my repaint job.

It will sit on top of a table to display

some of my smaller bowls.

I did have some bad luck in one kiln firing.

This lovely bowl is no more!

I have a full kiln that I will open tonight.

Fingers crossed that there will be better

results than above.