Layers...

I work in layers building up the image over a few days.  Here is the collage on top of yesterday's photo transfers.  It's all a bit muted with the acrylic still wet.

I'll have to wait until the morning to see how they really look when dry and what next steps will be.

Transfers complete...

These sat by the kitchen sink today and I worried away at the paper in between other things.  By the second day the image is securely in the acrylic and I can remove the last of the paper by scrubbing with a rough sponge.

Next step will be more collage over the transfers.

In-process transfers...

I printed photos and began transfers today...here they are in process....

I've peeled off some of the paper but there is more to go - when they are wet you can see more of the transferred image peeking through....

New beginnings...

I haven't done much with collage in a while.  Here are two new beginnings inspired by scenes at Huntley Meadows...

Here are the touchstones fired last night...

And a new experiment creating a felted labyrinth ball...

Felt and stones...

Today I glazed my collection of labyrinth stones.  They are in the kiln now.

Another summer project is organizing art supplies and spaces at home.  The dilemma here is that most of the disorganization is unfinished projects.  I seem to think if I keep them visible maybe I will return to finish them.  

One example is felt color wheels.  I made them in the winter with varying degrees of success.  And then my pup sniffed them out of assorted boxes and bags and tore them.  It's a good opportunity to reuse the felt to add to my collection of colorful felt stones.  The goal is to make enough to remake my color wheel wreath for my front door.  Here are the ones I made today...

Cooking and clay...

As I waited for the kiln to cool, Chad and Kevin fired up the other heated apparatus on the back patio, the smoker.

Our July 4th centered around new recipes for smoking pork loin and corn on the cob. 

I made a fruit salad and an once cream cake, family favorites with red and blue berries.

Here's my collection of leaf print necklaces after their final glaze firing...

Into the Kiln...

Today I worked on collecting various small clay projects and getting them completed to load the kiln. The kiln is now firing with touchstones, objects from a small group I led, a sculpture from my son and several leaf print necklace charms that need glazing.
I forgot to take a picture of these....with glazing the "after" is much more exciting than the "before."
More to come tomorrow...