weekEND

 

                                    

These sneaks have been doing some big west side exploring .. I'm

wishing they could talk and tell me a tale or twenty. 

Am miss, miss, missing the boy who wears these sneaks in those parts. 

I'm off to pick up MY boy and enjoy the weekend in the mountains. 

Here's to the time we have to share life.

image shared by ASF

TGIT

                                                                                          art by CLARA age 6

                                                            daniel egneus via papier-mache

sculpture workshop

We had a full house at the Sculpture and Structures Workshop last Friday.  I was in my glory with all these amazing sculptures created by  Beehive artists... talk about inspiration!  I think this collection of birch houses is one of my favorite projects of all time, we could have spent days working on them.

Thank you  Abby for taking these shots before they walked out the door.

Perhaps they have been added to.. with more paint or wood or crayon or clay. Perhaps they live amongst the dinosaurs and elephants, next to the train track and bin of wooden blocks.  

Or maybe they sit upon the table, for friends to admire and wonder about.  

I know I'm wondering about them.

today

                 this girl                lives in             this house                                       

  



                               

Good Goods

                                                                                     eeny

                                                                                   meeny

                                                                                     miny

                                                                                      moe

I found these Wooly Baby slippers over at Poppytalk.

Handmade from upcycled wool sweaters and leather jackets,

it doesn't get any better than this!

I don't know which pair I'd choose. 

Scrumptious slippers for tiny, medium and mommy piggies.

Saturday breakfast

                                         


I found these via  julie digs design
View the entire breakfast project  here 
funny and brilliant.

The Obvious Child

You can be certain that when this plays at the studio, 

we take a moment to turn it up, grab the closest drum stick and jam along. 

I love it, the children love it.. thank you Paul Simon.

TGIT

                                                                                                art by JOSH age 8

Paper Houses

We designed these paper house (lanterns) for an event in Boston last spring. 

I have been wanting to make them with the children at Beehive since. 

It's a tricky project with precise cutting of dowels and paper, 

the Advanced Art Exploration Class ( 9-14 yrs) was a perfect fit.

A sneak peak today of the materials, pattern, and assemblage.

roller prints

We've been getting busy printing..
this time with big grooved wooden rollers and rolling pins.

The blending of textures and color is exquisite,
not to mention a whole lotta, lotta fun!

word

thank YOU via  mackin ink

Richard Scarry

Now this explains my toadstool obsession. As a child, I loved this book. It was always included in my pile of books to read before I went to sleep. Over and over and over. It's a board book so it held up with all the loving. Of course,  I had to have it for E & G, and have given it to many friends over the years.

But the best thing is that I know exactly where to find my copy at my mom's house.

Toadstools

I've been fascinated by the incredible toadstools I've come across the past few weeks. I'm especially keen on the way they shoot right up through the pine needles, moss, bark and fern in their varied shapes, sizes, colors and textures.
                              I think I'd like to set up shop under one and call it a day.