potato heart prints 2

Beehive exploring 

 potato heart printing, 

inspired by Jason Polan

Potato Heart by Jason Polan

Jason Polan I like making potato prints and thought it might be a nice way to make a piece of art with a heart. I bought a potato and cut a notch on the top of it. Each cross section of the potato was then in the shape of a heart. For each artwork, I would cut a sliver of the potato away, add paint and make the print. The first ones were small hearts. The hearts got bigger until the thickest middle part of the potato and then again got smaller until there was nothing left of the potato. Each person that gets one of the pieces will get their own, they will each be different (I only made one print per cut). Each piece is part of that one potato. Some of the prints are more heart looking than others because of the lumps and bumps in the potato but all are hearts. The edition size was to be however many the potato would make. This potato made 32. I numbered the prints in order of printing so the first few (1 thru 3) and the last few (30 thru 32) were smaller hearts than the middle ones (15 thru 17). They were printed on Fabriano 4.5"x6.7" (115x170mm) paper and are all signed and dated (all on the back). Maybe you can give one to somebody you love (or maybe somebody you love will give one to you).   http://www.jasonpolan.com/art/heart.html LOVE.

Sweets for your Sweet

mini heart pillows 

chocolate candy towers 

stop by the studio or 

find at beehive art etsy shop

winter PRINTS

Each child  printed a series of mono prints onto one big piece of paper. 

As always, I loved watching the kids, 

and how they loaded up their plates with great color designs and  carefully placed plates onto their paper. Some created a neat grid while others overlapped the prints.

The results? All of the surprise of a pulled monoprint with magnificent color x 4 (5 or 6). 

Mind The Gap

I just found these gems on Pinterest,

starting my Monday off with a big blast of color and inspiration. love.

"Mind The Gap" is a colourway inspired by the London Underground, and features the twelve iconic colours of the Tube map. Socks in "Mind The Gap" are the perfect portable knitting project for your daily commute! 
This is a self striping sock yarn, which means it will pattern into bold, colourful stripes as you knit. Each stripe will be five or six rows wide (12mm, half an inch) depending on your gauge and the number of stitches you cast on. The sequence of colours will vary between dye lots, and will not necessarily be in the same order as the sock in the photograph. 

find  http://www.etsy.com/listing/117009500/mind-the-gap-self-striping-sock-yarn
from trailing clouds

Wrapped

This week we've been doing some serious 

wrapping of yarn over balloons.  

Its a slippery slope to start, 

but once the ballon has a solid base 

of yarn it's a breeze and really fun.

                              The key = gobs of glue. 
                                 And I'm not kidding.

I should remember

                                                                      from favorite and

                                                                  can never get enough of

                                                                karey m. @ mackin ink

Will You Be Mine, Sweet Valentine?

Our annual

 sweet and very special 

Valentine Extravaganza

  Friday,  February 8th

4:00 - 5:30

Cards, gifts, garlands, and a big HEART cookie.

ALL served with a boatload of glitter.

xoxoxoxo
call beehive for reservations 978 443 6900

puppet love

We're creating the best 

bunch of puppets EVER!  

We measured, cut, snipped and glued 

hair, hairdo's and faces today. 

 Oooooo, 

how I love puppets 

at the studio. 

It's like having a whole 

new batch of friends, 

paper mache style. 

boheme circus

clever colorful tags with 

washi tape

and stamps

 and fun.

LOVE me some

 boheme circus,

endless inspiration.

new year = new work

painting at the wall
snowflakes
colored glue
birch base for puppets
tissue bits
pastels
paper mache
craypas  houses
painting at the wall

honey honey

Perfecto January color with these
honeycomb parade decorations,
available from mokkasin.

embrace winter

                                                       

                                                                                                                    skaters

PAINTED PAPER PENNANTS

WHAT?! do you do with a table cover that has been saturated with paints for weeks? 

MAKE a garland for the studio, of course.

                             WE set up the round table as a watercolor station last session.

 Classes, workshops and parties painted, detailed, 

and decorated art work, gifts, cards, tags, sculptures. 

I'm talking endless projects. 

I wanted to see what the result would be if we didn't change the paper.  

The richness grew as it was splattered, painted and a tad glittered. 

It had a worn texture to it.

 It was an old friend.

Get yourself some color here.

PAINTED PAPER PENNANT