Sneak Peek at another "Redo"


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I have been wanting to do this for a while,
making this shadow box frame more interesting...
from this:



to this:

In the picture, you can slightly make out the monofilament line I used to hang it to get the side views for my etsy shop - ooops! Oh well, I just wanted to get this posted and not retake the shot!

I can "see" a correlation between what I am doing with my art, and where God is taking me on our journey together...I have been really seeking Him on the several threads of purpose and interest He has placed in me (a beautiful journey of seek and find initiated by Him); and all that have been developed to a certain point of maturity, yet at different times and seasons of my years. Now, I believe He desires for me to move in the fullness of each gifting, each place of preparation, and not keep those threads separate anymore...I have been rather stumped in how to move forward in that idea...but now I do believe I have the insight... it is like these last two weeks of art work - beautiful, whole, conveying an idea in the simplicity of what was there originally...but now it is time for further, deeper development. For familiar elements to be introduced and joined together in new ways. The fullness of what is to be emerging only as the piece is changed once again through the hands of the Maker... more to come I am sure!

Altered Row Houses and Gothic Arches

Been browsing through mixed media you-tube videos and found these by sugarlumpstudios - I am thinking about trying some of these soon...



Here is an example of a book made with Gothic Arches by Sugarlumpstudios.etsy.com:



And finally, the Gothic Arches tutorial: