Day One Hundred Eighty-One

Q: Which is the longest finger puppet in the series so far?

A: THIS guy!

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Day One Hundred Eighty

Q: What's this guy got that the others don't?
A: Short silver whiskers.

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Day One Hundred Seventy-Nine

It started out as a dark and rainy morning this morning...the kind of day I LOVE because it makes me want to make art. That is what it was like when I was making this girl. I even got inspired to try taking the yarn all the way up the ear as far as I could go.

This afternoon it turned sunny and this puppet wanted to go outside for her photograph. It was too breezy for all of the tall spiky flower shots, they kept swaying and getting blurry. Puppety decided to play "look how tall I am" instead. (as in she is looking down at me)

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Day One Hundred Seventy-Eight

One day I escaped.

I don't know if this dog girl is escaping the diet camp or escaping the prison of pie and cookies. What do you think?

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Ooooh! LIVE feed from East Coast Extravaganza 2009!!!

YAY -- I couldn't make it to the East Coast Extravaganza (ECE) this year, but Derby News Network is carrying a LIVE feed!!!

Detroit Derby Girls' Travel Team plays on Saturday @ 6:30pm against Charm City...and again on Sunday @ 6:30 against Carolina.

Go to the link, scroll down to our bout, click and there is a conversation going on...click on the WATCH LIVE (right underneath the title in red) and a little video window will open up. Click on the little box in the right corner to view full screen.

GREAT STUFF!!!

Look at the Saturday Preview here.

Look at the Sunday Preview here.

Day One Hundred Seventy-Seven

Here is a bit of dressage imagery for today...minus the cat girl's hat...perhaps that is why they placed second.

I can never get hats to work with animal ears.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Seventy-Six

Dig those bushy eyebrows, man! (They are really soft, too.)

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Day One Hundred Seventy-Five

Cat, cat girl, cocoa, chocolate, cups...what else could "C" stand for in this collage?

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Seventy-Four

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

I'm about halfway through this series of 50!

Day One Hundred Seventy-Three

Okay...confession time. I'm not sure why, but I am totally wiped out today. I have been fighting falling asleep all day long. I kept thinking I was going to be able to make something today, but I am just plain too sleepy.

This is a block I made a couple of years ago...but at least I'm not trying to pass it off as one I made today. It was a collage that I made for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

I would rather post this today than miss another deadline.

Day One Hundred Seventy-Two

I like those flowers. Puts me in mind of British Invasion music...Dusty Springfield, Manfred Mann, Sandie Shaw, Kinks, Gerry & the Pacemakers...I love that stuff!

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Edit: I just noticed this when I posted the block..."accents" fits, too! Ha...I amuse myself. Totally unintentional.

Day One Hundred Seventy-One

I haven't made a guy with whiskers in a while...so here is a very whiskery guy.

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Goat Day!

Today was Goat Sponsors Day at SASHA Farm. I sponsor a very charismatic goat named Hershey. He is the one who is standing taller than the others.

Man, I love goats!

Day One Hundred Seventy

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

I totally forgot that I had this yarn in purple.

It was too dark to take a non-flash photo, so I had to scan it.

Day One Hundred Sixty-Nine

Nothing human offends me.

(yeh, if only...)

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Sixty-Eight

Yep...this is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Front and back views.

Day One Hundred Sixty-Seven

Mmmm, mmmm...strawberry margarita.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".













why won't yellow show up well on my scanner??? the background is quite yellow, really.

Day One Hundred Sixty-Six

Awww....little puppy kids.

Hey - I have one of those cool spinny, whirly toys, too. They are cool. Mine is blue. (At least I think that's what she's holding.)

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Sixty-Five

This one sort of reminds me of a mermaid, although I am not sure why. She is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Ready to Go!

Finally! I finished up my "Penciled In" series for Art-o-mat® and the set of 50 colored pencil drawings is ready to be shipped off to Artists in Cellophane on Monday -- yay!

Day One Hundred Sixty-Four

Opening Next Month

I like the crisp imagery in this collage. I also like the position of the dog man's head. I think it works.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Sixty-Three

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

Day One Hundred Sixty-Two

Nothing I do feels like work.

When it comes to making collages, that is how I feel, too.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".
















Yay! All caught up and back on track!

posting of Day One Hundred Sixty-One

I haven't made a puppet with a simple "x" pattern edge in a long time. I think I am getting the hang of it now...the "x's" are pretty evenly spaced and roughly the same size. I am pleased with them.


This is colorful girly girl is a finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

posting of Day One Hundred Sixty

I have never really tried to construct an entire room in one of these Animal People collages...it was amusing to do. All of the elements came from the same magazine, but from different pages.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

posting of Day One Hundred Fifty-Nine

Sorry for having to play catch up with these posts...I feel kinda cheezy and like "the dog ate my homework"...but my computer really really was out of commission.

I like this stripey guy and the tufts on his ears. He is trying to get chummy with the queen switchplate...don't know if she is gonna buy what he is selling.

This is a finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

posting of Day One Hundred Fifty-Eight

This is the Arto-item I made for Day One Hundred Fifty-Eight.

I like this guy's streaky eye and bushy eyebrows.

This is a finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".

whew! my computer is back and running!

Okay...all better now. Upgrades, memory, waiting for parts to come in...very frustrating but worth it.

Back to work on the blog!

computer problems

My computer is down and that is why I have missed a posting or two. I am making the Arto-items per day, but can't post them til later in the week.

Day One Hundred Fifty-Seven

Sometimes simple is simply best.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Fifty-Six

Oh man...there is just too must to do still. This is kinda sorta cheaty, but it is for Art-o-mat® in a round about way, so I am counting it as my post for the day.

Tomorrow is the 2nd Anniversary of Detroit Comics, where one of my Art-o-mat® machines is. (You may recall I host the two Michigan machines.) And you may also recall that Kettle and I have done a collaboration series for Art-o-mat® called "KT Goodlove".

Well, Detroit Comics is throwing a 2nd Anniversary Party tomorrow and I will have an Art-o-mat® table there. As a way to celebrate the anniversary of Detroit Comics -- and -- to celebrate the launch of "KT Goodlove", Kettle and I have collaborated on 2 larger pieces to be given away as prizes. Kettle also graciously gave me some more artwork to be given away at the party. Really cool stuff.

Here are pictures of the two collaborations Kettle and I did. The longer one is on a plank of pine that I sanded smooth and put my collage pieces on...Kettle painted his parts and sent it back to me. The size of this piece is approximately 5 1/2" x 16"... much larger than I am used to working.

The round one is a 45 rpm record that Kettle painted on the bottom half. I added the red paper on the top and the collage elements. The girl is saying "smooth".

Day One Hundred Fifty-Five

Awwww...it's the kitten girl's birthday. What's in the box???

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Fifty-Four

Oops...I'm keeping this one, too.

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

Day One Hundred Fifty-Three

Rule No. 9 : Get Your Story Straight - Before You Go Home

This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".

hello!

I just want to say "Hello!" to new viewers who have found this blog through Condron.us

Day One Hundred Fifty-Two

This is the finger puppet that expresses "aw...poor [fill-in-the-blank]".

Today, the puppet is saying "Awwww...poor kitties." 3 out of 4 of my cats had dental procedures today...2 of them had extractions.

So I've included a shot of the puppet looking out the window and doing a bunch of heavy sighing.

This is a finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".