a photo of an unglazed Newhouse teapot
OK, I was trying to work from reference photos of unglazed pots and try to paint them as they will appear once they are glazed. So not happening. Too much guess work about where reflections will fall. I couldn't paint a convincing color, everything turned out a horrible old hospital wall color!!..I was so frustrated I could have bitten someone. Bruce wisely stays away from me in these moments. I will try again today with different photo references. Duh!
Happy International Women's Day! I am hoping that unpaid work (generally done by women) will receive recognition of it's importance in the not too far future. How would the world turn if there were not those people who can cook, run a household and care for children and the elderly. Celebrate! Do something you couldn't do 50-100 years ago. Like:
Educate yourself about birth control
Acquire birth control
Walk into a beer parlor unescorted
Teach while pregnant
Hold any sort of job while pregnant
Have maternity benefits
Vote
Be recognized as a human being
Take out a mortgage
take out a loan
rent a telephone
Have a credit card in her own name
Irridescent paint is nearly impossible to photograph. I can hardly wait to see what my companions are coming up with.
I like the old decorative glasses and can rarely pass them up at thrift stores. I find them much more interesting than what I can buy at the store and if I break one, there are no tears.
My grandma Laura said,¨ even water tastes better from a fancy glass.¨
a photo of an unglazed Newhouse teapot
I have been admiring the paper flowers on the Aunt Peaches blogsite for some time now and decided to try a few of my own.
Lou, Enid and What's her Name 16x16 acrylic
Last Friday was the big move of the 2500 square foot log house that was on the Mike Vernon sub-division property. Mr. Vernon donated the building to the village to be used as their new municipal hall. It had to be moved several kilometers to the new site (on one of the coldest days of the year...I took these picture and then my camera froze). It was essential to have the roads frozen to bear the weight of the building.
Bruce and other members of council and the village worked long and hard organizing and applying for grants to make this possible. Note, the house is on wheels here.
The mover set a half-full glass of water on one of the kitchen counters and promised that it would still be sitting there when the move was accomplished. There will be some redecorating but this is a huge lovely building on a huge empty basement that will enable the village room to do all sorts of things. One of which is a community art room!
The little building on the left is the current village office. It consists of the receiving/secretarial area, the administrators office, two bathrooms, a small rear office, and a boardroom that is shared with the volunteer fire fighter service. I believe the whole building will now become the fire-fighters space and everyone else will move into the new hall as soon as possible. I think this is a wonderful re-use of a great building! I can hardly wait to see it when it is spruced up.
