Past projects

I wanted to "catch up" by discussing projects we have worked on so far:

Of course, our Puzzle Show art pieces were a lot of fun this year. I did Krokopelli in Huichol style yarn art. Rick did a stream, complete with rocks and sand. Catherine did a print of cats. Rick C. did an evil cat in papier mache. Laura did a piece with weaving over painting and one with her wax paper art. Bill did a dragon sculpted from copper wire. All of them were awesome.

Then we did some acrylic painting and wax papermaking. I used faux techniques to paint my favorite wooden tray, and Laura made panels for her kitchen door.

Last week we did papier mache with the materials that Rick C had left over from his puzzle piece. I worked on a giraffe; Catherine did a "quadraped, probably herbivorous"; and our special guest, Kieri (Catherine's daughter) did a pig. Bill sketched a cartoon.

Yesterday, Rick C. brought over the transfer paper he bought so we could practice doing decal transfers. He baked three photo images onto some glass jars just as an experiment. It worked pretty well even though we had a little mix up on the baking time. Catherine worked on her sculpture, and I laquered my tray and beer holder. Rick and Bill designed the Molybdenum Gimbal. And of course, we can't have any Amberglen gathering without our liquid master!

Rick C. is gonna host a welding session for us, either next week (June 5) or the week after. Stay tuned for details.

As always, folks are welcome to work on any projects they want, or even just come and drink beer with us.

Asha