Birthday Number: 15

 

Magpie in Flight

 For a blog that is ostensibly about painting -- hence the name gesso* tales -- there has been precious little painting. This summer I played with paint a little.

Magpie in Flight

oil on board  

24" x 18"

    61cm x 46cm    

* gesso | ˈjesō |     noun (plural gessoes) a hard compound of plaster of Paris or whiting in glue, used in sculpture or as a base for gilding or painting on wood: the surface must first be given several coats of gesso | [as modifier] : gesso panels. 

    

Book Burrow

 

Worms

Spiders

Ants and Ladybugs

The Bee

A few process photos:

Folding pages gives the project heft. 

Cutting grass with some fold downs to keep balanced with the bottom folds.

The burrow, with the start of some dandelions. 

I have 2 of these journals left. I have to read them before I transform them. 

Birthday Number: 67

 

Book Room

 

Dictionary Pendants

 

Beach Rocks

 I love looking for round rocks and when we were in Victoria in February I often went to the rocky beach. I limited myself to rocks for which I had a purpose. "Purpose" is used loosely here.

 Making these is like doing a puzzle.