This lamp was a great group project, starting with me and my mother-in-law going off and getting a plain lamp, which is harder than it sounds. We needed one with a flat base, and a rod that we could enclose in bamboo. Now that I think of it, it probably would have saved us time if we just made the entire thing from scratch. The shade on the lamp was awful, so we got a separate shade. Back home, my mother-in-law covered the lamp shade with new material and glued cork to the base, while the mom-to-be and I sculpted the animals and leaves out of sculpey. We had my father-in-law drill some bamboo (its not completely hollow!) and remove the lighting switch while the sculpey figures were painted. I think it’s cute!
Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock. The Walrus is not from Alice in Wonderland but he’s part of a poem in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There…and he’s oh-so-cute.
My surgery went well – my right hand is very sore and is unusable but I’m SO glad to have that blasted cyst out. I now have the greatest hubby-nurse ever.
Watercolours, pencil crayon and markers on watercolour paper. Simply put, the yale is one wicked-cool animal. It has horns that can move any which way it wants!
For more info on all your favorite medieval beasts, visit The Medieval Bestiary or your local library.
I’m a bit nervous as I post this, for in less than 12 hours I will be off for some ‘minor’ wrist surgery. It’ll be a little while before I can draw again, so I’m feeling pretty sad. Only one more medieval letter to go then who knows what I’ll post!
Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock. The Carpenter is not from Alice in Wonderland but he’s part of a poem in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
