Amazingly fantastic porcelain beasts

I'm definitely anti-clutter, anti-knick-knack, and anti-anything-that-requires-dusting, but these little guys make me want to re-evaluate my position on the matter. Here are pics of a couple of my favourites :)

If I had an extra $2000 lying around...

Oh my goodness, you have to check these out, and be sure to scroll down the page. Here's a couple as an example:

...and this is what they look like with the light off:

I really can't believe these are just layers of water-colour paper cut out with a light behind them!

There's a video showing the artists making one of these here.

SO COOL!

I think I like 'A Drop in the Ocean' and 'Where The Giants Roam' the best...



These, by another artist, are gorgeous too.

...and another amazing artist who works three dimensionally with paper...

Itching fingers

I'm currently banned from using my computer/typing, but also from any activity involving my dominant arm, especially precision-related movements like drawing/painting, but with the convention coming up in May, I've been itching to paint... something...

I mean, isn't it sad that I'm the vice-chair of the board and I'm not going to have anything to display?

Like I'm 'pretending' I can paint... name only... a facade.

Well, I've been in Chilliwack for a couple days helping out with convention-related stuff, and while taking a break, I flipped through the latest edition of Porcelain Flash, and here are some of the images that make me want to say, "Phooey!" to my physiotherapist and pick up a paintbrush, especially the first two by Australian artist Ingrid Lee. Aren't they gorgeously dream-like?