March 4, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Today Annalisa and I made this lovely bread for our show opening tomorrow. It is a Swiss New Year’s bread that my mother and grandmother (and so on back down the line) always make around Christmas and sometimes Easter. It was quite time consuming but well worth the effort. It tastes divine and the act of weaving four strands of dough is actually very satisfying. Come tomorrow if you are in town, the bread will be there too, along with butter and jam. . .
Oh yes, I must mention that I decided not to attempt complete hand kneading the 14 cup-of-flour-dough and did it in three shifts in my kitchen aide. Needless to say, it was still a bit much. While I had my back turned the mixer had worked its way to the edge and proceeded to dive off the counter and inflict a large dent in the linoleum. Sure glad a certain toddler wasn’t wandering around the kitchen at the time! Sorry landlady dear, it was the mixer, really it was. . .
February 28, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Took this photo in Annalisa’s kitchen, I like her kitchen. Its very cozy and there is always tea and now there are fabulous orange chairs around her table. She is my art show partner this weekend, her paintings of quite domestic animals and mine of wild ones. All of hers are square fit together in nice rows. The animals are thick oil paint on wood and then she burns in linear drawings of the animals surroundings around the painted part. I wish I had photos of the cows and the sheep to post, they are my favorites. Oh yes! I think these chickens are from the Carl Sandburg trip her and I took a few months back one rainy day. I promise I will get more photos of her fabulous work to post once they are all hanging together.
February 12, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Whimsy spotted on my favorite Fine Little Day, Nina Lindgren.
February 11, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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The brilliant naturalist and artist, Maria Sibylla Merian did them first. Not used to drawing from old botanical figures, so dependent on photos for those shadow subtleties I love. . . the creatures that are coming out are a little bit more whimsical. . . perhaps a bit Baskinish. . . which I don’t mind. . . now if only I can attack the color in a good way.
February 6, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Egon Schiele, learning from his colors lately. . . pale shades of off white and greenish white with black and then rich colors in bits and patterns. Another very weird man.
February 6, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Much needed organization of my accessories today, they used to live on hooks in my bedroom. But I think this is a better solution than a hanging tangle. I am dying for this floral scarf, not much of a flower on clothes person, but I think it would help to soften the edge of my black vegan leather bomber. Hint, hint Christopher. . . valentines day is only like a week away. . .
Found the purse above in a thrift store clearance bin. . . the papers I found inside were from 1970. Crazy to think no one has used this purse for forty years until now! I love all the subtleties that only vintage print matter has, even if it is receipts and bills. I also love the idea of rubbing shoe polish all over the old leather, I can almost smell it now. I promise I won’t get high.
January 31, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Marshall loves to help me cook. . .if he gets any wind of something happening in the kitchen he is frantic to participate. My walls are not happy about his spastic stirring technique and often in my main objective to keep mess to a minimum and all his appendages attached to his body I forget important ingredients. But, I do love the idea of him cooking. Apron from Mollie, thats not really a skirt. . .
I love these ideas of how to make a play stove, cardboard or side table ( I actually saw a better one somewhere else but can’t remember where) maybe for the next birthday. . .
January 23, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Encaustic show at Art and Light soon. I melt the refined beeswax in cans on a gridle and brush it over the drawings on wooden panels, I’ve never done this before, it really is trial and error. I do have a feeling I’m going to keep on loving it. I love the way the wax feels all smooth and hard, and the way it makes the drawing underneath slightly hazy where it pools thicker. One technique I think is fabulous is the ability to rub and transfer drawings in layers onto the wax. These still need some white wax triangles, some more transfer drawings and then I’ll etch a moth into the surface and rub white paint into the grooves. Providing it doesn’t all get melted off in the process. . . I”ve done that once already.
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