Sunday, September 2, 2012

人魚と魚 mermaid and fish


                                 A happy mermaid collects flowers with her friends.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

roses and leaves 薔薇と葉っぱ



This design, repeated over and over, would make very pretty striped material which would make a lovely dress, yukata, or even a pocketbook.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Bunches of flowers


                                 This design would be nice on a dress, a yukata, or a handbag.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

More flowers




                                                               Flowers and stars



                                                           Warm summer flowers






Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Black and White







Simple black and white designs.

The Happy Skeleton Goes Into Space








Here are three color choices of the same design.  The busy design could be at the bottom of the garment with the other design filling in the top.

My husband's sculpture


            My husband is a stone and wood sculptor.  This is a piece he carved out of granite.





      We both very much like Day of the Dead art.  This is a piece using wood, paint, and metal.




                                      This is also wood, paint, and metal.  It is a spirit figure.

                                 
 Here's an older group of things he made in the past.  These are both granite and sandstone pieces.






     This is an angel he is still working on.  To see more of his sculpture you can visit http://carltonartfactory.blogspot.com/ . You can buy his art at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CarltonARTfactory

Monday, July 16, 2012

花とファッション Flowers and Fashion



                                                   楽しいファッション   fun fashion




                                                           眠い鼠    sleepy mouse





                                                     葉っぱと鳥  leaves and birds                    






                                                                peaceful flowers


Wednesday, July 11, 2012

卵の殻のブローチとペンダント Eggshell brooches and pendants

                             I made this pin by writing on goose eggshell with hot beeswax
                             and dyeing the different colors onto the shell.  Then I acid-
                             etch the pattern into the shell.  This is the eight-pointed star which
                             symbolizes life itself, purity, and the Divine Will or Eye of God.  It
                             can be worn as a pin or a pendant.  It's a little more than 3 1/2
                             centimeters tall.



                        
                         This one was made the same way.  In the Ukrainian tradition, birds
                         symbolize fulfillment of wishes, fertility, and pushing away evil.  Trees
                         symbolize renewal and creation.


                     
                      Flowers symbolize the female principle; love, charity, elegance, beauty,
                      and wisdom.



                                                      Here's what the back looks like.

傘とたくさんの花 Umbrellas and lots of flowers




This design would be pretty as the centerpiece of  a T-shirt or used in a smaller version and repeated as a pattern for material that could be used for a yukata or purse or towel, etc.  This pattern shows a peony, a sunflower, a dahlia, a daisy, a wisteria, an iris, a bird, a poppy, and a yellow day lily.




                                                            Simple, but sweet



                                                           Umbrellas for a rainy day.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

嬉しい骸骨 The Happy Skeleton

 

 


Either of these Happy Skeleton designs would look good either large as the main image or small and repeated.

ビデオ Watch me on YouTube

You can go to this page on you tube and see videos of me making pysanky and acting in film, television, and on stage.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

たまご Some of my eggs

Here are some of my eggs.  The top egg is an ostrich egg.  The next 2 are rhea eggs.  The blue and purple egg is a duck egg.  The Happy Skeleton egg is a goose egg.  Pysanky are Ukrainian Easter eggs.  They have a very long history and go back to ancient times.  Each pattern has a symbolic meaning.  They are given as gifts of love and good will.

The happy skeleton is a series I made up because I love Day of the Dead art.  The Day of the Dead is a religious holiday celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries to remember and pray for members of the family who have died.

蛙 A Frog

                                                               


                                                          Happy dancing frog




































蛙と花,  The Happy Skeleton