GARDEN WHIMSIES AND MOBILES

My daughter made this lovely garden whimsy

for my Mother's Day gift.

While spending the day at the beach

she collected driftwood and oyster shells.

Along with her picnic she packed her cordless

drill, beads and wire.

A relaxing and productive day!

My grandsons made this mobile for their

mother for Mother's Day.

They made the mobile from driftwood, clay hearts

and buttons all wired together.

They embellished it further with wildlife buttons.

I made this mobile to hang in my kitchen

above the sink.

The entire 34th psalm is written out on the

various pieces of driftwood, shells and

homemade paper.

I am a great fan of buttons and loved how

the red complimented the white oyster

shells and the grey driftwood.

I also incorporated some of my treasured sea glass.

Homemade paper

. . .let the afflicted hear and rejoice. . .

. . .He answered me; He delivered me

from all my fears. . .

. . .Taste and see that the Lord is good. . .

. . .The lord is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed is spirit. . .

SALMON GYOTAKU WITH DRIFTWOOD, SEAGLASS AND SHELLS

I have finally finished adding the

embellishments to my gyotaku.

I have the perfect place to display it with a generous

shelf below to create a driftwood beach.

As with any beach there are many treasures to discover. . .

limpets, oyster shells, clam shells, a crab, footprints in the sand,

and worn, bleached driftwood.

I have used my collection of seaglass and pottery found

on the beaches of Scotland and Washington state.

I have had these hooks saved for something special for decades.

I found them in an abandoned house in Newfoundland on the Great Northern Peninsula.

I'm guessing they are cod hooks as that was once a vibrant fishery in Newfoundland.

I used plaster of Paris to which I added blue acrylic paint. After mixing it well I spooned it out on top of the fabric. Before adding shells, driftwood etc. I added a deep blue acrylic on top of the spooned out mixture and swirled it a bit before adding my embellishemnts.

WOODBURNING ON DRIFTWOOD

I found this piece of drift wood yesterday. . .

liked its fish-like appearance. . .

knew it would lend itself well to something!

To burn scripture into the driftwood

 you need a magnifying glass, the sun

and a little spare time. (about an hour)

Holding the glass at a certain angle the

beams from the sun may be concentrated

into one spot. The dry driftwood started smoking

as soon as the light was focused on it and

a little flame shot up from time to time as well.

I continue to work with my earlier gyotaku print.

I do plan to add more embelishments to the canvas,

but liked placing my drift wood to the shelf below.

The piece with the woodburning is on the far left.

All His creation continues to astound me.