I wanted to make some shrines using altoids tins filled with clear epoxy resin. My kid’s school had an art show where the kids made little dioramas and glass jars filled with layered images and resin, and I’d been mulling it over for a while. I knew I wanted to do some kind of …
Category: alternart
Nov 28
Morning Glory Number Plaque Tile Mosaic
This is as project I did this summer as a gift for a couple of people I like very much. I used the glass tiles that they had bought for a kitchen remodel. They gave me the leftovers to use in one of my tile projects, and now I’m giving them back. I chose the …
Nov 07
Alternate Susan ebook cover
One of the things I’ve discovered about my self-publishing adventures is that you occasionally need a different ebook cover from the paper cover. The paper cover is for a 5.5 X 8.5 inch object that will be held in your hands. The ebook cover will be maybe an inch by two inches at the most. …
Nov 04
Aromatherapy Keyholes 1
These were a special request from my friend who had a birthday in August (who can resist a birthday girl’s wishes?) She wanted something like something she’d seen on etsy or in a magazine, where it was a small bisque fired pendant used as a personal diffuser for aromatherapy. She said it didn’t matter what …
Oct 31
Owl Mask
I started making this mask recently, during a spate of visual art creativity. I’m finishing up a novel, which involves a lot of fine tuning and orchestrating helpful volunteers to find errors. It doesn’t involve as much creativity, and so I often find when I’m between novels that the creativity spills out into the visual …