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Archive for January 2009

“Voice From the Grave” Poem by Ron About His Daughter

Hi everyone,

Here’s a poem (shown below) that Ron just composed about his daughter Iris who died in 1998. She and I were only 2 weeks apart in age. A lady asked Ron if he wanted to post something on her blog about Iris. She had read on his website that his daughter was the inspiration for his book “War Star Rising: The Legend of Toucan Moon.” Here’s a link to his book:  http://www.zoodoc-stories.com/Novels.html

Last night I read the poem out loud while Ron listened. It was all very emotional for him to revisit this sad part of his life. When I got to the part about the doll that he sent to Iris, but she never knew it was from him, he cried. How very sad that Iris’ mother and grandmother conspired to keep him from seeing her. To add to the sadness, Iris’ mother was later shot to death by her ex-boyfriend about a year after the funeral for Iris. So Ron’s past with Iris and her mother is completely gone.

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Archive for January 2009

Karaoke party

On Saturday we had a welcome back party for my good friends Pat and Barry who moved back from Hawaii after being away for 18 years. 

Here’s a picture of us girls singing together.   Pat and my sister and I used to sing ”The Teddy Bear Song” when we were kids. 

Debbie, Shirley (my mom), Tricia (my sister), me and Pat singing Teddy Bear Song.

Debbie, Shirley (my mom), Tricia (my sister), me and Pat singing Teddy Bear Song.

When I sculpted “Patsy,” which is in the ceramic category page on my website, I named it after Pat. 

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Archive for January 2009
Side view of Indian Sculpture.

Side view of Indian Sculpture.

Indian Woman Sculpture WIP

The Indian feathers have temporarily been removed, well, actually, they fell off. :-)   I only had placed them on the head just to see if I wanted feathers on her.  I think that I will do them but turn them upside down and add some beads as well in her hair. 

The Indian woman’s back view was too husky so I feminized her quite a bit.  Here are some pics showing her prior to adding texture.  Ideally it would be good to create the texture simply from making the forms of the back.  In order to have the soft shades of grey in the shadows of the back, I found that I needed to utilize the brush dipped in water.   This brush is carefully dragged over the surface until I get the forms just right. 

To see more pictures of her please click below.

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Archive for January 2009

Western Woman Wax Work- “Blessings Bloom”

Finished Wax for Bronze

Finished Wax for Bronze

This wax is a western woman—my latest sculpture soon to go into bronze. The foundry poured 2 waxes and sent them to me via UPS. In the summer, I’d have to go to the foundry and pick up the wax myself for fear they might melt in a delivery truck. :-)   Much work goes into having the waxes finished as seen above. 

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Archive for January 2009

Below is a simplified explanation of how the process works. If you have any questions then just ask and I’ll do my best to explain. J

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Archive for January 2009
Indian woman with braids closeup.

Indian woman with braids closeup.

Indian woman sculpture is coming along nicely. For the past several days I’ve been mourning the loss of my kitty and haven’t felt much like sculpting but yesterday I felt better. I worked on her braids and tried out some feathers in the back of her hair. The feathers need to be fairly thick in order for the casting material to flow through the mold well. More work will be done on braids and feathers.

For more pictures of her please click below.

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Archive for January 2009

Lost my kitty Leia

Here is Leia a few months ago lying in a flower pot on our front porch. She was always finding her special little spots to lay down.

Leia in flower pot.

Leia in flower pot.

For the past week or so our kitty Leia had been sleeping a lot and not playing with Lionel our other cat.  We thought she was just going through her teenage years, so to speak.  Or we thought maybe she was hibernating, (we didn’t know if cats do this), since it’s wintertime.  So we thought she was having the luxurious life of getting to sleep all day on our couch etc.  We had no idea that she was sick and I have learned a big lesson.  I wish I could have protected Leia from her illness and got her well but I do accept that I’m imperfect and just didn’t know. 

My sweetest and dearest kitty Leia had come down with pneumonia.  On Sunday we awoke  to find her gasping for air, breathing very rapidly and with a raspy and gurgly voice.  All vet offices were closed on Sunday so we took her to the emergency animal clinic in a nearby town.  They assessed her situation and said that it was an emergency and that she could “go south” very quickly.  We had them put her in the oxygen room to help her to catch her breath.  Even with the oxygen she was still breathing with difficulty.

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