• I’m not there…

    I’m writing this post from my couch πŸ›‹ drinking my late night coffee β˜•οΈ willing to take some photos before bed and finish the base sculpture for The queen πŸ‘Έ

    But the coffee had finished and I ended up in bed πŸ›Œ

    It is not my fatigue nor the cold πŸ₯Ά or headache πŸ€• I just want to adjust myself to next week.

    Paper well

    Paper well is half full. The first mistake I made was to put the well on top of a shelf. It fall down, ruined the bathroom and my clothes. Silly πŸ™ƒ mistake. The first thing I realized was my smile 😊 while looking on the mess. I got my little broom 🧹 and ☝️ towel, swept the floor, put my clothes in the laundry 🧺 , wore an old pairs of slippers and pants that I found in the donation box πŸ“¦ and I went on smushing.

    With my new paper mashe, I sculptured most of the thrown and I have enough for doing The Queen πŸ‘Έ and ☝️ pawn β™Ÿ

    Paint 🎨 station

    I’ve ordered πŸ“Œan acrylic paint set and a turning table with my last money πŸ’΄ in my account.

    These two will be my studio gifts. Other than that I will be needing full support which I’m having now by my husband. I feel great 😊 to feel his support. These days I’m wondering what he will think when he sees the hole project coming together.

    I need to collect all the brushes and paint together. I might try alternatives or mixed material. I need a vanishing solution as well. Should it be matte or shiny ✨ should the colors be vibrant or pale? ⏰ Two big decisions that I should apply and see on test objects.

    Tomorrow will be a new start of a new week full of happiness and serene. That feeling is the only light out.

  • Cleaning 🧹 the backyard

    All weekend was dedicated to the garden πŸͺ΄ I swept all corners and around fences.

    Feeling relief πŸ˜… and active. Smell of the dirt and fire πŸ”₯ made my mind open even wider and wilder 🦊 I have modeled something big. A lightening object for Keten Helva project. With doing so, I’ve started to βœ… try a new technique with craft paper and fences as I planned on Monday.

    I need to focus on my Pawns β™Ÿ now. Not only they have the most amount in a set of chess, but also it will be the smallest and cheapest piece, means the one most probably will selling the most. So for this model I need to figure out a fast πŸ’¨ way to do it.

    I modeled the pawn β™Ÿ with the most common and basic recycling objects, empty paper towel 🧻 rolls and egg board’s. With doing so I will able to make them all in similar heights and weights.

    My new paper well worked out great. shredded cupcake and icecream papers are mashed and came out a smooth paper mache. The vanished color base of the cardboard came out as plastic ropes though, not desired at all, I collected them by hand, worth it.

    The paper mashe is shrinking almost %5. The details are easily get lost when it dries fully. So I started to add layers over and over.

    Even if I want this project to look bright and vibrant, I also want it to keep simple and cheaper. So I might end up with watercoloring, means some pale colors instead. What I can do is skipping fancy color palettes 🎨 but using black and white in foggy πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ tones. And some pinks on cheeks and lips πŸ‘„

    Tomorrow will be the last day of the week. I’m hoping to safe some time to put together what I’ve done.

  • Being Online

    Let’s step big with minimum effort. I’m online with a click now! What is next?

    Dig into the old projects, search for details, and write down descriptions of what I want to say about myself with each specific project.

    The posts that I’ve already posted should be eliminated too…

    The site launch was not in my weekly plan… Simply spontaneous. But without any audience, there is not much to be stressed about anyways. So here we are.

  • A new smell

    My studio is getting its scent . A new smell of a studio. Not clay, not wood this time it is boiling paper and glue…

    ⏰ My well is just boiling. And my vision is getting more visible.

    32 pieces in a chess β™Ÿ set.

    My milestone before visiting Turkey πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· is to complete one ☝️ chess β™Ÿ set and a photo shoot in the backyard. I have 2 months to go. What I can’t predict is the drying hours. But in any ways I should have some images to put together the Etsy shop to begin with. Otherwise I won’t have any job for 2 months in Turkey.

  • Last goal of the day

    I usually don’t prefer to drink coffee β˜•οΈ after dinner, it ruins my night sleep πŸ’€ but for a good chance I had one this night and scored my last goal πŸ₯…

    I’ve started the fence thrown. This one probably will have many drying and adding stats.

    I sculpture the handles as ears πŸ‘‚ and will add earrings after drying. I’m also considering to dress him up with some fancy blouse detailing…

    This one hour work time made me feel satisfied. Even I had many joyful hours with my son and beside the me time this made me feel like I am actually putting something on the table. And I realize how much I want to do so.

  • Snowing fireflies

    It is a cold πŸ₯Ά dark day. Snow flakes are going in every dimension and it is breezy.

    I feel an urge to go and work. But I also has my daily responsibilities. It requires not working but nursing, playing, cooking and keeping 🧼 My loving πŸ₯° husband is also quite depressed of work and wants to be a home daddy instead, who is in charge of the house as a carpenter or a painter or a gardener… But why don’t we just put our minds on, to find out a new way, to do what we want to do, and earn for living a simple but serene life. πŸ€ What do we need? Luck? Saved money πŸ’° more courage, more sacrifice? May be just to change our values in life.

    I know it’s somewhere out there, and we are so close to it. We are almost there to figure it out… I believe we have this in us. I believe we are much more than what we had become. And today is just a step towering us to that people we wanted to be.

  • First thing first

    The day began early and the weather is rainy. But I’m still on my way to my new studio. Not far away from home but in the basement. Here is Monday clicks and tricks:

    The mashed paper dough is ready. I placed my mixer stand in the toilet and with knowing what to do it took 25 mins ⏰ to mix a dough. I need πŸ“Œsome baking soda and softener. I also mixed a citrus 🍊 solution to spray on cardboard models to balance the shrimping of my dough and model. It will also help to soften the overall piece and let me to sculpture evenly.

    Paint 🎨 stand is opened today to set its needs. And first test trays are fully dried. 🌡 ⏰ it took a week on roof floor.

    Here are some sculpture ideas πŸ’‘ and I will be trying one ☝️

    My paper mashed dough was so thin that I changed my plan and go on with Rook the small cardboard already in a shape and size of a brick 🧱 I applied a pattern on the thin layer of mashed paper and leave a trace of stone tile.

    On the other hand I started to apply the details on the other sculpture that is almost dried hard. Looks cute ☺️ I think πŸ€” I am pretty close to define The King πŸ‘‘

  • β€œLife doesn’t frighten me

    Shadows on the wall 
    Noises down the hall 
    Life doesn’t frighten me at all 

    Bad dogs barking loud 
    Big ghosts in a cloud 
    Life doesn’t frighten me at all 

    Mean old Mother Goose 
    Lions on the loose 
    They don’t frighten me at all 

    Dragons breathing flame 
    On my counterpane 
    That doesn’t frighten me at all. 

    I go boo
    Make them shoo
    I make fun
    Way they run
    I won’t cry
    So they fly
    I just smile
    They go wild

    Life doesn’t frighten me at all. 

    Tough guys fight 
    All alone at night 
    Life doesn’t frighten me at all. 

    Panthers in the park 
    Strangers in the dark 
    No, they don’t frighten me at all. 

    That new classroom where 
    Boys all pull my hair 
    (Kissy little girls 
    With their hair in curls) 
    They don’t frighten me at all. 

    Don’t show me frogs and snakes 
    And listen for my scream, 
    If I’m afraid at all 
    It’s only in my dreams. 

    I’ve got a magic charm 
    That I keep up my sleeve 
    I can walk the ocean floor 
    And never have to breathe. 

    Life doesn’t frighten me at all 
    Not at all 
    Not at all. 

    Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

    Maya Angelou

    Simone Moschino (attributed), The Hell Mouth, Bomarzo, c. 1547-1580
  • What are you made off?

    Thinks are waiting me home 🏑 growing or fading… In the meanwhile I was enjoying my time in NewYork, BedStuy and Williamsburg.

    The things I saw πŸ‘€ tasted πŸ‘… and smelled πŸ‘ƒ in Brooklyn , remembered me the main point of an outcome. Being pretty 😍 lovely πŸ₯° and neat. Brilliant and shiny ✨ new and unexpected, tickling and tacking in any ways of time and space. Even it is all dirty in those burrows I can easily notice how art is popping out in every view of the city.

  • Weekend in Brooklyn

    Bedford-Stuyvesant