Craftiness with Ji. Martha would be proud.

Part 1

Obviously, I need a stylist for our next production. Ji looks fabulous, but I am a little too laissez-faire for my own good sometimes...

Stay tuned for Part II...

Adoration

 I started substitute teaching to fill in the gaps in my work schedule. So far I've mostly been at elementary schools, often in 2nd grade. (My niece keeps asking me to sub for her class.) Although the pay isn't that great, there are some great benefits, as you can see by these fan notes.

I did write a quick note back to her before school ended. Aren't kids great? It's nice to know that 7 year old girls think I'm pretty.

Wall Art

Some of my very favorite people :)

my newest hobby (hopefully)

So, as a birthday treat, I signed up to do a stained glass workshop at the Museum of Biblical Art. They have an exhibit about the stained glass windows that Chagall made for the synagogue of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. They don't have any of the widows there, of course, by they do have his sketches and etching made in preparation for the windows.

We looked at the exhibit before making our pieces. I noticed a Star of David in one, and decided to base my design on that. Here's the finished piece:




I really enjoyed making it, and would love to do more stained glass work.

E is for Elephant

So, I'm reading this book, and there is an excellent quote that I want to share. They are discussing the temperament of Norma Jean, an elephant who paints.

"One thing is clear of Norma Jean,' Nandini said. 'She is excellently disposed, all good things an elephant can be: kind, friendly, big-hearted, barrel-shaped, very fragrant, like sandalwood...And she is very smart too."

I hope that I am also kind, friendly, big-hearted, and best of all, fragrant like sandalwood.

An addition to my art collection

This is a recent art purchase--bought in a subway station. He had a bunch of
drawings sitting out, and one that had flashing lights in a spaceship caught my eye and
made me laugh--he'd put a light behind the paper to make it flash. (They can be switched on and off, and he told me that they take watch batteries.)

The one was of a spaceship attaching an above ground train, which seemed rather violent, so I thought this was more what I'd want to look at regularly. (It also has 3 lights on the spaceship.) I think the dog is hilarious! It even has a magnet on the back, so I can hang it on my memo board!



You can almost see one of the lights in this photo.