I got to teach eraser carving (to make your own rubber stamps) at the Two Twelve Art Center in Saline last night.  It was a small, but dedicated class.  I was fortunate enough to work with very enthusiastic students.

Tools were laid out, paper was everywhere, erasers were carved.  Everyone made beautiful stamps, I’m very proud of these guys.

Coffee and cake were consumed, also.  Such wonderful cake.   Thank you for the opportunity and the cake,  Kat.

If you would like to learn how to carve erasers into rubber stamps, I will be giving a workshop at the Northville Art House on Saturday, October 9th from 1:00 to 3:00.  The cost is $20.  You can register and/or find out about all their classes here.

Mark’s friend invited Mark to come take what he wanted from an old TV repair shop.  The shop has been closed, leaking, and getting moldy for many years.  We looked at lots of smelly stuff.

There wasn’t much that was old enough or cool enough to interest Mark, but he did manage to fill the big van.  Twice.

This will give you an idea of some of the stuff we looked at.

This will give you more of an idea.

Mark and his friend Kirk who is happy with his find.

On the way home, we passed a man on a white horse.

Where I Stand Sunday is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places Lynn Krawczyk spends her life standing. Too often we take for granted the everyday places we spend our lives walking on. If you’d like to join her by posting a photo on Sunday of places you’ve been on your blog/photo hosting site/website, leave a comment on her Sunday posts telling her where she can find you/your photo and she’ll add a link to her sidebar so others can find you. I am one of those that Lynn has badgered into joining her, I have changed it to “where I stood”, because right now I’m sitting in front of the computer, not standing anywhere.

I am working on a series of voodoo boxes for a show at the Plymouth Coffee Bean in October and November.  This is my first finished box, it is dedicated to Baron Samedi, a loa of the dead.  The loa are much like the Catholic saints.  I am making boxes dedicated to several of the loa family. Baron Samedi (french for Baron Saturday) hangs out in cemeteries.  The box is approximately 10″x10″.

The flowers are dying.  There is no Susan left in these Black-Eyed Susans, just the black eyes.  I hate to see fall coming, but the cooler temperatures make a nice change.  I’ll be happy for fresh apple cider and sweaters, less happy to see all the leaves that will need raking.

Where I Stand Sunday is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places Lynn Krawczyk spends her life standing. Too often we take for granted the everyday places we spend our lives walking on. If you’d like to join her by posting a photo on Sunday of places you’ve been on your blog/photo hosting site/website, leave a comment on her Sunday posts telling her where she can find you/your photo and she’ll add a link to her sidebar so others can find you. I am one of those that Lynn has badgered into joining her, I have changed it to “where I stood”, because right now I’m sitting in front of the computer, not standing anywhere.

I spent today hanging a show at one of my favorite places, The Two Twelve Arts Center, with one of my favorite people, Kat!

First, the really great kid art had to be taken down, I was bummed to see it go.

Then we put up Breaking Traditions, Lynn’s show of 12″ by 12″ quilts made to benefit A Place to Bark.

This is just a peek, the show will be hanging all September, along with an amazing show of mosaics, come see!

A broken car mirror catches no understandable images.  This is the remains of the BMC factory, a place I visited early in the life of this blog.  To see the original post, click here.

They’ve finally torn it down, now all that’s left is this tunnel, some walls and a lot of debris.

Graffiti with an important message.

The pile of leftover.

A couple of shots of what was left on the walls.  I like the numbers and colors of these.

Where I Stand Sunday is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places Lynn Krawczyk spends her life standing. Too often we take for granted the everyday places we spend our lives walking on. If you’d like to join her by posting a photo on Sunday of places you’ve been on your blog/photo hosting site/website, leave a comment on her Sunday posts telling her where she can find you/your photo and she’ll add a link to her sidebar so others can find you. I am one of those that Lynn has badgered into joining her, I have changed it to “where I stood”, because right now I’m sitting in front of the computer, not standing anywhere.

A reduction print I did in two colorways for another book swap.