Silly Shapes

Just messing around with jools, etc.

Recycled shapes

I've was trolling for new shapes 

for next season's jewelry designs

and came across these old jewels.

Some of them I made in the 80's 

and 90's. So here they are recycled

rearranged, recolored, and perhaps

reuseable! 

Add a few shapes, Change a few colors.

Things can get hotter!

Shape shifting with Shadows

Since I began blogging with you and taking lots of

photos, I have been fascinated by shadows.  How 

ephemeral they are, how the light dances across 

surfaces, ebbing and flowing. This morning when 

the sky was bright, I came upon this shadow shape 

I found beautiful.  And I know from experience 

that when you move from a spot to go find your 

camera, it can be gone in a twinkling, or morph 

completely as the sun rises, the breeze blows, a 

cloud passes....

So I stood in one place and followed the shadow 

shape as it shifted.  The sun rose, the shadow 

slipped down the wall slowly, until it was gone.

Another experiment!  I realized that sometimes I just need to 

stay in place, not knowing, to really notice what is happening.

Shapes/ Adding and Subtracting

This morning I was playing around with varying 

shapes.  First I drew them, then I cut out shapes

around them, Then I recolored and put back 

most of the cuttings.  What I noticed is that

despite some concern about the results....

I really enjoy experimenting!

Shape Arrangement

What object isn't a shape, or many?

I really enjoy finding shapes 

everywhere and

organizing

them.

Spring springs

Ah, sweet springs of (someone's) youth

....avec chien

Spring 2014

Surprise!  Snowdrops in April

Same spring pond, different focus

It's so interesting to see what happens when 

photographing water.  In the bottom photo 

a couple of monkey heads seem to have floated

 into the pond.

A step into spring mud

Stepping into a new week.

Stepping out

Step 1: noticing that the tree limbs glistened

on the moist branches this morning.

Step 2:  stepping out the door.

Step 3: following the steps required to point and 

shoot the camera.

Noticing:  how actions I take require taking steps!

Other steps

Other steps to take.

What would I find beyond these doors?

Steps and Shadows

I went to Hudson to look for shapes

and instead became fascinated 

with the all the staircases

 in the afternoon

  sun. 

Steps up

Step 1: Last week, when we were still

 nesting, 

I was at a loss about how to proceed,

so I went to the park with my camera

       Step 2: I found these locust tree pods that 

     were beautifully curled and I filled my pockets.

               Step 3:  The next week, after about a minute of effort, there was a bird, and here is the photo!

I love it when that happens!

Seed steps

Day steps and night steps

Steps to the recycle bin.

I decided to deconstruct last week's drawing class eye tower,

and photograph the steps.

So the tower, with the tape off, folded, became rickety steps.

Cut, became a spiky forest,  folded and tucked, a messy bouquet,

squished, a corsage gone wild, and finally, small enough to fit in the bin.

Nest watch #5

Green Jays looking for the perfect

and most sensible site.

Nest Four

Builder with unexpected nest guest.

Nest #3

The ingredients: sky, clouds, bowl, eggs, snow 

and a pinup

bluejay 

Nest two

Many thanks to my reference here: 

"The simple guide to nesting"