Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Story Branches


Started three different stories.

Usually I only work on one at a time.

Wonder what will happen.

xx




Thursday, February 13, 2014

Iceville, NC

Ice:
dreaded by drivers
and a curse to power lines


still
it has its own
mesmerizing
beauty


and its own
music
as it clicks and clackles
on coated branches
in the wind

xx

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Orb Directions

The following directions for making the orbs that I've shown in the last few blog entries come via Lori Skoog (who has a great blog at skoogfarm.blogspot.com ), using Photoshop Elements.

You might want to put photos that you will be using for the orbs on your desk top first (otherwise, you can find them in your photo library.)

Open Photoshop Elements.
Go to Browse to find and select photos.

Choose a photo and crop it into a square.
Go to Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates, and select Polar to Rectangle...click ok
Go to Image, Image Rotation, Flip Canvas Vertical
Go back to Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates and select Rectangle to Polar....click ok

Go to Save as and put down title and orb so you can keep things straight in an orb file.  (You might want to save to desktop first and file later.)

When you click off the original picture, don't save the changes.  That way you won't lose it.



xx



Monday, February 10, 2014

Newbery Orb

Last orb for a while:

The Newbery Medal
twisted and twirled
into
a
golden 
orb



(Click to enlarge)

xx

Sunday, February 9, 2014

And more orbs . . .

What does your eye see
how will I know
unless you show me
or tell me
?

For you, today,
more orbs
with a note beneath each
giving its origin:


Snow, mountains, sky


Tomatoes


Single flower


Watercolor of flower bouquet


Charm bracelet on wood table

Have a favorite?

xx