Mendocino Art Center

I'm in Mendocino (northern California) this week, taking a mixed media class at the Mendocino Art Center with Diane Falkenhagen.

It's a great class. There are only 4 students and we are getting to try lots of different media and techniques.  The aim of the class isn't to make something, but rather to play and try a few samples and see what we like and see what inspires us.

Here are some of the samples that I made on the first day applying pictures to polymer clay.  The one on the far right is on liquid polymer clay. 

I'll show you some others as the class progresses.

It's a great place to come for classes. I am staying at the art center housing - and good sized room - basic but shares a tiny kitchen too.  The whole place - town as well - has just a great feeling to it. I really like it.

A new sheep is born!

Remember Doug the Dog from a few weeks ago? He went to live with Cindy and now Cindy wants some friends for him.

Here is his first friend - a little sheep.


I've been making sheep for a while and have used the names Mat and Ted for them - as "MatTed" as in wet wool etc....but I wanted a new name for this sheep.......


I thought of a few different ones:

Hugo - as in "Ewe-go girl"! - but as ewe is female and Hugo is male that didn't seem to work...so maybe Eugenia....
Baabaara - need I say more?
Baaartholemew
Maartha
Cashew(e)....if the sheep is a money earner!
Lamborghini.....if it runs fast and is expensive to keep!

but in the end I've decided on Cher. Cher the Sheep - as in shear! And when her wool has been shorn off, she'll be dressed like the other Cher we all know!


So there's Doug the Dog, Cher the Sheep and you'll have to wait until Monday to meet the third member of Cindy's new family!