Creation is within you. Make things.
Hello again! Time for your thinking caps! Can you help me once more with naming some of my paintings? Anything you suggest could help me think of a name, even if I don't use the precise name you suggest. All of these started life as fluid acrylic pour paintings; some of them I have digitally... Continue Reading →
Help me with naming some of my paintings... All of these started life as fluid acrylic pour paintings, which I then photographed and digitally embellished.
Yes, I now have - for me - a dream setup. An actual display graphics tablet! I've never had one of these before. Yeah, I looked at them a while back, because I could never get the hang of a non-display graphics tablet; I just couldn't get the hand-eye coordination going when I couldn't look... Continue Reading →
I can't remember whether I ever posted this (elsewhere) or not. But I thought it would be fun to share this little ditty I wrote a while back about why I LOVE crochet. 😎 Some crafts have come and gone Other crafts have stayed But now at last, I've found a craft That puts them... Continue Reading →
I'm going to be talking about both art and craft in this blog, and I wish there was a word that meant art-and-craft, because that's really what I'm going to be talking about: physical things that we create which are beautiful. Some would say "but crafts are functional and art is not", but I'm fairly... Continue Reading →
These pretty pendants with their handmade cords have been sitting on my craft table for a while now, blinking at me soulfully and saying, "Why are we incomplete? Why have you left us here, unfinished?" To which the proper answer is not the guilty shuffling of feet and a hangdog expression, but, "Be glad I... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Essence of Eclectic, my arty/crafty blog. My plan here is: To share my love of art/craftTo encourage people to createTo share my journey and process Join me on this journey, and we shall have FUN! Making chainmaille hair chains
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