Lynn Bridge Glencliff Art Studio

One Hundred Percent

The Hole in Barton Creek Acrylic painting by Lynn Bridge 12″ x 12″ It’s April- it must be time for the annual George Washington Carver Museum  100% Exhibit and Fundraiser. Opening night is April 26, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., and the last day of the exhibit

Making Much of Too Many

Abundance by Lynn Bridge Over the weekend, I was talking to a friend who mothers an elementary school-aged daughter.  The child is the only offspring of two talented parents, and it would be hard to imagine a child with better upbringing on all fronts.  Short of the earth coming

What’s on the Menu?!?!?!?

Food Desert by Lynn Bridge 10 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Which of you has had to change your diet dramatically by eliminating one or more food categories?  If you have, you are probably familiar with the feelings of panic when you realize that nothing your are

Damp Cat

I have covered the newspaper with plaster strips. The cat wears two coats of plaster now, and will need a third coat before it is completely filled-out and smooth. What shall I name her?

A Cat You Can Read

At this stage, the wire armature is covered with little strips of newspaper held on with masking tape.

Wiry Cat

I have made a wire armature for a simple model of the squirmy cat. After the wire is in place, I will start filling in with newspaper and tape.

Squirmy Cat

Here is the cat I made in Sherri Warner Hunter’s workshop today. This is water-based clay, suitable for a quick, three-dimensional sketch.  

Clay Play

Sherri Warner Hunter teaching at the Society of American Mosaic Artists conference in Lexington I am here in Lexington, absorbing mosaic mania, an annual event.    The workshop I attended today was entitled “From Concept to Presentation: Models, Maquettes, and

Installment One: Bits and Pieces of Preparation for My Bits and Pieces

Here’s what doin’ today in my future mosaic studio- my clever husband is installing many new light fixtures on the ceiling over my work space.  He has a section of sheetrock cut out of the ceiling, and is screwing in crosspieces to support the weight of the new

If Your Tool is Mosaic, All the World’s a Tessera

*Tessera- noun.  A piece put into a mosaic.  Plural- tesserae. Yes, friends, there are these lovely little pieces of colored chocolate candy that look JUST LIKE ROCKS!  Of course, I use them for mosaic. This was our Christmas cake, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas