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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?

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

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.

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

*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

Longhorn 11 1/2″ x 16″ Longhorn cattle are popular in these parts.  One of them is the mascot of the enormous university in my town, but besides that, they have a long history in Texas. One of my neighbors, H.W. Brands, is a history scholar and prolific author, and

Tex-mex Plate #5 by Lynn Bridge If I want to eat corn tortillas with butter on them until I feel sick, I go to Matt’s El Rancho in the neighborhood.  When I was a child, it was a small restaurant on East 1st Street in Austin, but the Martinez family eventually opened a much

You Are My Sunshine When art goes out into the world, it is up for interpretation by whomever sees it.  The interpretation may or may not be anything like what the artist intended, but it bonds to the art as if it were glued. Following is a happy example of how art can become

Handmade iPad bag with cat motif  copyright by Lynn Bridge If you read my last post, you’ll know I am fretting over whether or not I am treating my iPad as a doll, and whether or not I’m having a religious experience when I use my Apple product.  Worries based on

My son graciously informed me that when brain scans were performed on people thinking of a religious experience and brain scans were performed on subjects thinking of their Apple products, the same area of each brain lighted up.  As one who considers matters of cosmic importance