Super duper Monkey Ball

small seated Monkey and small monkey head



Monkey Mask with no eye holes has ears now!



Monkey Ball getting closer



Detail Monkey Ball

I just discovered that Monkey Ball is in fact a video game, called Super Monkey Ball. I still like the name.

Holidays come and go but this elf just keeps on working! It seems like I have been working on these pieces forever. But progress sometimes comes in small victories, like one ear then a day later the other.

onward Monkeys!

Oops no eye holes

Monkey mask! I forgot to put holes in for eyes so it isn't a proper mask, but I am calling it one just the same. It needs ears but is getting very close to color time. I am thinking of using the colors/markings of a Cedar Wax Wing bird for him. I have been lucky to have Wax Wings come and visit my bird bath recently, each morn a small flock ring the birdbath. I think the encaustic will enable me to get the yellow and red wax of the waxwing just right!

Onward!

Monkey Ball

Monkey Ball! He is coming along and a bit further along than seen here. It is a slow process of sanding, adding new clay then drying and sanding again. I have plans to use broken mirror to mosaic the ball part of Monkey Ball. The monkey will be painted and sealed with encaustic.

Onward Monkeys!

Back up and running!

We are back! I had a bit of computer trouble but I have been as busy as an elf!



Bella and Frankenstein have been enjoying long naps in the the best sunny spots the house has to offer. Also playing in what is left of the snow.


Truman is in heat, so I hooked her up with a portable mirror, now she has a lizard buddy to hang out with on her perch. You can't see it in this photo but she also has a new plush rug on her perch, it is very fur like. She loves soft furry surfaces!


Over view of some of the monkeys. Check out the Monkey Ball in the corner, he is coming along and looking good!


onward Monkeys!

Mean monkeys and pretty birds...

A flock of migrating Cedar Wax Wings stopped by yesterday for a drink and rest. I didn't get a great photo, here are some pretty pics taken by other people, of Wax Wings. I am always thrilled when they chose my house for their rest stop.


More Mean Monkey Monday!

Our favorit real life Mickey Mouse Monkey.

best strategically places color on a monkey!

onward monkeys.....

After her tail fell off...

Truman is feeling much better now that her dead tail end fell off...she is sleeker and prettier than ever!

I left the tail end in the yard on a bench. I was considering using it as a real Reliquary object. But by day 3, something took it away. I think it was a flying squirrel, they like to collect all sorts of precious objects to line their home nests. But that is just a speculation. Honestly it seems weird for another animal to want a 6" long dead tail. But maybe it is even weirder that I was considering making something with it! What's next toe nails....wait one of my advisers in art school did collect his toe nails for a year and used them in a piece...I guess all is fare game, in art.

onward....

what's up Wednesday

I got a bit further along on this one. Notice the snake has eaten some of the oranges and has one in his mouth. He will also have stripes.




Monkey Mask just starting to take shape, the base is half a globe...




Globe Monkey also just starting to take shape...




2D-3D high relief. The ceramic pieces were drawn by me and made by my mom--there is a mobile made of the rest of the shapes that I am not quite happy with so that will be reworked along with this piece...




These guys are drying in my super hot bathroom. Most of the heat goes right to this room so it is the drying room. Yep, that is my first harvested Luffa from the garden! I picked and cleaned it yesterday.

I am moving forward on all fronts! Everything relates and is moving in the same direction. Yet each project has it's own voice and I am listening. Ears open, eyes open, all senses open--open systems full speed ahead!

Onward Monkeys!