Posts made in January, 2007
Water Damaged Photos
This is my photo-washing station. Luckily since I have LOTS of photos to wash and dry, I have great scenery for my work — one of Russ’s aluminum and plexiglass paintings that hangs in our group room as a partition to hide to all the snacks in the kitchen behind. Every day I do another batch and lay them out on tables to dry. Last week, someone on the QA list suggested I look up how...
Read MoreGreen Machines
Because there was so much water released in the offices by the broken sprinkler system (first it rained, then it flooded), the whole place has to be dried out to prevent mildew. So now there are about forty noisey green machines –high-powered fans and dehumidifiers — running night and day. It’s a little like trying to work inside a windstorm, so it seems ironic that we have a...
Read MoreSimple Things
Yesterday the sun was shining, so some of the ice melted — but not much. Today was cloudy and snowy and now an icy rain is falling. Predictions are for another two inches of sleet, so this does not bode well for getting back to normal life. Here’s a link to more ice storm photos. Yesterday I had a photo session scheduled at my Perils of PaMdora show at Pool Art Gallery for a March...
Read MoreFrom Bad to Worse
Another day breaks in the crystal forest. Meanwhile, news from the inside isn’t good… Even though we’ve been running generators around the clock to keep things above freezing, the 4 degree weather for two nights in a row with no power got us. The fire sprinkler system in the ceiling at the studio frozen and exploded when the power came back on Wednesday night, sending...
Read MoreAnother Dark Night
Another night without power. And the excuse to burn candles to make things romantic. At the same time, I think about the ingenuity of simple things, such as putting a string in wax to burn and make light for a whole evening. I think we often take what we think are simple technologies for granted. But to invent such a thing before it was common probably made major diffences in world history. I...
Read MoreGhost Town
Nights are dark without electricity, but I like to keep lots of candles around. I usually just put them inside of clear canning jars so they make lots of light and are easy to carry around the house. Except I got a little carried away and created a tray (a Mexican bar tray) full of candles. The reason there’s no electricity is we’ve been hit by a terrible series of ice storms....
Read MoreWhite is a Color
I try to always carry a little spy camera around with me to snap photos for my inspiration files — especially ideas for color schemes. And often while getting haircuts, I’ve admired this little box from afar, but yesterday I finally got out of the barbar chair to capture it. My hair stylist says this company has been making bob pins since the 1930’s and probably never...
Read MoreVote in the FiberArts studio competition
Yay, I’m a finalist in the FiberArts Magazine studio contest! I’m not sure why I entered, except that the fact that the prizes are mysteriously not named added a little intrique to the whole thing. It about killed me to enter, because the deadline to submit photos and written information was the same day that my show opened on December first. But I had to take some photos anyway of...
Read MoreRefrigerator Art
Around here we celebrate the New Year’s most all of January. Some people make New Year’s resolutions on January one, but I usually have to start with something like a rough sketch and fiddle around with it for the whole month. This arrangement is on a refrigerator in our kitchen. I’ve covered it with magnetic letters that I got at a vintage salvage place in Chattanooga called...
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I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
