http://pamdora.com/blog Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:06:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...but I've been collecting retro melamine ashtrays that make great brush/water holders for painting. And they come in great colors (I have bigger yellow and green ones at my studio.) This is a small one, which is good for travel, especially on a boat where your brushes might roll overboard. The ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/07/07/no-i-havent-taken-up-smoking/ Doing some sketches for new ideas. I love using these acrylic inks by Daler-Rowney, especially the pearlescent ones. And who could resist with great names for colors like Waterfall Green, Galactic Blue, or Hot Mama Red? http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/06/30/acrylic-ink-sketches/ When I redid my office, I wanted a blank slate -- with big project tables and open space to think up new projects. Then I saw a documentary about the architecture of a traditional Japanese house, and I understood what I had been striving for. There is no assigned ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/06/28/open-space-new-projects-and-fear/ These are some old postcards from my collection that have always intrigued me. I've always been fascinated by old monuments and far-away places, so I'm excited to get started on a new series...Today!! http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/06/27/postcards-from-the-past/ It's fun to get snail mail these days when most everything comes by email. The best part is looking at all the beautiful stamps and interesting postmarks. The entries are starting pile up for the ThreadLines 2008 exhibition. Tomorrow should be another heavy day for the mailman, since it's the final ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/06/05/threadlines-2008-deadline-approaches/ As promised, here's my prize snag at the 51st Brownsville flea market and craft festival. It's a Modern sewing machine made in Japan, and actually my eagle-eyed husband spotted it sitting inside an ugly white plastic case in the mud just outside of a woman's tent who said it belonged ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/05/26/sew-modern-vintage-sewing-machine/ We finally got back up to Omaha to pick up this sculpture purchased at the Bemis Art Auction last fall. It will be a fun Memorial weekend project to move it back home for our new sculpture garden collection. It's very heavy and awkward to move -- took six guys ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/05/25/moving-a-sculpture/ Since recently I've had little time to make art, I got the idea to make creative to-do lists in my moleskine. The idea was to do an experimental page each morning, and since it was only a to-do list, I felt no inhibitions about creating a great work of art. ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/05/22/to-do-lists/ Now that the really hard physical work is over, we're having fun arranging areas of the newly renovated offices and gallery. Here's a drawing desk I built using an old black door and some dusty sawhorses I found in the warehouse. I like that the hinges are still attached (except when ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/05/12/drawing-desk-improv/ At our old house, we had a fish pond with lots of beautiful koi fish with names like Casper, Skeletor, Wabi, Goldilocks, and the Sharkey Brothers. One day a fish appeared, it wasn't a koi so we suspected that someone who had tired of their aquarium had graced our pond ... http://pamdora.com/blog/2008/05/11/and-now-for-something-completely-different/