The Bowls of Summer

I've posted photos of some of these bowls already, in my color mixing tutorials, but I wanted to show off a few more pictures. Since I just finished up some new designs for fall, I am eager to show them off but wanted to get these up first. Enjoy!

You can find these bowls in my Etsy shop.

How to make a Snowman Record Bowl - as seen on HGTV's "That's Clever!"

My episode of "That's Clever!" aired about a year ago, and the tutorial for making the Snowman Record Bowl has been up on HGTV.com for a year too. Since it's that time of year again, I thought I would post the link so you can try your hand at making one of these silly things too!

CLICK HERE for the tutorial on HGTV.com.

Eco Emporia launched & featured on Eco Shopper

Today, the blog EcoShopper.net is featuring the new UK online eco-friendly gift site Eco Emporia, which launched last week and is carrying several of my products. Eco Shopper chose to highlight my "Zebra" Mandala Record Bowl! Click here for the post.

And check out the new EcoEmporia.com (it was originally to be called Citizen Recycle and I may have written about it here before when I was working on their order) - it's great, and they offer earth-friendly gift wrapping too!

Still lives (without Woodpecker)

Inspired by a trip to the Farmers Market, I decided to re-take some of my Mandala Record Bowl photos by making little vignettes (ha ha) on my kitchen table. I am liking it. I think it makes them a little warmer and more realistic. What do you think?

Beautiful Bowls

My record bowls turned out great! Here's a sneak peek at the finished pieces.

In the studio...

I have two big wholesale orders that I am working on right now - one of them is for a great store in Berkeley, CA called Treehouse Green Gifts, and the other is for a gentleman in Montreal who is getting ready to open an upcycled-arts gallery. In total, it's about 40 records worth of Eye Pop Art. I am doing my best to get these cranked out so I can focus on creating new pieces for the upcoming SE Area Art Walk. Plus the band is going into a REAL studio this weekend to make our own record! And my Cool School classes at Duniway start up in a couple of weeks as well (I'll be doing another mural painting class, and continuing to be the advisor for the school newspaper, the Duniway Dragonian).

Busy, busy, busy! When I have this much going on, I sometimes invite my friends over to help me paint. I was so glad that Melodie was able to put in a couple of hours of pure YELLOW.
I had already drawn the design out so she just had to look at a picture of the finished product and go for it. I still have to fill in more areas and do the black outline and everything, but it is just so great to have a little bit of extra help!
This is about what my workspace looks like right now:Oh, by the way - I just noticed that I have surpassed 100 blog posts! Yay for me! So, is anybody reading this? Leave me a comment and let me know you're there!!!