pamela huntington

Blingee for the Orb

  Found this neat place "Blingee" where you can add glitter crowns and such to your

own artwork... so added a crown to my Orb..(the one I made below). Now I want to know how to make the glitter crown!!!

Myspace Glitter Graphics

Orb surprise!

Really hot and humid here today - went for a long walk and that was enough of
the outdoors and heat today -- so turned on the fans and sat down to play... I
am or was trying to make a bubble, but whoopee I made and Orb.. I can see lots of
uses for this...But.... can I Ever make AnoTHer????  I do hope it will show up in Typepad, I have
found typepad not to be too friendly toward transparent images.  Now if I can figure out how to
make a cloche...

Lothar Meggendorfer - Husdem Leben

The second Meggendorfer book I found appears to be all hand water colored and
on a couple of the pages where the back as become detatched there are
hand written notations as to where the cardboard pulleys are to be attached.  I love
the little eyelets holding the movable parts...Here are some pictures from this
book  - BYW I do not know the translation for Husdem - Leben is "Lives"...



 


 
I wanted to bake this week so made a blueberry pie which I gave to
my son.. it looked tasty!

And I added a couple of Fabric Cones to the Bleu Willow ....

Lothar Meggendorfer - Part 1- Prinz Liliput

A couple of weeks ago when I was with Ellen I was looking in a pile of old papers and
came across some two books which simply astonished me.  And although the pages are
somewhat imperfect, they are actually in stunningly good condition considering the
pile of disheveled papers I found them in that day.  Since I love to collect old books, these
would have been an eye-catcher for me in any case.  But, lately for some reason I have
become very interested in learning how to make movable art and these seemed so perfect!  So,
I brought the books home and a day or so later began to research Lothar Meggendorfer.  There is
very little information about him.. but here is something I found at the North Texas University.
Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925) a German illustrator and watercolorist published his first
mechanical book in 1878  one which he had originally created for his son as a Christmas
present. His movables are some of the most complex mechanisms ever created.  This book
"Prinz Liliput" appears to be a "printed" book.  Probably one which was somewhat mass
produced it is all in German

Download lilliputcover-bird.jpg

A Little Egg Poem

While visiting blogs this morning I came across a delightful blog The Fox and the Hare
I think I found it on Ulla's blog... in any case it reminded me of an egg poem which
would be perfect for a piece of digital work I am planning to print on canvas...
Here is the poem by Z Hurston... and then you can see the artwork.
"The Present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside it's shell"

Little cleaning post

Yesterday I needed to tidy up a bit and as i was going through the cupboards and trunks I found
a pile of these lamp rings - which look very crown like and a small waxed fragment I made
years ago...of course, when I began to play around with the new "found" items...I lost track of
the original intent and began to play with these instead...

Oh and here is are two old friends...

Baby Books Preview

Finished two baby books today - one for a girl and one for a boy.  There are lots of goodies
inside, as well...
Here are pictures of the cover and first pages..
Now that these are finished I am off to complete an "Octopus" art piece for ARTFEST
where I will be teaching again in April 2009  ... no, I am not teaching anything with an
Octopus... that is the theme this year. My project is a small theater with little dancing ballerinas!  Does it sound fun???

Bleu Willow

The Bleu Willow in Simsbury, Ct., is one of my favorite shops .. and Not just because, Laura,
the owner has some of my artwork there!  I also buy alot of her vintage items and
great finds.  Laura does not have a website yet, so thought I would post a few pictures
here so you can see,too...

Isn't it delicious...! 

Lucky Me

Here is the lovely treat Ellen and Sallianne found at a flea market and gifted to me...
it is so sweet!

Gabriela Delworth, the very sweet and wondrous Queen of Crowns, sent me this award,

it was like a little drop of sunshine stopped by my house today... thank you my
friend..xox!!

The rules for receiving this award are:

1) Put the logo on your blog.


2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.


3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.


4) Add links to those blogs on yours.


5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

And now as here are some blogs I think will inspire you even more..

http://inventivesoul.blogspot.com/     Amber Dawn
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http://cherylstrait.wordpress.com/  Cheryl Strait
 http://whimsicalworldoffairies.blogspot.com/    Debrina Pratt
http://artandellen.blogspot.com/   Ellen Purtill-LeGare
http://sandraevertson.blogspot.com/  Sandra Evertson
http://lejournal.sadieolive.com/lejournal/  Sadie Olive

http://jenniferpaganelli.typepad.com/  Jennifer Paganelli

Of course, these are just a tiny sampling of all the wonderful blogs
we all enjoy so very much!!!