Lady Bug Circus

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Amassing whirligig fodder...

I was in La Conner last week and came upon Hutch Studio. There were marvelous whirligigs spinning in the wind and a little sign that said Whirligig Workshops.  I just about lost my mind with excitement.

They were closed at that moment but I found more information on Google and was able to sign up for a workshop. Stay tuned.

 

Almost finished...

Oh so nice to have the studio in shape for the new year.

Just a little tin flattening to do and it will be done. After it is flattened  it will take up about a quarter of the space it does now.

I'm lovin' the clamp on lights. It's great to have more light.

No new works for a bit...

Doing a bit of reorganizing. I work on it for a while, then feel overwhelmed and go inside the house and play a computer game or check email and FB. Then I go back to it. At this rate it will be a few weeks before I'll be back making tin pieces. I fear a trip to Ikea is in order, sigh.

Google Analytics, Hello San Francisco!

It's always interesting for me to see where the hits for my website are coming from. This page shows that there is someone in San Francisco checking out my site pretty often. The page that cracks me up the most is the graph from Georgia. There are 7 to 11 hits and all show ZERO time spent.

Psychedelic Santa by dfillius

 

Another new Christmas Classic  from my dreamboat . Available on Etsy

I love Christmas (all aglow), by Donald Fillius

 

Music and lyrics written and performed by my Deamboat. Merry Christmas! Now available on Etsy .

 

Tin Work, ooooh La la

There was a Doral cigarette tin on Etsy that had the image of the Space Needle on it. No one bought it after 2 weeks so I did. The Space Needle was going to be perfect through a doll house window but I didn't know what would be happening inside. Little by little it came together. Measures 8" x 10" I think. Not for sale yet but will be soon.

December 17,2011

Now completed and available on Etsy . Entitled Happier New Year.

Public Art In Seattle, Washington by me...

I could not be more pleased to have images of my work on a construction site wall.  It's located on James Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues in down town Seattle. In fact I stood  next to it telling the people who walked by that it's my artwork. One man from India was kind enough to stop and look at it. It was so funny. I want to make a Youtube of doing that.

Thank you to the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.

White River Valley Museum show...

This piece was awarded second place at the show! Yippee skippee.

At the risk of becoming boring...

Another teacup piece. I can't stop making these. Playing with color combinations is just too much fun. This one is 4 inches by 6 and 7/16ths inches and available on Etsy .

Another Recycled Tin Teacup One

 Butterfly in My Cup #2 . Measures 4" x 6.50" All recycled tin and metal.

Tin Artwork in Progress...

Still needs some sides and some corners. This has been a great exercise in trying to make opaque material look translucent. Something I have been thinking about for some time.

This piece is about putting your dreams on hold. Bottling them up and forgetting about them until it's too late. So in my way of thinking this is an inspirational piece. Don't Let This Happen , 6.25" x6" available soon on Etsy .

Looking at this piece a day later it's interesting to me becaue I see so much more I could have done in the way of adding shadows, under the bird and behind the jar, but at what point do you stop and call it good?

In it's finished state.

 

 

Another Teacup Piece

I just can't stop. 4" x 5.5"

These are so much fun to make. Available on Etsy .

Happy Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos

An alter at Seattle Center's Day of the Dead celebration. Photo by my seester.

Computer Sleuthing

I received an email via my website from a customer who left out one letter from their name on their email address. When I responded to them it automatically bounced back. So I went to my website control panel and found an IP number from the sender. I didn't know what an IP number was so I Googled it and discovered I was able to input the IP number and find out where the email had originated from. Des Moines, Iowa. Then I Googled the person's name and Google corrected it for me, so then I Googled their name and Des Moines, Iowa and found there was one person with that name living there. I resent the email and the customer responded by buying the artwork through my Etsy shop. When I asked her how she found my website she said she had been in Seattle last April and saw my work at a coffee shop and kept my card. How very cool is that?

Truck in My Cup, recycled tin art

These are so fun to make. Working small is a blast. This one measures 4 " x 6"

The truck is held on with a magnet and can be removed or repositioned.

Recycled tin, Fires Spoil Fun

Little crazed man sticks out about 1/4 of an inch. Piece measures 8" x 6".

Goldfish in my Cup

Another small one, also 4'' x 5.5''.

Butterfly in My Cup

This one is small 4 '' x 5.5''. It was really fun to make. No wonder they have butterflies in their stomach, someone has put butterflies in the tea.This is a submission to the small works call at the White River Valley Museum. I hope they like it.

 

Post Script:

This piece has won the People's Choice Award

at the White River Valley Museum in Auburn, Washington.

Tin Art

These silly little monkeys are afraid to go out and play. What they don't know yet, is that the Evil Lurks Within.  Measures 6" x 8".