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THE JOY Of JOY! (DANCING WITH GOD, me and god)
12.5" X 14" $150 Ingredients: frame from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; scrabble board, glitter, sequins, angel faces and brass wire on back from the sales and swap meet of Yucca Valley and the desert; beads hand made of sculpy by Tamra Willett-Johnson of Omaha, NE, (that was a lot of work!); little old craft supply faces from Pam's estate sale in Yucca Valley, CA; Kitties Trader Joe and health food store cat food lids added for more sparkle and zip, love from Shari
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WISH FAIRY
14" x 12.5" $165 Ingredients: Frame from Ramona Otto; Scrabble game board from the YV swap meet; beads hand made of sculpy by Tamra Willett-Johnson of Omaha, NE; juice can lids (these are the safe kind, with smooth unsharp edges that you have to peel off with a strip of plastic); sequinned pieces off of a dress or something, found in pieces at a JT thrift store; other sequins and glitter from Pam's estate sale in Yucca Valley, love from Shari SOLD (thank you either Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)
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QUEEN OF EVERYTHING
12.5" X 10.5" $120 Ingredients: frame with ruined photo of "Becky" from a Yucca Valley estate sale with Randy awhile ago (the queen is painted on glass so be sure not to drop it, it's not so good and sturdy, being glass); I think that chord is from a shopping bag; tin foil from left overs, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Gayle Kusatsu in Van Nuys, CA, it turns out Gayle actually is the QUEEN OF EVERYTHING!) |
DOG BLESS AMERICA
each one is 4.5" x 6.5" $185 for the set Ingredients: cholla frames from Hank Garvin of 29 Palms, CA; scrabble game, sequins and string from the sales of the desert; blocks and wooden beads from Bianca Juarez who cleaned out her garage; eyes from ebay, love and blessings from Shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)
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REMEMBER TO EVOLVE
9" x 11" $135 Ingredients: wood heart from Teri Wallace at the Yucca Valley Swap meet; plastic toys from Marcia Heifner or Susan Kuhlman, oops, I forgot who gave me those; silver glitter from Maxine Mick of Yucca Valley, CA; dowel and bead from Hans Riecke of Maui, HI; gold glitter from ebay; things from Joanne Licardo and friends and the ground, love from Shari
SOLD (thank you Jennifer Long in Framingham, MA)
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AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING
8.5" x 10" $160 Ingredients: Board from the storage room at Randy's barn in Bellport, Long Island; branches, pine cones, rocks and things from the ground in Bellport; flaming heart from Randy; "s" bead block and beaded thing and other things from Rachel Zacks; my old toothpaste cap; eyes from Sandy Crouse of Ohio and a JT thrift store; other stuff from Jan Hamill and friends and my collection of stuff, love from Shari SOLD (thank you John Cassidy in Palo Alto, CA, check out Klutz.com)
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WHEE
10.5" x 6" $65 Ingredients: paddle from the YV swap meet; the other stuff is from here and there (wasn't much room to write the rest of the stuff on the handle of the paddle; dowels from Hans; harmonicas from a yard sale a billion years ago when I lived in San Francisco, love from Shari SOLD (thank you John Cassidy in Palo Alto, CA, check out Klutz.com)
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CHICKEN OF INNER PEACE
9" x 12" $185 Ingredients: chalk board from Moby Dick's works acquired by Randy and me for our Moby Dick sculpture garden at Art Queen; pencils and things from friends and my collections; Nico made a sign on the back of this for our January 1st art opening of Raymond Thundersky's works, Nico also made the little rock face, love and miracles from Shari SOLD (thank you John Cassidy in Palo Alto, CA, check out Klutz.com)
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DOG BLESS AMERICA
21.5" x 11.5" $300 Ingredients: Stuff from friends like Joanne Licardo, Susan Kuhlman, and Judy Wishart (monopoly game pieces--cars, hat, shoes, wheel barrel, iron) scrabble game boards, brass wire, craft rocks, and glitter from the yucca valley swap meet; wooden blocks from Bianca Juarez of Los Angeles, CA; puka shells from the swap meet; my old favorite necklace that broke; museum badges from Randy and my visit to the folk art museum or something; love from Shari SOLD (thank you Susan Kuhlman in NY)
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Happy Dreams to Us
4.5" x 6.5" $60 Ingredients: Cholla frame from Hank Garvin of 29 Palms, CA; Scrabble game board, glitter, thread and string from friends and the sales of the desert; pretty light green sequins from Rachel Zacks of NYC, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Julie, Ted and Jonah Cohen in Kansas City, KS) |
last weeks postings:
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FRIENDLY SPIDER
7.5" x 8.5" $100 Ingredients: Board from the barn in Bellport, Long Island; our juice and water caps (and also those of generous friends); pom poms from Sandy Crouse of Ohio and the Bellport Variety Market; felt from a thrift store; paper towel roll from the trash bag at B. A. G., (made in Brooklyn, NY, Feb 15, 2007 at Brooklyn Artist Gym, where I go for a good creative workout when in NY), love from Shari
SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)
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THE QUEEN
4 x 6" $50 Ingredients: board from a frame from some sale; things from here and there and my friends; wire from organic carrots from the farmer's market; dowels from Hans Riecke on Maui, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)
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DOG BLESS AMERICA
5" x 14.5" $185 Ingredients: Board from the yucca valley swap meet; cut up pole and beads from Bianca Juarez of Los Angeles, CA; my old paint stir sticks (frame) and one from an estate sale; cap from something; leather strap, sequin, black chord from my collection; metal mesh ring with buckle which I found in the parking lot (and run over repeatedly by cars) by the Boys and Girls Club thrift store in Yucca VAlley, CA; pom poms from Pam's estate sale; pulltabs from kitties cat food, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Fran and Bob in Bellport, Long Island)
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FISHIES
8" x 9.5" (from my private collection) $150 Ingredients: board from some yard sale; wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; old finishing chalks in cute little plastic cases (Masterpiece Brand) from an estate sale in Yucca Valley with Randy last weekend (made Feb 6, 2006); broken tile from Randy's floor project in his "manscape" in Joshua Tree; my old spa sandal from Modern Nails on Main Street in Santa Monica, CA; sequins from that estate sale; my old dump card; scrabble JR letters from Ramona Otto, love and happiness from Shari SOLD (thank you Amy Pikarsky in Chicago, IL)
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DOG BLESS US
4"x 6" $65 Ingredients: Jewelry case was either my Grandma Selma's or my Auntie Alice's, I was keeping some of their jewelry and bowling pins, etc in it and just made a lovely butterfly for me out of them so I can think of them whenever I look at it; block of wood from Bianca Juarez in LA, CA, same for the bead; puka shells from the Yucca Valley Swap Meet, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Heather Floriani in Menlo Park, CA)
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RELAX
6.5" x 10.5" $80
Love and LOVE From Shari
SOLD (thank you Nichole Fromm in Madison, WI) |
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13" x 12" $200 Ingredients: box, thread, erasers, pom poms and scrabble games from the YV swap meet and some YV estate sales; glass eyes from ebay; wiggly eyes from Sandy Crouse, now of Ohio; little rocks from someone; wire from Randy Polumbo; mirror I found in the desert; pulltabs from cans; my old favorite green beaded writing pen from the long ago swap meets I used to sell my art at in Los Angeles, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA)
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EXPECT A MIRACLE
7" x 16" $185 Ingredients: Board from the YV Swap meet; Graham Nash (celebrity trash!) hotel keys from Ramona Otto (he saves them for her and I think these old ones are her rejects); broken window from the ground in the desert; thread, pearls, jewels and shells from the sales and thrift stores of the desert and friends; Kitties pull tab from her cat food can, love and miracles from Shari SOLD (thank you Randy Auerbach in Los Angeles, CA)
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LOVE
4" x 6" $60 Ingredients: velvet covered board (jewelry display?) from Laurie Zieden in Louisville, KY; sequins from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica, CA; string and pom poms from Pam's estate sale in Yucca Valley; eyes from Sandy Crouse of Ohio and old googly eyes from a JT thrift store, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Kathleen Giangiorgi-her first!)
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MY GENTLY USED FLOWERY PAINTED SNEAKERS
Women's size 9 (I painted my old Fashion Bug sneakers when I lived in Kansas City. I never wear them and I'm continuing on my decluttering/simplifying my life adventure. Acrylic paint from Nova Color) $25 SOLD (thank you Joanne "Floozy" Licardo in Los Angeles, moving to Portland!)
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