what's in a name?

i've been visiting hundreds of blogs since the start of owoh

and have noticed many people wondering about

how their blog got it's name

most of my regular bloggers are friends ,

so they know the answer or i've never asked

my website is all pulped out

i've always loved paper and started making

papier mache in the early '90's

i was making a lot of home decor items and

was enjoying it very much

i made my own pulp, sculpted each item, added wire ,

painted or decoupage

by '96 i was attending a huge craft show

and needed to make a ton

so i invited all my girlfriends to my house for a "margarita" party

and asked them each to bring a blender

well before you knew it, drinks and pulp where flying everywhere

at the end of the nite i was taking a break

and one of my friends said

"hey, get back to work" and i replied "i'm all pulped out"

and she said "that's it! that's your name!"

since then my art has evolved , working on collage,

mixed media ,assemblage and jewelry

i've taken many classes, here in toronto, at

art and soul , and art unraveled

so when i started my blog i called it

the evolution of nancy

lately i've been concentrating on my digital work and encaustic

i promised on my owoh giveaway that i would make 150 art cards

and something special for all my followers

well, out came the paper and i started to collage again

i'm so happy to be knee deep in paper and covered with glue!

the above is one of a series called "countries roads"

finding my muse

i need to find my creative muse, agnes

she usually shows up around the full moon

but i can't wait that long

i need to make 150 cards to send out

to my owoh blogger friends

the gypsy caravan list is up over 680

i wish i could make that many cards

i've spent a lot of time

surfing through all their blogs

and now need to quite my mind, find agnes

and get to work on some cards

i'm glad its snowing

now i have no excuses

above is a photo that

takes me to a peaceful place

it's the lonely cyprus tree

on the number one hwy

just south of carmel, ca

encaustic class

i worked on several projects today

trying to learn some patience!

above is a background done mostly by

my teacher mona, as a demo

showing me how to create a multi colored

textured background using hot and cold wax

i will try to add a photo transfer to this one

we're not sure if it will work out

due to the chemicals in the cold wax

but that's what the class is for

experimenting

another one of my projects
not sure if it is done
but don't know what it needs?
the background is a map then
a photo transfer and some black wax
to fill in the rest
i'll work on it some more
when i find out what it's missing

tomorrows class

last week was my first day back to school

i'm taking the same encaustic class as last year

12 weeks, three hour classes

i just felt i need more time with the medium before

moving on to something else

that's what i usually do

i have to know how something is done

but the more i researched the more i realize

i've just touched the surface of what can be done with wax

looking through my "texture" file

gave me some great ideas for

some experiments in class tomorrow

not sure how it will work out but i'd like to try

the one above is from a picture of a metal door

i found on queen st. west

played a little in ps

and added one of my photos on top

i have three projects to finish from last week

so i hoping to at least start working on this

i'll let you know tomorrow what i've done

another day

one goal i set for 2009

was to spend more time on the computer

since the start of owoh

i've done just that

hours spent looking at so many wonderful blogs

getting lost in "links"

learning about so many people, foreign lands,

seeing some fabulous art, discovering new things,

new music and lots and lots of widgets!

i hope i have a chance to get to all the participants

above is another project in ps

the background is a picture of my hot plate

that i use in my encaustic class

i enhanced the b/c and warped it alittle

i thought it make a cool sky

so i added my beach trees on top

tried a million things to it but liked it just this simple

decompressing

i'm still overwhelmed with all the responses

from everyone participating in owoh

so to clear my head

i went for a walk on the beach

yes , i know it's -12c

but it cleared my mind

i got a good dose of vitium d

and the sound of the waves, soothed me

and i managed to get some great tree photos

when i got home i played in ps

i used a texture, a film strip frame,

some text and one of my tree photos

layered and played with the blending modes

so to clear so when i gotwhen whenwhei got h texture, my photo

and a film strip frame

one world, big heart!

yesterday i posted for owoh

went out all day

came home and checked my blog

and i had over 60 comments

WOW

that was the first day

it took me all night to go through every one!

then visit their blogs and i haven't

been to owoh links list yet!

everyone has been so kind with their comments

i will be blessed with some wonderful friends

i'd better get to work

i promised everyone at least an art card!

(i decided to add a limit of 150 only after i did the math)

(i my have to enlist the help of my friends)
thank goodness i have 3 weeks

it will help get me through this crazy winter!