glassblowing

the beaufriend and i went glassblowing last weekend.

it went really swell:

"EDUCATION BY CHOICE,

with its marvelous motivating psychology of desire for truth,

will make life ever cleaner and happier,

more RHYTHMICAL and ARTISTIC."

b. fuller

1928

posters i designed for halloween party i'm way too excited for:

boo.

october breakfast: coffee & honeycrisp apple with

mom's homemade caramel + pecans & walnuts.

today i realized my favorite month is almost over.

i'd better get a s'more or four in before the 31st.

Tay's Wedding Invites & RSVP Cards

my loverly sister and brother-in-law's invitations & save the dates

violin

another exercise/part of series for band posters with abstracted instruments.

marimba

part of creative exercise/series for band posters using abstracted instruments.

You Make a Mess, You Clean it Up

A new drawing....

cockadoodle, doodle, & another doodle

some drawings, including inspiration for the previously posted cedar shingle wood burning. can you find the rabbit in one of these???

wood burning pen

so, i found my long-lost wood burning pen and now i smell like burnt cedar. and i like it.

{Columba livia}

hello friends! i suppose this is my first blog, and i feel quite awkward.... kinda of like (picture the voice a pigeon would have...smokey? seedy?), "oh, heyyyy. my name is olivia & this is my first blooooooog." yeah, just like that. pictures make everything more fun to look at so after posting this i'll figure out how to slap a drawing on here for your viewing pleasure. i've decided it's time to start knitting for the fall and winter, so expect yarn-like progress photos soon, too!

brief history: i grew up watching pigeons circle my grandparents house and soar in for smooth landings on the pigeon houses in the backyard. we would take them all packed up in their crates and release them at the cemetery (many, many miles away from his house) on our way to the lake to go fishing. they'd be circling grandpa's house again by the time we got back in the late afternoon. it's fascinating how they always head right back home.... i like the way they sound. their latin binomial is "Columba livia." pigeons have been awarded medals for gallantry for being MESSENGERS in times of battle.

i'll spare you the details. long story short, i love pigeons and our names are practically the same, sans the o. visual communication & messages, drawings, paintings, knittings (haha-word?), & musings will most likely dominate this blog. have a loverly day!