And it's a neighborhood!

Last Saturday was the gathering of the finished houses.  Joan was good enough to have us at her house for the unveiling and all the houses arrived.  And remember they all began with four clear acrylic walls and two roof pieces, unassembled.  Above, the humble "Mouse Haus" by me.

 



 

"Green House Gone Wild" by Nancy Swingle

 

 

"Boys Clubhouse - Tree Fort" by Annette Franz

 

 

"Embraced:  The Global Gathering" by Barrie Mason

 

"House of Ancient Wisdom" by Mary Warner

 



 

"Dwelling of the Four Seasons" by Joan Lucht

 

 

"Rooftop Sanctuary, an Exotic House Retreat" by Margi Hafer

 

 

and it's lovely little occupant.

 

 

"Spirit House" by Ann Hupke

 

 "House of Serenity" by Judy Mohrhardt

 

 

ooops... again the Tree Fort.

 

 

 "The House That Keeps on Giving" by Gale Vance
 

 

"Maison des Reves" (house of dreams) by Barb Boland

 

and, in the middle here is "Voices" (house of sounds) by Sylvia Koch

 

 

and while admiring Joan's Spring centerpiece,

 we enjoyed a lovely luncheon and talked about our houses.

The House That Mouse Built...

Here are some beginning pictures taken while I was preparing for the" Plexiglas House Collage Collaborative Project".  There were twelve participants, each building their own house from these pieces of cut Plexiglas that Ann gave us.  We had a schedule for the year, and each month we made something for someone else's house that would fulfill their house description and theme.  So we would also, in return, receive something from someone else for our own house.

 



My house is called the "Mouse Haus" and here is how she built it.

 



Mouse loves to sew.

 



 

Here, her little bed and table made from twigs and, of course, a tiny quilt to keep  her warm.

 

 

Early on, I had found this little cluster of acorn caps at The Center and thought they would be a perfect ceiling light for her house.  Added beads for light bulbs, when it was ready to be installed.

 



 

A tiny collage on a twig easel, of course!

 

 

A tiny pillow made of forest-y fabric to match her quilt.

 

A basket of "berries" for munching.

And, you can see the lovely little rug that Mary wove for her floor.

 



So Mouse began filling her house.

 



 

Adding all the lovelies that were sent to her.

 

She has a beautiful window to look out of, thanks to Gale.

 



 

It's feeling very "home-y"...
and next I will show you the rest of the story.

today's class

Good Grief!  Forgot to take pictures of today's class.  Homework was a horizontal composition and the results were great!  Then on we went with preparing for a little altered book and some beginning summer ideas!  Oh!  And backgrounds for ATC's.  Pictures next time!

Wednesday's class

Everyone excited to finish their pieces as the end of this session is coming!

 



 

Maryann is distressing her frames to finish her "indigo" piece below...

 

Nice!

 



 

Denise colorfully finished embellishing the pages of her little book we made some weeks before.

 

 

Concentrating...

 

 

Lora Lee, finishing her koi pond.

 

 

Beautiful!

 

 

Bernie beginning a new piece..

Great background!

 

 

Mysterious.

 

 

And Sandy's wonderful sheep...

 

 

I can just feel his fluffy fur!

 

 

Barb was working on her "house" project...that I will show you later.

 

 

Peggy seems to have worked on and finished several this time!

She's ready for a summer and beach theme.

 

 

Marge's beautiful blues...

 

 

 and now a lovely yellow.

 

 

Carolyn was deciding on some colorful birds to sing with her musical colors in her background.

 

 

 Sandy got a gold star for doing her very nice horizontal homework.

Yes, very nice!

 

 

And, with our little habit of doing ATCs for the end of the session before summer break, Marge showed us a new background technique she learned at a workshop. 

Out of the muddle

from under the decayed earth

the snowdrops peer through

 

 

a.schabes

So far this week...

From Monday's class, Cynthia's collage finished and wonderful...happy and colorful!  I am anxious to really see some of this green coming soon, and I love her little bird at the bottom of the tree.

 



 

Mary's lovely tribute to her mother.  The packing material background worked wonderfully, allowing the purple crocus to steal the show!

 

 

Still working on mine; especially since I have decided to do three.  Adding things little by little, trying to keep the continuity going.  Can you see the bunny in the bottom left of the lefthand piece?  ha!

 

I had some monoprint papers that were the perfect color and the right flimsy paper for keeping him obscure as I wanted him to be.  Can you figure him out?  Ears going up on the top left, face pointing right, his body, and his fluffy white tail at the bottom left. 

 



 

Also working in bits and pieced because of other projects on the burner.  Working on a collaborative "house" project that needs to finished...like now!  This is how it began with four clear acrylic walls and roof to be put together.

 

 

And this is how it is progressing, but I can't reveal everything yet.  Soon...