Another building to explore in visualization and meditation... especially if I need a drink or snack!
Monday, April 30, 2018
Porch Produce Items - part 3
The porch exterior is done... I THINK!
Another building to explore in visualization and meditation... especially if I need a drink or snack!
Another building to explore in visualization and meditation... especially if I need a drink or snack!
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Friday, April 27, 2018
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Speaking of Mindfulness...
I made that trash area without much thought, but...
As you may have heard, therapists sometimes make use of techniques involving the creation of rituals and visualizing. Some examples... writing a letter to oneself about a grief, then burning it (as an affirmation of transcending the sadness)... visualizing pain leaving the body and floating up and away (as an aid to managing the pain)... releasing a helium balloon as a tribute to a lost loved one. These practices are only limited by one's creativity!
The goal is to release negativity and embrace the moment, unencumbered.
So back to the dumpster area... I am having a bit of fun by imagining myself in Gailtown, gathering up items that symbolize day-to-day problems. Paperwork. Unused gym equipment. A shirt with a button that needs sewing on.
You guessed it... into the dumpster they go, if only for a while, if only in my mind.
As you may have heard, therapists sometimes make use of techniques involving the creation of rituals and visualizing. Some examples... writing a letter to oneself about a grief, then burning it (as an affirmation of transcending the sadness)... visualizing pain leaving the body and floating up and away (as an aid to managing the pain)... releasing a helium balloon as a tribute to a lost loved one. These practices are only limited by one's creativity!
The goal is to release negativity and embrace the moment, unencumbered.
So back to the dumpster area... I am having a bit of fun by imagining myself in Gailtown, gathering up items that symbolize day-to-day problems. Paperwork. Unused gym equipment. A shirt with a button that needs sewing on.
You guessed it... into the dumpster they go, if only for a while, if only in my mind.
Mini-Mart Exterior: a Dumpster!
Here we have a lovely dumpster and some miscellaneous trash!
Next, some stuff on the front porch area.
Next, some stuff on the front porch area.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Mini-Mart: Checkout Counter and Vending Machines
I wish I had photographed these two items before gluing them in place, but too late now!
Still to come... signage, postcards, maps, welcome mats, etc.
Still to come... signage, postcards, maps, welcome mats, etc.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Mindfulness... and walls, floor, ceiling
I love the mortifyingly industrial green cinder-block walls and faux-parquet linoleum, don't you?
This is a great time to observe how a wonderful state of relaxed, yet focused mindfulness can result from the early stages of construction. It's one of my favorite stages. Dreaming up the basics is a great time to imagine oneself in the emerging environment, examining the open areas, enjoying the echoes from empty walls and bare floors, envisioning the eventual construction and placement of décor...
These early stages lack the complexity and detail of later points in miniature-making. It's a very good stage to experience the miniature while letting other elements of thought sneak in a bit. Lean against the bare walls as you do a quick review of your day: count a few blessings.
This is a great time to observe how a wonderful state of relaxed, yet focused mindfulness can result from the early stages of construction. It's one of my favorite stages. Dreaming up the basics is a great time to imagine oneself in the emerging environment, examining the open areas, enjoying the echoes from empty walls and bare floors, envisioning the eventual construction and placement of décor...
These early stages lack the complexity and detail of later points in miniature-making. It's a very good stage to experience the miniature while letting other elements of thought sneak in a bit. Lean against the bare walls as you do a quick review of your day: count a few blessings.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
More on the Mini-Mart
I have most of the exterior more-or-less done.
Plans are underway for some landscaping.
Plans are underway for some landscaping.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Luisa's Old Apple Tree
Here ya go. It was fun to make!
First Photo
1 - Natural twigs, glued together, painted a dark bark color... I built the trunk up with some glue... I glued on some clumps of paper to make a base for the leaf and apple clusters. Later I coated these with glue and stuck tons of parsley and celery seeds.
2- Sculpey, baked, to make the apples
3 - Apples painted with nail polish and green magic marker
The base is the usual Sculpey style.
Second Photo
The assembled tree
Third Photo
Placed in Arboretum
Fourth Photo
Closer
Fifth Photo
Close-up of trunk and apples
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Arboretum Entry
I have compulsions to do more trees, so I upgraded the Arboretum with a gate.
Drew it in Paint App, printed it, glued it onto cardboard frame, cut it out, added texture with glue.
Luisa... old, gnarled apple tree, loaded with apples... coming up... I love that idea!
Photos
*Current location in Gailtown
*Entry
*Close-up of entry arch
Drew it in Paint App, printed it, glued it onto cardboard frame, cut it out, added texture with glue.
Luisa... old, gnarled apple tree, loaded with apples... coming up... I love that idea!
Photos
*Current location in Gailtown
*Entry
*Close-up of entry arch
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Gailtown Arms DONE
What a relief!
Everything's my usual MO... draw in Paint App, print, cut out, fold, glue in place.
The front flowerbed has shrubs made of crumpled paper and then glue-coated and covered with oregano or red chili flakes. That's a tumbleweed (made out of a dustbunny) on the roof.
Only Unit 1 has a detachable roof so you can see the low-end mid-century modern interior, including ashtray with two cigarettes, boot lamp, Western print/painting, turquoise radio, bathroom with sombrero'd seahorse. Thanks for the seahorse idea, Jeffie!
The Office is equally downscale... ancient cash register, chalk board, hopeless linoleum.
Everything's my usual MO... draw in Paint App, print, cut out, fold, glue in place.
The front flowerbed has shrubs made of crumpled paper and then glue-coated and covered with oregano or red chili flakes. That's a tumbleweed (made out of a dustbunny) on the roof.
Only Unit 1 has a detachable roof so you can see the low-end mid-century modern interior, including ashtray with two cigarettes, boot lamp, Western print/painting, turquoise radio, bathroom with sombrero'd seahorse. Thanks for the seahorse idea, Jeffie!
The Office is equally downscale... ancient cash register, chalk board, hopeless linoleum.
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