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Relics – An Artist Book

Relics – An Artist Book

It’s February. A time for winter, post-holiday blahs. I felt them for awhile…particularly with the events of January. Not any more. It seems my muse has taken an interest in…

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Completion

Completion

It was back in March that I first showed you this trip-fold artist journal that I had just finished. Then in July I posted an update on how it was…

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Work In Progress

Work In Progress

In a post a while back, I shared with you several mini-journals that I had constructed. I’d like to share with you now how I’ve been using one of those…

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Road through Georgia

Road through Georgia

Recently I’ve been spending time review my old film negatives. I came across a set of the them that reminded me of a trip taken many years ago…to many to…

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Old Friend

Old Friend

There was this tree in the park that’s nearby where I live. My dog, Kaylee, and I would always go into the park on our daily walks and as the…

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Making Book

Making Book

I’m the sort of guy that needs to be always busy. Doing something. Making something. Anything. It’s hard for me to just “sit”. Meditation sessions are always a challenge. Over…

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Winged Messengers

Winged Messengers

I tend to go “stale” over the winter months. My photography starts getting boring and uninteresting, the projects I had lined up to do after the holidays start looking boring…

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What Next?

What Next?

Sometime during the spring of this past year (2019) I took some tag board and cut out 4 squares, each 4×4 inches. On these squares I created a different mixed…

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It’s that time? Already!!!

It’s that time? Already!!!

Today is December 24, 2019. Christmas Eve. Yesterday was Halloween. Now how did that happen?? There was once upon a time when once I had cleared the sugar high of…

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All My Children?

All My Children?

  Over the years I have made any number of assemblage dolls. In typical fashion I’ll start with a basic idea…like a spice can…and then go from there adding and…

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Gearing Up

Gearing Up

The past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of activity in my Etsy shop, An Eclectic Universe,  as my Artist Brushes have been selling almost as fast I have…

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There I go again!

There I go again!

There I go again! Picking up a new craft. I just can’t help myself…jack-of-all-trades, master of none. And you know what…I like it like that. I find myself getting bored…

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Summertime Blues

Summertime Blues

“Sometimes I wonder What I’m a-gonna do But there ain’t no cure For the summertime blues.”                          Eddie Cochran…

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So…what’s been happening?

So…what’s been happening?

Yikes! It’s been life forever since I last posted here!! And while my life has been busy it’s not like I haven’t had the time. No excuse really. I even…

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Thoughts on 2019

Thoughts on 2019

As I look back on the year 2018 it was pretty much of a bust for me creatively. I seemed to struggle with everything project I approached…nothing seemed to thrill…

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Solar

Solar

An area I’ve been exploring off and on since this spring is eco-dyeing…using things naturally found to create dye baths. I’ve tried boiling kettles full of avocado pits/skins, red cabbage,…

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Sundays

Sundays

Once upon a time…before I turned to mixed media and photography…I painted. I also was heavily into life drawing. Nothing like than working from a model…the human body is the…

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Tales from the Allotment

Tales from the Allotment

Tucked into a tree encircled field, the Valley View Community Gardens where my little allotment resides offers a quiet refuge. Lately my trips have been few and far between. Our…

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Seed Head

Seed Head

This past Sunday morning I was doing some light weeding and replanting in my allotment. At the back end of my space there’s a clump of weeds and grasses come up…

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The Allotment

The Allotment

Way back in the 70’s…when I was just a young lad…an undergrad at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio…I had this plan to “go back to the land”. Live off the…

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artist journals, Artist Sketchbooks, Mixed Media, slow living

Relics – An Artist Book

By david r hayes Feb 14, 2021 / Leave a comment

It’s February. A time for winter, post-holiday blahs. I felt them for awhile…particularly with the…

Artist Sketchbooks, featured, Mixed Media, On My Workbench

Completion

By david r hayes Dec 23, 2020 / 2 Comments

It was back in March that I first showed you this trip-fold artist journal that…

Artist Sketchbooks, Mixed Media, On My Workbench, slow living

Work In Progress

By david r hayes Jul 28, 2020 / Leave a comment

In a post a while back, I shared with you several mini-journals that I had…

lifestyle, photography, Road trips

Road through Georgia

By david r hayes May 11, 2020 / 1 Comment

Recently I’ve been spending time review my old film negatives. I came across a set…

lifestyle, photography, slow living, Uncategorized

Old Friend

By david r hayes Apr 11, 2020 / 2 Comments

There was this tree in the park that’s nearby where I live. My dog, Kaylee,…

Artist Sketchbooks, Mixed Media, On My Workbench

Making Book

By david r hayes Mar 19, 2020 / Leave a comment

I’m the sort of guy that needs to be always busy. Doing something. Making something.…

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Recent Posts
  • Relics – An Artist Book February 14, 2021
  • Completion December 23, 2020
  • Work In Progress July 28, 2020
  • Road through Georgia May 11, 2020
  • Old Friend April 11, 2020

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