Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: art

  • Six Word Saturday

    Better at painting than being president.  

  • “And they call THAT art!”

    Yesterday a group of people were checking out the current art installation that we have here at the library: pieces inspired by the book Mink River. One of them is a mixed media piece that incorporates found items: cigarette butts. One of the group pointed out the piece to his friend and said, “Look at…

  • Creative Spaces Are Holy Places

    Another one from the Flickr archives. Taken one year ago at the Chinese Gardens in Portland when a friend was visiting. Interesting to happen upon this today of all days when I am feeling an almost desperate need to get in touch with my creative side. I have been feeling very blah lately. I get…

  • A dorky thing that I drew on my iPad

    I am sick and don’t have the energy to post anything substantial. But here is a silly doodley thing I made the other day in my iPad. I am having fun with art apps. My favorite is Paper but this one is the terribly-named Procreate. This particular one is nice because there are a multitude…

  • image transfer

    image transfer

    Here is my first attempt at image transfer. I took a picture of my Buddha statuette with the Holgaroid and transfered the negative to some very rough watercolor paper. The results are less than perfect. But I kind of like it. I am going to make something artsy with it.