Custom Cedar Chest!

Here is the first of many posts to come, featuring the cedar chest project I'm starting. I've been commissioned to turn this solid chest into a lively "Dia de los Muertos" piece, complete with skull portraits, skeletal dogs, a winged sacred heart, roses, and coffin butterflies (you'll just have to wait and see what those look like). I'm excited and a little intimidated at the same time, because aside from murals, it will be the largest piece I've done. I'm working on phase one today, which involves repairing the wood damage (from a chew happy puppy), sanding, and prepping the entire piece to be painted with a base coat. I've globbed a large amount of wood filler on the damaged areas, where I hope to re-shape the missing corners...we shall see. I will post pics, once I've begun phase two!

"Corazon Sagrado" Mirror

I completed this mirror about a week ago, and it's called "Corazon Sagrado" (sacred heart). I intended to have it at the art market on S.Congress last Sunday, but the crazy wind had another plan. I tried to set up my booth, but my table took off onto the sidewalk as though it were made of paper. I've been having some major wind issues, as I lost my tent a couple of months ago to wind. Needless to say, I'll be on S.Congress this Saturday before Easter, pending no natural disasters!


Since my last Sunday was a wash as a work day, I decided to enjoy my surprise day off. :-) I went into some cool shops, and I picked up this postcard titled "The Holy Alliance against sin":


What a great title! It's so serious business! I LOVE Catholic art, I find it very inspiring.