All art is an imitation of nature. -Seneca
Overcoming the Dreaded Creative Block
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London Having creative block can be very frustrating and no matter who you are you’ve no doubt been through it. For those of us who enjoy creating things
Nature in a Light Bulb
“Nature is a haunted house–but Art–is a house that tries to be haunted.” -Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems Are you a nature lover that always enjoys bringing in a little bit of the outdoors into your home?
Convenient Cloth!
“Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.” -Proverb Forget the environment for a moment and think inconvenience. We are all programmed to think disposable equals convenience, but over the last
Framed Quote with Natural Mat
“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.” – L.W. Gilbert The other day we were trying to handwrite a quote we liked to put it in a frame but it just didn’t look right because
Color Therapy & Repurposed Concrete
“Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.” -John Sterling This isn’t so much a craft or even a tutorial on a craft, it’s about surrounding ourselves with colors that inspire us in an interesting and slightly unusual ways.
Tillandsia on Tile
“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.” -Vincent van Gogh If you love mounted Air Plants but are tired of wood, they can also be mounted on other things like the brick we used
Civilization’s End: Mother Nature’s Bitch-Slap
“That’s the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn’t care what economic bracket you’re in.” -Whoopi Goldberg This may be a bit “out there” but here goes…
Enhancing Your Driftwood: An Example of Our Custom Work
“Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.” — Edward Tufte Tillandsia come in many shapes, sizes, color and some are very fragrant!
The Inspirational Native American Code of Ethics
We have no idea where this Native American list of ethics came from – tried to look but jeeez, it’s all over the place! Didn’t stop me from posting it though! It’s just awesome and thought ya might like it.