Yes, I realize the process of my creating this was practically epic, like the Odyssey...
I finally lugged this guy back to Massachusetts, and when the weather wasn't raining, I started spraying the pewter pot with the silver paint my brother bought me. It took several coats, but also after doing the wire wrapping, I still had to touch-up the paint again, and THEN shellac it, to seal it on.
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Durring the last few days I visited my father in PA, they had the AC o full blast, so I got a sinusitis. I still worked on this while I as sick, plus I also got into some heavy research stuff at the same time, and sat through many videos, calls, and lectures. I did try to video document this process on video, but once I got very sick, I lost a lot of energy, and didn't document it entirely.
This project has taken so long to complete. But, I've finally finished it.
I'm breaking up the next few parts into different segments. This part is the 2nd attempt at drilling.
The first attempt at drilling, last year, had me hunched over on the concrete outside not only hurting myself in my fingers, but also hurting my back very badly which caused problems for Fall Semester 2016 at UMASS Boston.
My father told me I could brig it and drill it at his new house in PA. So I did.
I spent more than half a day working on it, in the basement, including during a storm, and a tornado that just passed by a few miles away. .
This is the 3rd Boho Dreamcatcher I made for my so-called balcony on the first floor.
I bought the wreathe at the Dollar Store (Dollar Stop) last year in the fall.
The red chord is a silk cord for jade & pearls and other jewelry working in China. in China the color red is believed to have "power" or "strength", thus why it's often used. (I used to have amy own store selling imports from China).
It has cowrie shells which were money for centuries in many cultures including China, and even North America, but all over.
It also has Buddhist mala beads, and the Chinese word "long" in Traditional script which means Dragon in Chinese. (I'm also working on my own independent film with Qilin that are related to Dragons)
I'd blogged about this on my other art blog(s), but I should mention it here because my Film is VERY VERY Bohemian.
My Film is called "Smattering Thoughts Also Flow" and it has a lot of Boho motifs and is HEAVY on Taoism themes as well as philosophy, and a touch of Buddhism or Confucianism motifs. It's got some whimsical and rave elements as well.
Unfortunately I was strapped for time & resources, so much was cut out, or scrapped.
I switched my major from Philosophy to Art due to strong suggestions by my Video Instructor.
I still love philosophy tho'.
I EXCLUSIVELY shot the film using over 5 different cameras ALL BY CANON. CANON is my #1 FAVORITE! I also used various other lens fliters.
2012 Fountain Lane - South Weymouth (Massachusetts) New England
DSLR CANON REBEL XS
Self portrait by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman "Black UniGryphon" ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Boho Chic, Mori Girl, Gypset, Tribal Fusion, Wanderlust
I saw these willow wreathes at the dollar store a few weeks ago, so I got one!
I already made a dreamcatcher from scratch from grapevines last month, so I wanted to try one of these and do something similar.
It's made with a number of items from my old store I used to have, especially Buddhist mala beads and jade from China, and the medallion, which was a popular one we sold back then.
This project actually came together rather fast, compared to my other dreamcatcher I made. However, it still took several hours worth of prep and hand work.
I finally got to start moving forward to work on this project, and I gotta tell ya, I was REALLY feeling this one, and the muses, but the pesky set-backs were driving me MAD! So frustrating! I originally wanted to finish this project in 2014, which I mentioned in my previous blog post about this.
So, I needed to start drilling the hole into the teapot to make it into a lamp, kind like this:
First I got a marker and tried to eye-ball the dots I wanted to drill, but they just weren't to my liking, and since drilling them is permanent, I wanted them to be as symmetrical and geometrically close to perfect as possible even tho' the teapot is gashed, dented, and weathered.
So, I got some masking tape and started over, then got the electric power drill, and started drilling it. Unfortunately, I don;t have a machine shop, nor a vice, so I have to hunch over it, and sprawl onto to floor just to work on it, so my time working on it is limited, because it hurts my back.
So, I have to limit how long I work on it. But, I also hurt my back at the gym on an abbs machine this month, and now I'm going to physical therapy to fix my spine and muscles which are connected through my abdominal muscles. I also ran out of chiropractic visits on my medical insurance and have to wait until January 2017 to go back.
I hope I can continue working on it by September or October.
I shot this last week at night here in New England.
DSLR CANON
In case you haven;t noticed, or didn't know already, I have this affinity for lanterns. I've liked lanterns for years, but never had the opportunity to ever get some until last year in the fall/autumn when I just happened to walk into Marshall's as nabbed 3 at bargain prices.
Then, I went nutsoid about some lanterns I saw at Pier 1 Imports a few weeks later when I happened to just walk-in over there, and I got a whole set of them in a whole series of events. You can read that story HERE and HERE if you want to.
Anyways, my so-called balcony on the first floor (since it's not really a patio, nor a porch) was something that bugged me since we got this condo. I've been working on it for years trying to do SOMETHING -Nay ANYTHING w/this thing. We used to be allowed to have a grill out there, and we had 3 different ones. But, stupid building admin board is headed by sadists so, no more cooking with fire anymore. *rolls eyes*
I never really thought I liked decor or decorating... until sometimes I find I kinda do... I guess I never realized it...
I still wish I could get a mosquito net and rig that up somehow, and hand stuff from the ceiling... but, hey, that's something I'm trying to work on, penny by penny because poverty blows chunks.
But, this year, I'm actually getting somewhere! This is probably THE CLOSEST I've ever gotten to my vision of what I want.
These are the 3 lanterns I got from Marshall's. The candles are from the dollar store, the incense & burner is some leftovers from my old store we used to own. The old vintage copper tray was from a yard sale Mr. Wang bought as a gift for me last summer.
There's no real rules for Boho Decor, Boho Style, or Gypset Style. It's generally a mixture of stuff, and many items from your various travels around the world, or various sentimental things, or old objects and a fusion of new things.
I like a mixture of old & new, East & West, often with a whimsical vibe. I like COLOR and vibrancy. I also like mood, ambience, and feeling.
I get more compliments on my so-called balcony on the first floor, that people actually say stuff as they walk by in the parking lot, when I come out the lobby door, or back door exit/entrance, and even when I take walks outside, or at the pool.
Oh, are you the one with that fancy set up on your balcony? I like that!
Yes, that's me. And thank you.
The above uses a star filter or cross filter, or whatever you wanna call it. It's an old old old school analog trick from the old school SLR days, but I shot these digitally. I can't afford analog film.
Anyways, I shot most of these manually, but I can't remember which ones. I'm sure if you downloaded and saved the photo the stats are inside the digital image of you know how to look that up on your computer.
