The Stingray Block's Stingray

I did this at the school Mum is teaching at about a year ago. The year 4-7 block was called the stingrays, hence the animal I made. We had some fun trying to attatch this to the roof of the middle area... as you might tell...


It was alot of drawing and cutting and painting and sewing... but it was also alot of fun. I made a mini stingray too, but he's still at school and I haven't taken a photo of him yet. This one is about 2m wide and 2.5m-3m long with his tail. He has bulging eyes and indents above his eyes. He has a painted mouth and gills?... I think they're gills... on his under side and lots of those white spots on the top. I added glitter on the spots and the black lines underneath to add a little magic to him for the kids. I can't put photos ofthe kids up here, not even the ones that helped put it up... but there is a photo of the stingray and myself to show you how big he is... and because I was proud of him. :)

Dia De Los Muertos 2008

This was a mural I designed and painted for a friends Dia De Los Muertos party, complete with sequins.

I really like how it finished up with the candles surrounding the skull and the band at the bottom. The roses in the eye sockets were hard to try and get symmetrical, but the whole project was still fun.

This was a little guitar playing skeleton I painted for people to stick their heads through. While I still think the yellow surrounding him was a good colour choice, it sort of looks like a holy thing... which is still kind of kewl.

I had fun making these, I'm pretty sure the people at the party had fun with these, and hopefully you enjoy looking at them. :)

If you would like a mural custom made for your party, wall or event, feel free to email me at jade.lavery @ gmail.com (without the spaces)

A New 2010!

My goal for this year is to keep this blog up to date because I haven't been and I need to... Simple I guess. I haven't been doing a lot over the summer craft wise so I'm going to start sharing some of my older projects and photos.

This was me at Christmas... Festive hair and festive shirt... A very hectic but very enjoyable day.

Have a happy 2010!

Hand Painted and Home Sewn Backpack

This is a backpack that I painted and sewed. The otherside is painted as well, but I don't have a photo and it's still packed away in a box from moving house. This backpack is very handy and is just over a A4 size so its perfect for carrying books. Its amazing the amount of stuff you can fit in there. I went for alot of random things, and I like it.

If you would like one of these custom made for you, feel free to email me jade.lavery @ gmail.com (without the spaces)

Yasmyn Jane Portrait

This is a painting of my niece that I did. The face isn't the best, but I still Like it.


This is a photo of my niece last christmas, after when I did the painting of her. Her eyes aren't so bright blue and her lips aren't so red, but its just practice and learning for next time :) . This painting now lives in the kids room at my house (the Grandkids room at Mum and Dads house)

Life on Canvas

This is a canvas I made a few years ago to represent my life at that time.

How to make your own:
1. Choose things to go onto your canvas and arange them.
2. Glue everything onto your canvas.
3. Make a mix of water and PVA glue (1:1) and cover everything in it, then in a layer of 1 ply toilet paper. (Note: you can just seperate the plys of the paper you have in your house). Use a brush covered in the PVA mixture to push the paper into all the little spot so that you can still see the details.
4. Repeat 2-3 times.
5. Give everything a coat of black paint. (possibly 2 depending on the coverage) After its dry, look at it from every angle to spot any hidden spots that didnt get painted.
6. get a sponge or a old rag (not tissues because they stick) and dab it in silver paint. Dab it on a spare piece of paper/plastic until theres almost none, then dab it onto your canvas. Keep going until every raised piece is covered, or your happy with it. (Note: having next to none on the sponge makes all the raised details visible on the canvas.)

I used a variaty of things on mine that I thoguht reflected me at the time. In the classroom I've set this up as an art activity to show communication on a piece of card rather then a cavas. This could be used for almost anything.

Introduction

My name is Jade Lolita and I've been thinking about doing this for a long time now and, thanks to inspiration from a friend, I finally did.

I'm hoping to make this about arts and crafts that I create or find. I would also like to share some photos with you, and I'd appreciate any comments.

I have heaps of stuff to post that I've already made and hopefully alot more to make and post in the future.