Stuff in the Studio

WOW…Day two and I am still blogging…CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!! I myself am totally shocked and a bit befuddled …

Well I have gone with the More Pictures theme again…(by the by…be sure to ‘click’ on the picture to make bigger)…for the longest time I cursed under my breath at such small pictures people would post on their blogs…”Can’t See S%#*” I would say…. Until by chance one day I by total accident dragged my little mouse over the picture and saw that it could indeed be made larger… ‘DUH DUH DUH DUH….DUH DUH DUH DUH DUUUUUUH’ (please hum to the tune of ‘Dragnet Theme’)…thank you for playing along. Anyway, I am sure that 99.9% of the viewers out there already know this about Blog Pictures…. But I am now talking to YOU…. The 0.1% people … my compadres, my amigos…. Send my your email…we’ll chat!

So that’s it…. I know…big whoop … hey, get use to it…more pictures and saucy dialog will surely follow…

Later,

Jodi

Misc. Stuff ...Heads...and plenty of them...from past classes and stuff that just popped into my head..... In the second photo a little carved wooden 'Tootle Train' that Richard made for me one Christmas...I love my little Tootle. Third pic.. I love heads as you can probably tell by now...they are everywhere in my studio...and I dig all of the 'parts' that gone on a face... Sculpted these little facial anatomy studies...not only good for a learning tool....but they make great Christmas Tree Ornaments....

Studio

OK OK…I know…I have Not kept up with my Blog like I should … BAD JODI …BAD, No Biscuit!! Not really sure why other than things keep getting in the way … you would think that I would sit down and write more as I DO LIKE TO WRITE and talking is like a second language to me… but alas, I hide from this like I hide from so many other things…. Need to knock that shit out and get with the inner active program called life… ARTIST…what are ya gonna do!!!… we just hide so damn well , so well in fact we get lost from ourselves… and forget who we are at times…that is why I have started to wear a name tag… just saves me so much hassle from asking around.

So much is going on art wise at the moment… but I won’t spill it all in one shot…dribs and drabs I always say…dribs and drabs….

But a Good friend on another wonderful blog…has shamed me into posting again (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE….(I CAN SEE YOUR NAME TAG FROM WAY OVER HERE)….. so I am taking a page as it were from her blogette and just posting pics from my studio… (I know I know I am being really C.S. about it… using pics instead of words… but hell…I personally LOVE seeing where other artists work and are imprisoned 22 hours a day…. I find it fascinating and almost intoxicating… OK…I will tell you that I DID clean just a bit before posting these pics…. If I did not ...believe me when I say you surly would have worried that the Mother of all fault lines was positioned directly under my studio … shameful and freaky scary it was… I am a recovering slob “HI… my name is Jodi”….etc etc etc…
My better half is a confirmed ‘Neatnik’ he use to be a Beatnik….Oooo Plop pa dow Daddy O!! Sorry …I digress….

So Here are some shots of a little place I like to call Hell…….. Oops…I mean, Home!! My studio like my work is in a constant state of Flux…
Let me know what you think… thumbs up?…or Throw Tomatoes , MY GOD have you seen the price of Tomatoes …throw em…I could use em.

Later….Jodi

Our Grand-daughter at 'Ren Fair'

Erin always has such a wonderful time at Ren Fair...especially when she is with her best friend and cousin 'Micky' and her Daddy Rick.... I think Mom is taking the picture.

Daddy Rick always makes the girls fun costumes to wear... complete with leather armor and wooden swords. Both girls really get into the mood. Daddy sells his beautiful hand made armor and weaponry at the Ren Fairs.... he is a True Creager...always working on Art ... a chip off the old block...LOL!

Erin (grand-daughter) with her trusty sword....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Our Newest on EBAY

Our Newest Passion ...KAYAKING!!!!!!

It has been ages since my last post... not really sure where the time goes...but one thing is for sure...it went!! Lots has been happening since my last post , really way to much to post in one setting...so I will do it in dribs and drabs....starting with our New Passion!!!



KAYAKING!!!!!!

Heading for the London Bridge

Richard and I recently purchased two Touring Kayaks ..his is 17 feet and mine is 14 feet. Both have rudders and are sea worthy (if we had a mind to go into the sea) but for now we are totally content just paddling around our home town of Lake Havasu , Arizona . It's a beautiful lake with over 500 miles of shore line.

Early Early Morning Trip

We paddle 2-3 times a week...getting down to the lake and putting in at 6:00am (beat the heat kinda thing) ..and then out by 10:00am. We have lived in Havasu for 7 years and sad to say that up until recently we have been on the lake approx. 3 times....now we are one the lake that much in one week....and LOVING IT!!!! There is something very peaceful and tranquil about the water ...to sit so close to it and feel each ripple , to have a BIG bass jump right next to your kayak , or ducks gather around you as you paddle by ...there are so many fish and bird habitats on Lake Havasu they are wonderful to carefully visit... and Havasu is on a migration flyway...and we get the chance to see so many birds we normally would not. I think I love it most of all because I can image being hundreds of miles away from EVERYTHING!!! No phone, no TV News, no nothing... just Richard and I quietly making our way through the blue waters...and after a few hours of bliss.... it takes us a couple more to get the smiles off of our faces...AHHHHHH!!!



I can tell you this.... that after a morning of paddling...our energy level is through the roof and our focus of our dolls is unbelievable. We figure it is a win win all the way around... good exercise (for both mind and body) ...I call it my 'Zen Zone'..



We are in the process of getting our little English Austin American car suited up with Kayak Racks ...so we can easily get them loaded and travel further (Lake Powell comes to mind)...a week of camping in the tipi and kayaking...OH JOY!!! Will post picks of the Austin with the Kayaks soon...it's really a hoot...both are longer than the car....



Well that's it for now.... back to work for me.... it's Kayaking in the morning....


See You Soon

Jodi