Clay on Rocks

By Lena Shore | August 18, 2017 |

These were my first rocks. I didn’t know about the kindness movement of painting rocks back then. These sat around for a long time gathering dust. As soon as I realized there was a “rock movement”, I hid these. Hope they made someone happy.

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Rock Painting

By Lena Shore | July 29, 2017 |

So, I discovered rock painting a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, it’s a thing. While I have decorated a few rocks I didn’t know there was this “rock initiative” that existed. The idea is you paint rocks and leave them outside for people to find. It’s a random act of kindness initiative. The hope is…

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Yard Mushroom

By Lena Shore | July 3, 2017 |

This morning in our yard I spied a neat little mushroom about the size of a nickel and took a photo. I looked it up to find it is a small Lycoperdon perlatum (lye-ko-PAIR-don  per-LAY-tum) also called the Common Puffball, the Gem-studded Puffball and the Devil’s Snuff Box. These are the ones we used to stomp flat…

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Bugs of…. Atlantis?

By Lena Shore | April 12, 2017 |

This is another polymer clay piece on wood. It’s about 7.5″ wide by 6″ tall. It photographs terribly. I wanted to do another piece with some of my favorite subjects (beetles and flowers). But, I wanted to try something different. I love the idea of finding things in deep sea wrecks. I love how crusty they…

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Abstract Pink Box

By Lena Shore | March 8, 2017 |

This wooden box is about 5″ wide. The top is covered with polymer clay and some glass pieces. I love how bright it is. Slideshow…

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Creature from the Cute Lagoon

By Lena Shore | March 1, 2017 |

Last night I decided to kick back and watch some junk television and doodle. There are some amazingly bad reality shows now. One was called Hellevator. It had potential. The contestants had to make their way through a scary warehouse with an objective to win a large cash prize. But, instead it smelled of bad…

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