Goldhaven

Goldhaven, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Today we went to Hayesville NC to visit Goldhaven Studios, to see a demo of the glass blower/sculpture in action. It was lampworking on a giant scale... very cool to see.

Goldhaven2

Goldhaven2, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Here he is using a hand held torch to heat parts of the sculpture.

Goldhaven3

Goldhaven3, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

This is the 'glory hole', where he was heating up the glass.

Rings2

Rings2, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

These are the wire wrap rings I made today in my class at William Holland. My daughter and I are having so much fun taking the class together.

Sep26Art

Sep26Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Spent the day, doing laundry and getting ready to 'again' drive to N. Ga tomorrow. Couldn't finish my SC journal without at least one Palmetto tree in it...

Sep25Art

Sep25Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

The young men attending the Citadel, can be seen around town now that school is back in session... they are all so fit and strong looking, with short hair, square shoulders and immaculate uniforms... I wonder if they know how attractive they are... even to the old women in the crowd?

Sep24Art

Sep24Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

This is from a photo made last fall... the trees are stubbornly refusing to change color this year... oh they are turning brown, and a few reds, but the yellows that make Fall trees so beautiful... are still not here yet.

Sep23Art

Sep23Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

The UN can't enforce a 15 min speech time limit... what a messed up organization... Gadhafi was right they should move out of the USA... good riddance.

Sep22Art

Sep22Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

My husband pointed out that I totally mirror reversed this leg drawing.. everyone's an art critic right...I didn't draw it while looking at it... thus the error... It's pretty darn ugly looking... he is going to be hurting tomorrow morning... thankful it wasn't any worse.

One more 9/12 video to see

Sep21Art

Sep21Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Spent the morning at the court house, for the bond hearing on the guys that stole my scooter... career criminals based on their records... long, long records. The judge set their bonds pretty high (they were not pleased)... so hopefully they'll stay in jail for a while.

Sep20Art

Sep20Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Some time Saturday night, 2 men broke the fork lock, and removed the ignition switch on my scooter and stole it... the police woke us up Sunday morning bright and early to find out if I'd 'loaned' them the scooter... amazing police work, absolutely amazing (we had no idea the scooter was gone)....
Then on another note, long RAINY ride thru the North Ga mountains to discover I'd arrived a week EARLY for class... tail twixt my legs... long rainy ride home... I feel very foolish indeed.

Sep19Art

Sep19Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Busy day today... getting ready for my trip. I won't be able to scan my pages... maybe just photos this week... I'm looking forward to a fun and relaxing week. Everyone play nice while I'm gone.

Sep18Art

Sep18Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

The Crepe Mytle leaves are changing color, while they are still producing flowers... Fall comes slowly in the Low Country... but it is coming. We've had a long dry spell, finally got some rain today... and more predicted for tomorrow.