Hi Jean Ann! Thanks so much for the complement on my little art hobby. I appreciate it very much! My real job is a gardener/garden designer. Im getting into more art and photography. Your home in the Bay Area sounds lovely! I haven't been up there in quite a few years. We had a sort of craftsman style home in So Cal many years ago. It was craftsman style downstairs then the upstairs was added in the 50's. ( and not done very well, come to find out years later!) My mother and father in law had a home in Pasadena that sounds like yours but they didn't have the garden space that you have. We have since moved to North Carolina and love it.
I have just started making the castings of leaves. The one shown is my very first! I think it turned out pretty well. I'm pleased with it. It's is approx 20" long and maybe 12" wide. Pretty heavy also. I like them sitting on the ground with ground cover growing around them. Sort of "grounding" them. I am going to make some on the smaller side for wall hangings. You know what I think might be pretty.....a grouping of them gathered at the top of a wall then scattering them down the wall like they were falling in autumn. Maybe sycamore leaves as they are a bit bigger than maple. I better gather some a get going on it! Autumn is very close and the leaves are already falling. I am also planning on casting some Tea cup leaves. They are a type of elephant ear only cupped shaped. A grouping of three of them held up with rebar, would gather water when it rains. I think it would make a lovely art piece for the garden surrounded by other plants.
I love people that are hard to please as I am one myself! Very picky! Can I send you a few photos of the pieces I make in the coming weeks and get your opinion on them?
Thanks again,
Willow