Project Finished!

For Christmas 2011 my grandparents gave me a lap loom. And, *embarrassed smiles and coughs* I just finished making something on it about a month ago. :P But the result is pretty cool. I did everything: weaving it on the loom, making it into a bag with an inside liner, and making the handle. It's not big, but it's special because I made it!

 

The Weaver

 

My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.

Oft times He weaveth sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the underside.

Not til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.

    
-Benjamin Malachi Franklin

 

 

I really like this poem, and it has even more meaning after experiencing weaving on even a lap loom myself.

 

-Selena Joye

 

 

Recent Art (....well....kind of)

Here is some of my "recent" artwork.

 

An oil painting:

I also thought it would be fun to experiment making this drawing with different mediums but I haven't had time yet. This is just a basic sketch.

 

Here are some Celtic braids that my friend taught me how to make...they are so awesome! (Sorry about the bad quality photo)

 

This is a pattern I printed off the internet and then colored with colored pencils. I liked it so much that I mounted it and put it in a frame! :)

 

This is something else that I made awhile ago and have had in my bedroom. It's made of thin black sharpie and colored pencils. (Sorry for the bad quality photo!)