constantly collecting STUFF...

 my first (massage) app't isn't til this afternoon, so i thought i'd show a few pic's of some of my collections! my obsessions! you know from previous posts that i can't go anywhere without coming home with found bones, feathers, rocks & stones, shells, driftwood, vintage bottles, dead bugs (especially those with wings i can use in my artwork). the unusual. weird. unlikely. these pic's depict just a small fraction of my total collection(s)...but you'll get the idea! some of the shells and small rocks & stones i put in jars, vases, bottles.

some of the larger rocks...i tend to just scatter around...outside and in...

some of the found feathers i put in vases with rocks & shells...

...which i usually set on the floor, in a corner of a room.

gemstones...crystals...tumbled stones...some found, some received as gifts and some bought...

assorted bones, teeth and turtle shells...

and here's a small sampling of the vintage bottles sam and i have found...across the street...after the field had been bush hogged and the ground turned over!

some of these bottles are the ones i use for my artwork...decorated with pressed flowers, butterfly & dragonfly wings! (i don't decorate the ones with embossed words!)

OH! and here's a good site i've gone to many times to look up old bottles Digger O'Dell .  

here's one i'm working on right now...

well...if you've seen my art...now you get an idea of where it all begins...from things i've found...collected...and treasure! 

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ~Mikhail Baryshnikov