making almond tarts with trine on a saturday night
hello, today my friend trine and i (she is visiting from london for the sole purpose of crafting) took a class in encaustic something or other. it was a very interesting technique, having to do with wax and varnish and collage and burnishing and the like. however, it reminded me of something i already know. i admire collage but seem to have no talent for it...and, i have to admit (and this will sound judgemental) the whole collage thing seems to be the apotheosis of why non-crafters sneer at us..you really will make fairly useless clutter from it nine times out of ten. however, on the positive side, the store in south pasadena was lovely, the other women were delightful, and trine and i enjoyed a very pleasant morning making fairly useless crap. so, here are some pictures from today and a photo of a rather incompetent camel i drew yesterday in my drawing class. more tomorrow!! in other exciting news, my garden is going so well, tiny and hardy tomato plants, lovely artichokes, and s