I’ve always
been a big birdwatcher and springtime brings about a flutter of activity. There
are nests to build and yummy morsels to discover. The Purple Finches and
Goldfinches begin to get their more robust plumage. This is the inspiration for
this instillation. If Finches could
speak I think they would remind us that winters always pass, time to get busy
is upon us, follow the seasons, listen to the spring winds, beauty is sometimes
hidden, and don’t be afraid to sing your sweetest most haunting songs.
Supplies:
Gypsy Soul
Laser Cuts-For the Birds, Gypsy Soul
Laser Cuts-Wrought Iron Set, Gypsy Soul
Laser Cuts-Tiny Shingles Sampler, White Gesso, Paintbrush,
Fusions-Slime and Rusty Car, Aqua Net Hair Spray, Wooden Cigar Box Bottom, Bird
Tissue paper, Matte varnish, Acrylic Paint in Shades of
Brown and Yellow, Weldbond, Metallic Paint in Shades of Gold and Copper,
Chili Powder and Ground Nutmeg
1. Paint GSLC
For the Birds Birdhouses and eggs with White Gesso.
2. While still
wet sprinkle with Fusion Slime and Rusty Car stains.
3. Layer and
Spray with Aqua Net until you have an interesting effect.
4. Allow to
dry fully before taking apart GSLC For the Bird birdhouses and eggs.
5. Find a old
wooden cigar box to tear apart and use the bottom to create your panel.
6. Coat wooden
Cigar box with matte Medium and add Bird Tissue paper randomly.
7. Use Acrylic Paint
in Shades of Brown and Yellow to paint a GSLC Bird Nest.
8. Glue GSLC
Bird Nest Together Layering with four eggs.
9. Dab Metallic
Paint in Shades of Gold and Copper using a paintbrush sprinkling with Chili
Powder and Ground Nutmeg to add further textures on to GSLC Wrought Iron Corners.
10.
Add GSLC Tiny Shingles to the top of the GSLC
Birdhouses you chose.
11.
Layer your Art Panel together using Weldbond
12.
Weight down with a bag of kitty litter or other
weighted item to squish all the layers together.
Some Final Thoughts.
All Over Ohio- Over the Rhine
Well the rain
it has been falling
Like it wants to drown us all
And the trees are gently swaying
Like they're thinkin' 'bout the fall
I still get shivers when I hear
You singin' down the hall
I'm gonna kiss you all over Ohio
And the starlings they were flying
Earlier today
Doing their maneuvers
Clouds of feathers on display
Makes me wanna kneel in prayer but
I've forgotten what to say
I'll just name all the birds in Ohio
Now the reason I am writing
Is to tell you 'bout the flood
Ahh, the river is so beautiful
But it leaves a load of mud
All I have now are these dirty songs
I guess they're in my blood
They make me wander so far from Ohio
(Yeah) It's a silly undertaking
To fly halfway 'round the earth
With an imaginary womb of songs
Intent on giving birth
I gave all that I had to give
I'm not sure what it's worth
Scatter the ashes right here in Ohio
All I wanna be is a thousand black birds
Bursting from a tree into the blue
Love - let it be not just a feeling
But the broken beauty
Of what we choose to do
And the halleujah
Used to make my Daddy cry
I still wonder 'bout the ruckus
Angels make up there on high
In the meanwhile there are measures
We can take to get us by
Lay me down next to you in Ohio
But my expectations stand still
Like beggars at the door
I'm flat broke from the dues
I've paid them all before
Gonna let the Cuyahoga
Wash me up on burning shores
Shipwrecked with you in Ohio
All I wanna be is a thousand black birds
Bursting from a tree into the blue
Love - let it be not just a feeling
But the broken beauty
Of what we choose to do
I have seen the slow corruption
Of the best ideas of Christ
In the pulpits of our nation
Gospel turned into white lies
If you preach a subtle hatred -
The bible as your alibi
Goddam you right here in Ohio
But my shameless hallucination:
He's still knockin' at my door
And I know how this one's gonna end
He's gotten in before
I've run as fast as I can run
I've had to ask, What for?
He haunts me all over Ohio
All I wanna be is a thousand black birds
Bursting from a tree into the blue
Love - let it be not just a feeling
But the broken beauty
Of what we choose to do
Well the rain it has been falling
Like it wants to drown us all
And the trees are gently swaying
Like they're thinkin' 'bout the fall
I still get shivers when I hear
You singin' down the hall
I'm gonna kiss you all over Ohio
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