~~September Artsy Essay Entry~~

My entry into the September Artsy Essay contest at Judith HeartSong Blog. If you would like to try your hand at this months Essay-Obscure Artsy Word List go here and give it a try.
Judith HeartSong: September's Artsy Essay


I decided to go a different route and created my entry instead of writing one. The first part is a wonderful VISIONARY HOMAGE to nature using mostly natural elements. An AESTHETIC piece of KINETIC Art. I first used a lovely piece of driftwood given to me by my husbands grandfather. I used this as the main body of my piece. I drilled small 5 small holes, two on top and three on bottom and added five eye bolts. Taking three pieces of 14k gold beading wire the same lengths I used rustic metal hearts, crystals, stones, glass beads, shells, small gold dragonflies and FAUX pearls and alternated them to create the strands for the chimes. I attached those to the 3 eye bolts underneath. Then I took a longer strand of the 14k gold beading wire and created a strand for hanging with glass beads and FAUX pearls. I attached that strand to the two eye bots on top and I was finished.. I love how it turned out.. A TOTEM to my love of nature. You can see the results with the photographs I have included.

The second part of my entry I created a COLLAGE of the Artsy Essay words along with artistic pictures all using my printshop program and the photo's included with my program. Here is the final product..

I had a lot of fun with this months entry.. and I hope y'all enjoy them to.

~~September 11-Never Forgotten~~

~~In Memory~~

Madeleine L'Engle is the author of one of my favorite books as a child and still is to this day

"A Wrinkle in Time"

~~Madeleine L'Engle~~
1918-2007

Madeleine L'Engle Camp Franklin, 88, of Goshen, CT and New York City, died Thursday, September 6th. Born November 29, 1918, in New York City, to Charles Camp and Madeleine Barnett Camp, she was educated in Switzerland and South Carolina, before graduating from Smith College. She was the author of over 60 books, including the award-winning

A Wrinkle in Time.

She is survived by her two daughters, Josephine Jones of Goshen, CT and Maria Rooney and her husband John of Mystic, CT; her five grandchildren, Madeleine Jones Roy and her husband Rob, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and her husband John, Edward Jones, Bryson Rooney, all of New York City, and Alexander Rooney, of Mystic CT; and five greatgrandchildren, Kosta and Magda Voiklis, and Cooper, Finn, and Scarlett Roy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Franklin, and her son, Bion Barnett Franklin.

She was a warm, loving and fun mother, grandmother and friend, who will be missed by many. Her influence will live on in her family and many friends, and in her books which have brought countless delight to all who have read them.

There will be a service on Saturday, September 15th at the Church of Christ, Goshen, CT, and a later public memorial service around her birthday, the actual date to be decided, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift may be made to Crosswick Foundation, Ltd, 924 West End Ave, apt 95, New York, New York, 10025. This is just an option, and we encourage you to honor her memory inany way you choose.

~~In Memory~~

"I Think a Life in Music is a Life Beautifully Spent and

This is What I Have Devoted My Life to"

~Luciano Pavarotti~

1935-2007

~~In Memory~~

In Memory of

Miyoshi Umeki

May 8th, 1929 - August 58th, 2007