by Cheryle | Jun 18, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Learning
I am at work early, sitting on the comfy chair typing a blog before starting the day. I don’t tend to talk about school here but that is my bread and butter and my other side of the balanced life plan. Slowly stepping into my art business and getting a web...
by Cheryle | May 29, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Learning
Why Choose art? The question of why someone would choose to be an artist with all the challenges and hurdles this career involves is common. I believe that art chooses you. My viewpoint is that art is what made my life make sense and has been my life raft. I am an...
by Cheryle | Apr 22, 2015 | Art, Art reflections, Learning, oven bake clay, Sculpture
The journey into the next phase… The travellers protector. I decided to create a bust on a stand. Due to the fact that oven baked clay was new to me, this was. A learning curve. I wanted to use a copper post to suspend the bust on. I ordered 1/4 inch copper pipe...
by Cheryle | Mar 30, 2015 | Art, Learning, Owls
Small detailed faces and crystals of earth spirits in fimo and ready to bake.
by Cheryle | Mar 4, 2015 | Art, Learning, Play, Process |
Today was a play date. No exhibitions to plan for and no pressures to complete and so I experimented and explored different ideas and ways of shaping my artworks. I do love the potential of the transfers and will definitely do more of these. There is still a lot of...
by Cheryle | Mar 3, 2015 | Art, Art reflections, Learning, Mother and child, Play, Process |
Is it ever really finished? Playing with possibilities. I have so many works around the studio in varying stages of completion that I always have choices. I work on a piece until I reach a stage where I have to sit with it live with it for awhile until inspiration...