here is a mashup... i only just learned what that was a few weeks ago... that my oldest son, assisted by his brother, created. basically, a mashup seems to be putting audio from one movie/source with video from a different movie/source... often done with movie trailers. these mashups are very interesting, and apparently a lot of people are doing them... with varying degrees of expertise. this one is done with the pirates of the caribbean: at world's end trailer and video clips from harry potter and the order of the phoenix. my guys have been having a lot of fun putting them together, and it really is a lot of work! this one turned out very well... and its got a few surprises!

enjoy!

i met ruth in june 2006, in venice. we were roomates during the 2 week intensive orsoni mosaic master course that we attended. we were quick friends, and have stayed in touch ever since. In march, we were roomates again for the sama conference, and we had a great time!

ruth is very talented... i am so envious of her drawing ability! she can whip out a detailed drawing of anything in no time!... it is incrediible! she also paints, and about 3 years ago, she started doing mosaics. you can see her mosaic work on her website mosaicsbyruth.com.

here are a couple of her recent painting commissions. the first one is done on an ostrich egg that she brought back from south africa. enjoy!

here are some more pics of carole's ingeniously creative ideas. she did the first two projects with plexi-glass and glass paints. on the interior doors, she also used some faux leading.

for the outside project, she wanted to screen the pool pump, as it is not very attractive. she already had the metal frame... it was one of those that had pot holders for flower pots... you know, the kind that hold pots so smal that they dry out by noon once summer gets rolling? well, she gave up on having a flowering screen, and came up with this idea. I love it!

also, i missed the garden orb on the previous post with carole's mosaics, so here it is.