Penny Richards' photos

I made this from two thrifted blouses that didn't fit me (used the sleeve trim and center panel from one top, solid colored sides and back from the other).

Visit to Getty Villa in Malibu, July 2008

Visit to Getty Villa in Malibu, July 2008

Visit to Getty Villa in Malibu, July 2008

Visit to Getty Villa in Malibu, July 2008

Herschel, Newton, Kepler, on a monument in front of Griffith Observatory.

Cool grillwork over windows in the lobby at Griffith Observatory.

This is an outrageously silly hat--it'll fit me, but it's probably best worn by a kid. In fact, daughter wore it tonight at the fireworks--we figured there was no way she'd get lost in the crowds in a hat like this! I was just messing around crocheting again--the "flower" is just a circle gone wrong, for example.

"Cafe at the End of the Universe"--cafeteria at Griffith Observatory.

My first crocheted hat! Fall colors and weight, so it'll have to wait a while for wearing... but it's comfortable and soft.

Daughter planted these seeds in a cup at Brownies in the spring. Tomorrow we'll be picking three or four cherry tomatoes for dinner--fun! They smell amazing, just touching the leaves conjures a fresh, delicious scent.

What I did with my collection of street flotsam (see previous image in stream). The edges of the pages are lost, but you get the idea. All materials were found on the street in El Segundo, except the underlying journal, three staples used to attach the laundry tags, the adhesives, a little white acrylic paint, and some sidewalk chalk. I used a few paper punches to get the flower shapes, otherwise cut and tore where needed.

In a one-hour walk around El Segundo today, son and I found all these bits and scraps on the ground. I'll probably use some of them for collage projects. (Also found a screw, a coupla pencils, a yellow paperclip, and some random round metal bits, but didn't scan the 3D stuff.)

Daughter and neighbor had a tea party last week--those are peanut butter sandwiches, cheese-and-crackers, and apple wedges, with a raspberry tea/juice blend in the pot. Random linens, placemats, and napkins.

The pendants were glazed in four different colors--espresso, seafoam, peacock, and green.

The pendants we made last week as gifts for the art program volunteers--glazed, strung, bagged and tagged, ready to distribute.

These are for Oh Fransson's fat quarters vintage linens swap. There are four of the paisley, which was from yardage I got at a church rummage years ago. There are two of the tan/purple/blue/gold floral in the middle (Royal Cannon 50/50 pillowcase), and two of the yellow/orange/green tulip print at the bottom (IKEA pillowcase).

This is about half of the unglazed, unfired pottery pendants we're making as thank you gifts for the women who teach Hands on Art at Lincoln. They're made by pressing a rubber stamp (lower left corner) into clay... next they'll be glazed and fired (not by me) and strung onto silk cords (again, not by me), then I'll make the tags for them. I'll be back to show the finished product!