New Work

 I've taken an interest in Steampunk and love exploring designs that incorporate that. I did this artwork a couple of years ago.  It's called "The Flower" and it's done in a style that incorporates crystals, quilling art and steampunk style. 

And just recently I decided to make a steampunk clock and this is what I came up with. 

And I'm now working on more mixed media art, some Steampunk, some Quilling Art. I'll be posting more in the near future. Hope you like what I've done. 

Added: just finished the steampunk style octopus I've been wanting to do. Leaving room for the seahorse I'm just starting. Later!

One More Commission

I had one more request for quilling art for a Christmas gift.... a fanciful butterfly.  I asked for the favourite colours and then went to work.  Here's what I came up with.  Unframed.

 Framed:

Fortunately the client love it.  

The Cardinal

Well, yes, I am still quilling, just not as much as I used to.  I've taken some time out to make masks in this pandemic, but I've had a couple of requests, so here's what I just made.

I have another request on the go now, will post it when it's done!  Hope all is well with everyone out there!

Christmas Sale!!

So somehow when I posted an ad on Facebook for my upcoming sale, they posted the link to here. Okay then!  So the upcoming sale is at Norman's Garden Gallery in Midland, Ontario, Canada!  We'll be there Saturday, December 14th roughly between 10 and 3.  Not only does this store have an amazing array of gift items and gift ideas, this little sale gives you one more crack at our great artisan jewellery, as well as other art, craft and gift items!  Hope to see you there!

My Latest Work...

Ok, so I've tried several times to upload new quilling art pictures to my blog, but they've "improved" this upload to the point where it just won't work for me. 


It's a shame.  It used to work, and really quite easily.  Now it won't.  There's just this annoying little ball turning different colours... endlessly, and nothing happening.  And there isn't much point to an art blog that won't upload images of my artwork.


I will leave the rest of the blog here that uploaded prior to their latest "fix," including the butterfly tutorial which I hope people will continue to discover.  But for those who want to see my latest work, and there have been several new pieces, please visit my Quilling Art page on Facebook.  My pictures will still upload there.


The URL is: https://www.facebook.com/WendakaisArt?notif_t=page_new_likes


I hope to see you there.  :)

More Butterflies

Yes, I've been busy making all kinds of things.  But since I sold all my butterflies, I decided I had to make more.  I came up with a new idea for them: butterfly in a bottle.  Here's my first one. 

And I needed another framed one, so this is what I came up
with.

These are made differently.  I used smaller design pieces to make the monarch in the bottle.  The framed one is made just as the butterfly is in the butterfly workshop posted in this blog.  (Look around... it's here somewhere!)














I used a conventional matting, decorating it as well, so that instead of creating a background, I just used a piece of carding in a colour I liked and mounted the butterfly on a dried twig.  Yes, I still don't like giving up the picture so abruptly at the frame, so it is painted as well.  :)

Fun!  I'm also busy working on some new cards.  But that's for another day.  :)  Onward!

Blue Jay!

Last Spring a wee baby squirrel came 'round our place, apparently looking for his mama.  She had been killed by a car across from the neighbour's place.  This poor wee baby squirrel kept going up to anyone, including our cats, as if to ask, "are you my mama?"

We kind of took care of him, putting out sunflower seeds for him to eat.  We didn't know if he'd survive long without any apparent fear for creatures that would harm him, but somehow he did. 

Now he has lots of squirrelly friends, probably in part because we still put out food for him.  Squirrels that have human friends with food are probably pretty popular, so we figure his friends are teaching him squirrelly ways.

We put out mostly unsalted peanuts in the shell for them, but of course, it isn't only the squirrels taking advantage of this.  There's a flock of blue jays living in the trees across the road, and when we put out those peanuts, they take turns stealing a share for themselves.  Jays are related to crows, and my, they can be aggressive and raucous birds for sure!  But hey, they are also very beautiful.  Just had to make one in quilling art. :)