Christmas 2012

Christmas the last few years has been a good opportunity to try and use my art hobby for gifts. I have done painting on glass ornaments, pet drawings using chalk, hand-painted canvases and a cartoon family photo. This year I delved down a separate path and used my art on items that can be used.

The top photo is of a set of plates I made my aunt and godmother. She really likes pigs, so that was the theme. I also made a family set for my parents but I did not take pictures of them.For these plates I used just a plain old Sharpie to make the drawings and then baked them in the oven to fuse the ink to the ceramic.

The next two photos are of painted glasses I made for my nana. She has weekly card games with her and a group of her friends, and they alternate hosting. So I thought it would be nice to have a set of glasses with a card theme she could use during those times she hosts the card games. I used acryllic paint for the glasses and used the same approach of baking in the oven to make the paint durable for using and cleaning.

The bottom photo was a idea on the whim from walking through Michael's. I saw these 2 inch by 2 inch canvases that I thought would be a good size for a small painting that could be used as ornaments. Because of being in Georgia, I thought it was a good theme to go with, and I painted the Georgia peach on each one and gave them to my family. While I had the intentions that these small canvases could be used for ornaments, some of my family thought of other things they were going to do with them which was pretty cool. Some put on magnets and put it on their fridge. Others hung them up on the wall in the kitchen, or stood them up on their mantles. Ideas I thought were neat also.