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August 14, 2008 · 8 Comments

Flowers 2 3 © Lisa Rivas

…I desired some
cut flowers
for this very
“cool vase!”

…and let me
tell you right now
I have all these
“flowers!”

…so I checked
every single
“bloom”
in the
“garden!”

…then I carefully
snipped and cut
just a few selected
“petals!”

 

Flowers 6 2 © Lisa Rivas

Lisa Rivas © 2008 • print on ricepaper • (partial view) “Flowering Genes Map” 

I then arranged and stylized these “beauties” into this fun display of blooms!

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After that was done and “the multi vase” situated,
I then started to revise and assess all the photos that had been taken…

Lisa Rivas © with Magnify Glass

… which led upon inspection,
for me to consequently change my profile image!

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Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed.
If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted. Batman101

The game of life has two participants, spectators and players.
Pick one!
Batman101

 

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A class of art…

August 11, 2008 · 3 Comments

Dragonfly_glass_2

I made this small "glass-art" by
fusing different pieces of colored glass.
Now I have used it for
an illustrative image in my artwork.
This glass art has now transcended
even further by being implemented
into another form of art!

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"Under The Glass"
• fused glass illustration printed as an archival pigment print, 100% rag paper

Glass art is the use of glass as an artistic medium.
Specific approaches include stained glass, working glass in a torch flame (lampworking),
glass beadmaking, glass casting, glass fusing and most notably, glass blowing.

Filed In: e-Stamps, Glass, Ideas, Illustration

Her Highness!

August 5, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Here she is,
a partner for
"The Royal"
Leek Bird

web-eStamp,

"La Princesa Real"
Garlic Bird!

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buy here • archival pigment print on 100% rag paper • Lisa Rivas © 2008 • Garlic Bird

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Glass e-Stamp…

July 28, 2008 · 3 Comments

This summer I took the “Fused Glass” workshop at the Sarratt Studio Arts / Vanderbilt University. Our instructor was Nancie Roark, an artist that combines fused glass with silver jewelry techniques to create wonderful wearable art.
It was a fabulous class and I made all kinds of things from pendants, earrings, glass frames, a slumped bowl to a whole new little art-series of “BUGS”!

Here is one of the “bugs” I made, used as an illustration for a web-e’Stamp!
More of these will be coming up…

37 Glasshopper e-Stamp

“The Glasshopper”
• fused glass illustration printed as an archival pigment print, 100% rag paper
Grasshoppers have two pairs of wings, five eyes and no ears.
They hear with an auditory structure called “tympanum”,
that is located on their two front legs near the “knee” joint!

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Filed In: e-Stamps, Fine Art, Glass, Illustration

Lechosa?

July 24, 2008 · 3 Comments

What is Lechosa? It’s the Venezuelan name for “Papaya”, the fruit of the plant “Carica papaya” a native plant to the tropics of the Americas.
It has also been nicknamed “tree melon”, since these melons grow on a tree!

The most popular way to eat papayas is to cut them in half, scoop out the seeds and eat the flesh with a spoon. The unripe green fruit of papaya can be eaten cooked, in curries, salads, stews and as sweet preserves. The black seeds are edible and have a sharp, spicy taste. They are
sometimes ground up and used as a substitute for black pepper.

Lechosa or Papaya

“Papaya”
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
• 10″ x 10″
• Lisa Rivas © 2007

A wonderful dish is grilled “green papaya cubes” on skewers with fish or seafood with a squirt of lemon juice!

Trivia: The “Papaya” was the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered.

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Sabroso

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