Messing with Ideas for Etching

Dreaming up Ideas for Etching Patterns

"Hey You Dolls"
Started with an idea for repeat patterns!

I love messing around with an idea a lot. It chews up an enormous amount of time, but it is very enjoyable! All the images and ideas I am working on now are possibilities for "One with Copper", but not necessarily will be used for the etchings. I am working my way through the "Art of Playing" with the intent of sorting through everything when I have exhausted myself.

"Want to be My Friend"
Still working on this idea, but it did lead me to "Paper Dolls" below.

"Paper Dolls"

This last image is an idea for repeating patterns in a circle. The praying hands are part of this years Christmas print.

Week 16 for "One With Copper" proof of etched copper plates.

I really like how the etchings worked out. I am going to think on it a bit before I finally make a decision. Right now I am playing with the idea of etching one side of all the plates with this fun organic shape making process. However the theme idea of "Patterns and Textures of Life" is important to me, so there is a lot of thinking and pondering to do yet.
The family started setting up for Christmas Monday night. We had our first Advent on Monday because our young adults were both in Honours Band on the weekend. It was a fantastic concert on Sunday. OK, Terry and I are very proud of our teenagers.

Merry Merry Christmas Everyone!
and
**A Very Special Seasonal Best Wishes too Everyone of all Faiths.**

World Aids Day

The War against Aids

Just think of what we could do with all the money spent on fighting people wars. Why not spend the money on fighting aids and other diseases? I am only dreaming asking the question, I know that we are cursed with the human ego. Until the world and its entire people can let go of their egos, there will be war.

Just think of all the benefits to the economy if we spent the war money on Aids research for a cure. There would be new jobs for all the buildings to be built, people to be employed as health care workers, lab technicians, scientists, doctors, more nurses, and educators of all sorts and on and on. All the good people working in the army could go back to Peace keeping spreading the positive flow of hope. Just another one of my Christmas wishes.

"Please Don't Forget Me"

I wanted to make an image for today. When I was working I was thinking about a parent watching a child suffer with aids helplessly. Then there are also children watching their parent or parents sick and dying with aids.

Aids is Every0ne's Problem