Mary Arvazene Hodo Lewis

This is a wall hanging I did in honor of my Grammie. She was a very special person. She wrote poetry and was my "angel". I always knew Grammie was praying for me.
Made of aged fabrics, silkscreened wings, and paper.

My Mothers' Hand

After celebrating Mother's Day, I am reminded of all the things a mother's hands do for us. They pick us up, clean us help, feed us and sometimes discipline us. My mother's hands are 93 years old. It's really bad when your own hands look older than your mothers! My are swollen with arthritis and her's are not. She no longer knows who I am, but I know who she is and that's all that matters now.

Studio Window

It's a beautiful morning and this is what I see from my studio window! I'm sure lucky to have this view. Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day. My mother has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home. She doesn't know who I am anymore. I will visit her today. About all I can do is give her a kiss and hug and tell her I love her. She can't respond. What a terrible way to spend the last years of your life. Anyway, I have many projects going on in the studio and I will post pictures as they get done. Happy Monday!

Dinner Time

This is my newest sculpture. I named it "Dinner Time". I went to the DAV and bought odds and ends of silverware (95cents each). I will hang it on the wall either in my kitchen or studio. This was a fun, but frustrating piece to do. I soldered all the pieces together. I used an old watch face.

French Postcards

This is a vintage train case on which I applied copies from my French postcard collection. I have it sitting on my vanity and I store my makeup in it. I applied several "doo-dads" to it and covered the handle with a leopard print silk velvet. I even used wood tiles to spell out my name. Fun & practical!

April Showers??

Ok, so I should be used to tornado warnings. There were two tornadoes on the ground last night. One fairly close to us. I've lived in Kansas all my life and I've never seen a tornado. I've since the devastating results of them. We were all in the basement last night. We have pizza night on Sunday nights and all 9 grandchildren were here along with 5 adults. Just when we were getting ready to eat our pizza the tornado sirens went off. We packed up the pizza and all the kids and headed for the basement. Have you ever seen 9 kids "juiced" up by a storm? It's not a pretty sight! Anyway, we didn't have any damage done to our house or property. There was just lots of rain and wind. I'm ready for May flowers and yes, the grandkids went home. Thank you!!

Studio Front Door

I just repainted the front door of my studio. It looks mint green in the picture, but it's actually a sage green. With the weather warmer, it's time to do some clean up. I need a robot going behind me to put things away after I use them. I'm so bad about pulling things out and not putting them back. Before I know it, I can't find anything. It's like an archaeological dig in my studio.