Pay Day and a Weekend pt II or part III if you count the quazi pt II that was part of the story but not really a continuation of where I left off.

Once we had my lamp paid for we headed out to my car. Across the street from Hippo is a boutique Hotel called "the Chesterfield". The outside is painted a wonderful red. All along the building are attachments that look like big art canvases. I wanted to get more (better) pictures but my little artist was starving and wanting her old school Canton. I want to go back and get some more interesting photos.

As I said in the quazi post we had a great lunch. When we were done it was time to head to the artists pad and see the latest work of art she is making for me. She took the "not so privacy screening" screen and a Ikea poster of the Eiffel Tower being built I had and she is turning it into an Art Neuveau (Art Deco refers generally to the decorative arts of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe and America. The style derived its name from the Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in 1928. With an emphasis centered around individuality and ornate workmanship, the movement rebelled against the contemporary doctrines of the Bauhaus and the prototypes for machine production which were the ideals behind the Deutscher Werkbund. Art Deco, known for its streamlined style, was hailed as the ultimate in modernity during the 1930s. It drew inspiration from eclectic sources including Art Nouveau, Cubism, and fashion design. The style reached its greatest heights (literally) in New York's Chrysler Building (1928-1930) and in the drawings of Erté, who has since become known as the 'father of Art Deco.')
piece for us.

When we got to Carly's she asked if I liked the brass parts of the lamp. I said to her she should know I'm a copper girl since she was painting in copper paint on the screen to look like the metal work of the time. She suggested we should spray the metal pieces now before it gets wired. She has a great spray paint that is copper color and leaves a slight texture that makes it appear like hammered copper. Very cool.

While the paint was drying (rather than watching it) I tried to sneak some of her finished paintings out to my car. I didn't get very far. She has a really nice style. Soon as she gets her new site up and running I will post the link. She is going to be a name in the art world some day. Buy now while you can afford! She has at least four I really want! (sorry mom)

Deeg was coming over Sunday so I called him to ask if he knew how to wire a lamp. He said he did so we were going to start our fun Sunday morning at ACE Hardware in my hood to get supplies. We had to work to do on my computer and printer to get some things streamlined for transfering photos from my memory card of my camera. I also want to be able to scan old family photos I no longer have the negitives to.

I had such a pleasant non-pressure day. I even had enough leftovers to make an awesome dinner. I got home around seven-thirty. Yup, I missed derby. No worries.