Randall's Music Garden, continued

Here's the second guitar for 

Randall's Music Garden

at the State Fair of Texas.  Slowly but surely in this horrible heat, I'm making progress.  As a note, these pieces will be in the walk through fountain on Grand Avenue by the Old Mill Restaurant.  Bob designed the fountain to have semi circle raised garden beds and soaring flagpoles with flags advertising the museums in Fair Park.  Bob's design and a tribute to our son and his music - works for me.  As I asked Rusty, "This is my fountain for as long as I'm putting art in the garden, right?"  He said, "Right."

Thank goodness for this little break in the weather.  I'll be making armatures for more pieces in the garden.  I'm afraid to look at the State Fair web site.  I know they have a count down to opening day down to the seconds.  I'll panic if I see it in print.

First Guitar in Randall's Garden

Here's the first finished piece in Randall's Garden to be displayed at the State Fair of Texas this year.  I have artists e-mailing me daily to display their sculptures.  Some send pictures and I'm amazed.  

Saturday morning Rebecca and Ken Boatman hosted the media committee meeting for the White Rock Lake 2008 Artists Studio Tour.  Everyone on the committee agreed I could cross over with media for State Fair Sculptures.  Of course I recruited everyone there for a sculpture.  Laurie works with paper, but I feel sure with all the creative people on this tour we can figure out how to put even paper outdoors for next year.  She creates fascinating pieces and needs to be at Fair, too.  

Marty started the WRLAST over 15 years ago.  This tour if the mother that began the other tours and Marty is the mother of the tour.  Everyone's got their act together.  Think how much I'll learn for our neighborhood White Rock East Garden and Artist's Tour and the State Fair.  Plus, we now have Laurie signed on to be the Artists Czarina for the Garden Tour.  She's recruiting Betsy.  Here come the professionals.

I'm all pumped up and enthusiastic, but it's 106 outside right now, so I've made the house as dark as I can get it and still see to get to the thermostat and hope the air conditioner is holding up.  I am so done with this weather.

State Fair of Texas pieces

Here's the beginning of the State Fair pieces I'm doing for the walk through fountain that has the flags advertising the museums Bob designed at the State Fair.  Thank you Karen for you class on armatours (sp)?  The are messy to make, but as you can see make a great base for the stain glass mosaics.  My special order lipstick red and other grout colors came in so next pictures will be of this guitar with grout.  I'm now working on a blue guitar and am making the keyboard.  I'm naming the fountain pieces "Randall's Garden".  When/if James Randall gets famous with his band he might remember to treat Mom and Dad to the world tour.  Hopefully, by then his music will be a bit easier.  Only our bravest friends have heard his band - chain saw rock and roll is not for everyone.