Dem Bones Dem Bones

My Halloween is showing..........here come dem bones!
BONA LISA
BONEDACIOUS BABE
DOG BONE

FUNNY BONE
REDBONE HAMBONE
WITCHBONE
BONEHEMIAN

Whine Time

Yep..........it's about time for me to whine...........harvest is almost upon us once again. It's that time of the year when peace in the Napa Valley turns to hubbub.

The New Digs

Just the word dig excites me.........it conjures up possibilities of something that might be lost or found. I finally am moving into my new digs, and keep in mind it's all about location/location/location. The new studio/shed certainly will bring about the potential of possible junk that I can actually uncover and use to create something. Above is the first view of my new studio/shed. As I have said before.........what I really need is something the size of a store like COSTCO to absolutely, once and for all hold everything I have stashed away in four different locations............chuckle chuckle. But my husband put his foot down...............no warehouses in our backyard.............I am sure he would wonder what would come next........a parking lot. That's actually not a bad idea........someday I might need more space.........and think of the flea market sales I could have out there. Do you think there is a gene in some men that will tolerate living with a hybrid of a pack rat......in female form?

Here is an example of pack "rattyness." Everything is seemingly in its place, but not really........look closer. I don't hear the knock at the door.........for me to be in the second edition of "Where Women Create"........at least not until I am settled.

I can metal the time away............in my corner of the shop/barn which is down the hill below. Torched tin will begin to take shape, and so does the reasoning for my name...........Tin sell...........Tin sell's



I use an acetylene torch with a small tip to cut out the tin. I later paint it at the studio/shed. No part of the tin goes to waste. I use the negative space cutouts for jewelry...........and other sculpture pieces.

Something for Halloween.........Bone Collector Can.....to be used for letters, papers, plants whatever you imagine.


Negative space pins for Halloween...ready to spook anyone in their path!

Manymphs and Wickermen

One thing I believe is that there are no rules for the creation of art. It's like affairs of the heart..........wherever, and however the spirit moves you. Why not Manymphs as well as Nymphs in the female form...........Why not Wickermen instead of just one Wickerman....Why not femaleboxes as well as maleboxes? There is much more passion in complete abandonment of any regulations, rules, and following of anything in the same way as before.

These Manymphs above look every bit the spirits of nature, unpredictable, a little scary, supernatural............things beyond the control of civilization. They are Darrow's Manymphs........on the go!

Wickermen together are much more powerful than one Wickerman alone. In a group they have the ability to snare inside many who would be sacrificed to appease their sacred gods...........especially at Halloween.

THE STORY BEHIND INSTEAD OF ABOVE

Every figure I create has a story. They have a history, a past, a present, and a future that is always to be determined, because after they are a presence they become part of the story that is in the eye of the beholder. Take Jack the Celery Stalker.............He has a hit list of organic vegetables in his hand. His past was pretty bleak.........left at an early age to wander wild in the north temperate Old World garden canals. Not having been cultivated until he came to America....... it was difficult for him to overcome his past, having been overgrown, overwrought, over watered, and overindulged for so long. He just flat out grew disgusted with the thought of anything good and healthy......something he could never be. So, he went on a binge, a bender, a quest if you will.....to eradicate all the organic veggies in his garden path......I guess you could say he was a bad seed. He's not the only one, though,......below are a few of his friends. They are actual criminal faces..stage coach robber, horse thief, gambler......now caught and sentenced to spend the rest of their days dressed like the clowns they are........ repeating their polka dots patterns, and repenting.