Hello my dear fellow boomer sisters,

just another wee update on one of my project modules, ie 'tell a story'..mine being the 'tree of life' and being made from various grades of steel metal wire. It started of as a series of ten or so lengths cut in all four grades of wire being welded at the bottom. Textures have been added to give the treea decent organic branch/bark look with the use of hammers,rollers and variation of markmaking in the wire.

I am also going to incorperate brass, copper and guilding metal wire...again peirced, textured and spot welded in the appropriate places. I am delighted to see and say that out of ten pieces of wire, I am now acheiving a very organic, conceptual,spiritual, cultural and original object/art ornament with the techniqes employed.

I will also use brass, copper and guilding grades of wire in keepin with a bark like appearance from roots to tiny offshooting branches.

The centre of the tree will contain the appropriate size scale of a sphere and within, a small 'daisy/primrose' type flower crafted with silver to denote its' importance(the core of my being held safe in this precious circle)and in the flower, I will set a very beautiful semi-precious stone, golden and amber in its' glittering hue and in keeping with the colours previously mentioned.

Whilst having a group crit, I bemoaned to Tim(One of my main tutors), telling him that I hade a desperate case of dendrophilia..he looked perplexed and a bit peaved as if to say' here we go again..another side to Poppies emotional difficulyies'. He asked would my medication need tweaked for this new malady, to which I responded that "only if I beleived I was a tree"!!

I am having fun ladies, by not taking things so seriously and the abscence of any major drama...this term has been just awsome and I have evolved to a standard which delights me and those around me..thats why I like sharing with my boomer sisters(it reinforces my evoloutionary process).
I hope to post some pics of how far I am with my tree, which has yet to be festooned with objects(abstract peices of jewellry and more). It will probably be my exibition piece this year..very exiting time just now.

hope ya'll can join me in my expressions and delight which come hand in glove and that my explanation are understandable.

Mer, there ar no 'trees of life' from Irish culture, save to say those from the many fairies rings dotted all around Ireland. The way in which I get to embrue the cultural side is by chosing carefully what I adorn my tree with and that is in the second phase of design and plan.

I shall keep you all posted soon

Big Loves
Poppie