Carol's Hobby Part 1

A friend of mine Carol had a hobby and over her life time she has created a few very remarkable Art pictures.  I ask her if I could share them with you. She agreed...

Carol and her sister Ardy picked up rocks... they would even go 

 out into the desert and in old creek beds to fine some of they're rocks.

This was they're hobby like quilting is to a lot of us. 

They would start out with larger rocks 

 put them in a tumbler.

This was a piece of equipment that tumbled  rocks 

to smooth the edges...........in the tumbler the small pieces would break off of the larger rocks

and this is what Carol used to make her pictures. 

There was a rock and gem store in Chandler AZ that carried the equipment they needed

  at that time in they're life's. This was back in the 50's and 60's. Carols sister and  mother lived in AZ at this time .

The little bird below was finished about 2 years ago that would have made her eighty five.......a week ago today she turned eighty seven years old.

I remember when she took this one to have it framed...she used

sea shells to make his legs and feet and beak....he is sitting on a branch. She didn't like the dark background that was used on him.

I think he's pretty.

There were no patterns used only her imagination

 in the making of all her art pieces. Carol said she decided to make the one below a crown....she said all her birds were sea birds.

I have a few more of Carol's art pieces to share in another post.  I do hope you enjoyed seeing these.