Thank you Great Cosmic Universe!

The moment I saw this silk screening kit at Hobby Lobby I knew that I want it. But money was tight. So I went home and prayed and meditated. Then I got a pay check from teaching yoga. And it was the exact amount that I needed to get this kit!

Whoo hoo! Thank you! Thank you dear Great Cosmic Universe!

I have been playing with this kit for weeks. It took me some time to finally get the exposure time right but I'm very happy with the results.

Yes, Christmas came early for me :)
Very happy!

Be happy, healthy, and live a prosperous life

Wow, I can't believe we are getting close to the end of 2012. I'm so behind in blogging. But this has been a great year for me! Check out some of the things I have accomplished this year! Great achievement in my yogic practice, not so much with my art. Oh well, I'm working on it :)

My proudest achievement of the year: graduated from Kundalini Yoga level 1 Teacher's training, and have now been teaching Kundalini Yoga for over a month!

Kundalini Yoga has totally changed my life. Now it's my job to use this technology to help others. It's an ancient and powerful technology that can balance the body, mind and spirit. I highly encourage everyone to give it a try. We all have the right to live a happy, healthy, spiritual and prosperous life.

So long 2011 and thanks for everything. Hello 2012!

We are near the end of January, how time flies. But before I can talk about what this new year has brought me, I feel the need to say a proper good bye to 2011.

2011 was a good year for me. I started practicing Kundalini yoga regularly (I discovered Kundalini yoga around October 2010). It is now a habit for me to do my yoga and meditation everyday. I have also learned reiki from my wonderful teacher who also teaches me Kundalini yoga. Kundalini yoga and reiki have changed my life, I am loving every experience of these two practices.

I am also grateful for all the new people who came into my life in 2011 and are still here with me. You have all taught me so many valuable lessons. You gave me the knowledge and wisdom that I need to face my life. I am forever thankful for having you all in my life. Thank you so much!

Thanks to all the guidance and help from all of you, I am now in the process of training to become a Kundalini yoga teacher. What a great way to start the new year!

Thank you, and good bye 2011, sat nam.
Sat nam, 2012. My journey continues, may the light continue to show me the way.

Work in Progress: Bountiful Blissful Beautiful

This is what my new sculpture looked like after 16 hours of work. I made a few decisions that weren't really smart. I totally forgot to build a support for the neck and head! When I cut it open to shave off some clay (so that my sculpture wouldn't be too heavy), I took off too much clay and caused the neck area to cave in. Luckily, I managed to stop it from collapsing by using a lump of clay to support the head. Now that the clay has become a little dry and stiff, the neck and head seem to be stable (I hope. Keeping my fingers crossed).

After 20 hours of working my sculpture is finally complete. All that I can do now is to wait for it to dry slowly and evenly, and then bisque it. Again, keeping my fingers crossed, hoping it will survive the rest of the process. 

Here's the back view of the sculpture.  I resisted the urge to fill up the space with delicate pieces of decoration which will make it very hard for me to carry the sculpture.

The title of this sculpture is Bountiful Blissful Beautiful, after a song/mantra of the same title. I fell in love with this mantra the first time I heard it in a yoga class. So I decided to create a sculpture based on the song. And that's all I listened to when I was working on this sculpture. For those who are interested, visit this site to listen to Nirinjan Kaur's Bountiful Blissful Beautiful.

Take some time and look deep inside yourself. The truth is, we are all really bountiful, blissful and beautiful. So live gloriously. Sat nam.

Winner of Give Away

This card now belongs to Betty :) 

Work in Progress

This is what I managed to accomplish with 6 to 7 hours of sculpting. I still have a long way to go with this piece. It might take me another 6 to 7 hours to complete it.
This sculpture is hollow on the inside. I used coiling technique on the body and neck. I like coiling. Most of my work is created with this technique. Pinching is another technique that I use quite frequently. I usually pinch my clay heads.

And this is one of the best sculpting tools I have in my collection! It is designed by Philippe Faraut, I used it to sculpt the eyes and lips. It works beautifully.

 

This is the very first time I sculpted hands for my sculpture. And I just couldn't resist doing the Vulcan salute.

This is what the hand looks like when it's not doing the Vulcan salute.

Flower Viewing Daruma and a Daruma ATC Giveaway

This little daruma is having a wonderful time under the tree. And he is now available on my etsy shop.

The tea cup is so small but I somehow managed to write the Chinese character for tea on it. And those are dango (rice dumplings) on his plate. 

I've always love daruma and I enjoy making them. And now I have decided to spread the fun around. This is what we are going to do: leave your comment here to be entered for a chance to win this daruma ATC (artist trading card). You have until next Monday to do so. And I will announce the winner next Tuesday. 

Have fun! 

To find out more about daruma visit this page. And to learn more about Artist Trading Card go to this page.