2 cute round boxes!

Being sick never stopped me before, I must have been really ill, because I couldn’t get myself together to post during the weekend, and I ALWAYS do that.However, I hope you would forgive me easily when I appease you with 2 quite boxes that I did at the time I was working on the large…

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White on black – more Mandala drawings

Most of you know that being sick sucks. What you don’t know is that sometimes it helps too.  For example since I ‘ve been sick and frustrated that I am sick and can’t work, I made one of the most beautiful mandala drawings I’ve ever made. Why is that, I have no idea, but it’s…

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Valentine’s Day cards 2009

With all the other work that I have on my hands, I just couldn’t manage to get to the cards. However, my son asked me to make some for his school…and I went a little overboard and made 26 cards in one night.! Granted they are small, (5.5″/4.5″) and not complicated designs, but still, they…

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Dear friends,Welcome to my Art Book World, where everything is created with hard work, a pinch of talent and a lot of love!I hope you find it interesting, enjoyable and useful! There a couple of different sections to the site, a little something for everyone- the food lovers, the art and craft lovers, the cake…

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White on black- who knew it would be so magical!

Out of nowhere I developed the desire to draw white on black. I got myself some black drawing paper and a lot of different white gel, ink pens and even markers. I started and I couldn’t stop!  I have so many now that I am not even sure what to do with them. One idea…

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12″ Mandala plate- the bigest I ever pyrographed!

  For quite some time I have been meaning to try to pyrograph a large 12″ wooden plate. I have always found challenging and fascinating the woodburning of large wooden pieces, mostly because I like to finish the art work in one sitting and large pieces don’t allow that. The moment I saw this 12″…

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Ellipse mandala

It turns out you can make mandala on ellipse wooden plaque! I was looking at the piece of wood and I was wondering, what can I do with it…what can I do with it…and then it dawned on me! It doesn’t matter it’s ellipse, I can still make a mandala out of it! So I…

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Second Mandala Birch plate

The process of creating this mandala is exactly the same as with the previous one, so I would not repeat myself, but I just wanted to say that although the process is the same, the actual creating of a particular woodburned piece can be so different. What I mean is that whenever I start, I…

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Inspiration- a subconscious game or true magic?

I often wonder, what makes one thing more inspiring than other? I can be inspired by a picture, by a song, by a book, by a person…and I never found the logic of it. All these things I find inspiring are so different…and yet the same! What actually is the reason to be inspired by…

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Breakfast for dinner for the love of American pancakes

OK, I’ve been here what….5 years now and I have my favorites from the American cuisine, but pancakes were never one of them. I tried them in different restaurants…and I just can’t stand the baking powder smell! Every time it was so strong that it burned my nose. We were talking with a friend and…

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