Miriam Badyrka is The Doodler

Doodle of the Week

This week's doodle is medallions once again. Overlapping medallions. I thought last week's bunch was unusual. I like that there are lots of ovals in this group. It gives them an organic feel, don't you think?

I was stuck in traffic the other day with no way to escape.

My fellow prisoners and I didn't know that there was a giant accident involving a semi and 6 cars. At the time, all we knew was that we were stuck on a freeway on ramp for an hour and a half.

The only good things about it were a.) finding emergency provisions (lifesavers candy, how funny is that!) I left in the car, and b.) watching a hawk corkscrew lazily up until I lost him in the clouds. For a non-bird watcher, I seem to watch them a lot. Perhaps I should take it up as a hobby.

I bet he wasn't even hunting. He was probably just laughing at us being stuck down there the whole time.

Doodle of the Week

This constellation of 25 (yes, I counted) roundels caught my eye.

They all touch at least one other, and none of them overlap. I think that is interesting, and unusual. A quick scan through old doodles (not an exhaustive search, I have lots and lots and lots...) proves that I was right. Usually, there is space between them, they overlap or they are boxed.

I wonder what I was thinking about. Don't they seem carefully and delicately balanced? I wish there was a handle somewhere that will start the whole mass spinning like cogs or gears.

If you are interested, here is a 1949 video from the Hamilton Watch Company about how a watch works. There is loads of stuff on the internet about collecting vintage watches, and I even learned a new word.

Did you know that horology is the the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time?

I didn't either.

Doodle of the Week

Here is this week's doodle. I sure have been making a lot of carpet doodles. The thing I like about this one is the movement. It seems busy and purposeful.

Can't you imagine this as a conveyor belt in some kind of giant factory churning out widgets of some sort.

Or maybe the organizational chart for some impossible bureaucracy? Scaaaa-ry. Makes me shudder to even think about it.

Doodle Catch Up

Well, it is not hot anymore. Can you join me in a Hallelujah! Louder! I can't hear you. HALLELUJAH! Yeah, that is more like it.

This should have been your doodle for July 27. It is a just a group of medallions and leaf shapes, what strikes me about is the line work between them. Reminds me of a block print.

I used to do quite a bit of block printing.I have been thinking seriously of doing some again. Mistakes and wiggles are an integral part of the carving and add to the finished piece.

I like how human the process is.

This is the doodle from July 31 or August 3rd, depending if it is a Friday or Monday posting. I am not sure that I have ever successfully gotten into my summer schedule of Monday postings.

I have been on an absolute binge of fan shapes. They have usurped the medallions. Makes me wonder: Am I too lazy to draw an entire circle? I seem to be too lazy to do much of anything else this summer, so it is a distinct possibility.

But look at these doodles! This is a pretty ornate group of full page (8.5 x 11 inches) carpet doodles.

Freakin' Firefox keeps crashing on me. I have lost this post twice. You think i'd learn to hit the save button by now.