Thanks for starting this thread... it's great to see what Mudcatters are doing in the visual arts. I'm afraid that I fall more into the Usetado category, myself. I usetado wood cuts and linoleum cuts, usetado wood carving of animals and birds, usetado instrument making from tin can banjos to dulcimer(singular), usetado sketches and drew a bit. The only stilldoin' are cartoon characters for cards. And not as much of that, anymore. I never tackled oil painting or any of the more "serious" arts like my buddy Bobert. But, I enjoyed making musical instruments... almost all of them as gifts to someone else. I made a dulcimer (I guess I have to make that plural) for my oldest son when he was about five or six... used wood from the changing table I built, when he didn't need it any more, a row of guitar tuning pegs, illustrations de coupaged onto the sides from his favorite Richard Scarry books, and cigar box border on the bottom (which was made out of the bottom of a dresser drawer.) Oh yeah, I usetado pottery... thrown and handbuilt. Made the world's largest collection of dog dishes.

Jerry