Thursday, April 8, 2010

here's my newest art, friends.

hello everyone. thanks for taking a second to look at my new art endeavors. it's 3am and i'm exhausted, so i'll make this short and sweet. the first picture is of a necklace that I made for my good friend voodingi. it's her favorite stone, so I made a sterling silver holder for it that i strung a sterling cord through. i hope she likes it.

next is another embroidery idea i've been playing with. i like the idea of the screen printed dude throwing up all of the beautiful shiny things.

after that is my made up liar. it's a terra cotta face that i toyed around with after sculpting it in my figure sculpture class. after its first firing i sat down and painted the entire face with real make up, attached fake eyelashes and embroidered the predetermined holes i made in the face. i really like how it turned out although the pictures don't really do it justice. i need to figure out a way to seal it with the make up on it that won't be too shiny and distracting. i'm letting the make up dry tonight and see how it looks tomorrow. i'm pretty excited about this piece. it has been the instigator for a hundred new ideas. and for whatever reason ideas were just coming to me left and right today. i guess it was just one of those kinda wonderfully thoughtful days.

finally, here's a sneak peak at a brain i've been working on for another soft/metal sculpture. soft metal sculptures have kinda been my thing lately and i'm not mad about it. this is definitely a work in progress. more to come.

thanks for checking it out. have a lovely end to your week!


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Friday, April 2, 2010

first friday art update!

yo! i have some embroideries up at the BFA warehouse tonight for first friday at railraod square. designed in collaboration with Lee Bretschneider! (http://www.adventuringcompany.com) my old studio mate Heidi Zito (http://www.heidizito.com) also has a show tonight at 621 gallery that i'm sure will be wonderful as usual. plus, another buddy, Chris Burnett (http://www.christopherburdett.com/) is having a show at Bacon and Bakin's grand opening! Bacon and Bakin' is my good friends Jackson and Mandy's new catering service where i'll be having a show soon! (http://baconandbakin.com/) also make sure to swing by my good friends at the Milagros gallery who are always making awesome things. (http://milagrosartcollective.blogspot.com/) and check out Amanda Boekhout's Strange circus gallery! (http://elliottelephant.com/) PHEW! i'm surrounded by unbelievable talent.

since I haven't posted in three days i figured i'd update with three new little things i've been playing around with. the "go" is just a little knot tying textile idea i've been playing with for a different project that i'll be posting pictures of soon. the man in the other images is hand screen printed with embroidery and sewing. yay for friday and art and the beer i'm about to drink!

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

it's so beautiful outside.

i finished the fourth embroidery. i may do one or two final touch ups, but for the most part they're done and i'm pleased as pie. also, here are some iron medallions i've been working on since our last iron pour with Mill Street Studio and Master Craftsman Studio. there are three total: two unpainted and one black one. i gave these TRG medals to two of my amazing teammates on the Tallahassee Rollergirls, our local roller derby team. (tallyrg.com) Puertorrican Poison is sporting it the picture!

so check it: i slayed an art history test on the baroque era this morning, so i'm feelin like this weekend is starting out to be pretty excellent. hope yours is too!

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

these are a few of my favorite things

So, Here are four collaboration embroideries I've been working on for a while designed by my good friend, Lee Bretschneider. You can check out his awesome work at adventuringcompany.com! He drew the basic image and I took off embroidering from there. He's working on a website for me right now that I'm EXTREMELY excited about. Stay tuned for more on that from my future self. The scarf is just something to keep my hands busy. It's a knit 4, perl 4, four line alternating pattern. Pretty simple, but fun checkers. It's easily become my favorite pattern to zone out to while knitting. I have a bad habit of daydreaming and I very quickly lose track of stitches on the regular.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

yo, internet!


It's my new art blog. Woah! Stay tuned for more art from my future self...