quilted

These are some of my last pieces from my final semester. The top one was half of my BFA show. The process is pretty involved, I machine sew them together first, then gesso the areas I want to paint later, then embroider, then oil paint, then stretch it over a panel that I usually tone so slight color shows through. I think I might have described this process before, if so sorry you had to suffer through it again.

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Here are some more silly looking people, I hope you enjoy them.

calligraphy

I suddenly had the urge to get out the old pen & ink, here are some results. I really enjoy doing it, but being that I don't usually work with text, I don't know what kind of things to make. Preferably some one will see it and realize they need some hand done calligraphy in their life and hire me to do some invitations or something.

new illustrations

During my visit to Memphis I decided to try my hand at some more fully developed illustrations, I did a few more that I will upload later when the computer stops being belligerent. Feedback, pretty please!

little late

I guess I neglected posting new work for a while. This stuff is from before I graduated, I need to photograph them better as always.

necklaces

The last year or so I've been enjoying making necklaces, not my usual thing, but it's a fun time consumer. I use some super old beads from my grandma, vintage necklaces I buy for the beads and new beads from wherever. Often times I have more fun making them than with the finished product. They never seem to come out perfect. But that's okay. I haven't photographed a lot of them, I'll have to get on that. And a few of them I sold over christmas. Anyways, these are two I made today. Don't know why that first one isn't right-side-up, but you get the idea.

faces

I probably should have taken some illustration classes while in school ( I get to refer to college as past tense now, though it's not quite as exciting as you would think.) Anyways, I can do cute faces, but once I try to make bodies and full compositions my illustrations are no longer very successful. Maybe I will practice now that I seem to have endless free time.