One thing I really love is creating patterns. I sketch out an idea, scan it into Photoshop, mess around with it, and wind up with something like this:
If you look at this a certain way, the zebras look like lips.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Let The Trumpets Sound
I just completed the submissions I was working on and finally have some time to get back to my commissions!
Not so long ago I developed a new technique, which up until now I have not had time to post about. It is fabulous! I wont bore you with the details, but here is an example of what I came up with. The inspiration for this piece came from the trumpet vines growing outside.
Not so long ago I developed a new technique, which up until now I have not had time to post about. It is fabulous! I wont bore you with the details, but here is an example of what I came up with. The inspiration for this piece came from the trumpet vines growing outside.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Set Up A Studio - Check
I now have a nice drafting table to work on. My back is rejoicing! Everything is all nicely set up the way I want it, and my studio space overlooks the river. What could be better?
"I have sometimes sat alone here of an evening, listening, until I have made the echoes out to be the echoes of all the footsteps that are coming by and by into our lives."
-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The Great Design-A-Thon
Good morning, everyone! What a great July it was. I was so occupied with events, activities, and designing things that the days whizzed by before I knew it. Now we are in August! Can you believe it?
This month is paper cut month. I have a huge number of commissions to get through, and more keep coming. So I am in the middle of what I call, The Great Design-A-Thon. My process is as follows:
1.) Get information on what exactly the client is looking for. How big? What color? What subject? Etcetera.
2.) Make a rough sketch (or two, or three) of the design. Send it, and suggestions, to the client.
3.) Wait back for confirmation/input.
4.) Make new design and/or start cutting.
5.) Fini!
Add to this a number of artwork submission requests I have received for upcoming art shows, and I am a busy gal!
Im not going to post any pictures of the commissions I am currently working on (I will post those when they are completed and are in their forever homes), but I will leave you with a couple of paper cuts I made for my project with Bedford Creek Press.
This month is paper cut month. I have a huge number of commissions to get through, and more keep coming. So I am in the middle of what I call, The Great Design-A-Thon. My process is as follows:
1.) Get information on what exactly the client is looking for. How big? What color? What subject? Etcetera.
2.) Make a rough sketch (or two, or three) of the design. Send it, and suggestions, to the client.
3.) Wait back for confirmation/input.
4.) Make new design and/or start cutting.
5.) Fini!
Add to this a number of artwork submission requests I have received for upcoming art shows, and I am a busy gal!
Im not going to post any pictures of the commissions I am currently working on (I will post those when they are completed and are in their forever homes), but I will leave you with a couple of paper cuts I made for my project with Bedford Creek Press.
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