…more like a couple of announcements, that are awesome in nature. First; a few weeks ago I sent off a shipment of my beaded jewellery to a shop in Memphis Tennessee. The shop is called Cooper-Young Glassworks & Gifts. If you live in the area, check it out, and see some of my jewelry in person. It’s so cool knowing that my jewellery is out there available in an actual store. I couldn’t be more pleased!
Second announcement; after many years of having lost my passion for art, I am *FINALLY* trying to regain it, SO, I’m currently participating in the Sketchbook Project LE. I’m filling up an entire book with pen and ink doodles, and next month I will be shipping it off to New York City! My book will be on display in NYC starting June 22nd 2012, and will become part of the permanent archive at the The Brooklyn Art Library. If you’re ever in the area pop in and check out my sketchbook. There will also be a series of art books which will feature a spread from each of the 5000 participating artists. I believe the book is scheduled to be out in fall of 2012, but I will let you know, when I know more.
While on the subject of NYC, a trip there in in the works for the end of June. Mmmmm Wicked on Broadway (and probably some other shows too)! Hellz yeah!!
It’s been a while since I’ve written here but man have I been keeping busy. Painting, drawing, making jewelry, and working super hard on getting the website up to snuff and it’s so sooo close to being finished. All the gallery pages are working now and I’ve added a few new pieces, and more are still to come. I haven’t decided if I’m going to add a customs gallery or not, since I haven’t made very many of them in a long, LONG time, but I kind of would like to show the ones I have made. We’ll see what happens with that, but for now I’m going to focus on creating, and finishing up my website.
In other news, fall is fast approaching. This is the last long weekend of summer, and I don’t know about you but I am quite bummed. I usually love the fall, but summer has been so great and fun this year, I’m sad to see it go. I’ve been working on making a few fall inspired pieces to get myself into autumn mode. Here’s a couple I’ve done so far (click on the picture to be taken to Etsy to see more pictures);
Fall Flower
Autumn Treasures
and more will be coming soon. I’ve also got some ideas in mind for some autumn inspired paintings. Although I am sad summer is coming to an end, I really do love the colours and the fresh air that comes with the fall. It’s all so very inspiring and beautiful. I’m hoping that this will be a season full of inspiration and creativity. Bring it on!
I have been keeping pretty busy during this crazy heat wave we’ve been having in Ontario. Of course most of that time I’ve been keeping busy, it has been either visiting someone/somewhere that has air conditioning (because sadly, I don’t), hanging out in my mom’s pool, or taking my little man to the splash pad. Between all of that though, I have also come up with a few new jewelry designs. I hope everyone likes skulls, because there’s quite a few skull pieces made, and more in the works. I never really thought I would do the whole skull thing, but they’re really neat, and make for some fun designs.
“Rock Star” for sale in My Etsy Shop
I am super pleased with how they turned out. The curly wires were made by hand and I quite like them. I’m hoping to use them in some future designs. I am really enjoying working with wire at this point. I’ll post some more of my skull designs in a later post. For now, here is a necklace that I made just last week. I love this one!
“Unearthed” for sale in My Etsy Shop
I call this piece “Unearthed” because from the moment I saw them those blue flower beads reminded me of pottery found among ancient ruins. I *love* these beads. I hope you’ve enjoyed these new designs. I will be posting many more soon!
