tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73046650174229481052024-03-20T05:33:43.575+01:00Id MarksThe id is responsible for our basic drives such as food, sex and aggressive impulses. It is amoral and egocentric, ruled by the pleasure-pain principle; it is without a sense of time; completely illogical; primarily sexual; infantile in its emotional development; will not take 'no' for an answer. (Thanks, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id%2C_ego%2C_and_super-ego#Id">Wiki</a>.)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-2149740953547417642014-11-24T04:15:00.000+01:002014-11-24T04:15:10.394+01:00Ornatelier & MoreHi! If you are here looking for my current work, my business name and site have moved to <a href="http://www.ornatelier.com/">The Ornatelier</a>.
If you have one of my crochet snowflakes and it's gotten wilty, <a href="http://idmarks.blogspot.com/2012/11/care-and-feeding-of-your-handmade.html">this might help</a>, and if not, you can always <a href="mailto: holly@ornatelier.com">email me</a>.
Thanks for visiting, and if you look around, you might find all kinds of good stuff.
best,
HollyHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-14131060449978785492013-11-11T04:10:00.001+01:002013-11-11T04:12:30.204+01:00It's Pictures, All The Way Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of the few that I pulled any significant number of prints of, and for some reason they are mostly brown. Why did brown make me happy? Does anyone really want a brown print? Looks OK framed, although I see now my mat is off center.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although this is a favorite design, it doesn't print as well as I would like. Practice...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The paper isn't really yellow; someone played with the color correction too much.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now in blue ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... now in green.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is larger, the paper is 30x40cm. (approx. 12"x16").</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this one, even without glitter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same green as the green-on-yellow-paper below, but on white paper. Bad lighting decisions.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have several versions of this print, and I love them all. Seems like every day, I choose a different one as my favorite. Maybe I should print more, and see if I get more favorites...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly one of my most important designs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is printed on fabric, will try this as an embroidery pattern.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green ink on soft paper. It was not a bad print, although I think more intense ink will be in order next time. This plate actually makes a nice emboss on soft (wet!) paper. I have one with no ink, just imprint, but it didn't photograph very well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly my favorite of the glittered prints.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also possibly my favorite of the glittered prints.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one looks so bad in the picture, and so good in person. But also reminds me that some of these could make excellent embroidery patterns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did you know you can get a glitter sampler with 24 colors?? :-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a batch of prints that, because of the paper I used, never actually dried. So I sprinkled glitter on the very-tacky ink, transforming the prints from one kind of tacky to another. I actually quite like them, but they need to be mounted and <i>at least</i> sealed in plastic, possibly framed entirely. Otherwise the universe will be consumed with glitter, and become both fabulous AND ridiculous.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A plate in progress, a labyrinth in progress, a bunch of Other Stuff. The brown thing in the lower right corner is the bag containing my giant graphite stick. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a 9"x12" block printing plate, not yet cleaned after pulling a print. The plate actually looks better than the prints for some reason, having a little trouble getting the ink to transfer evenly. Wrong paper, I think.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someday I hope to get better at photographing the glitter to some advantage.</td></tr>
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-1458801270803212522013-10-21T03:16:00.001+02:002013-10-21T03:19:40.440+02:00Madness!I ordered the necessaries today to mount about 50 prints. Still need cello bags and mat board for a proper 'ready to frame' presentation. But I am excited about this. It's always been my belief that presentation is 9/10 of professionalism. Sure, technical skillz are nice, but looking sharp is super important.<br />
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Also worked on some prints today. I think I might do some greeting cards. And ... uh ... I forget the other thing.<br />
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:-)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-67589147250128259542013-10-17T23:50:00.003+02:002013-10-17T23:50:57.074+02:00Embossed!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Printed in pressure on wet paper. No ink.</td></tr>
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... with ear goggles for size reference.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-81985308485161869432013-10-17T05:46:00.000+02:002013-10-17T05:46:33.418+02:00More From the GrottoI started to get some images of some of the prints today ... and discovered that everything was wrong. Still got a few shots, but not nearly as many as I have printed designs. Will have to come back to that project, with some mat board and mounting tape and a bright overcast day, and a LOT more patience.<br />
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That said, here are a few little tastes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tiny print, don't think the image is even 3" on a side. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the tiny print. This image looks grainier than the actual print does. Did I mention, everything was wrong?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my recent favorites. Have done this in several colors / color combos. Can't decide which way is up, which is usually a sign that I have done something right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail from the one above. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is another favorite. That plate got changed many, many times, and reprinted after each change. This was my favorite iteration, but I didn't love it at the time, so I only got one good print pulled before it went under the knife again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same as the one I posted yesterday, in a much more ... painterly execution. Probably not finished yet, I think I want to add some highlights and outlining by hand. </td></tr>
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Short show & tell, I know. Next step is to get enough mat board to get them all mounted, so they look like something. Maybe even something other people would want.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-7252164657678015392013-10-15T20:38:00.002+02:002013-10-15T20:39:28.519+02:00Printing Progress.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Block print. LDPE block, Speedball ink (elderly), generic printer paper.</td></tr>
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My studio is gradually filling with prints. Some are much more interesting than others. This is one that I made yesterday, and love. This may be the first one that I have had little interest in re-working the block after seeing the print. I really do need to try some new ink, though. What I have seems to be almost totally lacking in whatever keeps it workable. Gum arabic? Water? Magic beans? No idea. The New Ink Smell has escaped.<br />
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... on the bright side, Akua water soluble intaglio ink actually makes pretty good block prints. Sadly, I only have black at the moment. And at $20 / pot, it is likely to remain that way for a while.<br />
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In a totally other direction, el Jefe suggests that things like this would make fantastic stained glass panels. In fact, I think he is right, and I will see about revising this into a glass pattern ... <i>in my free time</i>.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-48926597927519200372013-09-14T00:44:00.002+02:002013-09-14T00:48:44.914+02:00This just in...I was printing yesterday, and came up with some good stuff, some intriguing stuff, and some crap.<br />
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Here is one of the neat ones:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey ink block printed from LDPE on printer paper.</td></tr>
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Some were block prints, some where intaglio. Some of the most intriguing were attempts at block printing in 2 colors. Even without much in the way of registration, they looked neat. Also, I printed the above image on a piece of white muslin, and that looked pretty cool.<br />
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More pictures to follow, but since I was here and this picture was here, and now you are here, posting it seemed like the right thing to do. The sad story about how the studio flooded will have to wait, too.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-36016707972127926552013-09-11T07:02:00.002+02:002013-09-11T07:02:59.106+02:00Busted!Tonight at the bowling alley, a woman on the team we were bowling against came over and said, "Are you drawing our butts? Because it looked like you might be."<br />
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I had to admit, that, yes, actually, I had drawn some butts. Then I flipped back to those pages and showed her the quick sketches I'd made of her. She went away laughing, so I guess that was all right. I really should be careful around people who routinely throw 15# weights around, though.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-26211023774038061372013-09-04T23:01:00.000+02:002013-09-04T23:01:58.241+02:00Recent Works On Paper. With Paper. Whatever.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Various permutations of block printing and embossing. The embossing made my brain tingle a little more than the printing, but where they are combined, that was pretty sweet, too. Not as easy to see in these photos, which were made with a telephone.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A heap of attempts. Some were more rewarding than others. It is difficult to tell if the ink is dorked, it was just too hot in the studio, or I don't know what I am doing. Or, you know, All of the Above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are cool enough, I figure they deserve large size! The two images were made from the same embossing plate, but the 2nd one had more carving done to it before going through the press. </td></tr>
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<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-21742162341084949812013-07-08T03:45:00.000+02:002013-07-08T03:45:33.662+02:00Dry Point Pt 2I made this plate today, and printed it this evening. I am pleased. (Photographs this time, rather than scans. Much better!)<br />
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Hard to say which is "better" until they are at least both matted, if not framed. Both have pros and cons. Harder to see the pros of the 2nd print in a photo, in person it is the cleaner print. (Light conditions not exactly studio quality.)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-18567388275944197562013-07-07T02:51:00.000+02:002013-07-07T02:52:57.395+02:00More Printing<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Although things here have been a little chaotic, and also much, much too hot and dry, I have managed to get myself out to the studio a bit, and pull a few more prints. I think they are getting better, but I am no Master Printer. Yet.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This last one, however, actually has had a bunch of new cuts done to the block since last time I printed it. I tries printing this on top of prints I had already pulled (with the old cut), but this is a linocut, and the linoleum has become tremendously warped -- makes alignment / registration difficult. This print looks a little funny because the upper left corner is slightly over-inked, but also because this is a mixture of blue and black inks (plus retarder) just to see how that would go. I kinda like it, except the over-inked bit.</span></span></div>
Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-84886096214605180252013-07-01T00:45:00.002+02:002013-07-01T00:47:04.363+02:00Some PrintingI have been trying to get these into my Flickr account, but for some reason, I can't remember how to get into Flickr. So, I am just going to post them here, for now. In a strange moment of obstinacy, I have refused to buy ink to print that plate I posted pics of (last post). Mostly because there is already a quantity of block printing ink here, and I do have blocks, and I am lazy and cheap.<br />
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I have many irons in the fire, these days. Possibly too many, but that beats none. I am still working on those crochet cephalopods. Thinking of making an abstract coloring book. Have a couple of woodworking projects just on the verge of start-ready. And, of course, I have a serious backlog of finished projects to catalog and perhaps post for sale. All of these things take time, and energy, and focus, and life loves to challenge those resources. Sometimes I think about an artist retreat or something, where I could hole up and do nothing else, but (drumroll please) haven't even had time to look into that.</div>
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<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-71740629341589267962013-06-06T06:25:00.000+02:002013-06-06T06:25:02.299+02:00It's been HOW long since my last confession?!Since I last posted here, I finished that silly afghan, knit at least four cephalopods, and knit four skulls (with cross bones!). Well, three knit, one crochet, which is now my official favorite face cloth. Three hats have been knit / crocheted / covered in enormous sequins. I've had my garage converted to a studio space, and have half-constructed a cat yard. I have inherited alarming / awesome masses of art supplies, books, equipment, and knowledge. Seriously, it feels like I have taken the quickening of at least two other artists. There is a new silly afghan underway, and more cephalopods, and another hat. Or maybe two. There was a trip to Utah to volunteer with rescued parrots. My garden is growing; not a Victory Garden yet, but I have eaten seven tomatoes and several handfuls of fresh herbs, and one fairly unpleasant strawberry. I have a job, a writing assignment, and a volunteer spot with the local Maker Faire. I have the Best Person spot in an upcoming wedding, and really-no-kidding nothing to wear for that. Margaritas have been elevated to an art form around here. Oh, and lots and lots of pictures of most of these things, which, mostly, will not transfer to my computer.* <div>
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I did try to scan the drypoint printing plate I have been working on for two days, and it didn't scan at all the first time, and the second time, the scanner software split it into 41 small files, for reasons it did not share with me. Here is a small selection of those:</div>
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I am looking forward to seeing this printed. Almost as much as I am looking forward to moving ALL my making-stuff supplies out to the <strike>garage</strike> studio and <strike>rolling around in</strike> organizing them. So much going on. I guess I haven't been writing about it here because I have been kinda busy doing it all, and also did not really know where to begin.</div>
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-15819227618405167462013-03-27T06:27:00.003+01:002013-03-27T06:27:36.626+01:00Vague PromisesIt has been a while since I posted about that silly afghan, and I am happy to report it is more than twice that size now. I think I am within 5 squares of finishing it? Then I just have to figure out what to do with it. ... and also with all the leftover bright colored yarns.<br />
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I have been working on wax models for metal casting, and will post some of those here soonish. And working on my life drawing skills. Can't claim I have become the new Leonardo BUT I am actually certain I am improving, which is a nice feeling. Someone actually complained that I made a drawing that looked too much like him!<br />
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But, the real reason I am posting now is that I have just ordered this:<br />
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... and am full of squee for when it gets here. Because, shiny! (Literally, went for the gloss finish.)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-44414844396589246152013-03-04T00:05:00.001+01:002013-03-04T00:06:51.180+01:00Finally Admitting to 2013Maybe I was just really disappointed that the world did not end back in December? Maybe I just Have A Problem with winter? Probably we will never know why there has been no blogging for three months, although most likely the fact that I find the term 'blogging' fairly distasteful, something I am supposed to do when I am not feeling well.<br />
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ANYWAY, there are a few haps happening.<br />
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Exhibit 1A: A Silly Afghan<br />
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This is a work in progress, and although I expect it to become considerably larger, it is unlikely that it will get any less silly. Probably more so, if I had to guess.<br />
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Exhibits 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D: These Flowers<br />
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I decided to work more on my life drawing skills, and last week picked up a cheap model at the hippie grocery store. (The flowers, I mean, what were YOU thinking??) I also have gotten much better about taking my sketchbook with me and sketching people and things and places when I am out in the world with a few minutes to spare. I often get busted drawing people, especially in restaurants, because I am the type to look at the subject a lot and the paper very little. Eventually I'll share some of my public sketching practice, but the pictures are all you get for now.<br />
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I also joined a newly formed Urban Sketchers group here in town. I have only made it to one of their meetings so far, but I think I will get to more of them as the weather for hanging around outside becomes more enticing. In two weeks, we're planning to meet up at the central transit center in town, should be interesting.<br />
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Also working on getting studio space in order in the garage. I think I'll need to start with electricity and insulation, and then ventilation, and then furniture. Currently I am using some large cardboard boxes as a make-shift workbench, and running an extension cord from the laundry room whenever I need juice. Of course, working in the garage is another thing that becomes more interesting as the weather improves, because that space is not heated. Signed up for some studio hours at the university metal studio, but have done very little there, so far. Ideas are pouring out my ears, but my time and their availability hasn't lined up so well, so far. I think that will change this week.<br />
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Went to a lovely show at the Albuquerque Museum, <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/event/deco-japan-shaping-art-and-culture-19201945" target="_blank">Deco Japan</a>. The link I'm giving is for someone else's exhibition of this show, which is a traveling exhibit. It maybe will come to you, unless it already came past you. If you're a big fan of deco style graphics and prints, the show has a tremendous collection of magazine covers, matchbook covers, songbook covers, posters, and adverts. If you're more into the functional and 3D stuff, they had some fairly nifty containers, screens, kimonos, and smallish sculptures. My personal favorites were the flying fish themed items. A quick image search on 'deco japan' will get you a pretty solid idea of what's out there.<br />
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Did a wee bit of gallery-crawling this past week. Revisited my fixation on <a href="http://travisbruceblack.com/" target="_blank">Travis Black's watercolor images of birds</a>. Was gifted a lovely print of one of the hummingbird images by someone awesome. (Squee!!) Failed to get into the local artist quonset hut, but I will. Now that I know they close at 3pm. (Who does that??) Tripped over work by <a href="http://dianastetson.com/#/PORTFOLIO/ETCHINGS%20AVAILABLE/1/caption" target="_blank">printer / painter Diana Stetson</a>, who has some extremely harmonious work. Definitely nature-oriented, but it is actually the compositions and executions which are harmonious to me. There were plenty of other interesting works to see in the world, and Mariposa Gallery in Nob Hill had quite a few. In addition to Diana Stetson and some other intriguing artists, Mariposa also currently has an exhibit hanging from <a href="http://amandabanker.wix.com/art-of-a-banker#!__recent-works" target="_blank">Amanda Banker, who seems to have a bit of a fixation with animal-headed portrait figures</a>. That show is worth it if only for the smoking-jacket three quarter posed octopus headed portrait. (Which does not appear on her website, by the way, so if you want to see it, you need to go there and see it!)<br />
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Is that all? Well, it has to be enough for now, I suppose. There will be more posts on all these topics, I suspect. Probably the next exciting thing is going to be a mechanical pencil review. If that doesn't strike you as exciting, this probably isn't the blog for you.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-11594476487196130692012-12-09T04:49:00.001+01:002012-12-09T04:49:10.375+01:00a short one ...I seem to have gotten orders for various batches of holiday cookies coming to about 12 dozen.<br />
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... woot ... !Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-87808588012109108112012-12-03T00:41:00.000+01:002012-12-03T00:43:29.715+01:00ASUNM Sale Post-MortemIn three days, I sold three paintings, about 30 snowflakes, and maybe 25 packets of 3 cookies (8 dozenish). I also gave away about that many cookies (as samples, freebies with other purchases, and as advertising, and as little thank-you gestures.) In the final accounting I came out ahead financially, although for the time spent, it is really of dubious value. (not even minimum wage) I certainly didn't make a substantial chunk of a year's art budget at this show, as some people clearly do.<br />
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I did get some good stuff, though.<br />
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a new experience!<br />
rid of some of my made-things!<br />
time to pick <a href="http://www.warninglabelcreations.com/" target="_blank">Jamie</a>'s brain!<br />
two new cookie recipes!<br />
a few new money-making ideas to chase down!<br />
some new contacts in my field*!<br />
three nifty reproduction prints to hang up in my naked-walled house!<br />
some great compliments, including a marriage proposal!<br />
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* My field being People Who Make Stuff And Then Have To Figure Out How to Afford To Make More Stuff.<br />
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If you want to have any of the stuff I was selling for yourself, email me. I am working on getting stuff listed on Etsy, but it takes time, and sometimes is hard to find there. The fastest thing, and the thing I prefer, is that you just tell me what you want, we settle on a price and means of payment, and I send it to you. Because not only is that faster, but also it saves me the trouble of putting the listings together. (Administrivia is not my favorite thing...)<br />
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And, yes, I will make and ship cookies to you.<br />
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Now, here are some pictures from the three day sale, for your amusetertainment.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jamie just finishing setting up on Day 1.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very nearly made it through the whole show without dumping all my stuff on the ground. ... but, didn't. Because my rolling cart was just not cart enough to withstand the world's most evil rumble strips.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The world's most evil rumble strips ... three rows of scattered rocks about the size of a gumball.</td></tr>
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Anyhow, that's the round up. Out of my many, many ideas, I think the most pressingly interesting is the t-shirt printed with the Tight White Warrior Robot. Yes, there will be pictures.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-14192794734221181302012-11-27T04:53:00.003+01:002012-11-27T23:51:29.309+01:00The Home Stretch (for the ASUNM art & craft sale)Tomorrow, I will be taking stuff over to the student union building on the university campus, along with <a href="http://www.warninglabelcreations.com/">Warning Label Creations</a> with whom I share a space, and probably all the other vendors, and we will be setting up our booth. We'll have a table, a spinner rack, a free standing display rack, a couple of chairs, a little holiday tree, some lights, and a lot of stuff to sell. We are hoping to trade most of the stuff for money over the course of the three day show, and also garner the admiration and respect of our fellow makers. Or at least not get involved in any brouhaha. ;-)<br />
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There will be pictures of the set up, and probably some during the fair, although I am hoping to be pretty busy. We are taking some knitting, just in case, though. Because, why wouldn't we? (Neither of us is selling knitted items.)<br />
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So... I guess ... watch this space? <br />
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-88583898367012069252012-11-21T00:20:00.000+01:002012-11-21T00:20:24.247+01:00Care and Feeding of Your Handmade SnowflakeYou have purchased a one of a kind handmade snowflake, and with a little love, it will last for many, many years. In fact, barring some kind of destructive incident, this is the kind of stuff that paleontologists dig out of the remains of collapsed civilizations centuries on. Obviously, Step 1 is, don't let civilization collapse!<br />
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As long as that is in order, snowflake husbandry is pretty clear:<br />
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Keep it dry, keep it flat. Keep it in the sleeve it came in whenever it is not hung up on display.<br />
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Failing those, things go pear-shaped fast. Moisture is the #1 enemy of this thing, so you'll want to keep it indoors, and not hang it in the shower. It is possible with larger snowflakes that just gravity and time will pull the arms down out of place, this is perfectly normal.<br />
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There are all kinds of ways to get a snowflake back into shape, such as gently ironing it, pressing it in the pages of a book (preferably between sheets of wax paper, or in an envelope), or going all out and blocking it over again.<br />
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Blocking is the thing I did to change it from a curled-up ball of knotted string into the snowflake you now have, and requires water, some kind of stiffener (such as glue, and I added superfine glitter to most of my batches), and a lot of pins. The simplest snowflake generally requires at least a dozen pins, and the complicated ones can get up toward 4 dozen!<br />
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The basic idea is, carefully wash the snowflake and get most of the water out of the thread, and then put the stiffener on it, so that it gets into the fibers. Finally, you pin it out in the shape you want, and let it dry overnight, or as long as it takes to be 100% dry. When you remove the pins, your snowflake should be ready to hang up somewhere, or tuck back into its envelope, or use it for a bookmark -- whatever it is that you would like to do.<br />
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If that all seems like too much trouble (check out the pictures of pinned-out snowflakes in this blog if you want to see what you're signing up for), just shoot me an email, and most likely I will tell you that you can simply mail me your snowflake to put back in order. No charge, just whatever postage costs you to send it, which should not be much. I will send it back to you as soon as it is repaired.<br />
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It goes without saying that if you should wish to get some more of my hand-crocheted ornaments, I will be happy to talk to you about a custom order.<br />
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Thanks for supporting my little foray into the snowflake business!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-47922616247664710342012-10-22T06:21:00.002+02:002012-11-21T03:58:59.887+01:00Now it's *really* snowing!Although it has been a while since I posted about the snowflake project, I have been beavering away at it like some kind of an large nocturnal semi-aquatic mammal. As proof of this, I submit to you photographs. They're mostly weird angle macro photos because ... well. I am an Artiste, what can I say?<br />
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In any case, the photos are largely of snowflakes I made today, which I have just soaked in the stiffening solution and pinned out to dry. I am thinking I need to charge by the number of pins necessary to achieve the desired shape, because that seems to be the most time consuming part of this process.<br />
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Also pictured: A spinner display rack I scored at a thrift store for $6.50! Sweeet. As usual, click through to see the larger versions of these pictures. It is amazing how not-interesting glitter looks when it is sufficiently magnified!<br />
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I am not 100% on this yet, something like 92%, but I think I am also going to sell some cookies at the craft show next month. Just to see how that goes over. Assuming I can remove enough of the glitter from my person to make cookies without them being something like White Chocolate Glitter Chunk Surprise cookies.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-62336155617089563482012-09-21T18:16:00.001+02:002012-09-22T17:46:52.367+02:00A Snowflake In SummerSure, the <i>very last day</i> of summer, but if you can't prop yourself up on a technicality, why get out of bed at all?<br />
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See anything unusual about this snowflake? It seems that about 30% of the snowflakes I have made have this same quirk. I realize that every snowflake is supposed to be unique, but there is probably a line somewhere between 'unique' and 'aberrant'...<br />
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ps, click to enlarge the picture and see my <i>very</i> restrained use of glitter!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-89953352467242396182012-09-13T06:23:00.001+02:002012-09-13T06:23:42.301+02:00Currently On The BenchI'm trying desperately to limit my ongoing-project-disaster-area to ONE piece of furniture. I am failing, of course, but I am sure my cohabitants appreciate the effort. >___><br />
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Here's a selection of snowflakes, with some un-dyed waxed eggs underneath, and bits of the recycled shopping bag project all over the place.<br />
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(Regan -- seeing this makes me wonder if, instead of individual cards, I shouldn't just pin the flakes to boards like this --this one is foam core-- and store / transport / sell them all on one piece of "furniture", and only package them when they are sold. Thoughts?)<br />
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<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-84110300198838672362012-09-11T16:19:00.002+02:002012-09-11T16:19:33.294+02:00In The WorksI expect you're all wondering why I have asked you to come here today. I would like to make a couple of very special announcements, so if you'll please take yours seats, we can begin.<br />
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First, having arrived back on the native shores, I am wasting no time in making art community connections. A very productive and illuminating chat with the lovely, talented, and smart-as-hell proprietress of <a href="http://warninglabelcreations.com/">Warning Label Creations</a> has set me on the path to sole proprietorship. Not only did Jamie show me the way to easy accounting practices and staying on the right side of the home business rules, but we also hatched a few ideas for future projects. Expect good things!<br />
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(Also, if you want to thank her for holding my hand on this stuff, do it by purchasing one of her awesome bags. If you need to know which one I want for my birthday, email me...)<br />
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Thanks, Jamie!<br />
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Secondly, in light of having discarded the vast majority of items I created while in Austria, I decided to prevent future discard tragedies by selling pretty much any and every thing I make from here on out. Currently I am fixated on crocheted snowflakes, and wax-resist dyed egg shells, so I am building up a stock of these things to sell as holiday decorations. I will be loading some of them into my Etsy shop, and will have more available to sell at the <a href="http://www.unm.edu/~thinkart/events.html">49th Annual ASUNM Arts + Crafts Fair</a> here in Albuquerque. If you are local, please come see me there!<br />
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I am still on the fence about a second fair, the <a href="http://bandelier.aps.edu/bazaar">Bandelier Elementary School Holiday Bazaar</a>. The two major decision points on this are, will I have enough inventory to sell at both fairs, and, will I be allowed to sell baked goods at either? (And, will anyone be available to help me at the Bandelier event, for when I need a bathroom break, etc...?)<br />
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Speaking of baked goods, did I mention I developed a new cookie recipe? Peanut butter with honey roasted peanuts. They are stupidly delicious.<br />
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Third, I have been volunteering some time with the organizers of the <a href="http://www.albuquerque-minimakerfaire.com/">Albuquerque Mini-Maker Faire</a>. This is the first year for this event, and however this turns out, I expect that future years will be full of interesting exhibitions and activities. I am really excited to get in at the beginning, because it is like watching a cake bake, or plants grow ... when the magic happens, it is exciting to know I have a little part in it. Also, I am looking forward to exhibiting next year, possibly in the interest area of materials re-use. Oh, and they let me have access to a whole box of spray paint cans and some canvas. Woooot!<br />
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Fourth, both inside and outside the context of the Mini-Maker Faire, I have been hobnobbing with the local zine scene here in Albuquerque. There was a very excellent Dirty Zine Reading event a couple of weeks ago, and more intriguing events to come. There is the annual <a href="http://abqzinefest.blogspot.com/">Albuquerque Zinefest</a> coming up ion October 6, which promises all kinds of good stuff. I am teetering on the brink of making a zine of my very own, which I have loved doing in the past. (Although, I admit, it's been a LONG time!) Many thanks to Lisa B for letting me into her zine-tastic world.<br />
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Fifth, I think that is most of it. There are pictures to come, of all these things and more. I know pictures are what make an art blog interesting, and I appreciate the time you've spent waiting for me to get to the point here.<br />
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/peace outHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304665017422948105.post-39585618741836966682012-09-04T02:11:00.003+02:002012-09-04T02:11:42.010+02:00¡ AWESOME !<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19445412">Kehinde Wiley on the front page of BBC International online</a>.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com0