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Forevertron

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Over the weekend my bf and I went on a wacky Wisconsin vacation in Wisconsin Dells. On the way there I insisted that we try to find something I’ve heard about on the Roadside America website called Forevertron located outside Baraboo. This incredible sculpture garden was created from scrap metal, car parts and who know what else by Tom Every, aka Dr. Evermor.  He also designed some of the crazier exhibits at House on the Rock. Being at Forevertron felt like stepping onto an abandoned sci-fi movie set that had rusted over. I was so amazed at his ability to work at such a grand scale yet he took care in paying attention to small details like the face of a a single robot creature.

Here are some of my favorite pictures:

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Spoonflower 4th place!

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Yay I placed 4th in the Spoonflower Tiki contest! I’m ordering swatches so I will post pictures of the actual fabrics when they come in. I’m so excited to see how they look!

Here’s my submission for the Medieval contest, “Lion and Unicorn Medallions”. Inspired by the unicorn tapestries. We’ll see how I fair this time, I have to say I’m pretty darn pleased with myself for getting in the top ten for the Tiki round though!

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Magazine cover!

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

I was absolutely thrilled to pick up my mail this Wednesday because my college alumni magazine, the University of Hartford Observer, came out and I did the cover illustration! One of my professors recommended me for the job and I was so excited for the opportunity. It was definitely a challenge to come up with imagery that would suit the topic of the article and also be visually interesting. I knew there would be a lot more Hartford Art School alumni reading it, so I didn’t want to disappoint! The major turning point for me in this piece was scanning in fabric to make this digital artwork have more texture.

The article was about alumni who work in jobs related to their college degrees for a number of years and then make a dramatic career change.  http://www.hartford.edu/observer/

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new orleans painting

Monday, January 25th, 2010

I just finished a new painting from the road trip my sister and I took last year. This painting came from one of my many pics of the very photogenic city, New Orleans. A very inspiring city, I’d love to go back and stay for more than 3 hours. I framed the painting and gave it to my sis for her birthday. Hope she likes it!

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etsy holiday action

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

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Well wow, in the past 3 days I’ve made 6 etsy sales! I’m totally pumped about this since prior to this week I had been feeling lost in the sea of whimsy that is etsy. I had let almost all of my listings expire due to a busy schedule with school and work, but then I got a message from a family friend and also daughter of a very influential art teacher from when I was like 6 years old. She asked if I still had my alphabet letters. I had been working on redesigning them for the 5th time probably so it was about time I uploaded them. I reworked the color scheme so that they could be bought together as a set better and added a feature so people could have them personalized with a name. I think the timing was great to get them out there since Christmas is coming up and all. Maybe note cards will be the next order of business…and ordering more paper!

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googly eyed craft coma

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

So my sister and I decided to go to the annual Milwaukee Arts vs Crafts show yesterday. I had never been before and wow I was blown away by the whimsy! There was tons of really amazing handmade work there for sale. Everything from fanciful, feathered headpieces to organic baby wipes. When I wasn’t taking in all the impressive handywork I was being distracted by the often interestingly dressed and tattooed characters behind booths. I bought a really pretty monogram necklace charm and a pair of origami paper covered earrings from NiceLena

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I’m not gonna lie though, I was feeling some pangs of jealousy and having thoughts like, “why don’t I have my own greeting card line or know how to screen print things??” or “who has the money and time to do all this anyways!”. So instead of going out last night I decided to make a felt Christmas ornament and watch Elf. My sister and I started making these last year because we both have fond memories of our grandmother’s felt ornaments she made in the 70s, which are soo great. While ours are no where near Arts vs. Crafts level I think they are getting better. Gotta love googly eyes!

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