New Things

I just woke up from hibernation and am working on new things.

These faces are so fun for me to make. I'm going to paint them and turn them into necklaces and rings. I know they are kind of "out there" for jewelry, but they are so natural for me to make and I always love jewelry that is out of the ordinary. (or "fucking peculiar" as my dad would say)

I've been spending a lot of time with my family lately, we went to Florida recently for my cousins bar mitzvah. The weather was beautiful and I kind of wish I was still there. The highlight of the trip was when my uncle told me he was proud of me for starting my own business and keeping busy instead of waiting around for someone to hire me or for something good to happen. (I think this applies to all crafters/artists, so be proud!)

I don't think he knows how depressed and lazy I've been this winter, or how little money I'm making, but I thought it was really sweet.

and then we came back to freezing rain and hail.

Anyway, I also learned how to cross- stitch from this martha stewart article:

http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/customizable-cross-stitch-projects

I tried a few, and I found cross-stitching to be really relaxing, but it also takes an incredibly long time to finish anything.

For example, I wanted to make three cats, but it took way too long. I am working on a shirt right now that will have an embroidered design on it, but it's going to be awhile before it's done.

Also, I might go up to Rochester this weekend for a craft show and the launch party of Fawn's jewelry line!!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205722672778308

(I hope my car can make it)

Valentimes

Valentine's day is in exactly one month! So I'm stocking up on my boxes and I designed this Valentine/best friend card:

front:

inside:

I want to bring it to a printing place to have them printed on some nice card stock and they will soon be for sale on my etsy site! yay!

More figures!

Here is another example of some freelance work I recently finished. Somebody hired me to create personalized figurines for their family to give to them as Christmas presents. I think they turned out pretty well:

Finally!

Hello! I haven't updated in awhile because I have simply been busy. I finally got permission to share some freelance work I did this past fall. I was contacted by an ad agency all the way in San Fransisco to take part in a promo for the new Windows Phone 7. They sent a bunch of popular bloggers two Windows Phone 7s (one to keep and one to give away to their readers) along with the Phones, they sent each blogger a shadow box that contained handmade things that represented different functions of the phone. My job was to make small people that would represent the contacts in the phone. There are six figures featured in every box in the upper right quadrant (does any of that make sense?)

I ended up making about 400 figures in all and the boxes were sent to a lot of bloggers.

This SF blog wrote an article that describes it better:

http://www.thesfegotist.com/news/local/2010/november/29/windows-phone-7-shadowboxes-hub-strategy

and here are pictures of some of the work:

^These were for the family and parenting bloggers
^these were for beauty and style bloggers

^food and drink^design

I had a lot of fun with these and I've gotten really good at making people in this size! and I was even hired to make personalized christmas gifts for a family in San Fransisco.

I've been working on some new craft items as well, which I will post another time.

Handbags!

Hey, I made a handbag, it looks like this:

The front of this bag is a hand-sewn design depicting four Arabian ladies wearing niqabs, walking past pink minarets. I was inspired by an article the I read about how they want to ban burquas and niqabs in France. Also, if you really want me to get into it, I thought the juxtaposition of these oppressed women next to these large, sharp phallic symbols was very interesting.
Anyway, my boyfriend and I found a bag full of these beautiful antique handkerchiefs that belonged to his grandmother. (Obviously, I cleaned them before I made the bags) and we used those along with an old tablecloth and other fabric scraps.

He made one too. It features a person walking in the rain:


Both bags are up for sale on my website:

http://themadfawn.etsy.com

One Down...

Hello! I haven't updated in awhile, but I have many pictures to post.

These are from Fawndeleine's first ever craft show that was on July 4th! Everything came together beautifully for us and we painted a banner with our logo on it. (I think we're going to change the name, but haven't decided yet) Fawn's work and my work are very different, but when we put them all together they looked great next to each other. Very colorful.

Here are pictures of some of my newer creations. They are all finished, painted and for sale.


Sunbathers:Hangin by the pool


I also made earrings to match my bracelets!

As for what I've been up to lately, I am trying to refine my skills at the pottery wheel so I can make some cool dishes and sculptures.
Also, I am going to be exhibiting some of my work at Rock City Art in Rosendale, NY.

I made these and then realized I should take a picture of them right away because it is very likely that they will break before they have a chance to be fired.

The one on the left is a classical man with a horse's head and the one on the right is Venus with a goose head. They're probably about 8" & 6.5" tall. I wanted to make some classical figures to go with my garden sculptures, and I figured a goose and a horse were two animals that would go well in a garden.

Just so you know, I am going to paint these once they are fired, and I plan on having them fired sometime next week hopefully. I'm trying to have everything done by July 4th because that is when Fawn and I are going to have a booth at an arts fair in Kingston, NY. It doesn't feel like it, but that is actually pretty soon.

also, here is my cat, Happy Sunshine.sometimes she looks like a pony


and sometimes she looks like a sea otter


(yes I am one of those people that does this)