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Saturday,
July 31, 2004
Bag O' Bags Begins
Recycled craftiness over in the 1:450:365
blog...
posted on 7/31/2004 08:16:48 PM
Sunday,
July 25, 2004
More
Mugs!
Yesterday, I had a workshop to make mugs at Windy City Scrapbooking.
Sadly, we had no takers. Which gave me time to chat with the
delightful owner Christina and to make a few of my own. Here's
a few from yesterday, a few a little older:
All the mugs hang out over
here.
posted on 7/25/2004 11:34:56 AM
Saturday,
July 24, 2004
Flower Notes
Another card design, like the Squirrel Notes. Handmade collage
cards, these with pink paper, pink fabric, tissue paper, green
leafy paper and a bit of stamping. Cheery notes that are perfect
for "Thank you," "Thinking of you," or "Get well" thoughts.
Eight 4 Bar cards with 10 envelopes in a convenient plastic
sleeve. In the store soon.
posted on 7/24/2004 12:49:12 AM
Thursday,
July 22, 2004
Squirrel Notes
When you have something to say and a squirrel is the way to
say it, here's squirrel cards. Silk screen squirrels* on kraft
paper on white blank notes, sized 4 Bar. 8 cards, 10 envelopes
in a convenient plastic sleeve. In the store soon.
*Say that six times fast.
posted on 7/22/2004 12:43:29 AM
Tuesday,
July 20, 2004
In
the Grooooooove
Sixty-four squirrels ready for cards:
And the Queen of Diamonds with some color and general placement:
posted on 7/20/2004 09:23:22 PM
Monday,
July 19, 2004
Indelible
Ink
What a way to start the week! In the last 24 hours, I've used
4 types of black ink:
1. Speedball Water Soluble Block Printing Ink
I made a Print Gocco print out of the darling squirrel from
my Zoo
sheet of rubber stamps. This one is 3" tall and will
be put on blank note cards.
The ink had settled in the tube, giving me runny, yucko ink.
I tried it and the ink bled all over the already-absorbent and
rough kraft paper. So, I took a bunch (but not all) off and
inked it up with the -
2. Riso Print Gocco Ink
Better but still there were pockets on the yucko ink. About
70% of the prints worked. When I was done, I could see that
the ink didn't mix at all. I cleaned up the screen, vowing to
stick with the Riso ink or my Daniel
Smith Relief Printing Ink next time - or remixing
the Speedball ink before I ink up the screen.
Here's a print:
3. Holbein Acryla Gouache - Jet Black
I was watching a stylish black and white movie from the 1960's
which inspired me to draw this handsome fella:
It's a bit wonky, I know. Nose too small, mouth too big. A bit
like a bad fan art or a high school art class assignment. But
not bad for 15 minutes and not drawing from reference for months.
It's about 80% gouache and 20% Ink #1 - it was handy and is
what I used for the blacker blacks of the hair and suit.
Special prize for the first person to name the actor, character
or movie.
So, then inspired by another movie, I started in on a new Portrait
of an Imaginary Woman. The Queen of Diamonds inspired
by Angela Lansbury's stellar performance in The
Manchurian Candidate. So, I sketched her out. I went
to get my India ink. Alas, my Winsor and Newton Indian Ink had
congealed!
Huh. That was a new one on me.
I toddled off to the new Utrecht
art supply store in my neighborhood! I had seen it on Saturday.
I was happy to see the new addition to the Granada Center 6400-something
North Sheridan. I didn't know I'd have reason to visit so soon.
I bought -
4. Speedball Super Black India Ink
And I was the store's very first customer!
Boy, this is some nice ink. It flowed well. Gorgeous
Black. It really did justice to my sketch:
Her nose is small on purpose, thank you. I think I
really captured the tone of the plane scene in the movie while
still stylized. I'm wiggling in my seat I'm so excited about
how this one will look!
posted on 7/19/2004 10:03:40 PM
Sunday,
July 18, 2004
Another New Gallery!
Click
here to see my new gallery of images from last night's
adventure at Millennium Park during it's opening weekend. More
of the story over
here in the Me Blog.
posted on 7/18/2004 01:53:19 PM
Friday,
July 16, 2004
Drink
from Art
Here's a new series of drawings.
This time mug shaped drawings that you can drink from! I started
these in April, getting them made in June and now finally getting
them on the site after a hectic Spring. Fun format and I like
that the project follows the William Morris quote, "Have
nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or
believe to be beautiful." Here's
the page that archives all of the mugs, and yep,
they are available in the online
shop.
posted on 7/16/2004 09:28:28
PM
Tuesday,
July 13, 2004
"If
you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything."
posted on 7/13/2004 12:09:40 AM
Monday,
July 12, 2004
Treasure
Box
I finally had some weekend time to myself, and I thought I was
going to make art, art, art. Instead, I needed to rest, rest
and make a little art. Here's what I did make:
Roll over the image to see inside.
I made one for myself, but this one is for sale, in
the store. It's 6.5"x4.5" and 3" tall. Satin finish
black on the outside, decopagued with joss
paper on the inside. Red felt on the bottom.
posted on 7/12/2004 08:28:57 PM
Thursday,
July 01, 2004
Crafty & Recycled
I wore out a pair of black cotton cargo pants. It always feels
good to literally wear something out. In this case, with pants,
it feels silly too because the crotch of the pants goes out
way before anything else. Good pants minus one critical hole.
So, I had a pair of black cotton cargo pants with a critical
hole. With the two great cargo pockets, it was easy to decide
to make it into a new bag. General instructions:
1. Cut off the waistband.
2. Cut the two legs apart by cutting the seam
that starts with the zipper.
3. Down the inseams on the two legs to make
two flat pieces.
4. Cut around the cargo pockets 2" out or more.
Cut the two legs exactly the same way - Cut the line below the
pockets first and save the bottoms of the legs for the strap.
5. Sew the two pockets together, with the right
sides together. I actually used french seams to make it stronger.
Sew three sides, leaving the top open.
6. Hem around the opening.
7. Cut the bottom of the legs into strips.
My strips were parallel to the bottom seam and 3.5" wide. I
squared off the ends sewed them together.
8. Fold the long strip in half the long way
and sewed the edges together, making a tube.
9. Turn the tube right side out and iron it
flat. I sewed the edges to help keep it strap flat.
10. Sew the strap to the body making sure that
it's a good length for you to wear it the way so like.
Ta da!
My bag can hold letter sized stuff and the cargo pockets can
hold lots. I'm lovin' the second life of these pants.
Update: Here's a better pic of the bag while
I'm wearing the replacement pants:
posted on 7/1/2004 08:03:01 PM
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