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In the Works

2010-01-09T14:33:00.000-08:00

I am currently working on several projects. First off, I have started making jewelry. I started out by making a few pieces as Christmas gifts for friends and family members, and I have since fallen in love with the process (though I am learning quickly that it is an expensive hobby and quite time consuming, so I am not sure just how long I will keep it up). I will be listing some of these items on my Etsy shop over the next few months.
Other new additions to my Etsy shop include ACEO's (Art Card Originals & Editions) and miniature paintings, mostly involving animal life and scientific illustrations. There are a few of my other pieces that I am now offering in an ACEO format as well.
I start school this coming Monday. I am taking three classes (Design Fundamentals, Digital Photography, and Silk Screening), so I will be a very busy girl over the next five months. I hope to be able to squeeze in a little social time as well as personal creative time (in addition to everything previously mentioned, I am also working on a massive new series of paintings. Top secret for the time being). So forgive me, dear friends, if I go into hermit mode for a while. Every time you start to miss me, just watch "The Man Who Planted Trees". Perhaps you will understand a little better how my mind works.

Sweet Sweet Holidays

2009-12-09T15:08:00.000-08:00

Wow. It has been quite some time since I last had an opportunity to update my blog. What can I say? Holidays make us all loopy; I am no exception to the rule. Well, as most of you have noticed, my website is indeed up and running (might not load as fast as I would like, but I did my best. I now understand why real web designers make a killing; maybe one day...). If you have looked at the animation page on my website, or made the attempt (it takes an eternity to load, or the film may not even show up at all), there is an alternative to watching my extremely macabre student film through my website: just look up the title ("How Some Children Played At Slaughtering"-it's definetly the only one) on youtube to watch the animated short in two parts. And, if you have already watched it, I am sorry if the darker side of my aesthetic has scarred your inner child. I swear it wasn't personal.
This sounds horrible after all of the work that went into re-creating my website, but this is one of those "Michealangelo-would-have-started-over" kind of moments: there are just one too many problems with code for me to feel really proud of my online portfolio. So in the new year, I will be redoing my website yet again using a template created specifically for artist's online portfolios. There will be fewer difficulties loading the images, and it will be much easier for me to keep it updated. So just hang in there for now, and try to be patient with my site in its current state.

The Website Debacle

2009-10-19T21:44:00.000-07:00

Lately, I have been feeling a little insecure about my website. After looking through hundreds of other artists' websites, I have come to the conclusion that my own website is in dire need of some "fall cleaning". So for the past week, I have been doing just that: total reorganization of my website. I am delighted with the results thus far. Unfortunately, I have been experiencing some rather intense problems with publishing. The good news is that I have worked out what some of the problems were. The bad news is that it will take more time to fix these problems, which means that the relaunching of my website will be delayed. Oh well.

2009-10-12T23:09:00.000-07:00

Yes. . . This would appear to be me. . . Crawling out of my hermit shell. . . Stumbling blindly into the land of blog. . . yay me, right?! Who would have thought? If you already know me, hi! I'm sure that you are utterly flabbergasted to find me here. If we have never met, then I am delighted to make your acquaintance. Unfortunately, I have no "news" at the moment. Just wanted to stick my head out and say "hi" to the neighborhood.