So, I forgot to post last night. And now I'm at work and don't have access to the photos I wanted to post. So we're going to do the Wednesday post on Thursday, okay? Why not - I did the Monday post on Tuesday. *big grin* Maybe next week I'll get it right!
And in other news, I just got my first rejection.
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
So yeah, I know it's part of an artist's life and I've been more lucky than I can say that thus far, everything I've applied for, I've been accepted in. But it's harder than I expected.
Oh, Musée Laurier, why didn't you like my little birds? They are BEAUTIFUL. I don't care that you got over 2,000 applicants (holy cow!) or that you were only able to choose 50. WHY DIDN'T YOU LIKE MY BIRDS?!?!? My PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS BIRDS?!?!?
...
Okay, I'm better now.
See you tomorrow. :)
First up. Laurent Lavendar's moon photos. I'm pretty sure every one in the Western World has seen Laurent Lavendar's moon photos by now (lol); but there are some new ones! You can check those out HERE
Also at This Colossal, I saw the COOLEST thing. A 3-D PEN!!! So, you can draw sculpture, or whatever else you want! Check out the video HERE and then you can click over to their Kickstarter campaign and fund them if you so choose. I personally think this needs to be in the world! :)
Over at Ancora Crafts, Catherine did a post of five tutorials she would like to try. Since I want to try 3 out of the 5 myself, I thought you might like to have a look. HERE
And finally, over at Textile Artist, they're interviewing Willy Schut. This was an especially interesting interview to me because the kind of work she does is what I've been thinking about the last couple of months.
I still want to do my narrative work (that children's book is still in my head!); but for my "real" work, I've been dreaming of something that's very much like what Willy Schut does - only with more colour. Sort of Stephanie Redfern meets Deidre Adams. (And the only reason I mention Stephanie Redfern is because when I sent my "secret" piece in for the call for entry, the person I submitted to acknowledged receipt and said "It reminds me of Stephanie Redfern" whom I immediately googled as I wasn't familiar with her work. Wonderful stuff! Quite a compliment, although I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing in terms of my submission.)
I still want to do my narrative work (that children's book is still in my head!); but for my "real" work, I've been dreaming of something that's very much like what Willy Schut does - only with more colour. Sort of Stephanie Redfern meets Deidre Adams. (And the only reason I mention Stephanie Redfern is because when I sent my "secret" piece in for the call for entry, the person I submitted to acknowledged receipt and said "It reminds me of Stephanie Redfern" whom I immediately googled as I wasn't familiar with her work. Wonderful stuff! Quite a compliment, although I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing in terms of my submission.)
Anyway, after you're one clicking on Ms.'s Redfern and Adams links, check out the interview with Willy Schut HERE
(Unrelated, I have a cousin named Willy. She was very cool, and I really looked up to her. :D)
(Unrelated, I have a cousin named Willy. She was very cool, and I really looked up to her. :D)
Have a great weekend! Finished Skull piece on Monday! :)
So, I hadn’t quite yet decided whether I wanted to stitch the pattern on my skull by hand or by machine.
I did a machine outline in the colours I wanted to use (as you can see above), but once I had done that, my decision was made. Hand-stitched it was! So...
When I left you last, we had a little paper skull pattern, but it was blank. Now, I've drawn a more detailed pattern on it.
And these are the candidates for my stitching. Machine or hand? Time will tell!
Meanwhile, the background has had some paper flowers added to it (all petals made up of individually cut little pits of paper)...
See you on Wednesday with more!
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