Unnamed Fishes

I don't have a name for this one yet because I just finished and am now in a rush to get ready to go to work (what a drag)!

This is actually an old idea of mine. I was once inspired by a Kompressor song (of all things) about "fish rising up". I sketched it out on my tablet and then put it away.



It was kind of a fantasy moment, an idea that lower classes might take advantage of their numbers and similar interests and use it to become something other than just powerless. It's something we talk about as a society all of the time but never really commit to...



I was reinspired by recent mobs, protests, marches, and of course, internet anonymity. So in this version, the fish are connected. They have more strength now than they did when they weren't connected.



Good luck, fishes!

ArtSpacific 2012

If you do not receive the newsletter, here are the specifics of the group show next month! On Thursday, April 5th, I will be there from 6pm-9pm working on some kind of project. Come on in and visit :3

ArtSpacific 2012
Delta's Annual Juried Visual Art Show
April 1 - 13

@ Firehall Center of the Arts
11489 84th ave, Delta BC

Handmade Art Journal - Green Roses

Managed to pull together another art journal last night despite being soooo sleeeepy! This "weekend" was more of a social break for me.



I used a marker to draw the roses, which was a bit of a struggle actually. I guess the paper was still a bit wet.







Newsletter was sent out today :)

Art Journal - Paperclip

I made another journal this morning, here are the pics!









Available Here.

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What an incredibly dreary, dark, wet day. And it was so sunny and warm when I was at work, oh... the past week????? I know I say this every year, but that sucks. First monday in a while that I have nothing planned. I feel pretty good about that right now :3

Journal Post 3/23/12

I'm taking a bit of a break today because it feels unhealthy to be productive all of the time :D

Art Journal - Red Poppies

Here is the newest journal, Red Poppies. Love, love, love.



Available here.



Oh my goodness, I can easily see how keeping up at this pace can be a full time job. Even selling one of these every day wouldn't be enough to live off of, but it certainly takes time, doesn't it? It has turned my day job into even more of a chore, having to drop everything I'm doing to leave the house to do something much less mentally challenging. And much less satisfying.



But this experience says a lot about how I feel about making books and art. I may go into more detail in the newsletter due out next week...

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It is very cool to feel productive every morning, but frustrating too. Frustrating because I am working against the clock. If I had a full day to do all of the things I want/need to do, who knows what could be done?

Good Morning

Good morning chickadees, I know it's morning because of you. Good morning to Maggie, my little kitty in the window. She looks just like a chickadee and will try to chirp like them.



Your concert is highly underrated and free of charge, all it takes is to crack open the window.



Maybe even on the coldest of days.

Handmade Art Journal - One Step At a Time

I love this journal! Well okay, I think I say that about all of them...



The cover is fashioned after a recent journal post that I like! The inside cover is finished off with some pretty, metallic scrapbook paper.



Again, the inside is heavy paper perfect for messy art journalers. It takes paint like a dream and does a good job with watercolour effects too.



This one also has the ribbon along the binding and has a cleaner sort of look than the fabric I was using before.



Available here.

I didn't think I would need to buy more paper already! I have enough for three more books, but now that four of them are already gone it looks like I'll get to play some more <3

Journal Post 3/19/12

Whoops, so I meant to post this earlier but then I guess I didn't... somehow. I also failed to do basic math on my tax return forms today and had to redo it :3



Perhaps something in my brain broke after today's driving lesson on the freeway, including some emergency braking maneuvers. There's something about someone screaming "Mirror - Brake!" from the passenger seat that is just a bit unnerving.

Started on a simple painting today and hope to have a new journal to post/list tomorrow :)

Etsy Shop Open!

I opened the shop tonight! Deactivated a few things, renewed a few things... I changed the currency to CAD for bookkeeping reasons so it looks a bit funny after conversions.

Handmade Art Journal - Dragonfly

I made an art journal this morning and I am pretty happy with it!



There was some trickiness putting on the back cover (it's always the trickiest part) but it came together just fine in the end.



I switched to pretty ribbon for the binding (instead of fabric strips). I think it will be a bit easier this way, and more consistent, and just nicer in general.



Inside cover (I haven't written "Return To" yet).



Inside one of the signatures. I show this only because the obvious coloured binding might be a dealbreaker for some.



Dragonfly sketched in black pen and coloured with turquoise watercolour.



The cover is pretty iridescent as I sprayed it with a sparkly Lindy Spray. I like this book! It will be added to the etsy shop as soon as it opens (probably in the next few days)!

Journal Post 3/13/12

Today I hand-tore a bunch of paper... enough for five new art journals! Just came back from getting cover boards so now I'm going to take a strawberry cola break (cola with frozen strawberries in), yum! Normally we don't have soda in the house but it's leftover from the last couple of parties. :/

Wake Me When It's Over

Nightmares. Responsibility. Denial. Fear. Procrastination. Overwhelming circumstances. Bad seasons. Unpleasant emotions. Important experiences. Whatever you want.

I procrastinated and then finished it this morning!

Geek Alert>
Minecraft had a new and fantastic update and whenever that happens, the game consumes me until fairly late at night. The game has had AI villagers for a while now, but now they stay in the village and they also breed! And have big scary looking iron men to protect them from zombies! I already accidentally hit one with a shovel and died!
And so I made way too many of them and my game is forever plagued by the sound of a hundred people opening and closing doors.
It's awesome.
/geek alert







The weather is absolutely horrible, but I might end up going to Opus to get some papers. Hmm maybe I shouldn't. It's super windy and rainy outside. Not a good combination for a four hour outing. But I gotta get out! I'm excited!

Apparently my paperwork is being processed RIGHT NOW and so my etsy will probably reopen THIS WEEK! Maybe even as soon as tomorrow night! I'm so chuffed that I want to start making some more art journals!

Work in Progress - Wake me pt 2

Nope! Not quite finished. :P

Work in Progress - Wake me

I'm working on something that's a bit complicated and non-sensical... I hope it turns out okay.



Hopefully will be done tomorrow.

I was also really hoping to reopen the etsy shop this week but I'm still waiting on some paperwork to arrive in the post and so far, it doesn't even seem to be processed yet. I am very disappointed by this and hope that something is actually happening and I haven't been waiting here for nothing. :/

Journal Post 3/6/12

Lovely day for an adventure! A quick journaling sesson with a new friend...



It is challenging to journal with other people, if only because the space is different and I didn't want to make a mess! :D

It is fun, though, to be able to play with new tools without having to purchase them first. Some of the stamps are actually quite fun!



It has been a week since the last time I was able to eat good food (I believe it was chicken and rice)! Yumm... I sure could go for that right now. There are a million things I would love to eat but it still hurts too much to chew a pancake! Augh! Gonna try stuffed pasta tonight. It's not ribs or chinese food or any of the things I REALLY WANT RIGHT NOW but oh well. ;)

ps: hooray for google's autosave! Totally spaced out and closed the tab on myself YEESH!