a former student....

November 17, 2015 in Inspiration

So I have been intending to write a blog post about my former student, Emily Wohlscheid, for as long as I have had this blog. I had Emily in multiple classes at Adrian College, a million years ago. I can't remember if I tortured her in Drawing and 2-D, but I know we shared a couple of semesters in Printmaking and one in Fibers. And Fibers was just her thing. I wished I had had more experience to share with her at that time, and I wished the college had had more classes for her to take. But...she has found her own way and is making a business of it. I am so proud of her. She had way more courage than I did as a recent grad...developing her own line of jewelry and yarns and marketing it through art fairs. She has six fairs scheduled in 2016 in the Midwest; I wish she would get one closer to me! Emily was the one person I got in touch with about show prep once I got into RISDCraft. Her best piece of advice "always bring an extra pair of scissors." Please check out her website, Bricolage Studios and her shop on BigCartel.com. I have included a couple of my favorite of her pieces below.

the coolest jewelry....

October 14, 2015 in Inspiration

was found at RISDCRAFT. Amy Pfaffman designs this wonderful, whimsical jewelry that includes many of my favorite things in unexpected ways.

Check out her website to see the different variations she has played with. I wish I had had more time to talk with her in person, but I have loved poking around her website!

Denim research....

September 28, 2015 in Inspiration

on google led me to these wonderful sculptures by artist Anne Wolf. I desperately want to hold one. Please take a look at her website, you won't be disappointed.

This is....

September 09, 2015 in Inspiration

Dandelion, my new ginger kitty. In addition to my other new ginger kitty, Tilter. In addition to the other cat I already had, Rocky. I officially lost my senses after Bug died, and now I have three cats. Lord help me.

more ball jointed dolls....

June 25, 2015 in Inspiration

by blackeyedsuzie at her website.

She plays with all sorts of different joints...ball, bead, thread....they are really quite ethereal.

inflatables...

June 14, 2015 in Inspiration

My 3-Dimenisonal Design class ended the semester on a beautiful day with our inflatables project. The students mostly worked in groups, and had to create something that was at least ten feet in one direction. This are some of the results.

I've seen...

June 11, 2015 in Inspiration

This weird, horned, lizard-y creature....

And I lap swam in an outdoor pool under the sun this morning. It was glorious.

this is so good...

March 23, 2015 in Inspiration

So I have been reading my art crush blog, Lisa Congdon, recently, who writes great posts about what it is to have an art career. And how to do it. I found one of her posts recently that linked back to a column written by Cheryl Strayed for The Rumpus. It is brilliant. It addresses how to get out of your own way, how to do the work, how to practice. And it is a practice, this creative life. Just like exercise and meditation and eating well and taking care of oneself. You have to do the work even when you don't want to. Even when the work is shitty. You just have to work. This line sums it all up for every one of us creatives, even though it is addressed to a writer:

"Write like a motherfucker."

I am trying to.