March 11, 2008

• Owwwww.

  hey kids, sorry for being out of commission for a couple days. I actually got some concerned emails from people asking where all the art went to, hahaha. Lesson learned! I shall not neglect you ever again.

  Suffice to say, i couldn’t get to my computer for a few days. Girl issues, similar to the episode last August. Frigging ouchy! And we’re not talking regular ol PMS or cramps, either. Without getting into the nitty gritty, let’s just say it was a serious pain in the vajayjay and i couldn’t really move too much. ugh.

  So no more caffeine or refined sugar for a few days, at least until I can detox a bit. Drinking lots of water.

  But Matty, my dear sweet Matty, he doted on me while I lay invalid in bed over the weekend. He’d come into the room and look at me with his seaglass green eyes all full of concern, and ask me what he could do. He brought me water and tylenol and tunafish sandwiches and terrible novels and sliced apples with peanut butter, and then would pet my head and call me sweetie. I love that man, and I don’t know what I’d do without him. He’s so good.

  So I noticed some things sold on the ol’ Etsy over the past few days, and since I suspect some of you out there had a part in that, I just want to apologize if I haven’t been able to get to the post office straight off to ship your stuffs. I’ll do it tomorrow, I promise! once I’m right as rain.

  But enough with the whining, more art! i found this new mosaic technique and i’m in love with the concept.

  

  This is just one little part of a HUGE mosaic mural in SF. Ellen Blakeley, a mosaic artist, makes brilliant mixed media collages and arranges pieces of shattered and fractured clear glass over them, then fills in the gaps with colored grout. The effect is like a traditional mosaic, but there’s more continuity underneath, plus lots of little hidden secrets. i’m amazed. i might have to go to the discount hardware store this weekend and find something i can smash up. heehee!

  Another fun thing i discovered was a website called Ponoko, where you can upload your 2-D designs and they will laser cut and etch them from sheets of wood or acrylic. Like this:

  

  

  

  You can make all kinds of objects: parts for jewelry, furniture, toys, lamps, wall hangings, etc etc etc. The possibilities are endless. You can even open your own showroom ! it seems very intriguing, and matt and I are going to look into having them make us some stuff.

  In other non-artsy news, I hobbled outside this morning to see what was going on in the world, since I noticed a few of the local birds had changed their tune; and spotted these:
  
  Our yard is full of them. It’s spring, ding-a-ling!

  Later today (read: when the tylenol kicks in and i get out of my pj’s) I am photographing some of the clocks Matt has been making, in preparation for opening his own etsy shop. It’s going to be called “Clockzilla”, bahaha. it shall be awesome!!!

  

  This one is my favorite so far; it’s going to have hardware glued on where the numbers would be.

  Aaand that’s about it. Tomorrow is my first day at the gallery!

       

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