experiments.
Jack of all trades-- master of none. Still, better yet than master of one.
I've heard many times that the key to success for most artists is to find a niche and exploit the hell out of it, but I get bored really easily and like to play with different mediums all the time. If I'm not having fun while creating, what's the point?
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Anyways, enjoy my ragtag collection of experiments. Or at least the ones I remember to take photos of.
print.
When I was just starting out learning digital art, I primarily used it to augment or plan out a few of my traditional art pieces.
For example, I was able to experiment with linoleum print styles before committing to carving a piece, and mural proposals were much easier to visualize when I could just draw directly on a photo of the proposed space.
craft.
As the granddaughter of a champion knitter (it's a thing), I take umbridge with anyone that scoffs at crafting in favor of fine art. They're apples and oranges; both are wonderful and there's no point in comparing them. Besides, find me a Manet that wouldn't be significantly improved with the addition of a couple well-placed googly eyes.
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Most of these are created as gifts for friends and family, and I'm notoriously terrible about getting finished photos of what I've made. Most of these will be ornaments I made by using printer-capable iron on transfer paper to put beloved family photos on linen. I then hand embroidered little decorations, backed it with a decorative fabric, stuffed it like a little pillow, and hung them as ornaments. I got the idea from the House that Lars Built HERE, if you'd like a tutorial.
silk.
Next up on the list of "things I'm awful about taking photos of," we have serti silk dyeing.
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I learned this technique in a short class I took with my mom at the Schack Center in Everett, WA. I took to it immediately and fell in love, though I've temporarily halted my silk production. The looms I made to stretch the silk on are 6-8 feet long, and since they typically take me a couple days each with drying times, I promised my husband I wouldn't bring them out in our tiny apartment.
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Want to see more silk from me? Go buy some of my merch so I can buy a house with a room to ̶d̶e̶s̶t̶r̶o̶y̶ use as a studio space.