Fun Faux Photos!

Recently my wonderful friend Katrina Revenaugh let me use her beautiful home for a quick photo shoot of my faux taxidermy pieces along with my newest upcoming shop item: a DIY faux taxidermy embroidery panel. Soon you can stitch a pillow to go along with any of my faux taxidermy pieces!
I will be putting this in my Etsy shop by the first week of December and will post a link to it then.

Meditation Monday-apology....

Okay so I've been remiss--I haven't continued on my Desiderata road for a few weeks now...but I do have an excuse. I was invited to make some of my 3D mixed media pieces for a show called Paint The Town that took place last Saturday night here in KC. It was such a fun event! I made some new wire pieces and chatted with folks along with selling some of my pieces-here's a few of them:

                      The Bookworm-made from an old dictionary, clay, dollhouse lamp, wood

 
                                  The Monkey Suit-glass cloche, wood, wire, metal, clay

Forest For The Trees-wire, clay, fabric, metal, LED bulb, electric cord

On the Other Hand...Something Completely Different

I am very excited about a new direction I've decided to go in! It's both a departure of sorts and also revisiting my past...I'll explain. When I worked at Hallmark here in KC, I was in the Party and Giftwrap department. We didn't design the cards that Hallmark is most known for--we designed the surface pattern. The decoration that went on everything from wrap to bags to plates, napkins, and cups. I became well versed at creating a repeat in Photoshop (after computers came along-before that we did it by hand with photocopies.)

So I have decided that in addition to continuing to create my 3D pieces (and finishing that commission piece from the last post), I am going to Surtex next May to begin my reintroduction into licensing! I am shooting for having at least 12 collections of 8 coordinating designs each. I started a couple of weeks ago and now have a few card and collection ideas percolating...it's really exciting to work in another dimension for a change. I think it uses a completely different side of my brain than building mixed media pieces, or at least it feels that way. How about you? Heading in any new directions?