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Club was fun. I didn't eat anything before going to the meeting as I knew my colon would try to kill me. I wonder how many people heard it rolling around and trying to work its way out of my navel. :P By the time I got home, I had a headache.
I should never be allowed into a craft store right after pay day. I bought three friggin' books (one knitting, one crochet and one book making), paper, yarn, and the stuff I needed: acrylic clear coat, more wood pieces, and bails. I did find the one book in the whole store that had a crochet pattern for the sweater I want. Now just to find a place with the billion skeins of yarn I want. *rolls eyes*
During the meeting, we talk... a lot. It's fun. We share things we have had happen in the last few weeks as well as different artsy fartsy crap. I shared one of the pendants I had made with the slivers of paper. The woman who works for Joann Fabrics saw it and nearly crapped her pants right there in the middle of the room. She wants me to teach a class. I'd rather just sell the finished pieces. Be a lot easier on me as the class prep work would be a bitch. I'll think about it. Everyone liked it and a few accused me of being an overachiever. Jeez. I'm an overachiever?? M had all of her project stamped, embossed and cut out. All we had to do was glue stuff down... and she gave us each TWO. She's so creative. F gave a demo on this one hole punching thing he found online. (Yes, men stamp... he's gay but not all of them are. Some just like the creativity of it.) I don't think I have any punches that I can use the technique with but I'll play with it. He also had a card for us to make - just simple paper piecing.... but the end product is beyond cute. Cut out flip flop shapes, use a hole punch and ribbon to make the upper pieces. Get some blue paper, add clouds, get brown paper, cut into wavy sand dunes. Stick flip flops up out of the sand. Ta-da! It will make a perfect card for Fancy Meatloaf - the only person I know who is addicted to flip flops.
I spent the rest of the day making more pendants - working up a couple of new ideas - and drawing the comic strip. The latter is another based on real life comics. I also drew part of the lab I work in. :)
As for the pendants, I worked up some patterns. Here they are:
The designs are patterns I can replicate on any of the pieces of wood I have available. So circles, squares and rectangles. I like both of these designs rather well. The others are more higgledy piggledy/random so easier to do but not as polished as what these look like. I also made some other stuff but I couldn't find them on the pile of shit that is my art desk. (I could be on Hoarders just for my art studio mess.) I'll get photos when I can. One is a peace sign and the other is a Star of David. I had to use itty bitty strips of paper for those. I went through an Exacto blade each on those. Last night I did one for a friend. My friend MCH loves skulls (what is it with redheads and skulls? I have two friends with red hair and both love skulls) and I found my stash of vintage pharmacy labels... including some marked poison. I cut the red skull and crossbones off of this label, centered it onto the base, and then did a paper mosaic around it. It is fabulous! I may do more things like that. Who wants a tincture of Iodine label on their jewelry?! LOL. So, I've been busy. More photos when I find them or they have dried. I also found that scrap book paper works well for slivers. If you look at the Eye of God design, the black stripes one either side of the bubbles is scrap book paper... black with glitter in it! GLITTER! Yeah, bought two sheets.
Next weekend, if the weather is decent, I want to marbleize some more paper. I will have to hit the hardware store to get some more spray paint. Oh yeah, that was the other thing I was teased about... I use what I call the "Po' Woman's Marbleizing Technique" or "The Artsy Science Geek Technique" to marbleize paper. Spray paint is usually enamel, or oil based. Oil and water don't mix. Get a bucket of water, spray the paint over the water surface, slap paper on the surface, peel off the art. Let it dry and ta-da, marbleized paper.
I should never be allowed into a craft store right after pay day. I bought three friggin' books (one knitting, one crochet and one book making), paper, yarn, and the stuff I needed: acrylic clear coat, more wood pieces, and bails. I did find the one book in the whole store that had a crochet pattern for the sweater I want. Now just to find a place with the billion skeins of yarn I want. *rolls eyes*
During the meeting, we talk... a lot. It's fun. We share things we have had happen in the last few weeks as well as different artsy fartsy crap. I shared one of the pendants I had made with the slivers of paper. The woman who works for Joann Fabrics saw it and nearly crapped her pants right there in the middle of the room. She wants me to teach a class. I'd rather just sell the finished pieces. Be a lot easier on me as the class prep work would be a bitch. I'll think about it. Everyone liked it and a few accused me of being an overachiever. Jeez. I'm an overachiever?? M had all of her project stamped, embossed and cut out. All we had to do was glue stuff down... and she gave us each TWO. She's so creative. F gave a demo on this one hole punching thing he found online. (Yes, men stamp... he's gay but not all of them are. Some just like the creativity of it.) I don't think I have any punches that I can use the technique with but I'll play with it. He also had a card for us to make - just simple paper piecing.... but the end product is beyond cute. Cut out flip flop shapes, use a hole punch and ribbon to make the upper pieces. Get some blue paper, add clouds, get brown paper, cut into wavy sand dunes. Stick flip flops up out of the sand. Ta-da! It will make a perfect card for Fancy Meatloaf - the only person I know who is addicted to flip flops.
I spent the rest of the day making more pendants - working up a couple of new ideas - and drawing the comic strip. The latter is another based on real life comics. I also drew part of the lab I work in. :)
As for the pendants, I worked up some patterns. Here they are:
The designs are patterns I can replicate on any of the pieces of wood I have available. So circles, squares and rectangles. I like both of these designs rather well. The others are more higgledy piggledy/random so easier to do but not as polished as what these look like. I also made some other stuff but I couldn't find them on the pile of shit that is my art desk. (I could be on Hoarders just for my art studio mess.) I'll get photos when I can. One is a peace sign and the other is a Star of David. I had to use itty bitty strips of paper for those. I went through an Exacto blade each on those. Last night I did one for a friend. My friend MCH loves skulls (what is it with redheads and skulls? I have two friends with red hair and both love skulls) and I found my stash of vintage pharmacy labels... including some marked poison. I cut the red skull and crossbones off of this label, centered it onto the base, and then did a paper mosaic around it. It is fabulous! I may do more things like that. Who wants a tincture of Iodine label on their jewelry?! LOL. So, I've been busy. More photos when I find them or they have dried. I also found that scrap book paper works well for slivers. If you look at the Eye of God design, the black stripes one either side of the bubbles is scrap book paper... black with glitter in it! GLITTER! Yeah, bought two sheets.
Next weekend, if the weather is decent, I want to marbleize some more paper. I will have to hit the hardware store to get some more spray paint. Oh yeah, that was the other thing I was teased about... I use what I call the "Po' Woman's Marbleizing Technique" or "The Artsy Science Geek Technique" to marbleize paper. Spray paint is usually enamel, or oil based. Oil and water don't mix. Get a bucket of water, spray the paint over the water surface, slap paper on the surface, peel off the art. Let it dry and ta-da, marbleized paper.