bird love.

I have a thing for birds.

Specifically owls.. but, for now this little guy has caught my eye.
<3

spraypaint

My cousin Dom is a very talented artist.
Most of his paintings are made with spraypaint, and genius ;) of course.

On one of my trips to see him, I tried my hand at the whole "spraypaint" deal. I actually love what I did.. it's not my preferred medium, but it was a stretch from the norm, which is never a bad thing.

6 sides

"6sides2every story essentially is a social experiment involving 600+ artists from around the world. Each artist is carving one side of a wooden cube and then I am acting as the master printmaker, printing editions to be sent back to each participant. The project will highlight the inherent democracy that printmaking gives to artists of all levels: Professionals, amateurs, non-printmakers, mentors and students will all contribute to the project. The purpose of this project is to connect artists from different backgrounds and places."
- Candace Nicol

"6sides2every story represents a collaboration that illuminates the artist/printmaker relationship and printmaking’s inherent collaboration characteristic. By sharing a cube consisting of the same story, some artists will connect with each other in their communities, while others will share one story with strangers in other places. Participants will respond to one another’s marks, their visual images and the initial story. There is a tremendous amount of trust needed between each of the artists working on cubes and between myself (the printmaker) and every participant giving up their substrate with the understanding that all sides will be printed together and they each will receive a print. Each image/story and participant will also come together in what will be a virtual community via unique website and a blog."

*****
WE participated in this "collaboration". Two groups from my relief printmaking class carved blocks to send to Candace for her project.

our "inspiration" article:

side one

side two

side three (my side)


we sent off the cubes and the final image was printed and posted on the 6sides blog!
BEING PRINTED
(this is actually our print she is using to demonstrate with.. you can see my side of the block in the bottom image.
THE PRINT
(we're cube #52)

duct tape bible

recently I found this yellow duct tape at our local craft store and snatched some up because, as always, "I can do something with that!"

I used it to create a custom cover for my Bible... awesome right? :)