Float away

While waiting for work I doodled in Illustrator & drew this fun Hot Air Balloon pattern. Enjoy :)

Encaustic!

While I'm slacking on my blog posts, I am actually making art. Here's what I have been up to in my encaustic class! And Kelly, I accept your challenge.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar / Freud

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar / Freud
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Carter I challenge you to make your own version of "This is a picture of a pipe"

grow

Here is a close up of the pretty little flowers that reside on my kitchen table. I hope that they bring a smile to your face. The largest buds are about the size of my thumbnail. They'd make perfect little hats for Thumbalina. You might see one or two in my next project.

... and we have progress well more like a little process

Its amusing to think that when you're little time can't move fast enough. Yet when you're an adult with so many goals and plans to try and accomplish, there can never seem to be enough of the subtle ticking. Even though this first image is not the project I originally planned to present to you, I hope it will inspire some other projects. The photo you see is a quick collage I created on my cutting mat while I was working on a book arts project. I still plan on presenting my original idea sometime in the near future. Soon to be avid readers, start thinking rainstorms so that I will be unable to escape into the sunshine with a blanket and book in hand.

In the beginning...

You know the old adage about birds of a feather? Well never is that more true than with artists in design school. There are 2 factions in the design world, designers who believe in communication, and designers who believe in art and it seems that the designers who believe in art are getting harder and harder to find. So when Kelly and I met, we were thrilled (and relieved) to have found each other. When the other students were cutting and pasting with keyboard shortcuts, we were cutting and pasting with scissors and paste.

Over the three years that we were in school together, we created a pattern of helping each other. Kelly would help me strengthen my concepts and in return I would help her untangle hers. In the 2 years since we graduated the only thing that has changed about this friendship is distance. We can no longer run out for coffee and to bounce ideas back and forth. Now, most of our sessions happen over email and aim.

While the distance has dampened our ability to distract each other (for which I'm sure that our employers are glad) it saddens us that we aren't able to see the spark of inspiration and joy when one comes across a great idea. Yet we know how important and helpful we are for each other and we have come to realize what an unusual and strong friendship we have. We started tangle so that we may continue to be inspired by each other ideas, process and to continually play with scissors and paste.

Enjoy!