Finished Art or Technique Experiment?

Most of the quilts or mixed-media pieces or even the ATCs I create usually start with an idea, theme or play on words, but the piece I just finished wasn't really anything except experimentation with some techniques. I wanted to see what kind of effects I could get with the silver irridescent and red/orange interference paints mixed with...

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Mean People (just don't be one)

I was going to devote this post to a long rant describing, blow-by-blow, the maddening story of what happened to me last night at my local grocery store that starts with an "S" and ends in "afeway."  However, I decided after some reflection (and a 24 hour cooling off period) to drop a large portion of the ranting and focus on the takeaway point (sorry for the "bullshit bingo" language there). I had a grumpy old white guy...

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Art Is Like A Box Of Chocolates...

Once again, a piece I'm working on is not ending up where I thought it would, but it's still pretty cool.When I started the piece that I wanted to do for the Valentine's Day love & lust / the human body show at Side Show Studios, I envisioned more "real life" color coming through multiple layers of transparent silver glaze on the milagros,...

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New Piece (I'll Let Skelekitty Tell You About It)

Skelekitty blogged about my new piece, Wanna Go To The River?, a custom mixed-media on wood I created for Allyson Seconds, my personal trainer, dog pal, friend, and often the voice of reason. Click over to read the post and see the new painti...

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