Here is the card I made for Mother’s Day. Inside is a small plastic bag filled with dried flowers from my yard and neighborhood park. I am happy to say my mom enjoyed this very much c:
Here is the card I made for Mother’s Day. Inside is a small plastic bag filled with dried flowers from my yard and neighborhood park. I am happy to say my mom enjoyed this very much c:
One of my favorite pass-times has always been making cards for loved ones. This card for my dad is in-keeping with my new lightheartedness. I used one of my letterpress prints as well as a catalogue from the 1950’s to assemble this mixed media greeting.
Here is a planner we made. I picked up the tray from an antique market and added chalkboard paint and cork board. The headings read: Today, Tommorrow, and Someday. This planner will be ideal for reminding its owner of tasks at hand as well as ultimate goals (not to mention helping her keep track of her keys).
I am still doing a lot of floundering and questioning where my work is going. However, I have been making functional products as well as light hearted pieces. I’m getting into a place in my life where there is less angst and more contentedness.
Here is the first piece I made that combines my former style with my new light hearted attitude. Keep a look out for the products I collaborated on with my boyfriend!
So I came across this article entitled How to Love Yourself. Usually I think articles like this are total BS and this one is no exception, however, there was one sentence that caught my eye: “Don’t define yourself by what you’ve done or do.” This was followed up with a terrible explanation and the following step was “Hug yourself” which I can’t even tell you how hard my eyes rolled after reading that piece of crap. But anyway, back to the helpful sentence… I completely define myself with what I do: my study habits, my “art”, & the stuff I design. I am sick of putting my self worth into work. This bad habit causes me to be depressed when I’m not working like a dog. I don’t want to live like this anymore. I am officially giving myself permission to enjoy life for the sake of living. This isn’t saying I’m giving up work. This is me officially being able to enjoy taking a bubble bath and not telling myself I should be working. This is me understanding there is a time for work and a time for rest. All of this sounds so elementary, but it’s really an epiphany to me. I invite anyone reading this to start enjoying yourself: not what you produce, but who you are. You will find yourself with more satisfaction and less heaviness.
I’m having an artist-life-crisis-thing. There really isn’t a common name for what I have. In London I didn’t have the materials or mind to make anything. Now, back in America I find my thoughts are jumbled. I don’t really know where to go from here. I feel like I have a new statement to make and a new aesthetic as well. Now if I could only figure out what I want to say and how to say it…
I guess since I don’t have cohesive work to show you, I’ll just show you the process of putting myself back together. Hope it is half way entertaining.
Mario + dramatic lighting + Bill Cosby sweater = Magnificent
Here’s some photos from my shoot! It was great fun. I learned a lot from playing around with the lighting. Cannot wait until I can book the studio again.
This is what my homework looks like these days. My homework is pretty handsome.
As you all know photography is not my forte, but it has been fun studying the subject in London. I have another shoot today. Wish me luck!
These are some test shots I did today in class. Mario is my favorite one to shoot. He’s got so much sass.
