lazzzzer cutting

this is a colour representation of what my laser cut CAD project was supposed to look like (and will look like eventually, i'm determined to make it work). i used leather (shown by the burgundy) and because the design was so detailed, it shrivelled it up, so next time im going to use plexiglass which will be spray painted burgundy on the back so itll look like its sandblasted. the lighter, sandy colour is meant to represent woodgrain, and the darker brown represents the woodgrain that was engraved into.
ill post a before and after picture of the final product once i get a chance to get to the industrail design building and have it re-cut

four out of ten

here are four ties i made taken from a collection of ten called innards. they are white, silk habotai ties dyed with pro chemical dyes, some mixed with chemical water, others mixed with a more solid sodium alginate. the veiny effect was done using potato dextrin, the bones were made using white, opaque extender and the vein accents were done using black fabric surface paint.

reworked

im debating posting some of my written stuff on here or whether to keep it as just patterns? i dont know, i feel like i should make use of my creative writing minor. maybe short poems, eh ill cross that bridge when i get to it.

i reworked an old piece of a stuffed deer head and added more detail, a whole new background. i love it now. its the background on my laptop and im super happy about it.

hold your horses.

im at my dads house in florida and i found a lot of artwork that i had brought down here to show him that needs to be photographed. just a heads up, quite a few pieces of old work are coming when i get back.

also classes start soon, so a lot of new work will be coming up too!

weaving final!

Lurex.

so i just had my final critique for my weaving final. and its wierd to think i got my yarns in the mail a week and a day ago, and to think i cranked all these out in under a week blows my mind. i worked so hard for this class and im thrilled at the outcome! theyre all different sizes, smallest is 3x3 inches, the largest is 12x18 inches and the longest is 28x3 inches, just so you have an idea of the sizes. every single piece has metallics incorporated in them somehow, some are really shiny, and others are a simple touch, some i used as the pattern weft and other i used it as the plain weave (tabby) ground weft. theyre all really varied and im really happy about them!

these are all hand woven.











ta da!