Hello world, remember me?  I am finally updating my art journal.  Many apologies to all of you who already know all of this, but I thought I'd make a public post so those not in livejournal land can see what I've been doing.

Here are the results from the PMC Class:

Tiny little charms, smaller than a penny:


That's a tiny little rose imprint in the round one

These were all treated with sulfur to give them an "aged" patina.  Since this was my first time ever using this stuff I was just playing with every technique.

Here is a large (heavy!) foldover style pendant, two-sided, with a purple CZ

The front:

The back


The back has a vague floral pattern, but the sulfur darkened it up.  I cut the tiny butterfly with an exacto knife, but I bet I could do better with better tools.

One amazing thing about the class was that while I'm not thrilled with what I made I did pick up some techniques that will allow me (if I ever get the $$ together) to go off the grid with metal in the way that I go off the grid with sculpy.  I'm already brimming over with ideas and can hardly wait.

In fact, I'm scheming to try to come up with some money, you know, like I always do, because this is just way, way too cool.  

My teacher was awesome by the way.  Here is her website www.designedbydawn.com 

Here is also a mixed media piece I forgot to put on this journal before, it's actually a very small piece, only 4 by 6 inches, which strangely took longer than some bigger pieces.  I have one in the works now which is quite large (for me, like 16 by 22 inches) and it's almost done, but I have no clue how I'll scan it.  Loser, thy name is small size scanner!


So wouldn't it be cool if I could get my gothy/hippy vibe going in metal?

pins:

I put a dime in for reference and then like a dummy cropped it out.  The hearts are about 2" across at the widest part and about 2" high.

The pins together:

Close up on another star, same size as above, but left out of that scan

Boxes:

The big box has a square base, about 4" by 4" but the lid is larger, maybe 4.75" by 4.75"; it is about 2.5" high.

The lid:

a couple of the sides:

The little box is an odd size, just under 3" tall and the top is a square: about 2.25" by 2.25"

The lid:

A couple sides:

Sorry for everyone who is seeing this yet again, but I thought I would put it on my art journal as well.

This piece is very small 5 by 7 inches.  It is done nearly entirely by piecing together cut paper, but there is some fabric in there and a tiny bit of ink.  Nearly everything is paper though, even the eyelashes.

This shows the story of two young lovers who have stolen away in the middle of the night to meet in their favorite spot.

Here are some details, the tiny snail:

The edge of her gown

And the two bunnies

Both are 5" by 7"

First I have this one, titled "Don't look back"

Second piece, tentatively titled "Let's gather in the sacred grove"

I think this one is finished now, though I'll have to live with it a while to be sure.  Unfortunately I don't think the low quality scan really shows the delicate colors or subtle details.  The fairies are dressed in semi-transparent tissue paper and netting, and their wings are tissue paper and iridescent cellophone.

Here are some close up details.

I think it's going to kind of be a challenge to put new and interesting stuff here.

I'm just going to post some quick images here today.  These are older pictures, but they are finished.

I'm uncertain as time goes on whether I will use this journal just to show off finished stuff or to also talk about process.

This one is on wood, I'm not sure of the exact size, but my guess is 6" by 6"

This one is 5" by 7"

Two boxes

Two pins

Green Fairy

Fairy Dance