Home series

So I have decided to start a series that I have been thinking about for quite some time now... Even though I have lived my entire life up until only this past June in Baltimore, I have still lived many places. Since I graduated high school alone I have moved seven times. I want to use this work to explore the ideas of home, shelter, etc. This picture isn't great but at least it's a start. A tiny (appx. 6"x 5") mixed media collage.

I also want to include some humorous aspects to this series... considering I have lived in some laughable situations. For example.. my freshman roommate the Undergarmentstealer (U.G.S) as my sister named her. Maybe I will even include my childhood living spaces like me and my sister sharing a full size bed as kids in a Baltimore row house. I am excited to further investigate ideas and am in the process of sketching and scavenging for materials.






On another note I am starting my Christmas preparations! I have decided to either hand-make or buy hand-made items... for all the obvious reasons (supporting other artists, using my skills and the eco-freaking-nomic crisis) Some of which include terrariums (pictured right but not EXACTLY what they will look like), a memo board for my buddy Lorraine, a shadow box of my grndmother for my mom, an Andy Warhol style print of my Grandmom for my sister, a special t-shirt for one of the other band girlfriends, an apron, and so much more! I may even make a black velvet painting of Neil Diamond for my manfriend ;) All of these things!!!! This past year has been really tough not making 'real' money yet, but to hell with that, at least I can have fun with it!

On a final note, I am still buying a few things and I got my littlest sister Brittaney, she's 11 believe it or not, a book on "Listography"... you basically fill in different pages with lists based on your life. I thought it would be a nice thing to do with your friends and look back on when you're older. So here is one of my lists:


Ten Random Things I love:

1. Freshly sharpened pencils
2. My cat's snores
3. Cherry Coke..mmm
4. A brand new hardcover book and the way it crackles when it's opened
5. The sensation that Nothing needs to be done in that moment
6. The smell of tea brewing, especially herbal
7. Hand carved wood
8. Putting your hands into a bucket of slip
9. Finding a particularly hilarious mustache
10. Typewriters

that's all for now.