Fancy husband

Since Olivia was born Justin has delved into the world of making wooden toys (coincidence? I think not...). So far he's done an amazing job...everything is extremely well made and (gasp!) very cool. So many toys out there are terribly boring or badly made, so its nice to see something new...its even nicer that the person making said cool things happens to be the guy I kiss :) Below are some sneak peeps but visit his Etsy shop at www.olivetreewoodworking.etsy.com to see the real deal.

New Blogs

A few friends of mine have recently started new blogs...take a look:



Plundered by Margaux Kent



sssh don't tell anybody. by Mark Webber

Happy Thanksgiving!

It being Thanksgiving and all, here are a few things I am thankful for...

Having an amazing, wonderful, talented, supportive husband...


Who also happens to be an amazing father...


My beautiful, healthy, wonderful daughter...


Having supportive parents who always have my back...


Having an extremely talented brother...


Having a wonderful Mother in Law...


And a fabulous Father in law..


Having the bestest best friend in the world...


And a whole amazing family of friends...





Having crazy cats who love us...


And so many more things, but this was a pretty good start...Happy Thanksgiving! xoxo

In the Living Room...

I love random brainstorming sessions that start out as innocent get togethers...Today Margaux and Walter came by to see our house (finally after what seems like ages that Margaux and I have been trying to do this!) and what started as a tour of the house turned into a long talk about, among other things, conspiracy theory, religion, making things and bloggery. Margaux is a very talented maker of many things, including photos, jewelry and fabulous books. Walter is a painter and builder of fabulous things. Being 1/2 of a couple who makes stuff, it's always so great to sit down with another couple who makes stuff...its not just anyone who can spend hours talking about house fixing and tin ceilings and toy making and what tool is best for what job and how best to put this together, etc etc etc... I feel like not everyone appreciates how much work goes in making and building things and when I find people who do its really exciting... Anyway, much was discussed and after they left, both Justin and I set to work, improving upon things that were talked about this afternoon. This was exciting considering that I was ready to spend the rest of my Monday in my pajamas on the couch reading.
Yay for inspiration and motivation!

Here are a couple of pieces by Margaux that I love (I love so many of her pieces so its hard to choose!):

Self Portrait As A Drowned Girl, Polaroid Pigment Inkjet Print 2007

Sorens Side Scuttle, A View To Victorian Sea Life - Journal

Both things can be found on www.theblackspotbooks.etsy.com

Treasury

For the first time ever I managed to figure out how to make a Treasury on Etsy...Check it out here : Curiouser and curiouser...

Framing fanciness...

Ladies are complicated..., Screenprint, 2007

The ladies of The Other Woman Collective are doing a window installation at Trinity Framing this Sunday and it being a frame shop and all, they asked for some of our work to frame, which will be included in the installation. I started to try and make some new pieces that were semi-sculptural, but seeing as how I had about a week to pull it together, it never happened...
So I ended up giving them this oldie (but goodie) and a new little silhouette to go with it. Being semi frame retarded (Hey! I'm a sculptor! What do you expect!) I asked Jeremy to help me figure out the best frame situation...he came up with a super hot solution that I'm really excited about! Will post photos as soon as the installation is up.

Animal Mummies

My friend Erica sent me this link to a National Geographic article that made her think of me...oh how I love when things like this are sent my way...

Snakey, snakey...

So I'm getting ready to get back into action..been sketching a bunch, ordered a crap load of sculpting epoxy online and got some wall mounted brass candlestick holders off of ebay...planning to start sculpting the work for the art alliance show and the first piece is gonna be one of these guys....I'm super excited to sculpt a snake. The texture of the snake skin is going to be a huge pain in the ass but I can't wait!



Here's the maquette for this piece...