I know I'm not tired of it yet

Cause I just still love Arrested Development. I made this multi-block lino cut.

Buster and Gob Play Chicken

I kind of made this on a whim, and it really reminds me of the work I used to do before I discovered etsy. That place gets into your brain. But anyway, I love how Gob looks like an old school little people sitting there in that front loader. I'm hoping to eventually do this print again in pink or something similar, onto fabric and make a skirt...just to announce to people that I'm still amused by a show that was only on the air for three years.

Wishing for Creepies

So lately I've been wanting a stash of old porcelain doll pieces. I find them to be wonderfully creepy, but, it's not going to happen. I've never looked for this kind of thing before, but it turns out a lot of people want this kind of stuff. Ebay is full of expensive auctions for these things. Ah well, reference photos will have to do. It is of course, all for possible art creation. Like everything.

I finally finished a handspun that I started sometime this winter. I've been putting it off since it is almost the last of my fiber and I just can't bear to think there isn't more. I just can't let myself buy more when I never make anything with the finished yarn. I just pull it out and drool every once in awhile. Yes, I know it's a problem...

Yep, making out with my drop spindle full of yarn. I like it, but not as much as some others I've done. It kind of reminds me of dust bunnies with lint.


And then there's cuteness:

Art once more

Lately I've been trying to make art more regularly. It isn't easy for me these days, but I really do try. A whole lot of it turns out like total junk. The work that turns out half decent doesn't always get photographed. It's just like that with me, I'm unorganized or unmotivated or insecure. I've decided to try to force myself to use my old deviantart gallery once again, hoping that filling it up will maybe help me get back into creating.

New Spoonflower Contest - Paper Collages

Time for another round of Spoonflower contest! Last time I entered was the cocktail theme and managed to place 7th with this design:

mmmm...all the alcohols.

Anyhow, the newest one is Paper Collages, and you can vote here:

http://www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters/new?contest_id=39

I've entered a design I've called Hand Shadow Animals:
to see it in repeat, go to my profile here:

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric_items/new?design_id=281154

And just so you know, you can vote for as many or as few designs as you like, and you don't have to vote for mine at all if you don't like it, I'll never know!

Greatness

When I was younger, I always had a feeling that I was on the precipice of some kind of success, or greatness I suppose. Maybe I watched too many movies.
It isn't as if I've just sat around waiting for it to come to me, either. I've worked at it, for sure, maybe not as much as I should have, but still, I have.
I've just been thinking about this a lot since I sold this piece of art. I had it out to pack up and send out when my friend asked me about it. It's called "Rejection Letters". It's a piece I made largely to soothe my bruised ego. As an artist, you send your work to be seen by so many people every year, and the rejections, for me at least, far outweigh the acceptances. It may sound crazy, but I do keep the rejection letters and I look at them from time to time. When I made this I had just recieved another rejection, and I really needed to remind myself that success isn't always something that's going to be tangible or recognizable to others. I have to be satisfied myself with what I do, and pay less regard to what comes from the outside.

That's what I'm telling myself anyway.