Here is another set of ATCs I made for a trade through Monday Artday ATC. The theme was "Japanese". It might be a stretch but I thought the background paper looked like sushi and the wanted to "dress" the sumo wrestler differently. I have a larger version of him for my corkboard for inspiration...I think he's cute!
As you might have read about here and here, Susan Shie's lecture at The Textile Study Group of New York was really inspiring! Now I don't quilt, I have had a few failed attemps, and I have never tried airbrushing. I was mostly excited about hearing about how she incorporates type into her quilts. Most of the text is her just journaling or telling stories. She does include poetry and definitions. She outlines the shapes and then airbrushes the color. Then she just freeflows the text...her process is incredible and they are huge. She sees it as a jounal so she crosses things out and goes out of line and doesn't worry about it. Oh, then she takes the cloth and quilts it, adds beading and embroidery. Even the backings are great. When you see them in person, you can't help but touch them.
Her ongoing series she is working on is called "Kitchen Tarrot". Which will be 70 wall hangings, each depicting a different tarrot card...with a kitchen theme ofcourse. Here is one of her pieces:
At her lecture, she said "You should try drawing an eggbeater!" Ironically, the laterest ATC theme challenge is "Kitchen"...so I drew an eggbeater and a pot and a cheesegrater. I made a blanketstitch on the edge...it needed something!
The next TSGNY lecture is March 21. I'll post info shortly...if your in NYC you should come. It will be a good one!
Here is the finished card for the Jam ATC project via Monday Artday ATC. This is how it started. Thanks Mike and Brian...It looks great! As a reminder, the art was started by me and Mike and Brian each added to it.
As I was saying yesterday, I've been crocheting my little fingers off lately. I made two scarves, one for me and one as a comission, made a new hat, finished a blanket for a friend and finally completed the blanket I was making for charity. I have been moving so quickly I haven't even posted pictures. When I was cleaning up from my Illustration Friday piece, I used the scraps to make some new ATCs to trade on Monday Artday ATC. I haven't made any in awhile. I also had a box of old Bingo markers lying around...I was trying to be silly!
I don't know why, but when I had to make an atc with the theme "Blue" I could only think on a bunnie skinny-dipping with a couple bunnies hiding in the bushes. This card is the replacement for this. I guess the second time around, I was thinking of it more of a group project. It will be really fun to see what happens to it!
I am trying to be faithful to my "Post Everyday in December" commitment. I haven't missed a day yet! I have a dozen projects going on and nothing to show. My big project today was taking a great big nap! I took a THREE week vacation from work, which officially started Friday. My biggest project I am taking on is a complete organizing of my apartment. I starts with putting things away. Before I do that, I wanted to post a picture of all the amazing ATCs I recieved via trader from the Monday Artday ATC group. OK, I should do something today...
Tonight is the first night of Hannukah and I am so unprepared. I have no idea where I put my when I unpacked from my move. They are here somewhere...It's a pretty low key holiday. Sometime this week I am going to treat myself to a jellydonut, which I only have during this holiday.
The ATC is part of the Jam swap through Monday Artday ATC. The theme is blue so I thought it was fitting to show today. The swap is actually going to be a form of a roundrbin. Everyone in a group of 3-5 will start a card then pass it to the next person. Everyone will work on each card until it returns back home. Should be interesting for so many people to work on such a small space. I kept it simple so it can really be taken so many directs. It was a idea...can't wait to see what happens with it!
I have to go find my candle so I can do light my Menorah. Hopefully I will have pictures to show tomorrow.
These ghost ATCs are for a swap via Monday Artday ATC. They are going there every letter in the alphabet but I am just jumping in now...at G. I had gone into it thinking I was going to make something like these:
Then I found my woodgrain contact paper and thought that would be a nice little twist. I tea-stained the cards and was not really happy with the result...something was missing and they looked a little odd. So when I came home from work, I peeled off the contact paper and there you go, we have ghosts! Well, ghosts with earrings, dressy shoes and hats! They will be on their way to new homes tomorrow.
Here are two more ATCs I made inspired by old 1940's illustrations I found in an old children's dictionary I have. I had to take this morning to cleaning and they were burried under a pile of scraps on my coffee table.
It has really been a craft weekend. I went to the yarn store to pick up materials for a scarf I was commissioned to make and added another project to my to-do list. I really want an extra wide scarf and the last one I made isn't really doing it for me. I am thinking of sewing lace to either side of the scarf to make it more interesting. Right now, instead of fixing it, I'm just making a brand new one. I know, it doesn't make a lot of sense.
I do have big plans for this year's holiday card...I have been working on it for the last month. I'll post some teaser photos shortly. I still have one more step that needs to go to the printer this week...need to do that tonight! I am hoping to get in a nap and maybe a walk but I don't know if that's going to happen today!
Well, I have been playing around with these ATCs for over a week. I was away this weekend and I thought I should put them up for trade on Monday Artday before I end up playing around with them for another week. And yes the scale head was an idea I had for Illustration Friday's Scale. The piece I posted this week for that is growing on me and the scale head idea is much better in this smaller format. For the two other ATCs, I played around with tea staining the backgrounds. I love doing that since it really makes the paper look worn, it is just so time consuming.
I traded almost all of my ATCs from my last group and I have been getting the most wonderful cards in return. I should post them soon. In fact, I am glad to say, that I haven't been posting much because I have been busy actually finishing projects...yeah! I actually can post for a few weeks straight. I playing around with the idea of posting everyday the month of December. I have too much to post about and it is kind of good to commit to a project like this when your so busy. I will have a lot to talk about and it would be my two year anniversary. I guess I should start taking pictures now in preporation or is that cheating?
