It’s finally snowing in Illinois! This makes me think wistfully of the northern woods and bogs. One of the mammals on my list to illustrate for the game Evolve! happened to be the gray wolf, Canis lupis. I doubt I’ll see any wolf prints in the snow this far south, but one can always hope.
I am exploring the shape of houses and other architectural motifs though collage and mixed media.
My rules are to keep it simple, use easy to transport materials, mix things up and have fun.
I am influenced by the shape of Mayan architecture, abandoned buildings, ancient structures, arches and portals.
I am exploring the shape of houses and other architectural motifs though collage and mixed media.
Well– fits and starts or ebb and flows– this is was what came out of that experience.
I am really enjoying The 100 Day Project. I am at my bench, even if its only for a few minutes, every day. It helps to set out the materials for the next day before I leave the bench. Ideas are flowing and the textures are showing up in my jewelry. I anneal my copper pieces ahead of time, in batches of twelve, so they are ready to use.
Spine statement: experiment with different textures on metal.
Rule: Each day, use an annealed, 2″ x3″, 24 gauge piece of copper.
I was curious about using some embossing and etching dies I had. The first nine dies are meant for metal. I liked the embossing but not the etching dies. I ran them through a Cuttlebug machine (meant to be used for embossing paper for greeting cards) and they worked. I didn’t want to run the plastic dies that are meant for the Cuttlebug through my rolling mill – thought they might smush. So on day 20 I tried a plastic die, with metal, in the Cuttlebug and it worked without smushing it, which means I can use it over and over!
My world of the Mystery of the Missing Socks is growing with many characters. Soon I will begin grouping them and building conversation poems between them. This is the princess. There is now a royal family: the king, the queen, the prince and the princess.
This card illustration came together in a single sitting. I’m really excited that this design work for the evolution and systems game Evolve! is giving me a chance to draw new animals. The red-billed oxpecker is a showy African native that moves with the migrating herds of ungulates. It lives off the parasites and insects associated with large grazers such as zebra and wildebeest.
This challenge is off to a slow start art-wise, but it’s feeling pretty good overall. This little guy made it into the card design for the new evolutionary resource game Evolve! More to come as other projects move aside.