we used to wait
Posted: October 11, 2010 Filed under: art, Travel, willful creatures | Tags: collage, embroidery, sara e barnes Leave a comment »This weekend was sort of exhausting, but fun. Road tripped to Brooklyn with one of my best friends and visited two of my favorite people. FINALLY bought a new Monroe piercing that fit properly, and took the Olive Garden Never-Ending Pasta Challenge with Missy. Also ordered a bottle of wine at the table of the Olive Garden, because, why not?
Traffic back to Baltimore was awful, especially around the Delaware/MD border. A trip that should have taken 3.5 hours took 5. Needless to say, I was ready to decompress, but not before finishing this:
Conceptually, I like the stuff outside the “cave” I’ve put this character in, but I think I don’t like that stuff outside as much. It’s growing on me, I think. What do YOU think?
fire lit
Posted: July 14, 2010 Filed under: art, in progress, willful creatures | Tags: collage, embroidery, flickr Leave a comment »Finished that part of embroidery I started last week:
I’m pleased with the progress so far!
Remember when I wrote about WAFA? That has really motivated me to set up a decent Flickr page (I have one for Brown Paper Bag, but not really one for personal use). Hopefully I will be better about updating this. When something is not Google-centric, I have a terrible time remembering to update!
Also, if anyone wants to buy me a Flickr Pro account, I won’t be sad about it.
dog days are over
Posted: April 1, 2010 Filed under: art, in progress, willful creatures | Tags: acrylic, aimee bender, cut paper, drawing, embroidery, in progress, ink, pencil, willful creatures 1 Comment »No post yesterday, so today!
Sometimes I procrastinate because I know I have to paint and don’t want to. It’s not for lack of enjoyment – it is because I have such limited space on my desk to do so. I wish my work space was large enough to accommodate such wishes.
In other news, I did a little impromtu cleaning this evening and found a couple of things:
1. an old, skinny brown leather belt that I thought was gone FOREVER.
2. my N64. I needed that a few months back.
3. my extra yoga mat. doesn’t do me much good though, because the one I stole is so.much.better.
wrestling
Posted: March 26, 2010 Filed under: art, in progress, willful creatures | Tags: aimee bender, collage, cut out, embroidery, girls, in progress, willful creatures Leave a comment »Here’s what I got done between now and Wednesday, which is not a lot:
I’ve been fighting with what to do on top of her dress all week. I keep trying things and starting over… to get resolved this weekend.
snippet
Posted: March 10, 2010 Filed under: an invisible sign of my own, in progress | Tags: an invisible sign of my own, blogs, collage, embroidery, in progress Leave a comment »I forgot to post this morning, so here I am, Wednesday night! I was sewing this evening and suddenly remembered to scan. So, here it is, fresh out of my hands and to your lovely eyes:
This piece is pretty big, so this weekend I should be able to show a scan of the whole thing. I hate it when I have been working on something for a while and get disillusioned. I’m at that point with this piece. I lose track of where I started and where it’s going. Must see my vision through!
Also, danke to a couple of (awesome)blogs that have shown my work recently:
+ 22:BLOG
Its always interesting to see what people pick to show! Seeing this sort of stuff always makes my day.
nonsense!
Posted: February 24, 2010 Filed under: an invisible sign of my own, art, in progress | Tags: embroidery, freelance, illustration, in progress, year of the sara 1 Comment »This scan will probably make no sense, but give you insight into my:
1. Process
2. Cheapness
I refuse to throw away old sketchpads, bristol pads, and other pads of paper because you never know when you can use them! Here is something that I saved from Junior year of college. Over this ink drawing, you can see some pencil lines, which will eventually be filled in with paper and thread, among other things (probably). You also see what I’ve been sewing as well.
At the beginning of the year I decided that it was Year of the Sara, meaning that it was my year to do fun things and really get back into personal work and things that interest me. So far, pretty good. On Monday I had a video meeting with a company I’m going to do some freelance work for. I’m really excited about the project and will post about that when I can. Yay!
ALSO: Have you looked at Brown Paper Bag yet? It’s been up and running for a week and a half. So far, so good! You can also follow that blog on Twitter. I post neat stuff on there that isn’t on Brown Paper Bag.
chili cook-off
Posted: February 22, 2010 Filed under: an invisible sign of my own, art, baltimore, in progress | Tags: aimee bender, amanda burnham, an invisible sign of my own, embroidery, illustration, in progress, web, weekend 2 Comments »Happy Monday (I suppose). The weekends always seem too short. This weekend I broke down and bought a new Wacom Tablet – the Intuos 4. Let me just say that it is AWESOME. Vast improvement over what I previously had (Intuos 3). Sleeker, more functionality, smoother sensor pad – totally worth what I paid.
In my never-ending quest of eating, I attended a chili cook-off. It was pretty great, with the exception of the chili that tasted like beer. I was really glad that one did not win.
I also went to my friend’s closing reception for her art exhibition! I haven’t been to one of those functions in quite some time. Very nice to go and revel in Amanda’s wonderful installation. Sadly, my camera battery died before I could take any photos.
Here’s what I worked on, a revamp of a previously attempted project:
I also updated my website with two illustration pieces (that I have posted on here).
You should also check out Brown Paper Bag while you’re at it! I have some exciting things to post this week.
productive week(end)
Posted: February 15, 2010 Filed under: art, food, over the weekend, willful creatures | Tags: acrylic, assemblage, blizzard, collage, embroidery, illustration, indypendant, ink, over the weekend, sandwiches, valentines day, willful creatures 1 Comment »Happy Monday, yaaa’ll. I hope that your Valentine’s Day was a nice one (mine included a pit-beef sandwich at a restaurant next to a strip club).
With the blizzard last week, I was given ample time to work on my pursuits and as a result was fairly productive. Here is the (for now) finished version of the guy you had seen last week. I have been really interested in embroidery and did a little line work on top of the paper cage for some added visual interest.
I also did this quick little piece for the Indypendant, a newspaper based in New York City. There was a quick sketch/final turnaround time. It’s always a different change of pace to work on something that you know will be printed on newsprint. You have to bump up the contrast. The piece I was illustration for was about a Palestinian poet named Mahmoud Darwish, mostly focusing on his poem Mural. You should look up some excerpts from the poem. It’s really very pretty.
Brown Paper Bag has launched! I’m going to start posting TODAY! Check it out for different artists and other works on paper, as well as good vibes.
artist fridays: megan whitmarsh
Posted: February 12, 2010 Filed under: art, Artists | Tags: art, artist fridays, brown paper bag, embroidery, illustration, megan whitmarsh, robot, shapes, world Leave a comment »
I have been such a blogging deadbeat lately! Sorry, blogosphere! The snowpolyse gave me two days off work this week, one being yesterday. I escaped my neighborhood for the day by attending a decadent brunch with some friends… not leaving time for blogging in the afternoon!
This is my last daily post with Marshmellow Kisses. From now on you can check out Brown Paper Bag for all your daily art posts. I will still update this blog with my work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (at the very least).
Okay, now on to Artist Fridays! I present to you the work of Megan Whitmarsh. She’s an artist that has made work for some time, and whose website catalogs the years she’s been working, making it interesting to see the progression of her work. My favorite of her work is actually from 2006/2007, when she used a lot of embroidery in her work. She has since transitioned from embroidery to sculpture. It’s all very nice, but I love the insular worlds that she creates with her (slightly) older work.
All images via her website.
in progress cage match
Posted: February 10, 2010 Filed under: art, in progress, willful creatures | Tags: acrylic, aimee bender, assemblage, brown paper bag, cage, collage, embroidery, end of the line, illustration, in progress, ink, willful creatures Leave a comment »Here it is, some work on Wednesday for ya’ll out in the ole blogosphere. It’s a continuation of what I was working on this past weekend. The little man is kept in a cage, so I’m working on reflecting that in this piece. I still have a bit to go, but it’s getting there.
Only 5 days until Brown Paper Bag launches!!
