Back to monotypes

Well I decided to do some more monotypes recently. It had been almost 8 months since I did my original set for my BFA. These ones are a little different since they are on a 30x22" pieces of BFK instead of fabric. The nice thing is the colors show up a lot richer on paper. However, they will be a lot harder to sew on my sewing machine.

My Socks!

I have been making lots of sock animals lately...

Happy Valentine's!

I thought my little apartment needed some cute Valentine decorations so I cut out a bunch of felt hearts and sewed them together last week. They are now hanging over out living room window. Now that its after Valentine's I'm going to have a hard time taking them down because I like them so much. Well I hope everyone had a great Valentine's day. I know I did because Ryan and I found this in Idaho Falls...I think this was Ryan's second happiest day of his life!

My New Toy!

I just bought a saw and besides my staple gun it is my favorite toy. Isn't she pretty...Well I used my saw to make some frames for my little collages. I just used wood molding I bought from my local hardware store and it was the perfect size. Here is what the finished project looks like.

Our cat Sushi!

Sushi is a new member of our family. I made him for Ryan. I'm hoping we can get a real one soon.

Im not so good at updating...

but I'm working on it. A few people have told me recently that I should really post some more so I thought I would. My life has been a little crazy since graduating. It was a little hard finishing school and trying to find ways to work on my art and then to add to that planning a wedding but since then my life has really calmed down. I just started to use the printmaking lab up at BYU-Idaho again so I can try and make some more monotypes. I also have a new goal of doing one little 5x7 collage a week. These are the ones from the last two weeks. I bought some bees wax and tried experimenting with that and melting crayons for the second one.

BFA Show

The 27th of June was the opening night for the BFA. It was really great to get to talk with people about my work and see it hung in the gallery. I was really thankful I got a great spot to show my work which was right when you go through the doors of the Spori gallery.

This was the piece that got the most compliments. Her name is Betty. It was one of the first monotypes I printed in this edition and originally it wasn't one of my favorites but I'm beginning to see why people like it. It doesn't have as many colors as the rest of the edition but maybe that is why it stands out.