Monday, October 10, 2011

Memory Wire Bracelets

Fall Art Tour is next weekend (10am - 6pm, Fri-Sun, Oct 14-16)...and I'm almost ready!

If you are in the area I hope you can stop by my studio - click the Fall Art Tour link above for the location of my studio. You can also click the Fall Art Tour tab above for a peek at our basement transformed into the "Lower Level Gallery".

I've got lots of new work this year including my memory wire bracelets.



Used to do five or six loops which was very cool but kind of a lot of bracelet. Then went to a single loop. I liked that look and found it really easy to wear, but also found that a single loop catches on clothing and comes off too easily, so now I'm doing 2 1/2 loops for extra security  - almost lost my favorite bracelet taking off my jacket!


I make many of the beads out of paper, fabric, vinyl tubing, and wire. I combine them with African trade beads, beads from deconstructed old jewelry, and commercial beads (mostly out of natural materials).

There seems to be a lot of glittery, sparkly stuff out there but I've abandoned all that in favor of a more primitive, earthy style. And, of course, being a collage/mixed media, "messy art" kind of person, I naturally go for the random, anything-but-uniform look.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

New Figure Drawings

Still going to Monday night figure drawing. Here are a couple recent graphite drawings. The dreadlocks were especially fun to draw - loved the way they cast shadows on his face.





Stop by my studio on Fall Art Tour, Oct 14-16, to see more of my drawings.