her vision. family. art.

here's my tat that inspired the journal entry in the previous post.

-more visuals in previous post-

yea i know... bad lighting in this pic. sorry bout that! :-s

BTW- went to the theatre and saw TwiLight last weekend (SHOCKer cuz it's been so long since i was in this teenage-infested place! i almost felt like i was out of place!)  now i'm reading the series of 4. i know- xciting. if i can get myself acclimated to read more than 10 pages before it puts me to sleep, that would be great! (this latest obsession is cutting into my already limited studio time ;-)

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2 new pieces. SHOCKer!

the -work in progress- i mentioned in my previous post is now done. i didn't add much to this because it's so "busy" with the photo collage and the dark coloring doesn't help...  so to compliment the copper acrylic in the beeswax, i added the copper/silver/blk rub on to help make the focal pic -pop-! i also took a stylus and created a framing in the beeswax around the entire page. then filled the negative space with copper acrylic like in the lettering. just a little more -pop-

 

 

this second piece

is designed to explain the tattoo on my arm. it's something i designed to symbolize the cross-roads the boys and i are at right now. all 3 of us are going in different directions yet always together even if not in person. always in spirit and heart. wings symbolizing strength and freedom. i handwrote our initials in the center where the wings would come together; the top emulating the top of a heart. this design is re-created using wing stamps and a piece of metal ephemera that i cut in half. the wings are stamped on clear plastic so they would have dimension away from the page- not blending in

i love this tat and what it symbolizes for me. it's personal. and it's very cool in real life.

the rest of the design is black acrylic and rub-ons basically. at the bottom i took a lazer-printed photo image of the boys and me and cut around 'us'. i adheared it to the page with combo water/glue which washed away some of the image to give it a distressed appearance. i knew i wanted to write over the top of the image so i wanted to take away from the boldness of the pic. in the center i put an empty cigarette package that i think is so cool with the hot pink and black. 

inside is the business card to the tat place with journaling i put on the back.

so...   finally getting some studio time in was great and i finally broke through my creative block i'm thinking..  a great reprieve to the winter cold  -snow. i love winter days but it would be much more tollerable with even a little snow accumulation! oh well- it is what it is, right