| Lace Cardstock. Etc. |
[07 Dec 2007|11:55am] |
Have you guys seen the new Lace Cardstock by KI Memories? LOVE this stuff! I have been on the lookout for interesting paper lace for my Paper Lace web site, so if you know of any, please let me know. Also, if you know any artists or crafters who uses paper lace in their work, please let me know. I have already found some artists who are doing exquisite paper cuts, am going to be featuring some of their work on the site in the future.
Hope all's well with you, dear livejournalers. My livejournal has been sadly neglected, and will probably continue to remain that way at least through the holidays, unfortunately...
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| * Cannot reply to a non-existent comment. |
[08 Dec 2006|12:04pm] |
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What is the deal with * Cannot reply to a non-existent comment." This is an error message I keep getting when trying to reply to comments that quite obviously exist. :(
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| Wedding Yesterday! |
[16 Jul 2006|10:55am] |
Aren't these flowers gorgeous? The bride and groom, our friends Steve & Denise, had the cutest game at their wedding reception. The prize was the centerpiece on the table. First the DJ said he wanted to see the first person from each table who could hold up a dollar bill. Nobody at our table had a dollar bill so we sat around looking at each other like "what now?" Then the DJ started playing music & he said we would all pass the dollar bill around the table. Someone at our table said, "Well, let's pass around this spoon". So everyone else passed a dollar bill and we passed a spoon. The DJ kept psyching us out and stopping the music and whoever had the spoon would be wondering "Did I win?" Anyway, I ended up winning the game and the bouquet was the prize... so here it is! :) I just love it! Sooooooooo pretty!
( Read more... )
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| Art Gallery Representation |
[27 Mar 2006|10:40am] |
I have some exciting news! It looks like I am going to be represented by a gallery very shortly. I have been in contact with the owner and will be sending her several pieces of my work; I just have to get them framed first. The gallery is in Nebraska, which should hopefully open up a whole new collector base for me. As of now, most of my US collectors are from the east coast and the southwest.
I am working on some new metallic pieces to send to this gallery. I had almost decided to give up on creating metallic pieces. I have a really hard time photographing them and so they never look really good in my ebay listings. There are occasionally people who are brave enough to buy them, and I usually get emails from those people exclaiming how amazing the work looks in person and how it is so much better than the pictures. My metallic art really needs to be appreciated in person and I am excited to have an opportunity to actually show it to collectors in person.
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| Project Runway Season 2 |
[27 Mar 2006|10:11am] |
I just found out that I went to the same school as a bunch of the designers from season 2 of project runway. (For those of you who don't know, I went to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles, where I studied textile design. Otherwise known as FIDM.) Quoting from the FIDM web site, "Santino Rice, Raymundo Baltazar, Daniel Franco (back again after Season One), and Nick Verreos all graduated from FIDM with degrees in Fashion Design, while Guadalupe Vidal earned her FIDM degree in Product Development."
http://www.fidm.com/academics/majors/fashion-design/alumni/project-runway/
I know the season finale of project runway was ages ago and this is now old news. I had it recorded on Tivo and I watched it way after everyone else did. Just in case there was anyone else who hasn't seen the last one yet, I will put the rest of this under a cut.
( Project Runway Season 2 Spoilers Behind The Cut )
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| Solovay Gallery of Contemporary Art- Web Banner |
[20 Feb 2006|10:02am] |
I just created this web banner this morning. I did it for The Sampler but I think it will generally come in handy in other places too. I am STILL working on my web site, http://www.amysolovay.com, and this will be a good addition to my link exchange page. Right now my site redirects to my ebay store but I am hoping to change that shortly. If you have a web site that relates to art, fashion, fabric, crafts or interior design in some way please let me know if you want to exchange links. I am working on my links pages right now.
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| Art Trading Cards For The Sampler |
[18 Feb 2006|12:03pm] |
This week I sent some Art Trading Cards to The Sampler...Goodness I hope the package reaches Marie on time. My first time contributing was for the Holiday Sampler in 2005 and it was soooooo much fun! The first time I wrapped them all up like little holiday presents. Well, I liked that idea so much that I decided to giftwrap them again this time...I used baby shower paper instead of holiday paper this time though. Not that I think the recipients are a bunch of babies! Haha! Not at all! But rather because I think the sampler crowd can appreciate such cuteness...the paper has little rubber duckies and stuffed animals on it. Lots of the Art Trading Cards I sent were done in spring colors. Hurry up spring! Just hurry up!
Happy weekend to everyone! :)
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| Inspiration... |
[15 Feb 2006|08:55am] |
I have been watching project runway (reruns I think) which is a guilty pleasure for me since I usually disdain the TV set as a total waste of time.
Anyway. An episode I saw recently was entitled "inspiration". All the designers were given digital cameras and let loose in NYC to run around taking pictures. Then they had to use one picture as inspiration for an outfit. One guy made a sensational dress and his inspiration was a photo of New York City gutter water! I thought it was amazingly creative.
It "inspired" me to ask you guys...
what inspires you?
who inspires you?
This question is not just for the artists on my friends list...it is for everyone. We are all creative people...everyone is inspired by something...
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| "Pivotal Moment" |
[13 Feb 2006|09:11am] |
When I was in college I took a ceramics classes with Joseph Monk, an artist who has greatly inspired me.
After class one day I was finished with my project and I found myself left with a pile of scrap clay. I was talking with some classmates and as I was talking I began to play with the clay scraps, forming them into a structure that at the time I would not dared to have called sculpture. One by one my classmates drifted away yet I continued to play with the clay,
It was a silly frivolous meaningless piece, I thought. It was not "art". Was it? I almost smashed it. But, for some reason I didn't. I turned it in for firing along with all my "real work".
I was shocked when Mr. Monk not only fired the piece in the kiln along with the others, but he singled me out and praised the piece as interesting and creative.
Really?
Interesting and creative?
It was one of those pivotal moments for me in the artmaking process.
I gave away most of the pieces that I made during that class to family and friends, but I kept that one piece for myself. It represented so many things to me. I think so many people pay crazy amounts of money to colleges every year hoping just for pivotal moments like the one I had.
That piece was made out of fragile earthenware clay. I broke it, accidentally, in the process of moving. When it broke I cannot even explain the sadness or sense of loss that I experienced.
That piece is long gone but the memory of it has lived on to inspire me.
This particular collage was inspired by that sculpture. It is reminiscent of the sculpture in several ways. It is visually similar to the sculpture in both line and coloring (the sculpture was a very linear 3-dimensional form and this collage is also very linear although it is 2-dimensional.) Also, this collage was created from "scraps", although not clay scraps obviously. This collage was constructed from scraps and bits and pieces left over from my other paintings. Lastly, this collage was created in the same playful and frivolous manner- It is not serious "art"- or is it?
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| "Drama Queen", an Original Collage/Painting/Assemblage - Sold |
[29 Nov 2005|01:49pm] |
"Drama Queen", an Original Collage/Painting/Assemblage
Originally uploaded by sugarpinkrose.
Original miniature collage painting in an assemblage picture frame.
The work incorporates dyes, lumiere metallic paints, an artificial flower, a vintage button and Polymer resin tiles with handmade polymer clay beads embedded inside. The frame was totally different until I altered it to become what you see here, although you can still see a bit of its original texture & decoration peeking through. There is a tiny spin painting on the top of the frame~ it is totally hand painted. Would be a fantastic decorative addition to your home, office, cubicle, or locker...would also make an incredible Christmas or holiday gift for the drama queen in your life.
Sold.
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| "Reinterpreting Autumn", an Original Collage Painting - Sold. |
[19 Nov 2005|09:33am] |
"Reinterpreting Autumn", an Original Collage Painting
Originally uploaded by sugarpinkrose.
This collage is made from a variety of original miniature spin paintings; each one was individually hand-painted. I collaged the pieces together on a piece of plain white bristol board to form the final composition you see here.
My background as a textile designer is definitely evident when you look at this piece; I am fascinated with patterns that repeat. However this piece is unlike any of my fabric designs considering that none of the elements are actually the same; the spirals are similar to each other yet completely different. The color palette was inspired by various upholstery fabric samples in my collection, and the colors are very interior-design-friendly.
Sold.
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