Still waiting on my sewing machine to come back. In the meantime, I love this song:
I don't even have a break-up experience anywhere near the meaning of this song, but I love singing along (poorly) to it in the car. I love the radio edit of this song, the original is too soft for me. Singing in the car is how I amuse myself while driving to work. Favorites include the above song, Photograph by Def Leppard, most classic rock songs and Renegade by Styx. Love singing Incubus songs, but I don't have the range for that, I save those for drunken karaoke nights.
But enough on music, is anybody else excited about Free Comic Book Day?! I didn't know that existed until Marina brought it up. I'm so gonna grab a free comic book on said day. Info can be found HERE. Will definitely be running to the next town over to find a comic book store. I'm kind of upset that Kevin Smith's comic book store will not be participating. Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash will not be giving away free comic books I'm sad to say. I still enjoy going there, I find all those "indie" comics and independent publishers. Last time I was in I picked up Jesus Hates Zombies. I had to read it. I rather liked the idea behind the comic. There's a plot where the Earth is having a zombie apocalypse and Jesus is sent to Earth to find a church full of people who he's supposed to save. Shenanigans ensue. The best part (for me anyway) was that it's done in a format similar to Gotham Knight and The Animatrix. Each chapter is drawn by a different artist. I love the diversity in the art and how each one depicts the characters and surroundings.
There's not much else to report on..... the Steampunk Demeter costume is at a stand still until I get my sewing machine back and the Apoxie gets here. I'm continuing work on the cable tie pieces at a snails pace and the Whale is on the back burner until after May.
Hmm... I've started some deep spring cleaning but that's about it. Really. There's nothing else really going on. So on that note I leave you with this, (I'm not really sure how to describe it) youtube video.
Don't question it just watch.
See Ya'll Later!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
New Projects
Written April 10th, 2012.
Oh man, a real post, finally. Life's been... interesting lately. On a personal note, later today ie: when the sun's up, I'm going to finally cut my hair. I was combing out my hair a few days ago, and I hit a mat in the under layers of my hair. When I tugged it, the comb snapped. I then proceeded to pick plastic out of my hair for the next 15 minutes. So I'm gonna donate my hair and cut it short. I'll post a picture later.
There's been progress on the Whale. I've since put the project on hiatus for the oncoming convention season.
I'm about 1/3 of the way done with the initial grey colored beads and then I need to color match to 3 more shades of grey. Right now I need to put this on hold until I finish some costume bits for Steampunk Worlds Fair. I really want to go, even if it's only for Saturday which is highly likely considering the amount of work I need. That and the circuit breaker for my room, studio room, and the living room has suddenly died and the overhead lights don't work and I'm not gonna ruin my eyes trying to work in the dark.
My Sewing machine is finally in the repair shop. I've been putting it off for far too long and if I want to have a costume for SPWF then I need it fixed. I have fabric for 2 skirts and I have some store banners from a friend that I have cut into pieces for making tote bags. I make these huge tote bags from store banners that would normally be thrown out. I made one before I screwed up my sewing machine. When I have some progress made on those I'll post it.
I found that my weaving supplies has started to overflow out of the container, so to alleviate that I strung up my loom. I know I know, why am I starting a new project? Well this is an accumulation weaving. I string up a warp and as I collect bits of fabric, scrap yarn, chopsticks, whatever I can find I add it to the weaving in the order I pick it up. It's the idea of not letting anything go to waste, so making something from nothing. Things we would throw out, bits of old ribbon, fabric strips, scrap yarns, shoelaces etc. I call 'Nothings'.
Little things that we as a culture think nothing of, I think are the best materials. Part of the purpose of these weavings is to reducing my carbon footprint. I knit a sweater, the larger scrap balls go into a scrap rug, and the smaller bits go into the weavings. This way anything that does end up in the trash is so small I can't possibly use it, thus reducing my waste ( in regards to my supplies). Mice could use it. If I had a mouse, I'd give it the little bits of fluff that I can't use so it could build a nest. I like to think that even my nothings are some other creature's building materials.
I'm watching "Mama's Boys" on TLC cause, lets face it, at 1:15 am there's nothing else on. I'm really disgusted by the behavior of these guys. They're well into their 30s and living with their mothers.... and this is completely acceptable to them. They don't do their own laundry they don't cook, they have no survival skills for living on their own except for plucking the hairs out of their nasal passages. And they're proud of it. That boggles my mind. I can't wait to move out of my parent's house and have a place of my own. I can do my own laundry, cook (as long as I have an egg timer and a recipe to follow) and I know how to clean. How do these people get reality t.v. shows? I guess incompetence is in vogue. It frightens me that this is considered acceptable and even entertaining. In some strange way I guess I can say I'm comfortable with my masculine side enough to admit I can take care of myself.... that doesn't seem to be worded right, what I mean is, I have bigger balls than them cause I can be a big kid and clean my own clothing. Reality TV is truly the lowest form of entertainment. Soap Operas at least have a plot and actors who attempt to act. And yet I enjoy the reality t.v. shows from Animal Planet, I think that it's because I learn something from them. I learn interesting facts about snakes, gators, cats, dogs, and birds when I watch animal planet and they're cute too. It's a win- win situation. Educational and adorable.
6:46pm
Ok so I have finally cut my hair short. The long hair is gone and on it's way to one of those wigs for cancer kids foundations. If I ever have the bright idea to donate my hair again, please shoot me. I forgot how much I like having short hair. It's like a literal pound of hair was taken off of my head. My long hair, as pretty as it is, makes me look like I'm a 15 yr old high school student and it mats! I hate combing out long hair. It was like almost touching my butt that's how long it was.
I guess that's all I have to post for now. Not much else is happening except for the exhibition I'm currently working on pieces for. I'll post about that at a later date... like when I have photos taken.
So for now,
See Ya'll Later!
Oh man, a real post, finally. Life's been... interesting lately. On a personal note, later today ie: when the sun's up, I'm going to finally cut my hair. I was combing out my hair a few days ago, and I hit a mat in the under layers of my hair. When I tugged it, the comb snapped. I then proceeded to pick plastic out of my hair for the next 15 minutes. So I'm gonna donate my hair and cut it short. I'll post a picture later.
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| Full view |
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| Started beading in the background |
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| The beading is super dense! |
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| My loom without the warp. |
Little things that we as a culture think nothing of, I think are the best materials. Part of the purpose of these weavings is to reducing my carbon footprint. I knit a sweater, the larger scrap balls go into a scrap rug, and the smaller bits go into the weavings. This way anything that does end up in the trash is so small I can't possibly use it, thus reducing my waste ( in regards to my supplies). Mice could use it. If I had a mouse, I'd give it the little bits of fluff that I can't use so it could build a nest. I like to think that even my nothings are some other creature's building materials. I'm watching "Mama's Boys" on TLC cause, lets face it, at 1:15 am there's nothing else on. I'm really disgusted by the behavior of these guys. They're well into their 30s and living with their mothers.... and this is completely acceptable to them. They don't do their own laundry they don't cook, they have no survival skills for living on their own except for plucking the hairs out of their nasal passages. And they're proud of it. That boggles my mind. I can't wait to move out of my parent's house and have a place of my own. I can do my own laundry, cook (as long as I have an egg timer and a recipe to follow) and I know how to clean. How do these people get reality t.v. shows? I guess incompetence is in vogue. It frightens me that this is considered acceptable and even entertaining. In some strange way I guess I can say I'm comfortable with my masculine side enough to admit I can take care of myself.... that doesn't seem to be worded right, what I mean is, I have bigger balls than them cause I can be a big kid and clean my own clothing. Reality TV is truly the lowest form of entertainment. Soap Operas at least have a plot and actors who attempt to act. And yet I enjoy the reality t.v. shows from Animal Planet, I think that it's because I learn something from them. I learn interesting facts about snakes, gators, cats, dogs, and birds when I watch animal planet and they're cute too. It's a win- win situation. Educational and adorable.
6:46pm
Ok so I have finally cut my hair short. The long hair is gone and on it's way to one of those wigs for cancer kids foundations. If I ever have the bright idea to donate my hair again, please shoot me. I forgot how much I like having short hair. It's like a literal pound of hair was taken off of my head. My long hair, as pretty as it is, makes me look like I'm a 15 yr old high school student and it mats! I hate combing out long hair. It was like almost touching my butt that's how long it was.
I guess that's all I have to post for now. Not much else is happening except for the exhibition I'm currently working on pieces for. I'll post about that at a later date... like when I have photos taken.
So for now,
See Ya'll Later!
No Cat In This Hat
Hello my lovelies! Steampunk Worlds Faire is right around the corner, and it's stalking my thoughts. Since my sewing machine had been in the repair shop I decided to start work on my props for the Demeter costume.
Every year I want to have a hat, and every year I fail at making one. Not this year!! I've made a hat and in this post I'm gonna give you a run through of how I made it. First, I started with a pre-made felt hat.
That's Marina on the left, I'm on the right at NYCC 2010. That Hat. I hate it so much. It was an internet buy with the intent on making it look so much better. As you can see that failed spectacularly. It's basically a felt hat that you can pick up at any Party City store. So I took off all the jazzies I put onto it, leaving just the brown felt and nothing else. Then this happened:
So once I had the hat stripped down, I wanted to make it lower than the original height cause, lets face it, that hat looked ridiculous on me. Once I had the two pieces I trimmed them and then sank the solid top part into the hollow bottom and glued it into place (sorry no photo of that step). This is where the first Facebook post about burning myself happened. No there is no photo for that.
After I had a pretty solid base, and the burning pain in my finger wore off, I moved onto the leaves. I picked up 2 generic AC Moore/ Michaels ivy leaf garlands and began plucking the leaves off and sorting them by size. Yes I sorted them by size but it worked for my process... so, in your face. This is where the 2 other burns and subsequent Facebook posts took place. This is also the longest step, gluing each individual leaf to the hat and covering it completely. This took me days to finish and I was getting nervous that it would not get finished. After the leaves were completely glued, I took one of the clock hair pieces I made and refurbished it.
I pulled the feathers off but kept the clock face the same... mainly because I was afraid that if I started yanking on the clock face it my damage the art on the face or bend it out of shape. I put down new feathers, leaves, vines and I found wheat stalks. Cause, ya' know, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and seasons. I added pin backs and stuck it to the hat.
It's super fun and it has a big feather!! Barbossa would be proud of this feather and would want one for his hat too.
The next step is to take my sewing machine back to the repair shop. I pulled it out of it's casing after getting it back from the repair shop tonight and sewed 2 inches and it jams. I did nothing to it, I swear!!. I was using scrap fabric to test it and a good thing too. After 2 inches of stitch work, the machine seized up and jammed. I kept the settings the same as when I took it out of the case. I'm incredibly pissed off right now, cause I've got to now schlep the thing back to this guy and complain about how it doesn't work. I'm running out of time to sew the skirt!! Well, I guess I'll continue working on my props since there's not much else I can do without a sewing machine available.
Well I've got work in the morning so I'm gonna go sleep and pray I get my sewing machine in working order before May.
See Ya'll Later!
Every year I want to have a hat, and every year I fail at making one. Not this year!! I've made a hat and in this post I'm gonna give you a run through of how I made it. First, I started with a pre-made felt hat.
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| Remember this? |
That's Marina on the left, I'm on the right at NYCC 2010. That Hat. I hate it so much. It was an internet buy with the intent on making it look so much better. As you can see that failed spectacularly. It's basically a felt hat that you can pick up at any Party City store. So I took off all the jazzies I put onto it, leaving just the brown felt and nothing else. Then this happened:
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| There's a hole in the hat dear Liza, dear Liza! |
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| It's not easy being green. |
After I had a pretty solid base, and the burning pain in my finger wore off, I moved onto the leaves. I picked up 2 generic AC Moore/ Michaels ivy leaf garlands and began plucking the leaves off and sorting them by size. Yes I sorted them by size but it worked for my process... so, in your face. This is where the 2 other burns and subsequent Facebook posts took place. This is also the longest step, gluing each individual leaf to the hat and covering it completely. This took me days to finish and I was getting nervous that it would not get finished. After the leaves were completely glued, I took one of the clock hair pieces I made and refurbished it.
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| Bye Bye Birdie. |
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| Look at my Hat! My hat is a amazing! Give it a Lick! |
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| It tastes just like raisins! |
The next step is to take my sewing machine back to the repair shop. I pulled it out of it's casing after getting it back from the repair shop tonight and sewed 2 inches and it jams. I did nothing to it, I swear!!. I was using scrap fabric to test it and a good thing too. After 2 inches of stitch work, the machine seized up and jammed. I kept the settings the same as when I took it out of the case. I'm incredibly pissed off right now, cause I've got to now schlep the thing back to this guy and complain about how it doesn't work. I'm running out of time to sew the skirt!! Well, I guess I'll continue working on my props since there's not much else I can do without a sewing machine available.
Well I've got work in the morning so I'm gonna go sleep and pray I get my sewing machine in working order before May.
See Ya'll Later!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
I'm So Tired, I Haven't Slept a Wink.
Well this is an update that's been put off for far too long. It's been super busy on my end. I was getting hours from the temp agency, was helping Dory prep for Castle Con which was earlier today, and I was attempting to finish a cable tie piece for a juried exhibition. Well I've got the piece started, but I read more into the competition and found out it's an online only exhibition. They issue an e-magazine to their subscribers with whatever digital photos you provide. It's so not worth the $35 entry fee. So I just busted my ass for nothing really. On the upside, there's another exhibition that I will be applying to, THE 10TH A.I.R. GALLERY BIENNIAL A Juried Exhibition Open to All Women Artists. Open to all mediums and has a real gallery as opposed to a virtual one. What a novel concept. Hmmm, what else has been happening... well I warped my loom. Meaning I strung up my loom and am now weaving on it, the materials were starting to bust out of the jar I keep them in, so time to start a weaving. Oh and I am now indebted to Leyna for giving me a copy of some website editing software. I can now update my website!! I'm also indebted to Steph for fixing the coding problems on the 'contacts' page. It now works!
The Whale is still coming along at its slower-than-molasses pace, but I have faith that it will look amazing in the end.... or at least look like a whale. Unfortunately I have not been taking photos recently due to laziness. After all I've been doing this week I think I'm entitled to be a little lazy with the photos. Watched some TED Talk videos again, since there's not much else I enjoy watching on the internet. Be glad I don't post cat videos. Anyway one of the talks was this one:
Ayah Bdeir talks about building circuitry and making it as easy as snapping Legos together. She started a website called Little Bits, an open source and storefront website where the parts she uses in the video are available. This got me thinking about a lot of projects that I couldn't accomplish due to lack of knowledge of electronics and wiring. I think these things are brilliant.
Well on a far creepier note I saw this video in a yahoo news article. This girl is so incredibly doll-like it's frightening. And the fan base is typical for the "cute, not legal, and trying to be Japanese, please-give-me-attention." genre. You know, those creeper guys at anime conventions who ask for you picture and try their hardest to upskirt you in the pose, yeah, that kind of fan base. What I find difficult to swallow is that the mother of this kid encourages it. There's just so much wrong with that. I mean seriously, a mother is supposed to protect and raise their child right? Just read the article and try to watch the video ( I got about 20 seconds in before I couldn't take it anymore. Bad Harajuku accents need not apply.)
And Just because I can, Cat Videos.
See Ya'll Later!
The Whale is still coming along at its slower-than-molasses pace, but I have faith that it will look amazing in the end.... or at least look like a whale. Unfortunately I have not been taking photos recently due to laziness. After all I've been doing this week I think I'm entitled to be a little lazy with the photos. Watched some TED Talk videos again, since there's not much else I enjoy watching on the internet. Be glad I don't post cat videos. Anyway one of the talks was this one:
Ayah Bdeir talks about building circuitry and making it as easy as snapping Legos together. She started a website called Little Bits, an open source and storefront website where the parts she uses in the video are available. This got me thinking about a lot of projects that I couldn't accomplish due to lack of knowledge of electronics and wiring. I think these things are brilliant.
Well on a far creepier note I saw this video in a yahoo news article. This girl is so incredibly doll-like it's frightening. And the fan base is typical for the "cute, not legal, and trying to be Japanese, please-give-me-attention." genre. You know, those creeper guys at anime conventions who ask for you picture and try their hardest to upskirt you in the pose, yeah, that kind of fan base. What I find difficult to swallow is that the mother of this kid encourages it. There's just so much wrong with that. I mean seriously, a mother is supposed to protect and raise their child right? Just read the article and try to watch the video ( I got about 20 seconds in before I couldn't take it anymore. Bad Harajuku accents need not apply.)
And Just because I can, Cat Videos.
See Ya'll Later!
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