Back on the horse!

I've accrued a decent amount of new works/tinkerings in the past couple of months--I figure it's time to start posting again!

Here's is a pair of earrings I modeled after the lace back of a friends dress (completed September 2013).

The frames are beaded lengths of jeweler's wire of varying gauges, and each row is strung to the last with thread which allows them to flow freely. The wire forming the top wedge had to be super-glued at the corners in order to keep the tension of the "loom's" coiled thread.

Another photo for scale (they should almost touch the shoulders on most people):

I'm particularly fond of these as the dangling beads are also very reminiscent of Neuropteran eggs ^_^

Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with 'C'

Holidays, 2010--Robin Verble's annual Christmas party.
I was tasked with cookie-cutting and decorating the sugar cookies; I asked if I could do them free hand, and when she said yes a tradition was born. Behold!

2010's Dinosaur Nativity:

 (click to enlarge!)

and 2011's Zombie Santa's Workshop:

Melancholy Comics: 1

Apologies for the size; this is as big as I can make it. I hope it's still legible.

From 2009--This was going to be a piece of a larger project with black and white ink narrative interspersed with mixed-media dream sequences, but I've since moved on to other endeavors. The over-arcing theme of the project was about self-discovery, but I've become much more comfortable with myself over the last five years and have shed the angst that originally fueled these works.

Still good exercises in visual storytelling though.

Tiramisu

A cocoa-powder stencil of a barn owl on the dessert I made for last Thanksgiving.

Spring-time Mega-post!

What better way to celebrate the advent of spring than with bouquets of flowers? These ones happen to be made of clay, but still convey the burgeoning splendor of the season.

These are a series of sculptures that I made for family members a few years ago: the first two are Christmas tree ornaments gifted to my sisters Sarah and Elise respectively. The ornaments are replicas of their weddings bouquets. I made one a few months ago for my sister Anais, as she was recently married last May, but I have yet to take any photos of it (her wedding bouquet was calla lilies and freesia). The third bouquet posted here is a brooch I gave to my grandmother.

Each sculpture went through my usual M.O.: super sculpey baked at 275 deg. (with finer details baked previous to bouquet assembly), painted with acrylics, and sprayed with a fixative finish.

Tulips and roses:

 

Sunflower and irises:

Calla lily and tulips: