Deeper at Artomatic: Artists Who Moved Me
Well, my life exploded over the past month as my husband and I went through the last stages of buying a house. So, I never got around to interviewing the artists at Artomatic 2009 that I wanted to feature here. Instead, I will provide links to their websites (not a substitute at all, but) the [...]
Deeper at Artomatic: Tammy Vitale
Tammy Vitale’s inspiration comes from many places — her own restlessness and boredom, the nature of the materials at hand and a drive to learn how to work with them, her dreams, and other artists’ work. After I saw her work at last year’s Artomatic, I’ve been wanting to connect with her. Being an introvert, I [...]
Deeper at Artomatic: Alyson M. Olander
Artomatic opens tomorrow and I’m imagining a series of post about artists whose work is informed and inspired by their spiritual journeys and interactions with the sacred all around them. Artists who dive deep into their souls and bring up images and visions to share of their journey. Artists who intentionally bring a spiritual dimension [...]
Vision of Bastet
Back in February, I attended a ritual for Bast led by Michael Smith of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel at the Sacred Space Conference. During that ritual, I had flashes of images surrounding the large statue of Bast on the main altar. After the invocation to Bast, a hazy cloud of blue-violet surrounded the statue [...]
Sprinkling Magick Around Artomatic
I am showing at Artomatic again this year. I’ve been running around like a crazy woman trying to get the final touches on my artwork and get them all ready to hang on a wall. I am showing at again this year. I’ve been running around like a crazy woman trying to get the final [...]
Chango!
I am not a child of Chango, Yoruban orisha of thunder, but I have to admit a certain attraction to his virility and pure masculinity–and the drumming, let’s not forget the drumming (links to a real audio file). So, I jumped at the opportunity to create a shrine as a commission for one of his [...]
Happy Buddha and Strength
I finished two new, but very different, pieces last night. The first is a Happy Buddha mala, or set of prayer beads, which I am selling over at Nine Ravens Studio. I really loved putting this together — the happy buddha bead is filled with the potential of joy — a combination of reverence and [...]
Anti-Valentine’s Day Contest
I’m entering my Love Lost necklace in Dabbled‘s Black Heart Anti-Valentine Contest v. 2.0. If you are crafty and inspired to do so, you should enter too.
Love Lost and Love Found — New Jewelry
I have recently found that I like designing and putting together beaded jewelry to go with my collage-y artwork. All the little, shiny beads in their translucent colors…. Although I do need a magnifying glass for the smallest ones, and my hands feel a bit cloddish, I am in love again. Perhaps just a phase, [...]
Pendants for Valentine necklaces
I am making a series of necklaces for Valentine’s Day — a little wistful and perhaps more about searching for and losing love, but my experience of this “special” day has been checkered to say the least. The second from the left features my very own photography skills, such as they are. I have to [...]
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