Motorcycle Madness - The Final Countdown

Wondering what I've been up to lately? Check out these two graphite drawings I finished in the last week for my motorcycle book...

This is my dad and my cousin David in 1981 when he was 3.

I was thinking this would appear very early on in the book, probably on the bottom right corner of a page with a lot of text introducing some background information.

And this is my grandmother in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1955.

Pretty classic, wouldn't you say? My grandfather is a lucky guy!

I'm feeling okay about the progress of my book at the moment. There is still a lot to be done but I feel like I'm on a decent pace, as long as I can keep it up for the next four weeks. I also already ordered and received leather book cloth for the final binding and it's pretty badass, can't wait to show everyone. Cross your fingers for me and keep checking back for more work!

Summer Dry Spell

It was bound to happen, a slight summer dry spell hit me just about the time the heatwave came to the northeast but rest assured, I am back! I have been hard at work organizing and writing for my book that needs to be done in the next six weeks but I have also made some jewelry here and there as well. Most importantly, I made a pair of earrings for the amazingly talented Amy Kolenut. I am proud to say that she is my future cousin in law who graduated from SVA this past May, hence the logo earrings. Be sure to check out her website and stay tuned for much more work to come! Congratulations Amy!

A Slight Earring Frenzy

I guess it's sort of obvious at this point that I've become the slightest bit addicted to making earrings. Can you blame me? I wore the same gauges for over five years and now that I've taken them out and have normal earring holes again I am crazy for (and very picky about) the earrings I choose to wear. I've been itching for weeks to make button earrings for myself and also to put on my etsy shop, so here's what I ended up doing...

I'm a little upset that they haven't gotten very many views on etsy yet but at the same time I'm happy to be wearing my own personal pairs. It's only a matter of time before these are the new thing, right? Since you've read this far, you might as well just take a look! 

Haven't made one of these in awhile..

Hello all! It's been awhile since I've updated, I know. Bizarre as it may seem, I've been really wrapped up in the Casey Anthony murder trial as well as slaving away at Starbucks.. so much for enjoying the summer weather!

Anyway, When I went to Michigan in the beginning of May, Kottie and I planned to each make a book. Of course this never happened while I was there because we were frolicking around having a good time, but I ended up taking the supplies home (thanks again Kottie!) and I finally sat down this week and put this book together. It has thirty-eight pages of double-sided gridded paper in teal and purple.

It was supposed to be a gift for mother's day, finished just in time for father's day. Oh, life.

Packaging!

Yesterday I worked on some simple packaging for my chainsaw earrings that are to be sold at Northeastern Arborist Supply. Just wanted to show off the finished product before they start flying off the shelves!

My contact information appears on the back side, just in case the tree guys are also interested in browsing or obtaining some good illustration.

Shrinky dink-a-thon

I've been a little on the lazy side lately when it comes to posting all the jewelry I've been making, so here it is all at once on this gloomy Sunday afternoon.

These are a pair of Russian nesting dolls that I was experimenting with to make into dangle earrings last month.

They came out cute as anything, but unfortunately the red pen I had used to accent the details didn't bake well and ended up smudging when touched. There will be more of these for sure as soon as I can find a good alternate for the messy pen.

 These are a pair of hibiscus pieces that I made into post earrings for mother's day. Mom loved them, in case you were wondering.

I had been thinking about making this particular pair of earrings for awhile...

Tiny tree post earrings.

They came out alright, but I'd like to make them more eye-catching before I go any further with them.

Here are eight pairs of chainsaw earrings that I made specifically to sell at Northeastern Arborist Supply. This picture shows four of the baked pairs and four of the unbaked...

The baking process is still always interesting to me.

The bunch includes Stihl orange, magenta, glimmering gold, powder blue, and forest green chainsaws.

I still need to make a stand for all of these chainsaw earrings to live in, and the sooner the better so I can see how they do in the store! 

The Penguin and the Pickle

Here is my latest little doodle, the penguin and the pickle, inspired by Cindy Ward who loves each subject equally.