out of my league

you were twenty thousand underneath the sea
all hand drawn, hand sewn, on handmade paper
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A preview...

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i will dig up the pieces of you in salton sea

hand stitching, micron pen, watercolor on handmade cotton paper

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we sat on the roof until you fell asleep

hand stitching, micron pen, watercolor on coffee dyed handmade paper

dreaming of New York &thunderstorms

It's finally finished!

lonely thoughts &phonecalls you will never make

ink and hand stitching, coffee dyed handmade paper and recycled handmade paper - all on handmade cotton paper

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sleeping children never lie

ink &hand stitching on hand marbled handmade paper

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keeping my hands busy

I think that marbling is one of my least favorite things to do to decorate paper. However, I like how it sort of bleeds through to the other side.

ink &hand stitching on marbled handmade paper

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we sat on the roof

we sat on the roof until you fell asleep

ink &hand stitching on coffee dyed handmade paper

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lonely ghosts

Lately all I have been working on is sewing lonely ghosts.
The first three are available on my etsy. The last one is available on my mirror.
Sold! First Etsy sale(s)!

small updates

Working - slowly but surely. November 5th J. Hamilton and I will be down in St Petersburg at a craft market selling all our handmade goods! I have started too many new pieces and I need to buckle down to finish them before we head down there. We also have a date to make some kudzu paper before the market!

brokenbees etsy shop

So I finally opened it!

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Buy for the holidays! Gifts for friends, family, lovers!

First Friday, Halloween movies, &sleeping creatures

Set up in The Autonomous Workshop for First Friday

Sleeping Children - coffee dyed handmade paper, ink, hand stitching

by keeping - coffee dyed handmade paper, ink, hand stitching

Here is a picture from First Friday! And two (finally) finished pieces! I am working on my Etsy shop today so there will be updates soon! And I am a little sleep deprived and sick so I will be wrapped up in blankets on the couch, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and probably watching Hocus Pocus, Teen Witch, Monster Squad...etc etc. ...while working.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! And thank you to all my friends and to all the wonderful new people I met who came out last night!

insomnia

been sewing all day! now for a giant pot of coffee to pull an all nighter for First Friday!

First Friday;

This First Friday I am having a show with all my new work at a friend’s gallery space in Railroad Square. These are just sneak peaks of what I am working on. I have sooo much to do still! Hope to see all my friends there!


Oh and happy October! It has been so beautiful here in Tallahassee lately! I have been looking up (endlessly) bread recipes because I am going to do some serious baking this weekend! I want our whole home to smell like comfort, coffee, pumpkins, baked goods, fire, and friends.

whiskey &handmade crafts

So much has happened since I last blogged however many hours ago!


Updates on the New York piece I posted and a figure study based on a piece by Egon Schiele. Plus business card ideas.

handmade paper (coffee dyed : New York) ink drawings, watercolor, handstitching (New York)

slow &steady

Slowly but surely working on a new piece - experimenting with watercolor &coffee dyed handmade paper.

I packed up my bags yet again and now I am drifting in Hollywood until I fly back to Florida on the 20th. Tomorrow Gina and I are heading to Venice Beach to hang out with our artist friend Chris to sell clothes and art. I am trying to churn out some new pieces and also make some “business” cards to try &leave some sort of mark on Los Angeles before I bolt.

Things I look forward to:
-friends
-endless sleepovers
-kisses
-staying up all night in RR Square painting &sewing
-the cold?
-potlucks
-Tallahassee.

works in progress

New work still in...the works.

ghosts

Just in case anyone checks this out (I am noticing Tumblr is just the way to go right now I suppose!) This is a new piece I finished today. I am excited to keep experimenting with collage and finally working with all this paper I made!

-coffee dyed handmade paper, non dyed handmade paper, sequins, stitching, ink-

jars

Recycled mason jars containing family photographs with fabric wrapped around the lids. This pretty much sums up my aesthetic and focus of my art for now.