Friday, February 29, 2008

photography, how i missed you


danielle_2008_02_29_winterb
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


tonight is danielle's winter ball at her high school. her friends came down with her, after the ritual primping, for the ritual photographing.

the picture i included her is my favorite. it's more my style. it's also amusing to me that i haven' t photographer her in a couple of years, but in some ways she hasn't changed at all.

you can go see the see the actual group photo on my flickr.

i also did some black and white shots, and the best of those is a candid, of course. leftover christmas decorations on the mantle, ftw!

i missed you, photography.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

nifty collaborative work


detail003
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


http://sketchbookswap.blogspot.com/

Friday, February 22, 2008

mj_03_nicci_2.jpg


mj_03_nicci_2.jpg
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


it was a good mail day today. i received several sets of valentines, and a huge package from maralena containing our journal swap. the picture with this entry is one of my sets of beginning pages in her journal. you can see more @ my flickr or our little blog for our journals: http://sketchbookswap.blogspot.com/

it's been a good art week. general creative vibes are flowing, even if i have to kick them in the pants sometimes. hope all is well with you!

Monday, February 11, 2008

blue hair pink hair


blue hair pink hair
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


portrait ATCs : watercolor + sharpie + silver pen on gesso and board. edged with aluminum.

i have an affection for oddly colored hair. i'm particularly fond of blue and pink, as you can see from these two ATCs. i think blue is my favorite. it's so sad that these sorts of dyes are highly fugitive.

i sent them out for an exchange i hosted on swap bot.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

cupcake atcs


cupcake atcs
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


again, this is gesso over board with watercolor and pen on top... though in this case, i also used sharpie and gel pens. (sakura, of course--the best!)

if you look closely at the pink cupcake on the left, you may notice you can sort of see the gesso brush strokes. i like this effect. it's a very subtle texture added to the otherwise pretty flat little watercolor.

though i do have some professional grade tube watercolors, i usually prefer to paint with cheap cake style watercolors, which come in a tray and are easily portable. as you can see, you can still get vibrant colors!

my preferred brand is royal talens. i like the translucent ones.

heart - negative space


heart - negative space
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

it's ATC season again in my studio. i have been doing some with watercolors and various inks. mmm. i love the way the watercolor does down on gesso'd board.

i decided to do portraits of women together with hearts in their negative space.

the stars are because i have been feeling starry recently. i'm not sure why it's taken over as a staple in my personal symbols...

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

chocolate girl


chocolate girl
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


sweet candy distro's eye candy zine's winter issue is themed LOVE SUCKS. i'm playing around with some illustrations before the deadline. from eye candy's website:

Eye Candy is a compilation zine. This means without participation from you great people, Eye Candy wouldn't be half as cool. We are always accepting submissions for future issues. We accept personal essays, articles and feature interviews. We always need book, music and zine reviews. Most importantly submissions of visual arts, poetry and photography! Scroll down to read submission guidelines on submitting to Eye Candy!

Theme: Love Sucks!
Deadline: February 1, 2008

As the over rated holiday draws near; some of us think about moments in our life where love completely sucked. Maybe you still think that love sucks? We want you to share your story with us. Betrayal, cheating, lying, crying, revenge, etc….the list of stink goes on! We want to know why YOU think love sucks!


check it out often for new guidelines for upcoming issues, and also if you'd like to snag any back issues! (which are awesome!)

Monday, January 28, 2008

when unbound zines attack


when unbound zines attack
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

over 160 zines wait, in piles, to be bound.
well... cut, collated, folded, and bound.

and numbered. zoiks.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

eclect ink III - NKU Printmakers


eclect ink III - NKU Printmakers
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

digital promo postcard by Gallerie Zaum.

the work of northern kentucky university printmakers (edition varies) @ Gallerie Zaum, opening Feb 1, 2008 6-9pm.

the gallery is located in Newport, KY.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

finger puppets


finger puppets
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

2 finger puppets. a girl and a boy. these are the smallest buttons i could find in green! i did get some blue and black ones in the tiny size. now that they have hair, their head stitching looks like wide, demented smiles. bwahaha.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Sense of Place + Eclect Ink III


20up_senseofplace
Originally uploaded by anongrrl



we're having a show called Eclect Ink III @ Gallerie Zaum, in Kentucky. at the end of the month! here's some of the work that's in the Sense of Place show @ Eva Farris Gallery. this work will probably also be included in the show later this month.

see more:
edition varies blog
nku print club website.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

her red room


her red room
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


this little print measures 5x5 inch image area, and the paper is 10x10 inches. the frame is a black 12x12 inch wooden frame.

it's for the show, a sense of place, by the NKU print club.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

fish says love - chunky page


fish says love - chunky page
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

this is a 3x3 inch chunky pages embellished to be bound into a 4x4 inch chunky book with a spiral bind. the others have the goldfish painted orange like so, and the papers vary, but all were handmade with a mini paper making kit i bought in London once upon a time.

recycled handmade paper, marker, watercolor, ink, wire, beads, eyelets, and dictionary bits.

so close to being finished...

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

i carry your heart - pages in progress


i carry your heart - pages in progress
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


once again, i am working on a chunky book! some of you knew that! this set of pages is a replacement for a set that never showed up. so i have to do them up as cool as i can as quickly as i can so my other participants don't get too annoyed at the deadline being pushed back! it's always pushed back with chunky books! but i think the quality is such that people wont mind waiting a bit. we're mail artists, after all. we're used to being patient!

what you see here is, on the left, a stack of pages from the back... the back is still in progress. the right side of the image is the front of the page. each is composed of cut up draw elements collaged together with watercolor, prismacolor, pen, and inks.

i am embellishing with 1x1 inch charms, wire, and seed beads.

for information on the project, please see this post over on ye olde LJ.

Saturday, December 01, 2007

white angel, red heart - detail


white angel, red heart - detail
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


this little card set features an angel with orange wings under a starry sky.

it is from a set of five where each card is individually hand drawn and painted, so no two are exactly alike.

media: ink & watercolor on paper.

http://goodwitchbadwitch.etsy.com

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

holiday handcrafted show - red tree gallery


holiday handcrafted show - red tree gallery
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


i've been working on cards. and paper. and i soon hope to be assembling a couple more journals. glue, glue, glue, paint, paint. all for the show this weekend, and, of course, the gwbw shop.

Handcrafted Holiday Show
friday, november 30th from 6-9pm
saturday, december 1st from 9am-5pm
6 local artists (including me)! come check it out friday &/or sat.

http://www.redtreegallery.net/

Saturday, November 10, 2007

mostly hand written 3


mostly hand written 3
Originally uploaded by anongrrl

mHw #three is a little zine about mail art. it touches on various types of mail art, including: ATCs, decos, PIFs, RAKs, decos, glamor bombs, chunky books, skinny fat books, postcards, collaborative journals, altered books, faux post, camera scavenger hunts, and inchies.

also discussed are some inspirations, material ideas, some tips on hosting mail art swaps, how to display and store your arts, and a brief tutorial on how to make a small sewn blank book for any number of uses!

mHw is a handbound zine done in the japanese stab binding style. it's photocopied on white text weight paper. it's 1/2 size & 20pp.

available @ etsy.

handcrafted holiday show - red tree


green potion - cards
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


i am one of six artists gathering at Red Tree Gallery in Oakley to vend our wares for a handcrafted holiday show.

friday, november 30th from 6-9pm
saturday, december 1st from 9am-5pm

Red Tree serves coffee as well as sandwiches, and has a neat little gift shop as well as art on the walls! check it out.

http://www.redtreegallery.net/

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

studio - 29 OCT 2007


studio - 29 OCT 2007
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


so. yes. half of the studio is more or less 'less messy'ish. yes, technical term. i know, i know. Theresa and i seem to do out studio cleaning/reorganizations at the same time. i dunno if it's the change in season, the madness that piles up and we just can't take it anymore, or some cosmic urge to do something so we don't feel like we're completely art's bitch.

anywho, yes. studio. as you can see, the walls are the same color of paint they were in Savannah. i really love the color, and despite the year of hellishness that was living in that town, i'm not giving up on the color. ;)

there are some notes on this photo, so click it and go to flickr if you're curious. as you can see, Dickens was actually captured in this image. usually he runs when the camera comes out. he doesn't like the cell phone cam, the digital cam, or the digital video cam. i share my studio with him and Spike. they laze around when i'm making art, like gargoyles--one 8.5 lbs, the other about 67lbs.

the other day when i was making blue paper, Spike decided it would be fun to walk across it. He left little blue paw prints across my desk. ah, kitties.

when he's not doing that, he's either sleeping on my laptop, because it's warm, or taking over chairs. good thing he's small and easily portable. if Dickens wanted my chair, i'd be out of luck.

Monday, October 29, 2007

green & orange - heart closure


green & orange - heart closure
Originally uploaded by anongrrl


i found the perfect fiber in my little fiber stash when trying to clean out a bin or two from the studio pile waiting to be unpacked. as it turned out, it matched my handmade paper perfectly! it's kinda spooky how well the colors match...

so i finished off this miniature blank book. $21.

4 signatures, 32pp, cream linen resume paper guts, fiber & button closure. handmade, one of a kind paper on the exterior cover, fine medium on light grey striped interior cover paper. decorative paper & wood spine. hand sewn binding. one of a kind blank book.
4.5 x 4.65 x .5 inches.