illuminated manuscript
Filed in Every day art, art and faith, grad school rants, new work, 11.30.09, 2:12 pm by shansSo I’ve been dreaming and planning a new body of work for several months now. I had this week off (from grad school) so I decided it was a good time to be in the studio to put my ideas into motion.
Illuminated Manuscript
beeswax, rulers, rope light, chicken wire, black ink, text and nylon
10 x 36 [...]
a little goes a long way
Filed in Every day art, eye candy, 11.23.09, 3:30 am by shansHere in Canada, the Christmas season has already begun. (that will certainly take some getting used to!) So, we decided to crank up the 50’s Christmas jingles and begin sprucing up our apartment with shades of red and green. We *love* decorating, and living on a pretty strict budget forces us to get creative in [...]
the fascinating language of color
Filed in eye candy, grad school rants, 11.19.09, 3:10 pm by shansThequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog, 2009
by Christian Faur
Although a surprisingly large percentage of the population is color-blind (or in some cases, just deficient in recognizing one or two colors), looking at color as a significant way of speaking to us can prove to be a very beneficial exercise.
Most people recognize the power of color associations. Artist Christian Faur puts [...]
catching up
Filed in etsy, eye candy, 11.8.09, 3:06 pm by shansI’ve noticed I’ve become increasingly slow in the technology game. I can’t keep up with emails and I often seem clueless on all things computer related. (I leave all of that up to Erik – my awesome web designer husband!)
Anyways, I just found out that my artist statement was quoted on a fun blog:
And Decor8 [...]