Whoo. Now we’re going back in time to 2004. 🙂
“Modal, African-American Woman”
Oil on canvas, 2004
“Self-Portrait”
Oil on canvas, 2004
“In-n-Out of the Lehigh Valley” Series
“Landscaping”
Watercolor on Collage, 4/10/2008
“Lehigh Valley Mall”
Watercolor on Collage, 4/22/2009
Copycat Fashion: Jean Despres Ring
I saw this ring from 1937 inside one of my old Harper’s Bazaar issues (March 2009). It was part of a blurb on an Art Deco and Avant-Garde jewelry exhibit at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. I thought it looked GORGEOUS and wondered if I could make something similar for myself. I had some leftover acrylic plastic from a previous project and I decided to create a pendant/brooch that looks like this cool ring.
Ms. FixIt #2 – Cross Pendant
When I was in college, I found this cross object on the street. It was such a random thing to find laying on the sidewalk with nothing attached to it to indicate what is was for, so obviously I had to pick it up and take it home with me. It wasn’t until recently when I figured out what I could with it.
Ms. FixIt #1 – Black Chandelier Earring
This is an introduction to a new series that I’m calling Ms. FixIt. For a long time I have come across lost trinklets like single earrings or broken jewelry pieces on the street that I pick up and take home with me. I always get ideas for fixing them and reinventing them into something new and fabulous. This is a test on my DIY arts & crafts skills as well as a more fun and cheap way to add to my jewelry box. 🙂
Here is project #1. A single chandelier with one jewel I found in the 14th Street Union Square subway stop in NYC. I grabbed it up and took it home to make it into a necklace.
Copycat Fashion: D&G Graphic Tee
Hello and welcome to the Copycat Fashion Project!
I enjoy fashion; reading the magazines, checking out the various style blogs on the Internet, shopping. 🙂 I find a lot of nice things I would love to get but I either can’t obtain it or afford it. However, I am an artist with some sewing experience, and I thought it would be fun to come up with some of these items for myself to enjoy (and improve my skills too).
For my 1st project, I saw this cool t-shirt in a spread for Elle October 2011 by D&G. I don’t do enough experimenting with typography, so I broke out my screen-printing stuff and decorated a spare t-shirt.
It’s not exactly like the top, but the point is to learn new techniques and break out of the style box. I’m going to have to do this again on another shirt.
Aunt Jemima’s Revenge T-Shirt
I had this idea for at least 2 years, thanks to my graduate school thesis. I was exploring the commodification of “blackness” or the Black Aesthetic through a fake fashion line inspired by racist ideas about black people.
I discovered my love of screenprinting back in collage, and I have been using fabric (specifically T-shirts) like a second canvas ever since. This design is a combination of Wanted Posters from westerns and Will Smith’s pose from the Bad Boys movie ad; originally a gift for a fellow talented artist.
I had a red t-shirt hanging around just waiting to be printed on, and I transformed it into a cool laced-up blouse to make it a little bit more special:
A Week in NYC: The Studio Museum
A while ago, I took a trip to NYC for a good friend’s thesis presentation and decided to spend the week exploring the city and rejuvenating my creative juices. I have yet to visit the Studio Museum in Harlem and they have free admission on Sundays, so this place was my first stop.
