I love wire!

I've been neglecting you. I'm sorry. If it makes you feel better, though, I've been creative. I have always dappled in wire and jewelry, but I just had a bit of a breakthrough with my wire techniques, and I had to share a few of the results.

Picture the following as a necklace, or suncatcher, or even as a pull for a light...

Calling All Thinkers!

Well, Peter Piper has been going strong these last few weeks, and I'm feeling like he's almost ready to put together in a book. However, I need your help. I want this book to be fun for all ages, so I need to include things that only older people will catch. I'm trying to think of popular sayings that I can make into signs, stores, or something to that effect, but I'm drawing a blank. I've got "cat got your tongue" and that's about it... and that one doesn't make for a very pleasant store title! So, I'm asking your help: comment on this note with any sayings that you know-- especially more recent ones (could I use ROTFL somehow?!), or ideas for cute signs or logos, whatever ideas you have to make this book more for all ages. If I can, I'll definitely work them into it!

Thanks for all your support, and in advance, thanks for your ideas! :)

2000 Drawings

I haven't done too much art in the last few days, but I want to keep posting things regularly, so I can make a habit of it, and so you don't forget about me. :)

Today I'm going to post some stuff from my college years-- about 2000. I took a figure drawing class where (you guessed it) we drew nudes. A comment on nudity, quick: a lot of non-artists think of nudity as just a bunch of naked people. A sexual, crude sight. In art, they're not "naked," they're "nude," meaning that it isn't sexual or crude, it's a graceful form. My drawings don't show anything "R" rated, but even drawings that do are often not focused on the sexuality of the human form, but the grace and beauty of nature (and you'll know when it's about sex-- it's a whole different creature). Think of nudes as still-life. Forget the fact that it's a human you're looking at, and enjoy the beauty of shape. That said, here are the drawings. I hope you enjoy them.