My First Finished Ceramic Pieces…

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}Last week was my final ceramics class in the first session with Kristen Swanson. Not the last class ever, since I already signed up for the second session, just the last one is session one.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

The last class was all about glazing all the pieces we had made, which was super exciting. I had been itching to bring these babies home.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

Once they were home I was still excited and decided each one needed it’s own photo shoot.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

So that is what I did!

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

I have been sharing these on IG and will probably continue with the next batch as well.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

So if you’d like to follow along, just check out my InstaGram!

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

The next session is all about tall cylinders, trays and matching cup sets! I am still so excited!!!!!

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Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

This year has been all about experimenting and growing as an artist.

So this weeks shop update is all about surface design on jewelry. I drew up some wonky shapes, laser cut them out of acrylic, hand painted each one and then covered the tiny abstract painting in resin.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

These have been so much fun to make and I love that each and every one is 100% one of a kind.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

I also took some of my new ceramics designs and translated them to jewelry. These pieces are designed by me, then laser cut and engraved by me and then I fill in the engraved parts in different colors of paint. The finished pieces are so neat to look at and wear!

You can find all the new jewelry pieces here.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

In other news, all of the Crafty Bitches Club tshirts have shipped. Once photos started popping up of people wearing them I got a lot of requests for more. So I have started a second preorder with a delivery of early July. If you want to get in on this second run, just click on over to the order page here.

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Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood

Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood {an Art School Dropout's life}

I have been trying to mix things up and have a theme for each shop update! This month’s theme was hand painted laser cut wood (with one or two exceptions)

Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood {an Art School Dropout's life}

Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood {an Art School Dropout's life}

I went through my old sketchbooks and picked several designs that I thought would make neat brooches. They are all based off my own taste, but I will be open to suggestions in the coming months.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood {an Art School Dropout's life} Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood {an Art School Dropout's life}

I also went through some of my fabric designs and took out a few elements here and there as tests.

All in all I’m very proud of all the new pieces and love seeing them up in the shop.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Wood {an Art School Dropout's life}

Oh and I also threw in some new XL Wall Scissors to mix things up a bit! These are made from 1/4″ MDF with Designer Fabric fused to the surface before laser cutting. They are a great addition to any sewing room (or any space really).

You can find all of these pieces plus more in the shop!

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Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns

I had talked two days ago about making jewelry again and showed off some new marbled hexagon pieces. Well, I went another step and scanned a huge handful of those hexagons and digitized them to be used in all kinds of projects.

Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}

I thinking I’m going to run with this idea and see exactly what I can make when I mix my jewelry with my quilting. The sky is the limit.

Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}

For now I’ve added a whole bunch of pieces using the scans to my Society6 shop

Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}

I am slowly ordering swatches from Spoonflower and currently a few colorways are available as yardage with more coming super soon…

Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}Also any designs available in my Spoonflower shop can also be used on Sprout Patterns. How cool is this dress? I want it so bad…

Marbled Hexies Repeat Patterns {an Art School Dropout's life}

Seriously, there is so much more I can do here! Other shapes, more casting techniques, different colors, etc. I am so excited by this project and will probably be sharing more about it soon!

 

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Bursting at the Seams with Love Fleece Blanket

Bursting at the Seams with Love Fleece Blanket by Jessee M {an Art School Dropout's life}

A few weeks ago I received an email from Zazzle.com with a coupon code for 50% off fleece blankets. I didn’t know that you could get custom made fleece blankets made, and the idea excited me. So I headed on over to their site and quickly uploaded a file and ordered myself a custom fleece blanket.

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