I stumbled across the March Meet the Maker at the tail end of last years challenge  and I’m excited to have been participating from the beginning this year. Everyday for the month of March you can tune into my Instagram page, @magick_socks, for insights into my artistic practice. And its also been a fun and interesting way to engage with other artists all over the world and see what makes them tick. Anyone can participate so if you want to share as well feel free to jump in w

I’ve created wearable art with VIDA (a company committed to creating clothing in a socially conscious way) and would like to share my first designs with you. All the items I’ve designed are available now, and can be found on my personal collection page. The designs were pulled from some of my favorite pieces created over the past 3 years. They all capture a sense of joy and exuberance that I know I aspire to include in my life everyday. Adorn yourself with one of these elegan

If you follow my instagram I’m sure you’ve seen a myriad of pictures showcasing my newest, most favorite toy in my studio: my butterfly paper punch! I bought it on clearance at Michaels and it is by far one of the most satisfying art gadgets I’ve ever purchased. The punch has three different shapes built in and with very little effort I can generate hundreds of beautiful one of a kind works of art. Inspired by my purchase I quickly generated a pile of painted papers using sla

I’ve blogged about my little shrine assemblages many times and I am happy to say that I am at the end of the exploration. This past month I used up the last of my little wooden plaques in the best set of shrines I have created to date! The latest series of shrines are all dedicated to my love of dance, specifically tribal fusion belly dance, which I have been practicing on and off for the past 6 years. This last summer I jumped back into the practice and it has been so rich a

Last December I was happy to present my art to friends and family at a salon held in my home. I curated a collection of my own pieces dating from college to the present and hung them throughout my new home in Colorado. I was truly tickled by the audience of friends who came to witness me and view my art. As part of the salon I spoke about my experience as an artist, the themes and materials I choose to work in, and answered wonderfully thought provoking questions. You can vie

This is my favorite piece from my Shrine Project that I have been working on tirelessly for the past two weeks. Years ago in the VAC at the University of Colorado I found a small row of fences in a free box. I was immediately drawn to the scale and shape of the fence pieces and made a small set of collages as gifts for my friends at Solstice. Many moons later I am finally pursuing the project I had in mind more deeply. I have been curious to explore themes of childhood, spiri

Tissue Paper, Acrylic Paint, and Found Images This is the second collage in a set of three. I have always had a fascination with the stories like the ugly duckling, the frog prince, and other transformatistoreis. This series follows the quest of the prince while he is a frog. The other two pieces are titled the Frog Prince Meets the Wicked Witch, and The Frog Prince Meets the Dragon. All three have the same strict color scheme with rather abstract backgrounds and the found im

I  think I will do some painting for a while becuase it is so kinetic. See if that moves me to a more tangible art form. #Cliche #Experiment #Inspiration #Painting