I have been lucky enough to connect with some interesting things that have been very artistically inspiring in life over the past couple of years. I think they are bringing me full circle, so to speak. Just last month I presented with Amy Dryer at The Women’s Resource Center in the University of Calgary. Our work was a study of patterning both conscious and subliminal and how and why it affects us. It was called Tattooed Ladies and will continue its run till April 8. The experience of creating the presentation around this topic sent me on an eye opening journey that I was not expecting and now has burst open a bubble that needed to break. This image is my official start of my work for Stampede 2014. Can you guess the name of this collection?
The mold
All set to start pouring resin pendants tomorrow for this summers Stampede. I spent the day carving and squishing wax to create molds that would be used as a form for pouring resin jewelry pendants. The forms seemed to slide into the shape I wanted quite easily but they were not smooth enough for the forms. I heated up an element on the stove and used a cookie sheet as the flat surface I needed to melt the edges of the form. It took a few test runs but I figured out how to hold the forms so they would dry properly without drying with melt bubbles on parts of their surfaces. I love learning something new and pushing the brain to figure out the nuances of materials I am not familiar with.
Smoothing wax molds for Stampede pendants
Fields of Gold
Fields of Gold

Well on its way. One of three large canvases.
Fields of Gold

*honey field* part of the collection of Fields of Gold.





