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well... it's like this then.....

9/22/2022

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Making Jewelery

8/25/2022

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For years I have gathered bits and pieces of jewellery: orphan earrings, sparkly baubles, charms and beads from an independent bead store,  thrift store finds, estate and garage sales.
I made and sold many many pieces at our own Bizarre Bazaar, summer markets, commissioned at local shops.
I love finding and sorting and creating . It's quite Zen for me really.
Now I find myself in a new place : physically , emotionally, financially, mentally.
I moved, very quickly, across the country. West coast to east coast, state capital to small town, culturally active to .... not so much.
SO......
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Commission and Process

7/30/2022

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Since I have moved, and am now in an area where I know very few people, and I live in an area that is NOT dense population, we are approaching the Creation Station a bit differently. 
*More online outreach
*Commissions over Classes (for now)
**Newer style of PopArt with Posca Pens on Wood Canvas (no need for glass or framing)

So, a Client contacts Elsewise Art and we:
First  have a discussion of  size, price and colors that the client likes or dislikes.
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Client sends photos and we discuss...  (my comments in green)
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And the process begins...
*Outline
*Painting begins
*The color that looks like Black was actually Dark Turquoise.
​But when I added a second coat it looked black, NOT the turquoise the client requested.
​(further discussion not shown in the text)
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I added popcorn around the edges because the client said the cat loved popcorn and these were his Crazy Eyes- his
​Popcorn Face! which became the title for this commission.

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Yes. It has been awhile...

7/25/2022

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Yep. Been awhile.
I allowed everything and all the other things and stuff and such to take priority.
But, see, something REALLY BIG happened... and I was forced to Re-THINK and Re-Imagine what I choose to do with my Time, how I choose to go about  making an income.
I moved.
All the way across the USA. From Oregon to Maryland.
Crazy Times.
SO!
I have to get used to *New Weather *Paying taxes on everything *Finding new products and brands because they don't have the same ones here *Living in the COUNTRY far away from all things as opposed to CITY living with all things close by *Buy a Car and finally...... find ways to make an income via my ART.
​So bear with me as I move along to new and exciting adventures, and I PROMISE I will write more often.

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Board Game:
And Now For Something
​Completely Different

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Game Board: To Get Different You Need To DO Different

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Space Dog

5/21/2021

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I was given a commission.
Only parameters: Bold Colors.
So, I thought and pondered and  worried. I came up with several ideas but none seemed to be right. 
I was visiting a friend, who had a lush mj plant put back. I inquired as to the strain... SpaceDog was the answer.
Inspiration Lightning struck! My friend is crazy for the weed, and has a wee dog he loves. 
Space Dog was painted, in bold colors of course,  completed in 3 days and sent off .
And I was so happy with the result that I am doing a series.
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What it Takes... (for me)

5/15/2021

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Watercolor pencils. Created by my 3 kids back in the 1990s...yikes.
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Drawings my kids did wwaaayyyy back in the day.
I taught an after school art class at an elementary school. 
My own 3 had to attend.
​These are done in oil pastel.

WHAT IT TAKES....FOR ME. to get artwork framed and on the wall.
I have collected wooden frames for a couple decades. I have boxes of them!
*I have the art I want to frame, in this case SIX small pieces that I have saved for 25 years! Sheesh.
*I select the right size frames for the art.
*Remove the thrift store art.
*Wash the glass.
*Clean the frame, then spray it the color I want-wait for it to dry, inspect and re-spray if necessary.
*Cut mat board backing  to proper size.
I used to mat all my work but have eliminated that step. I just frame the art by itself now.
*Glass/Art/Backing
*Secure into frame- I use  cable staples.
*Measure for hanging wire- place two "Eye" screws- loop through wire.
*Hang.

I am SUCH a procrastinator (see the part about taking 25 years to get this done) so if I'm gonna do it,
I REALLY need to start and finish within a couple days.
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Creative Cartography

1/13/2020

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revised Creative Cartography version
I have posted some Creative Cartography before but I haven't described the process. One of the things I like so much about this art form is the process itself.
*Find the map... has to be a good paper, not slick.
*Find the picture within.
*Slowly develop the image.
​This one I call Snow Ape and it won second place ribbon in Keizer Arts Fin, Fur, Feathers show.
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Bizarre Bazaar

11/5/2019

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Back in the day.... Salem had this great coffeeshop right downtown called The CoffeeHouse Cafe.
It had a large backroom - all cleaned up after Jonathan aka Violette - cleaned it up. They did an incredible job making it a useable space for all manner of events. 
I started something called the Anti-Cute Bizarre Bazaar, and then Autumn came on board and made it better!
Well we're bringing that back!
One night only.
November 22, 2019 6:00pm to 10:00 pm at................ The Space!
Why not at Coffeehouse Cafe? Well, as aforementioned..."back in the day" CHC is gone now.
(go right ahead and mentally insert a sad face here)
But The Space said... "Sure! Let's do it! Great idea!"
If you're not sure who/what/where The Space is...
A West Salem, Oregon Vegan restaurant and Music Venue.
It's kinda awesome.
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consider choices counter to the collective

10/3/2019

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ok so I've been trying to come up with alternative ideas and choices, making different decisions, trying (and the key word there is "TRYING")  to create a revenue stream.

lllooooonnnggg story shortened:

BEFORE (years ago)
*had a part-time job
*had a studio 
*gave classes
*had an etsy store
*did lots of summer and holiday bazaars

LATER to NOW
*retired from part-time job and started watching grand-kids full-time
*couldn't afford studio
*only give an occassional class now and again - even those are often cancelled due to lack of interest?
*stopped selling on Etsy when they switched to allow all manners of sellers
instead of just  handmade goods by small entrepreneurs
*stopped doing bazaars and markets- all that lifting (tables, boxes of product, displays, etc.) was starting to get to me 

SOON (the different decisions part)
​*possibly look for another part-time job
*hope to get this website "out there" 
SO THAT I CAN (see below)
*give on-line classes
*sell my tee shirts
*sell product - necklaces and such
*get my art shipping

In other words- 
While I have great difficulty with these dang Ones and Zeroes....
I have Grey Girl Graphics with the Admirable and Esteemed Autumn Steam to help me with these damn struggles.


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9/16/2019

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The Ones and The Zeroes.
When wrapped inside the case... The Phone, The Laptop, The Computer, The TV/DVD/Soundbar one is trying to set up...
Any of it. All of it. Confuses the hell out of me.
I remember being in 9th grade...15 yrs. old I think...hadn't done all that well in Mathematics but then I had to take Algebra.
I came in after school to work with the teacher a couple times a week. It confused me SO much!
They gave me a "passing" D for at least attempting to process the information to understand numbers and letters combined....x=some number that you have to figure out by first figuring out what y =...... I didn't understand it. AT ALL!
(I can tell you what WTF stands for though!!!)
And that's where I am with this website.

I am Unable to Complete Endeavors Needed for My Personal Representational Interpretations in Both the Visual and Words
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