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As much as I don't like it, I am proud of the finishes that became more of a science experiment as I went. Technically, one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Edit to say:

Cyber bullying is alive and well, regrettably.

All of you in these comments, you know who you are (even if you deleted your comments, I already read them all), can fuck right off. Respectfully, of course.

I have made this ceramic manta ray sconce using the clay casting technique to make the form in general, then I used carvings, cuttings and details, I used the spray gun glazing technique to make gradients and sparkles to make the texture rich. I have fired it in electrical kiln at 950 and 1050 degrees. For light I choose the led corn bulb with G9 base

Pulling out my camping gear for the season and I found these guys I made a few seasons ago.

Meet Propangelo (left) and Tank Hill (right). They have accompanied me on many outdoor trips over the years. Paints held up better than I thought it would when I did them as I didn't prep the tanks in any way.

Origami Horse

Size: 4' (cm) x 5' (cm)

Medium: Oil and acrylic

Support: Canvas

After some years of living in Alberta, and finding that my art doesn't have a large audience there, I began pondering how i could make my art more accessible to a prairie based viewer. Having already competed three pieces for my origami series i thought of this as an opportunity to bring a sense of action to these works. 

Wild horses are a symbol of the west that is slowly being replaced by dreams of loud engines, and absurdly lifted trucks. In a world where their necessary habitat is being destroyed they could one day be a forgotten feature of the foothills.

Wheel-thrown and hand-altered vessel — measuring approximately 10.5”x 8”x 4” — made using Laguna B-Mix clay. Finished with Amaco Honey Flux + bucket glaze, and fired in an electric kiln. Still figuring things out, but I’m pretty happy with the outcome here. Hope you enjoy it too. :)

Made by myself with a laser cutter, tiny voltage generators, tiny fans, USB-C lipo charger PCBs, and lithium batteries.

Sharing the process of how I made the painting that made it onto a whisky label. One of the coolest projects I've got to work on!

I wanted more privacy from the street without blocking all the natural light, so I made a removable faux stained glass screen using acrylic panels and window film. It was a lot of trial and error figuring out the colour/texture layers, but I’m really happy with how it glows in the morning light.

My most recent commissions! Love how these guys came out :D

My friend's cat passed earlier this year at 17. She asked if I could make something to remember him by, so I spent a few weeks working on this wool portrait.

The two rings around his neck were the hardest part — I re-did that section twice to get the spacing right. The eyes took a few tries too. Getting the expression to feel like him and not just a generic cat was the real challenge.

Made entirely from wool, no armature. Core wool base, hand-painted watercolor eyes sealed with resin, individual wire whiskers. About 80 hours total.

There are things I'd improve next time (the ear placement still bugs me a little), but overall I'm happy with how he turned out. Would love to hear what you think.

This bag is cut and stitched by hand. I don't ever use machines in any of my projects.

Fun fact on this project. I stitched in black, hated it. Then stitched in a matching brown which was alright. Then I had a khaki colored thread come in the mail and thought, "god dammit, now I have to unstitch the bag again". So I ended up stitching this bag 3 times. All told it took about 16 hours to make from all the unstitching I to do.

I'd love to know what you all think since you're the experts on handbags!

I've been collecting and playing with beads for 20 years. I love making unique combos of beads from various times and places, like late 19th/early 20th century Venetian trade beads together with ceramic beads made by a contemporary French artist, traditional Turkish beads and recycled glass from Africa, etc. I call this line "Traveller" as each piece is ooak trip in time and space.

Oil pastels on 56x76cm 640gsm cold press watercolor paper

Been trying to move away from making ‘fashion’ and more toward making pieces that feel alive

I found a part of a print sticking out of the trash at the thrift store and added the dog from the meme.