Slacking...

The other day my husband told me I should make videos of the DIY stuff I do or when i'm creating my paintings. I then had to explain that half the time I do all this stuff by myself over time. Not like a week but sometimes i'll work on something for like a month.Yet there are some things I knock in a couple hours. I also do not own a tripod nor is my "art room" set up for me to film anything. Basically I'm just making stuff as I have time or materials and then I come back afterwards and write about it on here. 

Lately i've been slacking though. I have painting i've been working on for months. I started calling it "Black Girl Magic" and I have no idea when i'll be done with it. I just keep adding layers and staring at it for a few days. Yet this year I have given myself the goal of completing 10 paintings. 

This will be interesting. . .

I'm BAAAAAAACK !

FINALLY I HAVE A FUNCTIONING LAPTOP !

After a few years of struggling thru using my old Dell laptop I have finally upgraded. I will now (hopefully) be able to actually blog and post as much I would like to. YAY !

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DIY : Clothing and Recycling Pt.1

One Thing to Another....

Thrift shop jeans turned shorts 

T-Shirt turned Dress

T-shirt turned skirt 

Old Men's T-shirt 

Now a skirt !

JUNKS HEELS In PROGRESS....

Currently i've been int he process of creating more "Junk Heels" its almost like an addiction now. The issue is time. It takes a while to collect items and think of new themes for shoes. 

The ones pictures above are the ones im working on. More photos and pist to come.....

JUNK Heels : The Beginning

These babies right here were a random idea that one day I just decided to attempt. I had this old pair of black pumps that were basically trash, i'd wore them as far as they could go and had no real use for them. Then one day as I saw them laying on my floor next to my "junk box" I got an idea, what if I just creat a piece of wearable art out of those shoes and this box of crap. After a little sorting and prep these JUNK heels were born. I finished them just in time to wear to an on camous MOD show at Towson University. They got rave reviews from everyone that saw them. 

They consist of candy, empty paint tubes, paint, beads, broken jewlery, buttons, beads, and other random things ive picked up through out 

Screen Print VI: My Poster

Photo by Chris "Nova" Smith 

The final screen print I did ended up deviating from the "portrait" series. I decided to make a poster tha could be used for my growing collection of dresses. I named this collection Salvation Couture. As I was printing the monotypes the image changed and colors mixed and by the end I couldnt choose a favorite so I kept them all. 

The First Monotype

Second Monotype

Third Monotype, changed the colors

Forth Monotype, at this point things go a lil messy 

Self portrait progression ....

I've decided to tackle a self portrait but instead of the usual I thought it be interesting to do one entitled "Dark Side" 

I have always disliked self portraits because they reveal a lot more about you then you are usually willing to reveal in the first place. This time I figured why not put all the "ugly" on the table and see what comes of it. I'm using this as a learning experience. 

the original source (my face)

stage one

stage two 

Finished Product

More ELEPHANTS !

Bunch of elephants and elephant related things I made in one of my last collegiate art classes. It was a human figure class but I managed to find a way around that. 

Figure study with an elephant head

More figure studies and little elephants I sculpted 

my portrait bust 

Everything all painted and glazed on the final day 

FragAd Dress

This dress is made of fragrance ads from all the magazines i'd saved knowing they'd be useful one day. As well as various recycled pieces of fabric to create the structure for the ads. I made to dress to reference the fear I have of smelling bad in public, its one the few things I constantly worry about. The dress's skirt was constructed  to flow away for the body , keeping people from getting close. The dress also smells great.

Wore this as part of my final presentation in my drawing class. 

Close up detail of the top. 

Photos By: Chris A. Smith

Dress By: L. Phillips (me)