Cascadia Flag Patches.

Cascadia flag patches.

done by me in cotton DMC thread on post-consumer polyester felt.

I'm feeling derivative tonight. so sue me.

also, these are Christmas presents, BUT FOR WHOM??

Fall Patch. approx 3" diameter, craft felt and embroidery thread, front and back.

this is what I made today. it took me about 3 hours off and on. figured I'm putting up so much old stuff I should mix it up with something new.

I'm taking a small break from working on my giant embroidery project to play around a little with other needlework techniques, and also working small and quick is rewarding. it keeps the dopamine flowing to finish things.

Morel Mushrooms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morel

Marine invertebrates.

my little kitchen studio set up. I roll out slabs on that pane of glass, and I use acrylic ink for the easy clean up and relative non-toxicity (hard to be unsafe with a boring color like a carbon black I have to say) anyways, I have a small speedball roller and am using dickblick's black acrylic relief printmaking ink. works pretty good.

second picture is a table covered in some of the prints I made today. So Many Prints! I should list them on my etsy after the show goes down considering I think I may have a few left over. my main intention with these smaller prints is to make a thing at a lower price point so I can entice people to buy them and support me, even if they can't afford the larger prints, some of which I am going to price higher than others. (the complicated ones) I am not doing a closed edition on these (so I can always make more) and I might hand-color some of them.

acrylic ink is water soluble though, so we'll see how well that does.

straight out of the little red sketchbook. I don't like to put my hand directly on my cheek because I get zits, so I'll use my hood or a scarf as a barrier.