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How to Create an Umbrella
Happy last rainy Friday in April everyone! Just posted this tutorial with Creative Paperclay to show you all how to make an umbrella with clay. The doll in the photo can be found in my etsy shop through the link in my bio. Enjoy your weekend and head on over to @creativepaperclay‘s blog to see Read more
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Now Sponsored by Creative Paperclay®!
I am now part of the design team for Creative Paperclay®. I will be posting tutorials on their blog on the 4th Friday of each month! My first post for their blog series demonstrates how I created this Art doll in a frame. Head on over to their blog to see how it was put Read more
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You Deserve Some Serious Side Eye For That…
I had a very unfortunate situation leading up to my last workshop. There was a writer who decided that she would “share” my content with her community, but never asked my permission or even contacted me beforehand. She took my blog posts, images, personal work biography with previous job titles and assignments, and patched it Read more
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Coming Up Next!
I have a workshop scheduled for next week Saturday, October 28th at the Huntington Free Library in the Westchester Square section of the Bronx. In my head, I had it down for it’s original date that was discussed which was November 11th, so it kind of creeped up on me. I pretty much know exactly Read more
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My Amazing Weekend at Maker Faire!
This was my first time participating in an event as large as Maker Faire. I must say that it was a lot of work and that two weeks later, I am still tired and recuperating, but it was well worth it. I met a lot of other makers and got to hear about all the Read more
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Rolling Full Steam ahead with my Etsy Shop!
Well I have finally committed to adding new pieces to my Etsy shop each and every week. I have a good amount of work that is laying around for me to have a solo show and then some, it’s time for these babies to go! I now have 15 original one of a kind pieces Read more
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Installation at boom! Theater Company
Here’s a few pics from the latest Installation “Melanchromatic”. It was part of boom! theater’s monthly salon show that showcased poets, comedians and boom!’s very first screening of Puzzle People which is a weekly series about two friends who love puzzles more than people. It was an amazing night! Read more
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The Northside Festival, Year 2
I had another successful go at the Northside Festival with my larger works! This year it was for two days instead of one AND they offered free over night storage so I wouldn’t look like a crazy bag lady with my shopping cart on the train. There were less kids at the festival to play with Read more
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