If you're not snowbound and happen to be in the Greenville area tomorrow, or Thursday,stop by the art building for the annual ECU Metals Guild Valentine's Day Sale! The sale will be going on right outside the Gray Gallery, from noon to 7pm on both days. We'll have jewelry and Valentines. Other guilds in the art department will also have cool stuff for sale.

Hope to see you there!

Quote of the Week

"Then I found some dirt to make an ointment that would honor my soul, and in mixing that I found poetry."

~Rumi

"A Salve Made With Dirt"

Favorite Things

Check out this fabric I found on Etsy! Rabbits AND sheep! Two of my favorite things!

Charmed

Sharon Massey from the Society for Contemporary Craft posted some work from "Charmed". You can purchase charms from a wide variety of talented artists here.

Keys

Love this image.

Process Shot of the Week

So we're finally replacing our chemicals in our electroforming bath. They should hopefully be here soon, so I'm hoping I can get these in next week. So excited!

Quote of the Week

". . . What sort of

person says that he or she wants to be polished and pure,
then complains about being

handled roughly? Love is a lawsuit where harsh evidence must
be brought in. To settle

the case, the judge must see evidence. You've heard that every
buried treasure has a snake

guarding it. Kiss the snake and discover the treasure! The
severe treatment is not toward

you, but the qualities that block your growth."

~Rumi
from Cleansing Conflict

Process Shot of the Week

Sorry this is a bit late. I spent Friday and Saturday just playing around with my enamels. This was the first time in three weeks that I actually got to work on my own stuff! Crazy!

Coffee Rabbit

Totally loving this shirt by Caanan Grall. You can purchase it here. You can also check out his kick ass comic Celadore, over on Zuda.

Book Love/Hate

So, as I mentioned before I'm FINALLY taking a book arts class this semester. I've been waiting to take book arts for almost two years and I get to take it with one of the coolest people on the planet, Lisa Beth Robinson.
I love it, but this class is SO frustrating! So far, we've made a simple journal, which wasn't graded and our first graded book, a 12 page accordion with spine and covers that demonstrates some type of narrative is due tomorrow! The class is really demanding craft wise.
For the record, I'm not really a precision person. I'm not even a precision metalsmith. So the craft is really hard for me. I'm terrible at cutting and tearing paper, folding, and keeping my paper CLEAN. I think I've mastered gluing (fingers crossed), but narrative is also something I'm not particularly comfortable with.
Above are my efforts in the class so far: my journal at the back and the 2 1/2 accordion books. (The first one I made was actually better than the second!) The taller, standing accordion is the one I'll be turning in tomorrow. I just need to add my narrative and my spine.