jenygwen's art & design blog: January 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Good Lookin!

I have my work up at a great salon in Harbor East...
The Edge On Central ( located at 1300 Bank Street, Suite 110) The stylists there are fantastic! GO!

Love Love Love!

clipped from www.etsy.com

Here's a sweet little card that I have available on my etsy site...
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8345701

Monday, January 7, 2008

I met a bunch of crafters the other nite at Evergreen Coffee House. It was great to hang out with such a creative bunch of people. As a result we are planning a bunch of fun events for the year ahead! Here is a little teaser, showing a few of our goodies! The banner above was designed by Leah of Curious Zoo. Must be nice to be such an amazing photographer and designer!

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Fresh and new...

Here is one of my newest creations...personalized stationery! Give me a holler if you want some or just go ahead and buy some already! You can get 'em on my etsy site.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Wooden Majesty!

So this is the project that Paul has been working on this past year...incredible right?!!! It seems like just yesterday we there surveying the land. It's absolutely gorgeous and almost ready for occupancy. Wish it were ours... sigh...!

Art Monkey

I recently had lunch with my talented brother-in-law, Jim, to chat about art, technology, etc... He is my goto guy when I need tech support and is an incredible artist himself. Hopefully he will be posting his own art soon (hint hint) on etsy but in the meantime he has been posting some of his own art faves on his site stop by and check it out!

Did you buy handmade gifts this holiday?

As an artist, I took the buy handmade pledge this year with a happy and hopeful heart. I love the idea of supporting other artists in their ventures and am always appreciative of people purchasing my goodies. Many of my purchases were made on etsy, and others were made in local area shops. Here is one of the items I got from etsy for my niece!

clipped from www.etsy.com

Fantastic Illustrator...

While attending "In the Streets" an arts festival in Frederick, Maryland I picked up one of these for my man (the one on the left)...yes i know i buy him lots of notebooks! Danamarie, the talent behind Green Star Studios, is based out of Baltimore and has a unique line of products and artwork...
Check out Danamarie's work at
http://www.greenstarstudio.com

clipped from 63.134.206.166

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Local Designer...

If you live in the Baltimore area and are in need of some nifty promotional materials, look no further!!! Laurie Hare, of Laurie Hare Design, a personal friend of mine, is the girl for you! Check out her website to see all that she has to offer!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Hotel Victor

Here I am with one of my pieces at the Hotel Victor. This print, along with several others are available in the gallery below the hotel.

If you're lucky enough to be in Miami...

Check out my work at the Hotel Victor. The hotel has a fantastic restaurant and the bar there has awesome happy hours which are open to the public...so head on over and have some fun!

If you're ever in Charm City...

Stop by Cupcake Shoes and Apparel. Besides having gorgeous clothes, shoes and accessories, they've got my art hanging all over the place! It's located on south Broadway in Fells Point, a block from the harbor.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Almost done!

Here's another pic that shows the installed glass...partially painted!

Close up!

After it was installed I spent several weeks painting the glass. It was a really fun project and the Null's were fantastic to work with. Here is a close up that shows a detail of the glass after the paint was applied...

Installed!

After I finished with the exacto, the guys went ahead and sandblasted the glass. They then installed the glass at the office.

Process!

The first step after drawing out the concept was meeting with Gettysburg Glass Company. Initially, they were like "you want to do what?!" After scratching our heads, we figured out the best way to go about executing the design.

First, I attached some contact paper to the glass. Next, with an exacto blade, I cut out the design that I wanted to be sandblasted. This took about a week...the guys at the glass shop were great and helped me move the glass into place so that I could work on them in the order that they would be installed.

A great commission!

I also got to create a really cool piece for the Null's. They have an amazing dental practice up in Gettysburg PA and wanted something special done to spice up their waiting room. You can imagine how excited I was when I found out that they wanted an 9x18 foot etched/painted glassed wall!!! After a few design consultations with them and their interior designer Ann Saum, I got to work. This is the design I showed them.