As promised (even if it is a little late) I have reintroduced my Featured Artist Posts and I shall be starting with a wonderful artist named Anna or
Moonstr, who created the lovely banner for
My Etsy Shop.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself?I'm a secretary by day and paint
flinger by night,
I'm 36
going on 15.
I prob day dream way too much. i get my hair done for trade with my art.
I've had a few gallery shows. one coming up in
Seattle I'm excited about.
I just did a
lil aceo with my menstruation blood and
I'm still working on it.
Ive made a
lil sculpture out of finger nails. I have 2 kitties and a bf of 12 years.
2. What first made you want to become an artist/designer?I think it was when i was 2-3 and got my first crayons. I have been drawing ever since. use to get yelled at to stop drawing in church. Then protested at 5 that I would rather
be drawing instead of being in church. My dad was not happy about that. 9 I drew a nude
of a woman and my dad asked if I was a lesbian. My family has never really supported
me when it came to art.
After adolescence, I was in many bands, I came up with art for stickers and t-shirts,
I did zines, had an art show in a cafe where one piece got stolen.
then had a bf told me why don't you just put on music and paint all the time.
So i have ever since. I paint more for me.
3. Could describe your creative process?Its either sketched out a bit with pencil, or i just jump into it.
So constructed, or chaos:)
I have to be in the mood, the min it feels like work, I stop, I never want my art
to feel like work. With sewing i don't measure anything.
4. What handmade possession do you most cherish?The very first doll I made i still have her:) 3 legged one eyed alien mama.
also all my journals and art journals and so many art pieces I have
gottenoff of
Etsy love them all:) and my doll collection and
aceo collection.
5. How do you promote your work?I don't really promote myself. i find it tiresome, and needy, and
spammy.
only thing I do is be funny and
snarky in the
Etsy forums, chat rooms also, and
I'm on
Flickr~there are some really cool
Etsy based groups on
Flickr.also
Myspace,
Indiepublic,
Artbistro. but really
im on
Etsy soooo much more than anything else.
6. What advice would you give to artists who are new to Etsy/selling art?Make what you love, put your heart and passion into it. patience is key
and keep at it. List often, renew when you can. Ask questions, be part of the community.
lurk in the forums and you learn lots of things. and never spam. so many people are
turned off by spam, including me. I state that in my announcements that if you spam
me in any way i will not buy from you.
7. In 10 years I would like to be...Hmm good question. I just wanna be happy.
She was so eager to eat when Mikey was feeding her this morning that she stuck her whole face in the bowl leaving her with a gravy stripe down her face, all she needed to be part of a native american tribe was some brightly coloured feathers.
This top makes me look really wide haha
...which my Mum bought for me the Christmas before last and sadly I still haven't gotten around to knitting any of the patterns out of it, so I have made a promise to myself that the next knitting project I start will be from this book.
That one could be interesting hehe!
Inside were 3 gorgeously wrapped parcels
And Inside those 3 gorgeously wrapped parcels were this beautiful things
That is all for now, I have 3 Birthday presents, some Valentines presents and some Chinese New Years presents to make so I should really crack on!
1. Tell us a bit about yourself?
Thanks Mum!
You can finally see my kitchen table, which we ate on I will add!
This week for Meat Free Monday I cooked Vegetable Fajitas
Think I might wrap it up now seen as whilst writing this blog I have been making spicy pepper soup, peanut butter fudge and baked potato skin crisps, will upload photos in the morning!
