Art Events in Santa Barbara
Happy New Year! Are you planning any exciting creative projects for 2022?! If you are looking for inspiration, check out the bead ornament giveaway in this post. This year I got inspired to spend my free time sculpting a mermaid top to pair with my tail card holder display. The photos in this post are…
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When the weather gets warm and the daylight lasts longer, it’s the right time to start working outdoors. This space gets morning sun so my favorite hours to work here are 9 to 1 pm. The bike trailer is a tiny tarot studio. Next month the collective readings will be recorded from the beach. It’s…
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Sometimes there are happy accidents and this glass eye photography is one of those times! In arranging the set, and display, a second level of illusion was captured. It’s subtle that the landscape photo orientation looks like the edge of a face, a somewhat skeleton or skull like anatomical portrait. I love it! The photos…
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New work in progress photos. I’m inspired by a friends recent art and the history of eye jewelry. This post has a couple photos of my work in progress, a tutorial video, and a link to learn more about the lovers eye jewelry pendants. My exploration includes the lovers eye, dragon eye, and evil eye…
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Mushrooms grow everywhere and they come in so many interesting shapes and colors. A friends been posting photos of them on her hikes in the redwoods of coastal Northern California and it’s inspired me! The pendents were made over the weekend. It kept my hands and mind busy while I was anticipating the release of…
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Film series, Santa Barbara Home Project, is Streaming from Sunday, February 14 on luketheatre.org!!!!! 🎭 My story, Transformation by fire, is one of several performances in the project. We have been working on it for several months over zoom prior to the final rehearsals and filming. This experience was wonderful as a collaboration and I’m…
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Beautiful Soul Breathe Please remove masks Before assisting others Breathe Now descend Three two one Breathe Locate your Gift guide Safe exit Blanket Pillow Breathe We advise No conscious effort Breathe Release Thoughts Release Feelings Breathe Again Let’s ascend Breathe One two three Breathe Be free Beautiful Soul
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This fall I’ve completed a set of 8 feather pendants. They are all one of a kind and hand made with polymer clay, resin, acrylic paint, and mixed media. As my process is intuitive, the pendants have been through an alchemy of unforeseen transformation. I’m including some behind the scene images too so you get…
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This summer I created rings and pendants with resin and I added them to my shop this week. The rings include dry plants. The pendants are made with resin that includes heat sensitive pigments that are black when it’s cold and light gray when its warm. I put a ton of silver glitter in the…
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“Have you had your art today?” is a new creative storytelling opportunity from Arts for Humanity! In response to the challenges presented by our current health emergency, the organization is offering a new platform to inspire the community to engage with their unique creative process. I’ve contributed three dream stories to the project to help seed…
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