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Metal etching tests

What do you do when etching resist is out of stock? Oh and it has toxicity concerns?You do some tests, and write shit down, because Science™️.I cut 20 gauge copper into roughly 1-inch squares, cleaned and prepped them for etching.…

I’m a rocker. I rock out.

One of the assignments in class is putting together a selection of thematically similar pieces for a portfolio. True to form, I decided to do some blasphemous artwork, because that’s who I am.Watercolors have always been my favorite medium, but…

Reading Material

My powers grow ever stronger.My jewelry class doesn’t have an official textbook, but this was one of my recommended items to get. From my first flip through, I can see why. So much information and techniques and data!We love a…

School Time: Bleach discharge dye samples

So one of the things that your patronage supports is me returning to school to be an art teacher! This is for my Art Practices class, which focuses on more three-dimensional techniques. This lesson involves taking dark fabric and using…

Blog: Fear of Success

Fear kills more dreams than failure ever does. Failure can teach you how to improve and what not to do. But we rarely talk about the fear of success, so let’s do that. ☆*✲゚*。)O( 。*゚✲*☆ One of the things that…

Sketchbook Tour: November 22, 2020

Finally! I had the darndest time getting the video uploaded from my phone to my computer to work on—so here you go! I had initially thought to do this with Patreon’s Lens app, but then I found out that those…