I’ve finally got a few of my jewellery pieces up on my etsy profile… IG MONDO jewellery.
They are simple, beautiful and alternative style designed with both men and women in mind, these are the first two of many;
PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGES – THEY HYPERLINK TO THE PURCHASE PAGE ON ETSY
Skull & Rose Unisex Earrings (Silver)Skull & Rose Unisex Earrings (Antique Bronze)
(Currently only available in the UK, but this is due to change)
As I’ve said these are the first of several to come, I have another set that I haven’t yet had the time to upload (and need to calculate the pricing) of a ‘similar’ style to these two. I’m thinking of doing more complex unique jewellery, with the same unisex or even genderless direction. I’ve been looking at the material of METAL CLAY which is basically metal alloys in the form of a soft malleable material that can be moulded just like real clay. Once the formwork is done you must allow the ‘clay’ piece to dry and fire it with a gas torch which can go up to temperatures of 1500degrees Celsius I believe.
Anyway.
Here we go..
Instantgaram… IG Mondo Jewellery
And through and through, for all of you a lot of…
Peace&love
Steph
[listening to: Say Hello to Heaven – Temple of the Dog]
Hey! So as promised the other day I’ll post up a lil sketch I did on my travels. This is one done in the Greek party town on Kos of Kardamena.
Flower sketch
Kardamena was nice, a little cringey around the edges, but fun! It was one of the day excursions we went on. The place was surprisingly much less lively than expected. Though having said that, the state of Greece’s economy may explain this sadly.
I do hope they recover from this in the not too long future. I love Greece and their people. I feel so at home whenever I am there!
Recently I’ve been avoiding contact with humans during weekdays. I just don’t have time for them other than a few select people. Besides, all the people at work kind of bore me. I mean most of them get irrationally excited about stupid shit. At least in my opinion. Oh well not here for that much longer. Im leaving early August. Then I should be going back to university in September.
Well, there is one guy who I can actually have a conversation about non-work related topics. I mean I can talk to him about music and art and the likes. Which is great as I can do that pretty much endlessly. If only the workplace had a little leeway for casual talk. My boss just makes it completely awkward so I’ve basically shut off to everything apart from matters concerning the projects that I’m working on. This year has been a total drag, but hey!
So yeah I spent yesterday lunchtime sitting under a tree in the park near the office sketching for about half an hour (whilst fighting the perils of hayfever), listening to the Singles Movie soundtrack. Which is great by the way if you have time for it. The movie is set in Seattle in the nineties. It’s a kind of romcom but contains cameos from various Seattle heroes such as members from Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam etc. yeah I’m a sucker for self deprecating alienated 90s music.
Singles soundtrack CD
So yeah! Normally on Fridays a bunch of my colleagues (generally the younger ones) would go out for lunch. But to be honest I don’t have time for that. These people have nothing interesting to say. They talk about the weather, world geography, the theatre. I mean these things are ok, but there’s just no one who I can share my passion for art and music with.
I’ve tried and tried believe me. No one is eccentric or feeds off my eccentricity either.
I get a feeling this will be yet another day of me sat under that tree with my sketchbook out. I mean that’s not a problem I find my own company entertaining and love to be alone with my thoughts most of the time.
Sketchbook excerpt
Anyway hopefully I’ll be able to squeeze a few hours into my artwork this weekend.
God it’s been a long time and I do have a few fresh ideas in the mix.
Peace&love
Steph
[Listening to: Daydream Nightmare – The Great Society]
As promised two days ago when I made my first blog post I will show you the online base for all my work, where you can buy my designs as a straight forward art print or printed onto a variety of selected products, such as mugs, phone cases, tote bags, cushions, clocks and even tapestries?!
Yeah, that one surprised me too, pretty cool! Then again there are also things like leggings and I think shower curtains as well, neither of which I’ve done yet.
But yeah that’s society6, essentially the middle person when it comes to selling your designs as prints so you don’t have to put the effort or expense into it. Also I’m sure their quality is much better than I could achieve anyway. They are categorised as a p.o.d. website. This means point of distribution and includes the likes of redbubble, zazzle, printalloverme, artrookie, cafepress etcetera..
It takes forever and a hundred years to get up just one piece of work and upload all the very specifically dimensioned versions of it for the range of products. I’m very impatient though, I’m sure you’ll soon come to see. I can’t hack waiting around. This is one reason why I am sticking to just one p.o.d. For now at least.
Anyway, it is worth the wait as when you see the previews of your work on these products it’s satisfying and even more satisfying when people purchase something from the store.
So, check my page out in the link above somewhere and feel free to look around the site in general of course. It’s not only a great way to support independent artists but also there are some really great designs out there.
I think people should drop the whole online shopping from major shops and fashion lines shtick for this kind of thing.
Anyway, work today, time to shift some lines and dimension structural openings. Woe is me! I’m going to need a coffee..
Peace&love
Steph
[listening to: Appels + Oranjes – Smashing Pumpkins]
instantgaram 