Dont have the patience for games

Normally I don't have patience for games of the card or box type...So I find myself with a set of Chess that just sits there...The board is long lost but these beautiful wooden pieces live on in their box...Ive been meaning to put them to good use after being inspired by a Roman I met that I have known for years but wasn't aware of the fact that he was a Roman...

One night I took my dremel drill out and before going to sleep collected all the pieces and findings to build the necklaces that I had been planning in my head for weeks...Drilled the holes on the heads of each piece and went to be happy and excited...Once build I realized how heavy these necklaces were...Wore them around and loved the weight and how they rested on my chest...Job well done I must say...

Check the link to see them in my Etsy shop...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/64474793/king-and-queen-me-necklaces

Its been a while....

Its been a while I say... I have slacked in every direction....I am tired I am bored I am extreemly creative right now...But cant paint for the life of me..All I make is little things here and there...Cant keep track of anything...Cant find my long lost focus...Cant even find reason...I have become a skeleton of my self as a person and artist...More like and exoskeleton...

The amount of little things I make is nice but I find myself making for no reason...Hoping Id find some light to awaken me..None of that will ever happen I have to move my ass out and take charge of what I have lost...I still probably wont paint...But I will have made something outta this talent that once was just a thing and now has to become the thing to keep me eating...Because office work is not for me...emotionally and physically it kills me...

I wont get help since that is the norm in my world...As I rarely ask for help...So self sufficient that I have voided every chance in life to ask for help...The can that held any chance of asking for help is empty...Its gonna be tough considering I have to learn new techniques and possibly go away more than I have already...But it will pay off in the end...This mode of communicating will be the one...Its going to be my new habit... And that's going to be hard since I suck at keeping habits...

Here are some of my latest little crafts...Pine cones and acorns transformed into wearable flowers...Some will have colors other will stay natural....

back to work

I've been lost and stuck all in one deep dark hole with no artistic anything passing through my brain. But now I have recovered and all is back to normal more or less. Here is a new piece I made today...Enjoy

Pulp does a shrinkydink

After showing the Pulp Awareness plaques to a friend she asked if they were pins. The light went on and the ideas flowed. If I can make large molds I most certainly can make little molds. After a brief hunt in my kitchen I found my tools and began to make my little molds. Cute is just the simple word I use to describe them, they are 50 cent like mold that were soon to be adorning my clothes and hopefully someone else. These are the prototypes and there are more in the works. I had never though of the idea of making prototypes. I usually just make it and perfect it later but never considered making a test run. And now I have learned from my mistakes.

 The photo quality is not that great but its clear....Enjoy

 This is the newest Pulp Shrinkydink. A gift for a Breast Cancer Patient. The back says FAITH.
I hope it brings comfort in tough times.

Awareness

For a while I have wanted to do something for breast cancer awareness. not just the month of October but for all year round. Art has seasons but for my art its an ongoing event. While working with the pulp I used for mold making I began to think of something bigger. In the sense of mass production these mold are easy to make and in a week I can have up to 5 ready, if the weather conditions are favorable in the summer or if the heat is on high in the winter. I also used paper butterflies as the source of life in each piece.

I created these plaques a couple of weeks ago with the idea that they be perfect for a survivor or as inspiration for those in the struggle. Now I need the help with marketing them. I have posted them in my Etsy page renyleili.etsy.com for sale with 30% of the profits of each to be donated for breast cancer research.

The words used are basic words of inspiration and can be customized to ones liking.

I have also created two frames that will be posted soon.