Falling down the rabbit hole.

As you can see I'm very very distant from this blog now. If you'd like you can still find me fairly active on: www.blood-bloom.tumblr.com or www.blood-bloom-art.tumblr.com
I'm sorry, I can't keep up with all this blog stuff when I go to school full time trying to focus on my art and work as well.
Come follow me down the rabbit hole...

I'm thinking about eating my own heart.

These are the steps I took in order to get my piece "She's eating her strawberry heart" ready for the state fair. I thought I'd share more DIY stuff with you guys because I really enjoy easily transforming certain things into something beautiful.

Here are the materials you'll need:

• cheap frame(I bought mine for $5.00 at Savers.)
• spray paint
• your artwork
• wire
• jewelry tools (wire cutters, etc.)
• 2 small screws
• acrylic paint
• glue

Step 1: Select the piece of artwork you'd like to frame. If it fits the frame then great, but if it doesn't I'll show you how I made it work. (I bought my frame at a thrift store so I didn't exactly have the best selection to pick from.)

August 2012

As you can see the dimension of the frame is too wide for my piece.



Step 2: Take the the back, your artwork and the glass out of the frame. Lay down some newspaper in an area that's acceptable to get a little dirty and spray paint your frame in any color of your choice.

August 2012

I always like black.

Step 3: Now, for my piece I cut two strips out of the same paper I used for the painting, I painted them pink to match and then glued them on the back and cut them to fit exactly. The way I measured was using the glass or back of the frame. I then worked on my painting a little more, trying to match it as perfectly as possible. (These pictures were taken before I did that.)

August 2012

August 2012

Step 4: Once your frame is dry you can touch up any small mistakes with acrylic paint of the same color. Then wait until that's dry. Clean both sides of the glass and put everything back into the frame.

August 2012

Beautiful, isn't she?

Step 5: After this we had to have a wire going across the back in order to submit it into the state fair. I took some wire from the garage, not too thin or thick and easily bendable, and cut it to size, leaving some excess on both sides. I then folded about 4 inches over and twisted it, leaving a small hole for the screw. I screwed that end into the back of the frame and did the same thing to the other side.

I wish I had pictures to show, but unfortunately, I was running out of time at that moment. Here's the finished product with it's sad creator.

August 2012

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Little Rotting Beauty

I'm still working on the whole strawberry idea. I'm not sure if I'm just running around in circles right now or actually coming up with some genuinely creative ideas. Anyway, this piece is about choosing to let go of ones innocence. A little girl trying to be the woman that she is not, something promiscuous and flirty, naive and ignorant. On the surface though it is just a little rotting beauty trying not to eaten by the fruit flies.

WIP, August 2012

 

 

WIP, August 2012

WIP, August 2012

 

I'm really looking forward to how this one turns out. I'm trying to better my technique when painting. Though it's quite difficult because most of it I teach myself.

Medusa

Sorry about the lack of posts on here. I'm actually still unsure about what to write.

Today was the first day of the tax-free holiday and I went to get my philtrum (otherwise known as a medusa ) pierced. It did hurt but I was expecting it to be worse than what it actually turned out to be. The trouble with me is the breathing for the most part. (I just tense up and forget to.)

And so, here it is...

August 2012

I got this done at Sachs in the Cottonwood mall by Scott Self(who also pierced my tragus and rook.).

Please help me.



Dear followers,
I need some help (in more ways than one) The State Fair submissions are coming up soon and I’m not exactly sure which piece to put in, What do you guys think?

 Please view my artwork under the "Blood" tab, and leave me a comment or send me an e-mail. The only catch is that it must be created within the year. Tell me what piece of artwork of mine you think I should enter into the State Fair or simply which is your favorite, please and thank you.

I'm tired.

This beauty bloomed out of nowhere.

July 2012

July 2012

 

Independence Day prtII

After shopping and the hike, we went to Gabriel's, a restaurant in Santa Fe, to eat. I ordered the enchiladas verduras, it was very delicious. I also love their lemonade. I dressed sort of like a pin-up for the 4th to show my spirit and because it makes me feel pretty and sassy. : ) That night we went to watch the fireworks and that concludes my 4th of July this year. I hope everyone who's reading this enjoyed theirs also.

July 2012

Posing in my room like I'm a model and I know it.

Independence Day prt I

The 4th of July fell on a Wednesday but felt like a Saturday for me, which was quite enjoyable. We first went to Savers to go thrift shopping. There was a  30% off sale for members, not as good as their usual 50% off for everybody, but it's Savers, we had to go. I got less than usual but came out with some pretty cute things. After that we went past Santa Fe to go hiking somewhere in the Pecos wilderness, here's some shots from the "easy" hike. (It wasn't easy, far from it actually. 2 hours, breathing out of my mouth, sore and tired afterwards.)

July 2012

I thought this was pretty cool the way this branch was bent.

July 2012

The hike was pretty neat, at first. I'm not a huge fan of hiking and so as it went on I decided never to hike this type of trail again. I loved the trees and being in the wilderness, it's definitly not what I'm used to. I kind of wished though to see some sort of decaying animal, but sadly didn't come across any.

July 2012

I saw a lot of these trees that looked as though they had eyes, very cool.



July 2012

July 2012

There were also  quite a few trees with messages written from other hikers that have healed over like scars.