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I've got so much to post! Basilisk pictures! Organized studio pictures! Music stuff! Question meme stuff! omg.

But tonight I'm tired and this is about as much brain as I can manage. *sigh*

so, I think I'm gonna go fall asleep to watch the new Doctor Who instead. :P

*♥*

DW

So about a year and a half ago, upstart_crow asked me to make a basilisk for her. And I said sure! I'll look into it! and then I'd start a piece and hate it, and talk to her a bit and write stuff down and start another piece and hate it and almost finished a piece and hated it and... you get the idea.

But Wednesday evening I decided that DAMMIT I WAS GONNA FINISH A BASILISK! D: D: D: So I sat down and called karadin for moral support and made an AWESOME armature that I am happy with! ^____^ YAY!!

She's got the Armature 2.0 design and is a little over 15" tall right now. Her tail is completely articulated as are her arm, leg ankle and wrist joints. ^_^

Whoot!!



BasiliskYAY!

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DW

One more thing! And then I stop spamming y'all's frists.

The bidding on the Child Empress ends today!! Get your bids in if you're looking to have her for yourself! ^___^

Also, she's apparently a bit scary before coffee. :P :P (and I am quite amused. ~_^)


And! Connie Toebe and Laramie Sasseville also made pieces inspired by "Child-Empress of Mars" by Theodora Goss! ^__^ And I want both of them! yus! ^___^

(and and and the beeeeeeeeeeee!! D: D: So Much Love! :D :D)

DW

Hey y'all. I'm working on putting together this year's Call For Artists and I'm looking for fabulous artists to add to my list!

Is there anyone you think is an awesome artist and might like to participate in the show? Let me know! ^____^ (and let them know! I'll be posting the call as soon as the reg form is active and y'all lovely art people can start sending me your jury pics. ^__^)

Man, this year is gonna be FABULOUS. ^_^b

We're looking for a lot of diversity in feminist scifi/fantasy/speculative/interstitial/gloriously arty themes of all descriptions and interpretations! We'd especially love to see a balanced mix of mediums both 2D and 3D by both established and emerging artists. ^__^

And *I'm* looking for places where I can find such awesomeness! So pretty please with all kinds of sweetness on top rec me your favorite artists and art sites so I can add them to my promotion list and send them the info?

*bats lashes*

XOXOXO ♥!

Jane aka wiscon art show person. :P

DW

So yay!! the Child Empress is up for auction!! Go! Check it out! Tell them how awesome you think she is! ^___^ (and bid if you want her, too! ^____^)

And Interfictions 2 is out! ^____^ Go! Buy it and read the AWESOME story by Theodora Goss that inspired me and get many more awesome stories as well!! ^______^

Here's the press release for the auction:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Interfictions 2, the second anthology of new “interstitial” fiction from the Interstitial Arts Foundation, will be released by Small Beer Press on November 3rd, 2009. The anthology, edited by acclaimed authors Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak, further explores the interstices of genre and form, drawing ever-changing maps of what literary art can be.

In honor of their first Interfictions anthology, the IAF held a jewelry auction in the summer of 2007: each piece was inspired by stories within that pioneering collection, which critics hailed as “odd, deep, delightful…”. Now, in 2009, the Interstitial Arts Foundation is crossing their own previously-erected borders and has opened the auction up to all manner of portable art.

A wide array of artists – dollmakers, painters, jewelry-crafters, knitters, and more – were invited to create pieces inspired by the border-crossing works in the first and second Interfictions anthologies. Through the alchemy of word and imagination and raw materials they have created over 30 stunning pieces, ranging from an evocatively alien sculpture by Jane Washburn (inspired by Theodora Goss’ “Child-Empress of Mars”), an eloquent necklace by SToNZ (inspired by “Valentines” by Shira Lipkin), complex and exquisite handmade art books from Wendy Ellertson and Erzebet Yellowboy (of Papaveria Press), a hat that can be both worn and read from Kate Schaefer, and many other intriguing pieces that are themselves works of interstitial art: illustration and handcraft, fine art and utilitarian . . . all and none of the above.

The online Interfictions Auction is set to begin on November 1st and will run through early December. All of these pieces make excellent holiday gifts. Opening bids will range from $10 – $50, though of course the value of many is much higher. All proceeds go toward supporting the Interstitial Arts Foundation and its projects.

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Also, Here's a link to the previews and schedule for all of the awesome art that'll be going up for bidding this month. AAAH!! I want everything! ^___^


Bidding on the Child Empress ends in a week, so if ya want her put your bid in! ^____^

DW

I realized this morning as I was sorting out my flickr account that I haven't posted WIP pics for the CE yet. D: soooooo... here they are. ~_^

I didn't take very many this time around being as I was more concerned with creating then documenting, but I think I got a couple good ones. ^___^



( Here are 10 pics with talking! whoo! :P )

She was 4 months of work (amid other projects) and took about 115 hours.

and just for completion sake, here are links to the other two detailed WIP posts I've made:

How to make an Imp: Goddess Doll Tutorial

Anatomy of a Root Thing: Oh it's been so long since I've made one of these.

DW

I dropped suibhne_geilt off at the airport this afternoon. I'm sad I'm going to miss WFC. :(((( Hopefully I'll be able to make it next year! I miss you awesome people!! *clings*

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I've added Octave and Lina to my Etsy store. And I think I've figured out my lightbox background problem, so hopefully there will be a few more later. (as I've recently been on an insomnia kick, my sleeplessness = more productivity?? and I've got 10 dolls waiting to be properly photographed before I can post them around. ^_^)

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I was just bemoaning the fact that I was feeling feverish and exhausted and nauseated and hoping that I wasn't getting sick when I remembered that the last time i ate was... 12 hours ago? and am most definitely dehydrated due to the same. D: D: D: Some times I am not so smart. :PP

I am about to remedy that with some chicken fried rice. :P (and by "chicken fried rice" I'm referring to rice fried with bits of chicken, not batter fried an served with white pepper gravy. :P :P)

whee and stuff!

DW

My brain she's been eaten by this handsome dude. He's about 12" tall and is an all terrain beastie. As usual, I bemoan my lack of photo skills. I'm getting better, but I have yet to discover the trick to making them look as nice as they do in person. *sigh* one day...

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DW

D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D:

also D:

man. I am soooooo cold!! D: D: D: D: D: There were even FLURRIES this morning! AAAAAGH.

that is all.

Except, HAHHAHAHAHAHA I've got a half a million tags having to do with how much I hate being cold. :P

DW

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
bleaknimue goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as A Black Cat! >^_^<.
ardoise_vide tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
bloodlossgirl tricks you! You get a block of wood.
chefjen tricks you! You get an eraser.
coyote_eyes tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
dreamling tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
goblingirl gives you 18 mauve mint-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
hravan gives you 16 softly glowing watermelon-flavoured gumdrops.
karadin gives you 15 orange raspberry-flavoured gumdrops.
ladymeshel gives you 18 purple licorice-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
strangemodegirl tricks you! You get a rock.
bleaknimue ends up with 67 pieces of candy, a rotten egg, a block of wood, an eraser, a rotten egg, a rotten egg, and a rock.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Apparently I am Abe Sapien and therefore deserve rotten eggs. ^_^v

DW

This is the Child Empress of Mars, based on the story "the Child Empress of Mars" by Theodora Goss and soon to be published in Interfictions 2. It's my donation for the Interstitial Arts Foundation Auction and my project for the past month. *whew*

I will honestly say she Kicked My Ass. omg. also OVIPOSITOR OVIPOSITOR OVIPOSITOR. :D :D

mixed media - (2009) 15" tall by 12" long

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DW

OMFG!!! BPAL HAS BABA YAGA AND GODFATHER DEATH SCENTS. I AM DEAD OF SQUEE AND CAPSLOCK.

and Raven Moon sounds AWESOME.


I.... I have no more words. *__________*


except, I LOVE YOU kebechet! YOU ARE MADE OF 1001 AWESOMES. YUS.


edit for descriptions and scents
( THE LITTLE WOODEN DOLL )
( THE WHITE RIDER )
( THE RED RIDER )
( THE BLACK RIDER )
( THE CHICKEN-LEGGED HUT )
( BABA YAGA )
( THE WITCH'S REPAST )
( FIRE FOR THY STEPMOTHER'S DAUGHTERS )
( VASILISSA )

RAVEN MOON
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance: shining, moonlit ebony musk with benzoin, myrrh, smoky vanilla, patchouli, nutmeg, and dry red chili.

I've got a cinnamon apple/nectarine/pear/blueberry fruit crisp with oats/real butter/brownsugar/mexican vanilla topping in the oven and chicken curry with rootveggies and awesome on the stove waiting for people to show up. ^____^ and rice in the ricecooker and thick homestyle vanilla icecream in the freeeezer. yus!!

oh man, that fruit crisp topping should caramelize is carmelizing! yey! and I am a very happy jane. ^____^

Blessed Mabon to all who celebrate! :D :D :D

http://jane.dreamwidth.org/436420.html

1. Kuroshitsuji's got a new chapter out! YAY! ^__^

( Where I ramble a little bit - spoilers through Ch. 37 )

2. I have discovered a new favorite faerietale! :D :D See? My beloved Bpal is good for much more than nosegasms! ^____^

Wikipedia says:
"Eglė the Queen of Serpents is considered one of the most archaic and best-known Lithuanian fairy tales and the richest in references of Baltic mythology. Over a hundred slightly diverging versions of the plot have been collected. Its multi-layered mythological background has been an interest of Lithuanian and foreign researchers of Indo-European mythology; Gintaras Beresnevičius considered it being a Lithuanian theogonic myth. Interestingly, the tale features not only human–reptile shapeshifting, but an irreversible human–tree shapeshifting as well.

Eglė is both a popular female name in Lithuania and also a noun meaning spruce (Picea). The serpents (žaltys) of the tale are grass snakes in Lithuanian, but because they inhabit the sea, the word may mean a mythical water snake."

It's so doomy!! ^_^ and I think the two wise women were in cahoots. and YAY WARNING BIRDS!! ^___^ They are so my favorite faerietale critters ever. :D :D

I... I am almost incoherent with love and must now go see if I can find songs about it. ♥♥♥ *_*

(you can read a version of it here, if you'd like. I do so recommend it!)

3. Invisible creatures from the other side of things are carving out my womb and feasting on it's contents with large spade-like silver spoons as if it were filled with fine custard. This is truth.

and I don't even have anymore of the good drugs, man. :(( Damn lack of insurance. I have apparently made up for that by sleeping 27 hours in the past two days. O_o;; urgh. ow.

http://jane.dreamwidth.org/436117.html

This doll is making me want to scream like a dying bunny and violently throw things out the window. D: D: D: D:

...which means I'm on to something awesome and it's right where it's supposed to be, but *STILL MY RAGE* AAAARGH!!! *defenestrates*

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Please distract me from my doll hate and rec me some creepy murder ballad folk preferably melodic with female singers? (I know! I totally don't want much. :P :P :P)

I love Rasputina (and by default Melora Creager) and the Scarring Party and 16 Horsepower and Pale Young Gentlemen and Hem and Iron&Wine and stuff... I just need more to add to my Working playlist. ^_^ (and something to Google next time I take a break. ^_^)


I'm currently playing my iTunes on shuffle everything, but I believe I need to narrow things down before I kill something. rawr.


EDIT: OMG! hravan has totally saved my life. ^___^ (or the bunnies who are not yet dead, but are screaming in the other room before their inevitable defenestration... >_>;)

Dr Kevorkian and the Suicide Machine It's not folkie, but it's perfect and I... want to do naughty things to her voice. *_____* yus.

This entry was originally posted at http://jane.dreamwidth.org/435604.html. Feel free to read or comment at either place. ^_^ There are comments at DW.

I am working on the Trickster Who Shall Not be Named, But Who's Name Starts With A "C" And Ends With An "Oyote" for a commission and up until last night or so He's been a right bastard. But now, apparently He wants to cooperate so who am I to complain? ^___^



Rawr! Two-legged *and* Four-legged! ^____^ and He stands by Himself! whoot!



This is my new prototype armature that is actually built to model a skeleton. hopefully, it'll fix the "spaghetti arms" problem I've been plagued with up until now.



He's kinda sexy. I totally have to finish repairing Pan now so I can photograph them together. *purrr purrrr purrr*

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and I've run out of tape, so off to Michaels I go.




as you might guess, I found my camera. >_>... carry on.

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Also this morning, I awoke not only to cat horking, but to EPIC BEDHEAD. yes. this is truth.

and as it has been a very long time since I've posted a me picture, I give you evidence.

( I spare your frists from the tangled hair monster of DOOM. yesyes. )

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waking up to Aleister horking a hairball on my feet is less than optimal, universe. bleah.

In other news, I've been experimenting with a new armature prototype! ^___^ yes! he is standing by himself! ^____^



also, this guy needs a pointy knitted hat. I totally wish my knitting skills were up to it. :( He's so cute!



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Last night I dreamed that I was interviewing for a job baking cakes for Dragons. It was actually really cool! and the benefits were really nice. and the kitchen was fabulous. *sigh*

the weirdest thing was that the manager/chef made all his lists by drawing each item in colored chalk on a board. I was like, damn that's fast! I'll never be able to make lists like that! D:

I was very happy that Dragons ate sweets and not cats. yus.

the end.

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