scissors for life and beyond.

last thursday i went and got some scissors tattooed on my left arm. i've wanted this image for so long and finally had enough cash saved up from shows and markets--i usually just put my cash towards mundane things like groceries and gas and things for the haus, but i'd been setting aside a little pile of money as a reward to myself for being diligent about schlepping my stuff and doing shows. you see, when it comes to shows i get very excited about the application process and planning how i'll set up my booth. but when it comes down to the night before....i start to get a tummy ache, my head hurts, i'm a little dizzy...and i don't want to go. i try to talk myself out of doing it (oh, it might rain, what if i wake up sick, i feel a migraine coming on, people probably won't be shopping...). however, i've been very good and werked very hard, even going to the san marcos farmer's market when there was no upfront fee and i could have simply not shown up without any problem. let me tell you, shows are not easy. i have alot of equipment that i bring along and many times it's just me setting up (though, i've been very fortunate the last few times to have a few wonderful helpers)...but it only adds to the perpetual back pain that i have from a roller skating injury 7 years previous not to mention that it's texas and it's hot and humid and i get sweaty and wilty looking and my anxiety makes it hard for me to be happy and outgoing. but somehow i've managed and i continue to find ways to make the process run more smoothly. and thus, my reward:

i guess you can't tell a whole lot from the picture...but it's exactly what i wanted. i adapted the drawing from a 1916 sewing implement catalog illustration and alex at No Surrender perfected it. it's healing up right nice so i'll have to get a better photo of it soonly.

nextly, photos of firewerks:


i don't want to call my self patriotic. i subscribe mostly to the school of anarchy. not so much that i believe in a 'lawless society' as much as i don't believe the government should be quite so involved in people's personal choices. it's much more in depth than that, but that's another discussion for another time. disdain for the government aside, i used the city of san marcos fourth of july firewerks display as a photographic opportunity to capture 2 and a half second intervals of continuations of light that our eyes/brains cannot perceive as single moments.

sea creatures. fleeting meteors.

electric oscillations of light and fire.

displays of seemingly geometric perfection, exploding rays of the golden ratio...

aesthetic mathematical perfection from mere grains of flammable dust.

lots of people photograph firewerks, i think, with the intention of capturing simple majestic beauty. i however, intend, at some point, to enlarge these pictures to gargantuan proportions and submit them to a gallery. i believe the distortion would only enhance the other-wordly feel.

on other news, i've listed a few new junk jewelry necklaces in le shop. they've been traveling with me for awhile now and i've only recently had time to photograph and curate them.

vega; circa 1920s 12k goldfill locket with photograph on hand-linked burgundy freshwater pearl chain.

remembering etta; civil war era tintype photograph on mixed vintage chains with 10k goldfilled elgin watchface and brass locket.


this next batch of goodies will first be available this saturday and the San Marcos Farmer's Market:

so please come and peruse the wares and support other local artists + farmers this saturday from 9am to 1pm on the south side of the courthouse. xoxo!