Critique

During critique, it was brought up that that my work seems un- resolved and non- cohesive. I plan on working to remedy this.

work Update

Finished second piece.

The tree suggests room for growth, and expansion, the possibility for development and improvement.

work update

I'm currently working on finishing up the piece from 2 posts ago, as well as experimenting with colouring, and creating pieces for all the cups of tea I drink in 12 and 24 hours.

Protege moi de mes desirs, pour ils soyex la mort de moi

"Protect me from what I want, for it will be the death of me."

In tea leaf reading, the boat can signify a journey, or protection. Seeing as I'm 1-for-1 for grad school acceptances (I'm still waiting to hear from the other programs I applied to), it's pretty safe to say I'll be taking a "journey" in the near furture, but will I need to be protected form something as well?

Time Warp

Found this article while browsing CNN, glad to know that I'm not alone in my (somewhat) obsession with the Victorian Era/ not the Victorianly obsessed person.

Work Update

New piece, not quite done yet, but I'll update again once it's done.

I do alot of article jumping on wikipedia, so I thought I'd post some of my top articles.



Victorian era
Tasseography

Steampunk

Lewis Carroll

(Photo by Dan Estabrook)
Salt print

  

After several test runs with different teas and paper, I've decided on black tea on somerset velvet off-white paper.

For the first tea leaf reading, I read a tortoise, which is supposed to mean that I'll be criticized at some point in the near future. From there, I researched for quotes relating to criticism and found one from Elbert Hubbard. Ironically, looking closely at the tea stains, there's a lizard (ok, it might looked more like Godzilla, but Godzilla still counts as a lizard, right?) and a bear, which suggests a long trip in the furture, as well as a plot from enemies. Hubbard died on the Lusitania, the ocean liner stuck by Nazi torpedoes.

Past Work

Much of my work dwells on obsession, mainly on topics related to an over- arching obsession of the Victorian Era. I am haunted by an unearthly attachment to the works of HP Lovecraft, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Poe, and the contemporary Neil Gaimen. I am unreasonable influenced by tassography, seances, and other means of deciphering the future.