tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251658262024-03-06T04:29:07.293-05:00MASHULU by Artina...eat, create, sleep, repeat.ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-24749853270210020312011-11-26T13:39:00.000-05:002011-11-26T13:39:06.623-05:00Come out and see me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFgP_U-Kc_q-tB8u46ZmxHuCkeCtb1TubtEtm9_bP_4uYfEzyAK7UrX-wJUMlqRRrzRGaDNrj23VfWBkbjvcm7ftUZibd8P6XhpCv4czz38lJLqMCWcAFj4Qu38jI_2BhAbjy/s1600/weblast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFgP_U-Kc_q-tB8u46ZmxHuCkeCtb1TubtEtm9_bP_4uYfEzyAK7UrX-wJUMlqRRrzRGaDNrj23VfWBkbjvcm7ftUZibd8P6XhpCv4czz38lJLqMCWcAFj4Qu38jI_2BhAbjy/s320/weblast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you ever wanted to own a piece by MASHULU, there's no time like now! I'm trying to destash in order to get ready for the next phase of MASHULU. I will be moving more towards hand-dyed textiles and re-purposed leather accents. Prices on the day of the Handmade Holiday will be REDICULOUSLY low! After the show whatever merchandise is left will be available on the MASHULU etsy site with free U.S. shipping until Christmas! What can I say...I'm a giver!</span></div>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-6321808880781220022011-09-07T21:51:00.000-04:002011-09-07T21:51:30.965-04:00<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm in the mood for another merchandise overhaul... I can't help myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All of this textile design and re-design I've been doing has me really inspired to do the same thing for my bags. Designing my own textiles (in limited runs, of course) will make my bags even more original and truly exclusive. I'm going to also start using leather accents as opposed to my usual marine vinyl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm exited about the possibilities...and it all starts with this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">ANYHOO...A while ago I made some crochet earrings and they did pretty well. With school and working I couldn't even think about taking the time to sit and crochet. Since I decided to dedicate most of the summer to work on my art, some time opened up. I need to take better pics, for sure...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Also, during my summer "break" I have managed to indulge in my growing textile design addiction and I sewed up 11 more doll bodies...woohoo! That brings my total to 21 (23 if I count the two I've done for art trades). All of them are not stuffed, but the "hard" part is over so it's all good. I feel like I'm in a good place to get back to making bags and accessories. My mind is bursting at the seams with ideas for a different direction for MASHULU. In case you didn't check out my single solitary Tumbler post, here's a couple of the many pieces I've dyed this summer. I am so in love with the colors!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMztJlTJLtkjHigLEhO0KgBGLzytBVvlY1F2qjNrWi6FYVK-OGeBe2WdjgGQ0QAHaIZNnzoNq7QjhSnliDiO1v_UWrbk7jaBNycY9tEI58RblIrkHJvWVehjcSNdKZsTkq_wCn/s1600/hulktie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMztJlTJLtkjHigLEhO0KgBGLzytBVvlY1F2qjNrWi6FYVK-OGeBe2WdjgGQ0QAHaIZNnzoNq7QjhSnliDiO1v_UWrbk7jaBNycY9tEI58RblIrkHJvWVehjcSNdKZsTkq_wCn/s320/hulktie.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Next is to dust off my fashion design skills to design and create a collection of garments, which will also be part of my solo exhibition for grad school. Fortunately, season 9 of Project Runway starts this week so I will be PLENTY motivated! Speaking of which, I just realized I only have about 3 semesters to go! That went by kind of quick...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I finally took the time to take relatively decent photos of a couple of dolls I've made. The first one is for an art trade with one of the undergraduate students I met here at NSU. She had this painting that I loved but had trouble pricing it. She saw one of my dolls and I offered a trade. Of course, she picked my fave so I offered to make one similar for her. I have not titled it yet, but it is inspired by corset piercing. I think I may have shown y'all the original before, but these pics are better than what I posted before:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm still working on dolls as part of my solo graduate exhibition. I know the show is going to be at least a year away, but I find myself thinking about it all the time...trying to find the perfect venue, how I'm going to set up, how many people will be at my opening, and what I'm going to wear. Folks, it feels like I'm planning a wedding. The way I stay locked up in my studio, it may very well be the closest thing to a wedding I will have!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">At any rate, I wanted to share with you the work of an inspiring fashion designer named <a href="http://www.andrew-yang.com/">Andrew Yang</a>. He makes these fabulous fashion rag dolls. They really are quite amazing! He makes the bodies out of cotton muslin and hand paints the faces. Then he dresses them in all kinds of fashions straight from famous designer runways using sumptuous fabrics and trims. He calls them <a href="http://www.kouklitas.com/">Kouklitas</a>. Take a look:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now I will get back to MASHULU so I can have all new and African inspired accessories for my next event:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Okay folks, on Friday, April 8, 2011 it's goin' down: My portfolio review that will determine if my journey will stop with a Master of Arts degree or continue towards a Master of Fine Arts degree. From what I've heard, this particular review can be brutal, so cue the acid reflux. True to form, I've come up with more ideas that I want to try to crank out at the last minute so I'm in my studio dyeing and printing MORE fabric. What the ham sandwich is wrong with me? At any rate, here's one of my works in progress:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I started with this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I bleached it out and got this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I designed a logo that is basically made up of my initials (AMS):</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I used the above design to make a pattern on a silk screen and then </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">printed over the re-dyed fabric:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And here it is in doll form:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSTfyzrrCI0z6l9pGKdJnYIFSQfbbhgToW0FXmkohTw3V2uVPNdRWNatJkCdBUioScVbzatqIkn_vuhthLByyyygEb5trl20FXGpg8y3xj_DftXKcpk0-Kxh085f82BFCJTIo/s1600/redjazz5web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSTfyzrrCI0z6l9pGKdJnYIFSQfbbhgToW0FXmkohTw3V2uVPNdRWNatJkCdBUioScVbzatqIkn_vuhthLByyyygEb5trl20FXGpg8y3xj_DftXKcpk0-Kxh085f82BFCJTIo/s320/redjazz5web.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Of course it isn't complete. I'm just waiting for inspiration to strike to add just the right "extras" and then I have to pose it. I'm still not sure how I will display them...I was going to try to build a clear acrylic box to display them in, but I don't know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So that's what I've been up to. Wish me luck on my review on Friday. I'll let y'all know how it went on next Monday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">P.S. Congrats to the VCU Rams on their STELLAR basketball season! I do believe my degree has gone up in value! lol</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-31610353419595763632011-03-19T13:10:00.002-04:002011-03-19T13:22:04.940-04:00I DYE!!!!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been on a fabric dyeing bender for the past couple of days. Tye dyeing is especially appealing to me because at first it seems like you're in control...you pick your colors and apply them in random spots of your choosing. But then the dye spreads and blends and works its own little magic within the twisted and folded areas. So untying and rinsing each bundle is like Christmas morning! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here's a quick peak at the results of my latest fabric dying adventure...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I can't WAIT to cut these up and turn them into something...probably art dolls. We'll see. More on Monday!</span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-4316269713075023162011-02-15T22:20:00.001-05:002011-02-15T22:21:44.127-05:00MASHULU Tuesday 2-15-2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFsSzBdiUzHxq5SJHVvz32xniEWszOvs-YVzLKl3jVx97TY1gWTZTShcISH5mt2871rDCcKKGDz-WNjQ_HzjrqfWjZL_nuyKUC4TvDoijn0XiIaDPZiNqhI3E0XWZ5xDFWIWQ/s1600/Ife-033-300-dpi_banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFsSzBdiUzHxq5SJHVvz32xniEWszOvs-YVzLKl3jVx97TY1gWTZTShcISH5mt2871rDCcKKGDz-WNjQ_HzjrqfWjZL_nuyKUC4TvDoijn0XiIaDPZiNqhI3E0XWZ5xDFWIWQ/s400/Ife-033-300-dpi_banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am proud to announce that I have been invited to have a MASHULU trunk show on April 23, 2011 in the gift shop of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA. Along with the fabulous <a href="http://www.crystaljsilk.com/">Crystal J. of Crystal J. Silk</a>, I will be selling new pieces inspired by the exhibit entitled, <a href="http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Exhibitions/Dynasty-and-Divinity-Ife-Art-in-Ancient-Nigeria/">"Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria"</a>. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-76810664864487546882011-02-07T19:34:00.000-05:002011-02-07T19:34:27.915-05:00MFA Monday, 2/7/2011...sort of<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, I feel like this whole weekend was a waste. Since my car is still on the fritz, I can't go back and forth to campus as I would like and I had to work all weekend (work is a 3-bus commute from campus).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> After the ordeal I had to go through to secure an on-campus apartment, you can imagine I was in no mood to post on Tuesday or Thursday. I don't have all my stuff moved in yet, but at least i have the keys. Now, once my boss honors my request to work only three days a week and once my car is fixed, my plan should yield some results productivity wise. Part of the reason I decided to move on campus was so I would be able to be closer to my studio and so that I wouldn't have to work so much so that I could focus on my studies and MASHULU. All so that I can finish this program in a timely manner!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I didn't do a lot today except make a wristlet...but that's MASHULU Tuesday news!</span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-15516126057399991882011-02-01T10:50:00.001-05:002011-02-01T17:10:48.399-05:00MFA Monday 1/31/2011<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I now realize why all of my friends that attended HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) seem to have so much hustle and drive. I promise you I am getting a crash course in extreme persistence! I spent the better part of yesterday LITERALLY running paperwork around campus. I've decided to move into on campus housing until I complete my degree. Financially and academically it makes the most sense. The hoops I had to go through were somethin' else though! All the while I'm thinking: "are these different offices not connected by fax?" Luckily I had the presence of mind to get some Orthopedic inserts for my shoes which had me walking pretty close to normal speed. One more hoop to jump through today and I will be set. So I said all of that just to say: Here's my Monday post...on Tuesday...again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I tried my hand at screen printing last week...I love! I used the screen painting technique. For my first experiment I made a design loosely patterned after a microscopic image of skin cells, which I thought would be appropriate since my work was first inspired by modified skin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">First I drew out my design on paper:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="background-color: yellow;">put </span>my screen (that I made myself) on top of the design and painted the design onto my screen with screen painting fluid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS4HCaPki9qC7kTlsa530W4BymuBf3s-5LyP2TpklxXHpCWAqrFiBuIOrhzK16-8IW9uPoqQBF7T2Q8YdBt5fIcIdz1_HlKJeQsp9bWov0CoOazE6C3fEBax4jZQAPLPmrTDD/s1600/IMGP1238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS4HCaPki9qC7kTlsa530W4BymuBf3s-5LyP2TpklxXHpCWAqrFiBuIOrhzK16-8IW9uPoqQBF7T2Q8YdBt5fIcIdz1_HlKJeQsp9bWov0CoOazE6C3fEBax4jZQAPLPmrTDD/s320/IMGP1238.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After that dried I applied screen filler. After that dried I used cold water to rinse away the areas where the screen drawing fluid was applied. I let that dry and then I was ready to roll. My first boo-boo came when I forgot that I read somewhere about having to have a different mesh to use paint with glitter in it. Oops...had to re-wash the screen and let it dry again, as the flecks from the metallic paint I was using COMPLETELY clogged my screen. Subsequent passes got lighter and lighter because of the clogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">SUCCESS! I am SOOO getting into this fabric re-design stuff! Next I want to try the photo-emulsion technique, which allows for more sharp details like lettering and stuff like that. I once thought it was a technique that required too much equipment, but I found an awesome , low-tech tutorial <a href="http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/12/screen-printing-101-photo-emulsion.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well, I went on to mix up a deep plum color and made a few passes with that. Then I layered it with sheets of cotton cheesecloth that I hand dyed. I am going to use this fabric to make another art doll, this time using the "cut away" treatment that I used on the clutch I showed you in a previous post. Here are the parts, pre-snip:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There's a layer of pinkish cheesecloth on top of a paprika colored cheesecloth, on top of the cotton that I screen printed my design on. I used cheesecloth so that the pieces wouldn't get too bulky and hard to turn right side out. Also, these layers are going to shred beautifully.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Of course I'll post pics when I'm done...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sooo...the goal is to bleach out some more fabrics, create some stencils, and come up with some new re-mixed printed fabric to work with. I really need to nip my usual creative "traffic jam" in the bud today. That's when I have so many ideas that I end up spending a great part of the day thinking and end up getting nothing done. My major review will be here before I know it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I recently played around with free motion embroidery and reverse applique. Here's what I came up with (of course I must go through the steps):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I started with a pre-printed fabric:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I cut the shape of a simple long clutch and layered the brown fabric (I used the wrong side as the right side), a pre-printed fabric, white cotton muslin that I hand dyed, and a layer of heavy interfacing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's a close up of the free-motion embroidery (through all layers) I think it came out pretty good for my first time and the fact that I didn't have the correct foot for this type of embroidery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm going to purchase one though...and better thread. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here I cut through the brown layer to reveal the red, and the red to reveal the pink. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's the (somewhat) finished product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I admit, I rushed through this because I wanted to see what it would look like after it was made into something. I didn't even line it yet, and the white zipper has got to go. Overall, I am pleased with the outcome. I can see some beading being added to make it look a little less like scarred up flesh (even though that was the inspiration).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Already my mind is going wild with the possibilities. I'm toying with the idea of going back to my fashion design roots and incorporate some full scale art garments into my body of work. I can see using this technique as a detail of some sort...even better, I can definitely see myself working this into some MASHULU merchandise. Hmmm...</span><br />
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</div> ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-66837973396023212011-01-14T11:28:00.001-05:002011-01-14T11:29:36.830-05:00Thursday Style File for 1/13/2011<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yep, you are reading correctly. This is a Thursday post being posted on a Friday. I was not struck with the necessary inspiration yesterday so now that I am, here ya go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This Sunday, January 16, 2011 marks the 91st anniversary of the founding of my beloved Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. Our colors are Royal Blue and white. Please know that this organization (as are other NPHC sororities) are about SO much more than stepping, chants, and parties. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is also about serving the community through signature service projects such as the Stork's Nest and Z-H.O.P.E (Zetas Helping Other People Excel). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That being said, I have put together a party outfit. LOL! Ninety one years of scholarship, sisterly love, service, and Finer Womanhood is cause to celebrate! Happy Founders Day to my So Sweet Sorors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In my hair:</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now, I know what you're thinking..."Ummm...Artina that's a LOT of black". Well honey, that's for the sole purpose of setting off these lovelies:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Any artist knows the importance of having an artist's statement. As I may have stated earlier, I was kind of floppin' around and unsure of who I was as an artist, as I am surrounded by painters and sculptors. I sew. In trying to find myself I have been exposed to exactly how vast the world of fiber arts is. Very Exiting. So I've finally come up with my artist's statement and it really opened things up for me. I finally feel like I have found my niche. In a nutshell, my work focuses on the transformation of the surface. I'm doing a lot of re-vamping of fabrics that I already have and making them my own. Case in point:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I started with this...cute, but too cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm using this time to really explore with fabric manipulation and embellishment of all types. It's really helping me to develop a different aesthetic. I am seriously considering incorporating these techniques into my bags for MASHULU. I have been trying to think of something to really set my bags apart. They will be a little more time consuming to make, but the techniques I'm experimenting with really lends themselves to the creation of one-of-a-kind bags and clutches. Of course I will offer more sensible options for things like travel and baby bags, but still with a little edge to them. Just to give a taste of what I'm talking about, here's a pic of one of the bags I'm working on as part of my school work:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's a work in progress but I used free-motion embroidery, reverse applique, trapunto, textured gel medium, and fabric paint. My mind is about to burst with new designs to make for sale...maybe slightly less "out there" than this one, lol.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-48768165852189070322011-01-06T16:15:00.001-05:002011-01-06T17:58:59.854-05:00Thursday Style File 1*6*2011<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.200873414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So I'm reading the latest "Quit Your Day Job" article on Etsy and the person they were interviewing mentioned a shop called CosmoBeets (cosmobeets.etsy.com). I decided to click the link and I was immediately struck by these beauties:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.200873414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.200873414.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.200728872.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.200728872.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, if I may take a moment to style myself (which I rarely do in real life, but I'm real good at dressing others), the first pair I am envisioning with a simple white tank and some dark denim gauchos and these Jessica Simpson shoes:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnBvRKaD2OuJepMpAmD28PIZ46ekmHVl8dLWBUj6bY4IrObRj2cJ5WLqiouTqDz6iUvjgTYpxmDAvnv-FqXDk65CdtflQDgu1mPZooqwN6dZ9SdIOFS5qK-Cn-_mi_RsI7DSN/s1600/jessica-simpson-angeline-shoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnBvRKaD2OuJepMpAmD28PIZ46ekmHVl8dLWBUj6bY4IrObRj2cJ5WLqiouTqDz6iUvjgTYpxmDAvnv-FqXDk65CdtflQDgu1mPZooqwN6dZ9SdIOFS5qK-Cn-_mi_RsI7DSN/s320/jessica-simpson-angeline-shoes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hmmm...methinks I need to find a way to make this happen...</span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-29034515142001871662011-01-06T10:39:00.003-05:002011-01-06T18:05:57.657-05:00I WANT IN!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, I've decided I want to be one of those cool blogger folks like my girl <a href="http://newmamaswagger.com/">Denise</a> and some others. I seem to be hung up on whether or not to have a separate blog for things not directly MASHULU related. On some good advice from one of my Sorors, the ridiculously talented, paint slingin' SYM1 (<a href="http://sym1didit.blogspot.com/">http://sym1didit.blogspot.com/</a>), I've decided that part of the buying handmade experience is getting to know who is attached to the hands that makd the merchandise you've paid for. Therefore, I feel it is only right that I put more of "me" in these posts. Those who know me know that I am very much a people person and have too much personality to not share it with the masses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With that having been said, I think it's feasible for me to commit to 3 days of regular posts. Do you think that's too much? I know I get hype when I see that my fave bloggers have posted more than once in a week. In my head, this is my blog schedule:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Mondays= MFA Mondays - Here I will talk about things I'm working on as I endure this Master of Fine Arts program. I will also include works by others that give me inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Tuesdays= MASHULU Tuesdays - These posts will be mainly MASHULU focused...maybe I'll do some giveaways and give more detailed info on works in progress or already created merchandise. I think this could be a cool feature, especially since I am considering creating more "artsy" pieces. Some of the things I'm making for school have really caused me to infuse my art more into MASHULU merchandise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thursdays= Thursday Style File - I'll be talking about stuff I have purchased or want to purchase that I feel will make my life exponentially better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Do what do y'all think? </span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-91160361984441292412010-12-01T16:06:00.001-05:002011-01-17T10:38:28.764-05:00Bye for now mashulu757.com...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After much debate, I've decided to do away with my main site, mashulu757.com. Not a big deal I suppose since I've been re-vamping it forever and I haven't had time to make what I consider to be enough merchandise to populate a dedicated web site. The demands of being a full-time Fine Arts graduate student have become too great. It has become apparent to me that I need to bone up on my Art History and crap like that and I need to be doing more to step up my paper writing skills. I will admit I have slipped through the cracks as far as research papers go, and it is biting me in the hiney...but I digress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is not the end of MASHULU by any means...I will just be selling on Etsy or via my blog or the MASHULU Facebook Fan Page. I may even entertain the thought of going back to MySpace marketing. I have a few new pieces that I'm exited to show. Having that main site made me feel pressured to produce more at once and I just don't have the time. I mean, it would look pretty shabby if I had a big ole pretty website with only three pieces of merchandise. With Etsy I can just add new pieces as I make them. Long story short, I still get to make great stuff for you to admire and eventually buy, but just with less pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With that being said, if you Tweet and you aren't following @MASHULU757, then you don't love me and you never did. Aside from that, you could be missing out on some super scoop...like early notifications of new stuff, maybe even a coupon code type deally. Go on and follow...it won't cost you anything! Thanks for all of your support and for reading my posts. I don't do it for nothin'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">P.S. Here's a peek at something new. I will be posting it on Etsy soon...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'll introduce the EPITOME bag in better detail a little later. Stay tuned!</span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-69326307354121403342010-11-10T07:28:00.000-05:002010-11-10T07:28:43.598-05:00She's Cute, Right?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nAY6Zk3SzjtCiIQcze5Fu_ZZuVq2Htl75hFdB5npSAqanamhcX15vU8ETqH3ZR7UCunZkV6jB6kjws9Lieq8fqyFEYvIBvNhz6CafCflVC1A9-7C45WRhZISrMSzNJxadj82/s1600/IMGP0997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nAY6Zk3SzjtCiIQcze5Fu_ZZuVq2Htl75hFdB5npSAqanamhcX15vU8ETqH3ZR7UCunZkV6jB6kjws9Lieq8fqyFEYvIBvNhz6CafCflVC1A9-7C45WRhZISrMSzNJxadj82/s320/IMGP0997.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but I just wanted to show it off before I make it more "artsy". I'm sure my professors would have a field day with the "cuteness" of it. I must admit I wasn't pleased after the first few strokes of paint (I am not the most confident painter), but after some reassurance (i.e. a stern talking to) from one of the professors on my committee, I pressed on and I am proud of myself. I'm not sure what I'll add to it to push it further, but I'm sure it will work itself out.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-81854324159666892092010-11-04T10:05:00.000-04:002010-11-04T10:05:58.060-04:00FINALLY Making Progress...Sort of<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So...as some of you may know I am in graduate school striving towards my Master of Fine Arts degree. I am now about a year and a half into the program and I am JUST starting to produce work! I tell you, the mind is a powerful thing. I have, up until now, worked myself into a lather because of my insecurities. Currently I am the only fiber artist amongst sculptors, painters, and photographers in the graduate program. Of course I feel like they're looking at me like "Umm...you have a degree in Fashion Design. Lat-tee-dah...but are you an ARTIST?" Like I said, that's how I FEEL. They could probably care less. Up until now I would answer to the title of seamstress, even designer. But now I'm a fiber artist and that sounds way sexier! LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Anyhoo, our solo exhibition (which I am working towards) and thesis is expected to revolve around a central theme. I've chosen to base my work on skin modification like tattoos, piercing, implants, etc. Truth be told, I chose that because it seemed like something that wouldn't be too hard to write a 20+ page thesis about! Of course since my Bachelor's degree is in Fashion, The obvious thing would have been for me to make clothing. But the goal is to make Fine Art and I didn't want to use a lot of time and materials to make garments no one would probably wear. So long story short, I decided to do dolls. After I got the hang of making them (thanks to Patti Culea's fabulous books and the Internet) that's pretty much all I was doing and soon I had a big ole basket of doll parts!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They took so long to make that I was scared to paint on them for fear of messing them up. So, fast forward to now and I am proud to say I just took the leap and I am pleased with how it's going so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">First of all, for styling, I was inspired by Insectivora Angelica, a performer at Coney Island</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9x7ShHaquR0KIM9J9NPJ02jXegvmxgxK0-_jI2BttEcktjVKNWSh2hYs22b7FUs6a5-6p-grfdSiCV9hFruY50HpuvKvfyIaMaS_0Umb_gHftxaIQLRtdXe1-UOUp-SZHAHe/s1600/hair+on.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9x7ShHaquR0KIM9J9NPJ02jXegvmxgxK0-_jI2BttEcktjVKNWSh2hYs22b7FUs6a5-6p-grfdSiCV9hFruY50HpuvKvfyIaMaS_0Umb_gHftxaIQLRtdXe1-UOUp-SZHAHe/s320/hair+on.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I promise you that when I read about addictive doll making is, I totally believe it now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now that I've accomplished this much, I think I deserve a break...and by that I mean taking time to work on new bags for MASHULU!</span>ARTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612851908714969440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25165826.post-38587701525770024342010-10-20T17:25:00.000-04:002010-10-20T17:25:33.696-04:00I PROMISE you I'm working...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm thinking that since I'm practically living in my on-campus studio, which has free wi-fi, I may as well blog more often. This semester I have two classes that require several page papers and a lot of reading as well as one studio class. I promise you I would be ripping my hair out if I was still working in bridal hell (I'm still injured from that unfortunate moon bounce incident I blogged about earlier). I am trying my darnedest to produce this "Elemental Collection" before Spring...as it's supposed to be a Fall/Winter line! At the heart of this line will be attention to details such as seaming and top stitching. My usual colorful print fabric offerings will be in the "Stylistic Collection", more on that later. It seems like everything I'm doing (as far as school projects AND MASHULU) is so complicated. I wish I could just whip something all quick, but that would make too much sense I guess. I just hope all of the work I am putting into these is appreciated...and by appreciated I mean I won't hear any gasping at the prices, which will still be ridiculously low for all of the work that goes into each item.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At any rate, here's a new clutch I will (eventually) be introducing. It's called the AUDACITY and it's pretty darn big. It closes with a twist lock and has a zippered pocket inside. The one shown will probably end up on Etsy, so keep your eyes peeled if you want it (or hit me up on email and let's make a deal). Making this one out of vinyl is a pain...not sure if I will do it again. We'll see...</span><br />
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