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All coffincrafts items are discounted by 20% 11/26/10-11/30/10!
This will be the last large sale of the year!
Get some unique and handcrafted items for yourself or to give for the holidays!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Perfect Presents
'Perfect Presents!' by coffincrafts
In case anyone needs gift ideas! :)Some of my favorite items that I wouldn't typically buy for myself, but really love!
 Vintage Spice Rack ... $35.00 |  NOW ON SALE Vintage... $55.00 |  Vintage Owl Whiskey... $39.99 |  Vintage 1950's ... $195.00 |
 Biggest Earl Grey T... $29.99 |  CLASSY Beaded Tea B... $10.00 |  Spa Tonic Soap - wi... $5.00 |  ships and sails all... $16.00 |
 2011 Calendar The T... $14.50 |  T. REX Recycled Alb... $35.00 |  Huge Imperial Diamo... $8.00 |  Ship Lamp - Authent... $160.00 |
 At The Helm $12.00 |  Reversible Octopus ... $45.00 |  REAL BUTTERFLY GREE... $29.99 |  60s Pabst Blue Ribb... $49.00 |
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Teaching a class on Mixed Media with focus on Recycling!
I'm going to be teaching a class on mixed media artwork at OB centric art gallery on Monday, November 22nd. 7 PM - 11PM BYOB! It'll cost $10 and you'll leave with the cool stuff you learn how to make!
We will be exploring topics about recycling and reusing items while turning them into artwork. There are many ways to recycle or up-cycle items to give them a new life, and therefore keeping them out of landfills and contributing to pollution. These processes lend themselves to making creative, personalized, thoughtful and inexpensive gifts.
Our focus will be using these materials:
-Magazines
-Wood
-Found and reusable artifacts
-Furniture
-Glue and Paint
Some examples of some recycled/up-cycled items I have made and will be instructing you to make yourself:
-Rolled Magazine Frame
-Mixed Media Wall Hangings/Artwork
-Collaging (Which can be applied to most surfaces, I prefer furniture.
For more details please visit: http://www.obcentricstore.com/
or you can check back at my blog and I'll be posting more info as it gets closer!
We will be exploring topics about recycling and reusing items while turning them into artwork. There are many ways to recycle or up-cycle items to give them a new life, and therefore keeping them out of landfills and contributing to pollution. These processes lend themselves to making creative, personalized, thoughtful and inexpensive gifts.
Our focus will be using these materials:
-Magazines
-Wood
-Found and reusable artifacts
-Furniture
-Glue and Paint
Some examples of some recycled/up-cycled items I have made and will be instructing you to make yourself:
-Rolled Magazine Frame
or you can check back at my blog and I'll be posting more info as it gets closer!
coffincrafts at OB centric art gallery!
coffincrafts items are now available in Ocean Beach! You can find a handful of my items at OB centric in San Diego.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
My jewelry process...
So I tried out a new techinique for making shrinky dink jewelry...
I'll begin by explaining my usual process, which those unfamiliar to how shrinky dinks are made will find interesting I hope!
Shrink film is a thin plastic that I use blank sheets of so that I can draw my own designs. It shrinks about 1/3 of its original size and hardens when you put it in the oven.
I've always used prisma colored pencils (the richest colors and softest lead) and thin black sharpie pens for coloring and outlining my jewelry designs. In the photo you can see what my jewelry designs look like, mid-process.
This is after I have made the outlines in sharpie, and then have colored the outlines in with various shades of prisma colored pencil. I go back over the designs with thin sharpie, to clean up the lines and make them darker after the pencil pigment is applied. In the photo, only the blue peony has been gone back over with sharpie. The others will need to be outlined, they need holes punched in them for jewelry making, and need to be cut out.
Recently, I was reminded of how easy it is to use ballpoint pens when drawing. They are cheap, great for outlines and shading.
So I tried instead of using sharpie to outline my designs, using ballpoint pen for outline and shading. The effect didn't "pop" as much as I prefer my jewelry to, but it was cool looking. I shaded a few areas with white colored pencil to add some contrast.
Then I cut out the designs, placed them in the oven, and waited.
Shrink film doesn't say that it can accommodate pen in ovens. For all I know, my oven could have exploded. Haha, Unlikely.
They turned out pretty cool if I can say so!
One thing that I really like about the usual process with sharpie is that the designs are crisp and opaque. Here's one necklace with typical results:
My designs with the ballpoint pen turned out to have an awesome translucent effect, and an overall softness that I like too:
This coffin necklace can be found in my shop, and I will be doing more with a similar process soon!
Just felt like sharing my process a little bit! Hope you learned something, or that this might encourage you to try to make some too!
In other updates:
My 15 year old dog died today. :(
Going to finish readying my art/jewelry to bring to OBcentric. So excited to start selling locally!
Finishing up some custom pieces for friends and family.
My photography was featured in a few more treasuries:
Tonight The Veil Is Thin
Nature Inspired Gifts and Adornment
I'll begin by explaining my usual process, which those unfamiliar to how shrinky dinks are made will find interesting I hope!
Shrink film is a thin plastic that I use blank sheets of so that I can draw my own designs. It shrinks about 1/3 of its original size and hardens when you put it in the oven.
I've always used prisma colored pencils (the richest colors and softest lead) and thin black sharpie pens for coloring and outlining my jewelry designs. In the photo you can see what my jewelry designs look like, mid-process.
Recently, I was reminded of how easy it is to use ballpoint pens when drawing. They are cheap, great for outlines and shading.
So I tried instead of using sharpie to outline my designs, using ballpoint pen for outline and shading. The effect didn't "pop" as much as I prefer my jewelry to, but it was cool looking. I shaded a few areas with white colored pencil to add some contrast.
Then I cut out the designs, placed them in the oven, and waited.
Shrink film doesn't say that it can accommodate pen in ovens. For all I know, my oven could have exploded. Haha, Unlikely.
One thing that I really like about the usual process with sharpie is that the designs are crisp and opaque. Here's one necklace with typical results:
Just felt like sharing my process a little bit! Hope you learned something, or that this might encourage you to try to make some too!
In other updates:
My 15 year old dog died today. :(
Going to finish readying my art/jewelry to bring to OBcentric. So excited to start selling locally!
Finishing up some custom pieces for friends and family.
My photography was featured in a few more treasuries:
Tonight The Veil Is Thin
Nature Inspired Gifts and Adornment
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Outside.
I think all the rain in San Diego lately has been a contributing factor to the health of my potted plants. Yesterday I took a bunch of photos outside my apartment, and felt like sharing a few!
Apartment A sign I made because we didn't have one.
The anchor on my door.
Jasmine, plants, cactus.
First time this one has flowered.
Mint grown from roots I brought home from my Grandma's in Michigan in September.
Bamboo, palm, plants.
Patio.
And my tough guard dog.
Shed in the alley, in back of my apartment.
Birds on wires.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
It is November and 90 degrees in San Diego.
My last post wasn't very positive, sorry guys!
Some things I've been working on lately:
-By Wednesday, November 10th, some of my jewelry and artwork from coffincrafts will be available at OBcentric, in Ocean Beach, CA.
-I've been practicing my wood burning techniques... At least one detailed piece will be available soon in my coffincrafts shop.
-I'm looking into offering a calendar... I'll be updating with a link/or a decision not to make one soon.
=Felt like it was Christmas earlier this week. Got a cool package from my mom that included a metal tree to hang jewelry from, display items for when I am able to sell my stuff at a tradeshow/fair, vintage skeleton keys, an animal tracks book, and a bunch of other interesting things...
Currently I'm disappointed that more people didn't vote yesterday. If you're like me, and don't really enjoy going to the polls, get an absentee ballot in the mail. It's super easy to do, and you have like 2 weeks to place your vote as opposed to one hectic day. In some states this is legal, in others you need a reason. In my state I can choose to do so without giving any reason, so obviously its my preference to do so.
Not trying to get super political here, but I hope that all parties can come to the conclusion that we should do what is in the best interest for the highest number of people. I know that politics is such a heated issue these days especially, but I think it's important to consider those of us who are not blessed with loads of money and health insurance. I think I can agree with the sentiment that we should be judged by our lowest common denominator, and until we have better policies to deal with our sick and our poor, we can't boast to be the best nation in the world. I think a lot of changes will have to occur before this idealist society can successfully happen, but I'd like to think we're on our way there, and not on our way back into a conservative, god-fearing nation. We were born out of need for a nation who practiced freedom of religion, yet I find we tend to point fingers at those unlike us. If we are truely a free nation, why not be compassionate for those who are different from ourselves?
Anyway, getting some pieces together for OBcentric, and excited to have the opportunity to do so!
I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. I slightly dressed up, like a sailor pin-up girl. It was half-assed, but better than not dressing up I suppose!
Some things I've been working on lately:
-By Wednesday, November 10th, some of my jewelry and artwork from coffincrafts will be available at OBcentric, in Ocean Beach, CA.
-I've been practicing my wood burning techniques... At least one detailed piece will be available soon in my coffincrafts shop.
-I'm looking into offering a calendar... I'll be updating with a link/or a decision not to make one soon.
=Felt like it was Christmas earlier this week. Got a cool package from my mom that included a metal tree to hang jewelry from, display items for when I am able to sell my stuff at a tradeshow/fair, vintage skeleton keys, an animal tracks book, and a bunch of other interesting things...
Currently I'm disappointed that more people didn't vote yesterday. If you're like me, and don't really enjoy going to the polls, get an absentee ballot in the mail. It's super easy to do, and you have like 2 weeks to place your vote as opposed to one hectic day. In some states this is legal, in others you need a reason. In my state I can choose to do so without giving any reason, so obviously its my preference to do so.
Not trying to get super political here, but I hope that all parties can come to the conclusion that we should do what is in the best interest for the highest number of people. I know that politics is such a heated issue these days especially, but I think it's important to consider those of us who are not blessed with loads of money and health insurance. I think I can agree with the sentiment that we should be judged by our lowest common denominator, and until we have better policies to deal with our sick and our poor, we can't boast to be the best nation in the world. I think a lot of changes will have to occur before this idealist society can successfully happen, but I'd like to think we're on our way there, and not on our way back into a conservative, god-fearing nation. We were born out of need for a nation who practiced freedom of religion, yet I find we tend to point fingers at those unlike us. If we are truely a free nation, why not be compassionate for those who are different from ourselves?
Anyway, getting some pieces together for OBcentric, and excited to have the opportunity to do so!
I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. I slightly dressed up, like a sailor pin-up girl. It was half-assed, but better than not dressing up I suppose!
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