What to say… I’m 30 years old, currently living in Ottawa, Canada with my excellent boyfriend of 10 years and delightful kitties Ling and Sasha. By day, I am a mild-mannered publications specialist, toiling away on what is quite possibly the most beautiful computer ever. By night, I moonlight as a crafty superhero… or not so much. But I do tend to craft a lot and decided that 2009 would be the year that I’d try to make something of my crafty obsession. Thus was born this website.
My artistic background is rather unimpressive - I have a BSc in Biology, so the majority of my education was focused on sciency pursuits. I did manage to squeeze in a few art history courses here, the odd decorative painting class there… for the most part though, I’m self-taught. I suspect some of my talent is the product of my genes, being born of artistically inclined parents.
My current passion is jewelry - I’ve been doing mostly wire work but, thanks to some very awesome people and a very generous Christmas/birthday, I’m now more or less outfitted to delve into a little silversmithing, too.
Jewelry is not my only obsession. I also work with clayboard scratchboards, where I’d hazard to say my skills are best suited to animal portraiture. This is a thoroughly satisfying medium that allows me to get the detail and shading I was never patient enough to do with pencil. At the same time though, its also thoroughly unforgiving, so I’m never quite sure what I’ll be left with when I finally set down my blades. Mixed media collage is another area I like to play in, my favorite medium being beeswax that we’ve collected from our hives. I think collage appeals to me since I can be messy, use all sorts of quirky and fascinating ephemera to create a story, and the beeswax just smells so damn good. I love working with acrylic paints too, being somewhat taken at the moment with doing war propaganda-inspired silly pieces (rubber duckies, anyone?). I love the eye-searing bright colours I can get in acrylics, and love collecting colours.
Finally, I love glitter. Martha Stewart glitter, to be precise. I don’t often get the excuse to use it, but oh boy, when I do…
I can be reached at acidtrix@gmail.com.
I love doing commission work, so send me your ideas! Please leave a message in my guestbook to let me know what you think!
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