little bees

It was silly of me to think I could finish this piece in a timely fashion while also working 40ish hours in three days &helping the family I work for prepare for their trip to China…however, here I am, with two weeks off (including a much needed trip to Florida for a week) and my artwork is spread out in front of me. There are copious amounts of coffee (per usual), Screaming Females, and candles that smell like freshly baked vanilla cupcakes. Yep.

(hand illustration, watercolor, &hand embroidery on handmade paper &coffee dyed handmade paper)

slow beginnings.

details of home commissioned set

hand sewing, watercolor, &ink on handmade paper (with coffee dyed handmade paper)

home commissioned set

hand sewing, watercolor, &ink on handmade paper (with coffee dyed handmade paper)

Snippets of piece 3 of the commissioned set in progress. Boyyy I cannot wait until I get my watercolors!

hand sewing &ink in handmade paper from recycled books

The beginnings of piece two in the commissioned set - waiting for my watercolors to get in the mail from Florida!

hand sewing &ink in handmade paper from recycled books

hand sewing, watercolor, &ink on handmade paper from recycled book pages

You know… like any sane and normal human being who is moving back to New York in twenty nine hours …I am here drinking my second cup of coffee painting and sewing…because who sleeps anymore anyway??

Right now I am trying to finish up 1/3 of the commissioned piece and hopefully begin on the 2/3 part of it. I also am currently working on artwork for a friend’s band! …and doodling things for KW in the midst of it all because I miss him and won’t see him again until the end of March.

the tree

etsy

hand sewn &hand drawn on handmade paper.

new york

all hand drawn, hand sewn, and watercolor on coffee dyed handmade paper

here

Preparing etsy orders for delivery! So, be on the look out if you’ve purchased something recently! 

ps. I shot better photographs of some of my pieces so be sure to take a look at my etsy!

pps. I am starting to go through materials to make a new batch of paper…and since I get so many inquiries I think (soon) I will do a diy post on how to make your own paper!

♡♡♡

ardor

all hand drawn, hand sewn, watercolor, on handmade cotton paper

on etsy