Here’s a show poster I recently designed for my very talented boyfriend’s new band, Trepak. Gigposters are so much fun. You can take any idea in your head and run with it. Anywho, I’m pretty pleased with the result.
On a related note, if you live in the Triangle and want to experience some 8 piece orchestral dance pop goodness, come out to Cat’s Cradle this Saturday night and enjoy Trepak’s FREE debut performance!
This past saturday, my table-mate Zoe Brookes and I enjoyed gorgeous weather and wonderful crowds at the Spring Alumni Sale in Providence. I was so thrilled to see how many of you came out to support all of us hardworking artists and designers!
It was a joy to see my old stomping grounds and RISD friends, and the sale was a smashing success to boot! I sold out of every single one of my animal busts! I know some of you visited towards the end of the afternoon and were disappointed by the slim pickins’ left on the table. If you visited my table and didn’t find an animal that struck your fancy, or if you were looking for a specific color or pattern, just shoot me an email (bronwyn@limeandiron.com) and I would be more than happy to make you a custom jackalope, bulldog-a-lope, or cat bust.
I love making things. From the time I wake up in the morning until I go to bed at night, my goal every day stays the same – make something. So when I needed a fresh set of cards to reflect my new studio name and portfolio site, I decided to go the hand-made route and stamp my own.
After designing front and back stamps based on my new website design, the fine folks at Simon’s Stamps turned them around in no time flat. Then I bought myself a giant sheet of chipboard and got to work.
Voila! My first batch of hand-stamped cards. If you’re looking for a way to design your own business cards, I highly recommend this crafty (and cost effective!) method.
My lovely friend Jillian Lea is the art coordinator for local bar & restaurant, Fuse. She invited me to submit a piece for her next group show themed around the 1893 World’s Fair, and also some of my personal work to exhibit.
It’s been a long time since I made a painting – I mean a long, long time. I decided to be ambitious for the World’s Fair piece and challenge myself to do a four foot long painting about the serial killer H.H. Holmes, who owned and operated a hotel nearby the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
H.H. Holmes had the most malformed, twisted sense of morals you can possibly imagine. He lured hundreds of young women into his hotel, disposed of them in various ways, and sold their skeletons to medical schools. Very disturbing, but an amazing nonfiction tale. Here is my illustration.
The Chicago World’s Fair grounds were referred to as the “Alabaster City”, because all of the temporary buildings were white. I decided to add an element of the circus into my cityscape, and made the Alabaster City white and red.
The 1893 World’s Fair also debuted the very first ferris wheel, among lots of other firsts (General Electric unveiled the “Tower of Light”, Pabst beer won the Blue Ribbon, becoming PBR…the list goes on).
As for my personal work, I’ve been up to my ears in animal trophies that I will be selling at this year’s RISD Alumni Sale. I showcased a few of them at the show.
If you live in Chapel Hill, visit Fuse and see my work and work by other great local artists! The show will be up for another month. If you live near Providence, RI, come out and say hi at the RISD Alumni Sale on April 30!
About a week ago I finally launched my new portfolio site, limeandiron.com. Designing this site was a months-long labor of love, so go check it out and look for a process post about the new site design soon!
More sneak peeks of Alumni Sale work in production!
It’s the first day of March, which means only 60 days remain until the RISD Alumni Sale in Providence. Needless to say, I’ve been in full-on production mode and up to my elbows in plasticine, rubber molds and plaster.
This year will be a little different than last year’s Art Sale collection. Last year I treated it almost as an art show – a way to show a collection of pieces that felt like my own and have a dialogue with other people about the work.
This year, though, I’ve focused in on the things I absolutely love – sculpting, mold-making, working with plaster, painting, patterning, and (of course) animal imagery. Here are a couple of early shots of the work, still very much in progress.
There’s nothing quite like Benefit St. in Providence on a beautiful spring day, especially when you’re surrounded by amazing artists and designers. So if you’re in the neighborhood on April 30th, come say hi to me and my table-mate Zoe Brookes at the RISD Alumni Sale!
Last week I said goodbye to my trusty, one-year-old striped sketchbook. I thought I’d share a few highlights from the old book before I start fresh with my brand spankin’ new Moleskine.
Last spring I made a piece entitled “Paths”. Paths began as a reflection on my own concept of home. This new piece I am working on is an extension of that reflection.
My mom had a birthday recently, and as my gift to her I decided to sculpt a little character I’ve had in my mind for a while. Have a look!
The finished character, rabbit suit and all.
