The Selfish Artist

Hey everyone! So you have seen several mediums used over the few years on my blog.  But I haven't been true to you all. What you have seen is allot of 2 dimensional work and some sculpture.  But would it surprise you that I make jewelry? Not beading and silly stuff like that, but metalworking, hammer and a blow torch type stuff! I actually took jewelry all through Booker T. Washington High School and I am continuing to take it at Brookhaven College, until I can go to UNT and take it there.  Jewelry is a great love of mine that I will keep in my heart of art for ever!

Another form of art I have kept up with for maybe 6 years now is the beautify art of Mehndi! For those of you unfamiliar with this term it means the art of applying henna tattoos.  This can be found in several countries mostly in the middle east and in Africa.  It is apart of many different cultures and different religions.  Its  versatility in all these places and existence for several thousands of years is apart of why I think it is so beautiful! I have studied this art for several years now and enjoy practicing it on myself and friends. I also use henna for my hair to make it red and soft!

And yet another art I have taken on is the art of fiber!  That's what I call it because I card, dye and spin fibers.   Some people dye yarn, some spin yarn and some make bats of fiber ,  but not many people do all three.  My interest started very young on a visit to Old City Park in Dallas.  Its one of those places where people pretend to live in a town from the 1800's.  I met some women who were spinning wool with a drop spindle. I was about 8 so naturally the interest left, but stayed in the back of my mind forever.  Last July my mother and I visited the Dallas Fort Worth Fiber Fest in Garland, Texas.  This is wear I fell in love with spinning again! I bought some fiber and found my old drop spindle! a month later my loving mother bought me  spinning wheel and I have been making yarn like a wild woman!!!!

What all these forms of art have in common is that they have been practiced hundreds maybe thousands of years ago and they are still practiced today.  whats even cooler  about that is we can look back and study how these forms of art have changed, improved or stayed the same. They are also all forms that have to do with adorning the body.  More posts to come on each new form of art! Sorry for being so selfish!
Love Danielle