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Good morning, Santa Cruz! Wake up and see the drawings. Today’s “Saturday Morning Cartoon” was going to be the premiere of a special project that I’m working on, but I still need to tweak a few things to perfection. Instead, I’d like to share the views that I had the pleasure of experiencing in real […]
Sometimes my doodles feel a lot like dreams to me. Both dreams and doodles both take inspiration from daily life, usually at moments that we aren’t even aware are inspiring. They can be random—I can’t tell you how many milk cartons and other random objects I draw all the time for no reason. Often, both […]
This week I want to feature a pendant I made with a gorgeous slab of raw labradorite. The front side of this stone has been polished to have a smooth, uniform appearance but the back of the stone is raw, meaning that it is unpolished or treated. I prefer to work with stones that are […]
This week I bring my crown project to a close. However, as french poet Paul Valery once said, “A poem is never finished, only abandoned.” I often feel that way about my wire art. I can always see more room for development, more ways to expand the design. As per usual, I have more inspiration […]
Alaya Heather Crystal is a local dancer, teacher, and performing artist, involved in the Santa Cruz arts scene since 1998. She has primarily performed as a Brazilian dancer and Firedancer at numerous festivals, shows, and events, and has been a teacher of these art forms in Santa Cruz and Northern California to both children and […]
Jesse Huynh is a textile artist and fashion designer working and living in Santa Cruz, currently attending the University. Jesse works with “unconventional materials” as a rebuttal to ideas of conventional fashion design and ordinary clothing fabric, a reflection of his own attitude toward societal norms and expectations. “In middle school some […]
Good morning, Santa Cruz! Don’t forget to stand up for what you believe in–even if they think you’re a quack! Artist- Julianna Chavez
Nora Sarkissian is a local artist working and living in Aptos. Sarkissian is a painter and sculptor who has been teaching art in various locations (including assisting at UCSC) for 30 years. Although she has years of artistic experience, and has had formal exhibitions and showings, Nora presumes proudly that she is “still learning.” “The sculptures […]
I’ve been having a lot of fun working with feather earrings. When I’m making earrings, I try to be more conservative with how much wire I use. Its hard to wear heavy earrings for long periods of time. I want my earrings to be visually striking and wearable at the same time. I created a […]
This week my crown became a crown! After weeks of visualization, picturing what the center piece would look like once it was attached to a band, I connected the largest element, the head band. I used thick pieces of wire to bind the center piece that I completed last week to the actual band of […]
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