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My adventures in printmaking

by Chezlin on May 24, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This semester I took printmaking where we did some intaglio(pronounced intalio… I seemed like an idiot because when I signed up I went around telling everyone how I was taking intaglio and I emphasized the g.. anyway) We also did [...]

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It’s time to dye some shoes.

by Chezlin on May 17, 2008

A week or two ago, my little sister asked me if I could dye her shoes black because she didn’t like the blue and red plaid.  I finally decided to do it and share the process with you guys.  This is my first time dying shoes, so I might have done some things strangely, so [...]

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A skirt!

by Chezlin on May 9, 2008

I’m so sorry for my disappearance everyone!   I had to run away to work on school work and whatnot.. finals week called for many projects, papers, etc.  but now I’m all done!  Yay!  My older sister is done with college too.. cept not like me.. I still have a year to go.  No, she’s done [...]

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Ceramics!

by Chezlin on April 28, 2008

The semester is wrapping up so we finally were able to take our ceramic pieces home! Here are mine. Stoneware. Pinch method. Raku. The assignment was to mix organic with something man-made. I did a water drop mixed with the grid pattern in the ceiling of our class.

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Paper making tutorial

by Chezlin on April 24, 2008

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, school is wrapping up so I’ve been busy with random papers, projects, etc. Hopefully soon I can start to post on a regular schedule rather than so randomly. Anyway, I finally had a little time to craft, so I decided to make paper. Exciting! Here are some pictures [...]

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Oldie but Goldie: Boo table

by Chezlin on April 19, 2008

When I was a freshman in college, my mom bought me a table to somehow fit into my tiny dorm room.. It was ugly and white, and my roommate and I knew we had to do something to make it fit into our room better. See, we were both artsy people so a plain white [...]

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Baby quilts galore!

by Chezlin on April 15, 2008

Well actually, not galore.. because there’s only two, but you get the idea!  When two of my friends told me they were pregnant, after the initial shock wore away, I got excited to make them baby quilts.  I was hoping that at least one of them would have a girl, so I could make a [...]

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Cassette tape tutorial

by Chezlin on April 13, 2008

A few days ago I posted about my cassette tape wallet and how it’s held up over the past 10 months, and I promised a tutorial. Well here it is! First you need to get your hands on a cassette tape.

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Makeup bag tutorial

by Chezlin on April 12, 2008

Sorry I haven’t posted in a long time! It’s been a busy few days. It’s also been a while since I’ve said I was going to do the makeup bag tutorial, so I put it together today! For all of you who don’t remember, or who haven’t seen, my first post was about a travel [...]

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Cassette tape wallet, then and now.

by Chezlin on April 9, 2008

About 10 months ago I made a cassette tape wallet after I was inspired by some that I saw online. They were on sale for $43 and the first thought in my mind was, “I can make that for less!” So that’s what I did. Here’s some pictures of it when it was freshly made.

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