stuff about artstuff.

Studio Cats.

If you remember Flossie, you know that with whom I share my studio is kind of a big deal. Flossie was no longer with me when I finally renovated my little studio a couple years ago, but many of the details of its configuration had been sketched and planned long ago with her in mind.

The role of Studio Cat these days is played by George and Lily.

George is the extroverted charmer, mischievous yet always seeking approval.

Lily is my sweet introvert. She still has some characteristics typical to rescued feral cats: shy and sometimes skittish, she hates being picked up. But she loves being on top of things, including me.

One or the other is almost always on my desk

or in the other chair

looming over me at the computer
 

or in a box.

Even boxes that aren't at all cat-shaped.

(cute dog break)

It's not always easy to accomplish stuff, like photograph things for my shop or Instagram

Oh, hey, Lily: you're in my light. Would you mind moving?

Um, no, that's not it.

Yeah, no . . . that's not what I needed, either.

But then again, it's exactly what I need.

That, and the Best Dog in the World at my feet.

They make my studio an awesome place to spend my days.

Thanks for visiting!

xoBeth

 

 

 

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Other Projects

An outing a couple months ago launched a few very different non-illustration creative projects I've been having fun with lately.

We wandered around salvage yards

and dug through scrap bins at a leather and hide seller.

The salvage pieces were to become display pieces to feature my friend Joe's hats for a few pop-up shops he would be having at our local Fluevog store.

For these I relearned how to do paper mache

and had a blast collaborating to build the pieces.

I think my favorite was my Medusa head, designed especially for the event that would coincide with a mythic-themed convention.

She looked pretty awesome showing off the snake hat, too.

Digging through the leather scrap bins started a-whole-nuther fun project:

I've been back making earrings again, and having a blast.

I realized that my older jewelry had sort of gotten lost in my main Etsy shop, so I've opened up a second shop: Artstuff Jewelry. I'm hoping that having a place of their own to showcase my earrings will help customers find them and ultimately, give me an excuse to make a lot more - because it's super fun for me.

These projects have gotten a different flavor of creative juices flowing which feels awesome, and there's actually more of these kinds of things on the back burners - can't wait to share the rest of it with you guys. In the meantime, I'm busy working with my awesome licensing partners on a few new collections and will keep you posted about that when I can, too.

Happy Spring to you all and thanks again for visiting!

xoBeth