For those of you in the Portland, Oregon area, my jewelry will be at the Oregon College of Art and Craft Holiday Sale this weekend!   There will also be LOTS of my Lemongrass Candles for sale, as well!  The sale starts on the evening of Friday, November 25, and runs through Sunday, November 27, 2011.   Please stop by

 Self Portrait in Charcoal & Chalk, progression from left to right. As some of you know, I am currently attending the Oregon College of Art and Craft as a BFA student.  Due to the nature of my Bachelor's degree from Australia, I am not qualified 'as is' to enter into a Master's program in the U.S., so I

 First off, I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who visited my blog, Facebook, Twitter, Etsy Shop, etc., this past week, and definitely to those who made purchases.  THANK YOU!!!  You make creating fun.  I love what I do, I LOVE what I create, and I definitely love sending those creations to new homes. The

I am finding inspiration...and in the strangest place... Rain! I love rain. But living in Portland, I know that in April, after months of incessant rain (last year we had 50+ straight days of rain!), I will hate it.  But for now, in the gorgeous cool of fall, I love it.  It is inspiring me. What inspires you

(Artist talk by Eric Adjetey Anang, Michael DeForest introducing him)  We have a visiting artist here at the Oregon College of Art and Craft this week, and it has been incredible to watch him work.   (Students working with Eric Adjetey Anang) (Michael DeForest sanding the fish coffin) His name is Eric Adjetey Anang, and he is a Fantasy