Hey,

I have been so preoccupied these past few weeks that I have totally neglected my account. I’m going to try to be more regular but we’re entering that time of year where we are inundated with orders at work that need to be finished for Christmas. I think for the time being I’m going to try to update my journal every two weeks instead of every week, that will give me more tome to get things done.

So in honor of Halloween ( tonight’s beggars night in my neighborhood) Kami’s deviation of the week goes to.....

Chelsea Fairy Wings
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by glittrrgrrl

I always dress up for beggars night, cuz the kids that come to our door get a kick out of it. This year I decided to be a fairy and spent a week making wings for my costume. Needless to say they don’t look as cool as these. I’ve seen a lot of wings in the past month and these by far are my favorite!

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Workin’ hard
~K


As always go check out Chuckie-t’s gallery


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Hello,

Kami’s deviation of the week goes to.....

Lucy nightdress [link]
by Carmilla-Mircalla

This illustration is part of a larger series by Carmilla-Mircalla that I highly suggest you all browse though. “lucy nightdress” is my favorite out of all of them.

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It must be the cold wether ‘cuz I just haven’t felt up to painting lately. Of course it could be due to the craziness of work. I’m going to try and do something fun in honor of the fall season, which is my favorite time of year ( Hi, my name is Kami and I’m a halloween-olic!)
last night at the dinner table we were discussing halloween, actually the conversation was focused on beggars night and past experiences with people that passed out bad treats. My brothers and I were adamant that the wort treats ever passed out were the toothbrushes one of our neighbors gave out every year (they were dentists). My parents were arguing that while the toothbrush was pretty bad, the apples they got as kids were worse because the smashed all the other treats in the bag! (In my mothers case they would also smash the vanilla wafers one little old lady gave out every year.) this prompted my father to say that as a kid he felt that they should of amended “Trick or Treat” so that it would go like this...
...”Trick or Treat, give us an apple and we’ll burn your feet!”
I spent ten minutes laughing an coughing up my dinner.

Workin’ hard
~K


As always go check out Chuckie-t’s gallery


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Hello,

Kami’s deviation of the week goes to.....

Rapunzel
[link]
by linneastrid

An interesting take on a classic fairy tale. I also recomend checking out some of the other works in linneastrid’s gallery.

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This has been another one of those crazy weeks at work so there’s not much for me to wright about this week. I just finished another drawing and hope to get it posted soon.

Workin’ hard
~K


As always go check out Chuckie-t’s gallery


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Hello,

I thought that this week I’d do something different and try to offer up some info that may be useful to know instead of my customary Deviation of the Week (which will resume next week). Most of us on deviantArt are not going to be custom framing our own artwork, but you might know someone who will be in need of framing services, so you can pass the info on and look like an expert at the same time

Here area few questions I have been getting at work lately.

1. should I mat my artwork? Why?

Yes! Mats don’t just look good. Their main purpose is to keep your artwork away from the glass where condensation can form and cause your art, photos, or whatever you have framed, to stick to it.

What you should look for in a mat?

look for your framer to show you a design that includes at least two mats. One mat just doesn’t leave enough space to protect your art. You also want an acid free mat (acid is the No.1 enemy of art) preferably a “rag mat”.

2. Glass or no glass?

Most conservators are suggesting you put glass or plexi on all art types, including oil paintings. I second that. Everything, including archival inks to stabilized pigments in pants, are susceptible to fading. Framing quality glass will block out over 90% of UVA and UVB rays.

But I don’t want the glair of glass over my beautiful painting!

No need to worry. Most framers offer an museum quality glass that not only reduces glair, like frosted non-glair glass, but looks almost invisible (seriously, I have had clients on numerous occasions look at their finished frames and exclaim that we forgot to put the glass on their piece...... until they touch it and leave a finger print!) but be prepared to pay a pretty penny for it ( though I have never had a client who regretted getting the better looking glass.)

3. What makes you qualified to frame my art?

I get this one a lot and it’s a very good question to ask. Wether you go to a mom and pop shop or some place like Michaels, Jo Anns, or any other large craft store that offers framing, you need to know that your framers know what they are doing. I work in a shop inside one of these large craft store and some clients assume that I’m just a regular associate who happen to pull frame shop duty that day. I’m not, I’m specially trained to work only in the frame shop as the framers at your local craft store are. If your still unsure of your framer ask them about how they would frame your art. Key words to look for are preservation, preservation mounting, acid free, and UV blocking, basically if they look and sound like they know what they are doing they probably are.

4. Finally, how much should I expect to pay?

Well, ultimately it depends on size and the final design but expect to spend at least $150 if not much, much, more. If your intimidated by the price your framer gives you feel free to ask for a quote and think about it. Remember custom framing is a custom service, so in most cases once you place your order there is no going back.

Hopefully someone out there might find this info helpful.
Happy Framing
~K


As always go check out Chuckie-t’s gallery


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Hello,

So I totally spaced on last weeks deviation. I didn’t remember until sunday evening after work. I knew I had forgotten something. So without further ado this weeks honor of Kami’s deviation of the week goes to.......

Band Aid for my Heart [link]
by suitcaseslim

just a lovely illistration!

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I have a odd tendency of remembering lots of useless information. Today at work while finishing up a project I started contemplating the use of bumppons. We use them for their intended purpose, protecting walls from the back side of a picture frame, but others have come up with some more interesting uses for them. For example, the properties master for the series “Enterprise” uses them to simulate buttons on those palm pilot thingys ( I’m not a treckie, so I have no clue what they are suposed to be called). The costume designer for “Repo: the Genetic Opera” used them on the Genters for placement and ventilation purposes. (<-- That was the useless info)

So I was thinking that I might come up with another use for them too, see how far outside the box I can think. I challenge everyone to exercise your mind and come up with a new use, piratical or artistic, for something you use every day.

Or not. You dont have to just a thought.

Workin’ hard
~K


As always go check out Chuckie-t’s gallery


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