even more: dream catcher necklace

this one’s made with leather, feathers, and cut clear plastic bottles.

dream catcher necklace

dream catcher necklace with leather & feathers

and here’s just another weird necklace i made with tassels, random beading, and other jewelry parts that needed a good home:


raj necklace

raj necklace

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more feather & dream catcher art

I made these tiny ones for my car and as a necklace.

another version

another version

car dream catcher

dream catcher necklace

dream catcher necklace

me in the necklace

me in the necklace

leather feather necklace

leather feather necklace

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adrenaline doily buddha

i’ve been kind of obsessed with doilies. i recently was gifted a ginormous bag of them from the antique store in montpelier:

doily haul

doily haul

i’ve also been a long-time buddha altar collage maker.  i’m finding creative ways to use the doilies too…here’s one I made this week:

Adrenaline Buddha

to help dial down my adrenaline fatigue

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i have a tumblr

for the things that i like.

rachaelrice.tumblr.com

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steam punk dream catcher

made these out of bike gears, wire and clock arms.  they each took about 10 hours to make.  they are about 6″ by 18″ long.

sold at Salaam Boutique in downtown Montpelier for $125 each.

dream catcher detail

dream catcher

dream catcher

black dream catcher

black dream catcher

black dream catcher

black dream catcher

black dream catcher

black dream catcher

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bottle cap art

i recently finished an artist-in-residence at the Danville School in Danville, Vermont for their three-day arts festival.  the theme was “ReUse” so we made some sculpture out of bottle caps and other items that most people would throw away…

the complete set of photos is on my Flickr page.

cap detail with brushes

cap detail with brushes

bottle cap mural

bottle cap mural

recycled magazine folding origami book

recycled magazine folding origami book

bottle cap sculpture

bottle cap sculpture

trash sculpture detail

trash sculpture detail

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iPhone photography

i’ve been completely obsessed with the various apps available for making iPhone photos look all retro and psychedelic.  my favorites are Hipstamatic, Lo-Mob, and Tilt-Shift-Gen.

phone exhibit poster

phone exhibit poster

these are pictures i took to exhibit at a “phone-tography” show for Geek Week at Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier, Vermont.

i also made a 12:1 scale iPhone out of foam core and paper, and used the prints i made as the apps.

phone sculpture in my living room

phone sculpture in my living room

the exhibit

the exhibit

you can see all the photos on my flickr stream.

i may never use a regular camera again.

you can also see a little video of the show that night of Geek Week:

Barre Side Street

Red Buddha

Red buddha

deer scene 1

deer scene 1

collage 1

collage 1

oklahoma post office

oklahoma post office

kate sprout

kate sprout

angels celebrate

angels celebrate

collage 2

collage 2

circus scene

circus scene

ganesh

ganesh

horse

horse

buddha shiva tea party

buddha shiva tea party

birthday party

birthday party

collage 3

collage 3

flower gun 1

flower gun 1

sushi cowboy

sushi cowboy

ballet

ballet

gun 2

gun 2

collage 3

collage 3

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make space for crafting

i got really inspired by craft magazine’s “make space for crafting” series…so behold my home studio!  this is where the action happens…in my own little world at least.  soon the drum kit will be gone and i will take over zee livink room!  here’s the flickr set of all the photos.

home studio

home studio

shelf detail

shelf detail

shelf detail

crafting trays

crafting trays

works in progress

works in progress

w.i.p. detail

w.i.p. detail

make space for crafting!

make space for crafting!

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keep calm and rock on

i love the “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON” world war ii motivational posters (which apparently were never actually used), yet spawned dozens of spinoffs…here are two of my favorites:

GET EXCITED AND MAKE THINGS

GET EXCITED AND MAKE THINGS

KEEP CALM AND ROCK ON

KEEP CALM AND ROCK ON

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happy new year!

I have made some deep intentions for this new year.  I am ready to live a more creative life.

I will keep you posted.

Intention Poster

words of wisdom

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