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Free People Catch A Dream DIY Event!

rachaelrice — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:49:28 +0000

The DIY dream catcher event at Free People Portland was totes amazeballs (lol)! It was featured on their corporate blog, and lots of people came out to get their craft on. My inner art teacher was so excited to share my creative pursuits! And the pieces that people made were unbelievably beautiful. Plus, we had Maple Butterscotch cake with EDIBLE GLITTER (!!!) from Cake & Mukti (check out her blog The Yoga of Cake), and supplies donated by Relica Vintage. I hope I get to do it again! Valentine’s….?

from the FP blog

Best. Cake. EVER.

Samantha Cullen from Cake & Mukti

exterior shot of the store window with raffle piece

Epic Dream Catcher Raffle at Free People Portland!

rachaelrice — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:21:24 +0000

I made a huge-normous dream catcher to be raffled off at the Free People Portland store as part of an upcoming DIY event on December 2nd. I also made a smaller one, so there are two chances to win! Raffle tickets are $5 at the store and some of the proceeds will benefit Adopt-a-Family Portland. The drawing will be held on Dec. 15th via Facebook.

This piece took about 3 days to complete and features vintage metal fringe, a detachable fox tail fur charm, earrings from fortune cookie fortunes and vintage lace, with a huge vintage doily behind a hand-woven “web” with vintage button “spider”. There’s also a plastic water bottle feather garland, which was featured on the Free People blog! You can see tons of photos here on my Flickr.

the beast! it's over 6 feet tall!

detail of the large piece at Free People

this piece features a detachable fox tail charm!

on either side of the piece hang earrings featuring fortune cookie fortunes and vintage lace!

The second one I made is MUCH smaller, but no less charming! It features vintage trims and gold painted feathers.

here are the two raffle prizes!

raffle prize #2!

pic of me and the beast!

Featured Artist for Alberta Main Street

rachaelrice — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:07:21 +0000

The Alberta Arts District in Portland, Oregon is an amazing neighborhood full of awesome restaurants, the best ice cream I’ve ever had, and a “Last Thursdays on Alberta” event that is like a mix of Commercial Street in Provincetown and uhhh…Burning Man? It’s a carnival atmosphere that is largely self-regulated, with the help of Alberta Main Street’s community organization. You basically can show up on last Thursday with your stuff, and sell it on the street. No cost, no permit, first come, first serve. Then at night there’s all manner of parades, street parties, live music, food, and artsy events. It’s crazy!

Anyway, I love what they’re doing and they love what I’m doing and we’re in love! I’m grateful to be their Featured Artist for October…visit Alberta Main Street if you’re ever in the area.

Here’s their Facebook page(s):

https://www.facebook.com/albertamainstreet

https://www.facebook.com/lastthursdayonalberta

Here’s a screenshot of their website with my blurb…and some pics I took on Last Thursday in August.

screen shot of Alberta Main St. newsletter

musician at Last Thursday on Alberta

Chaba Thai on Alberta St.

Wanderlust mobile shop

Put a bird on it.

vegetable prints

rachaelrice — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:30:42 +0000

all those leftover veggies from the garden can make some nice prints!

these were made from cut lettuce heads, apples, and leaves with acrylic paint on canvas:

lettuce core rose

apple core & parsley print

rose from lettuce core

apple core star print

apple core star print pattern

more feather & dream catcher art

rachaelrice — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:52:23 +0000

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

another version

car dream catcher

dream catcher necklace

me in the necklace

leather feather necklace

holiday nature ornaments with deer and butterfly

rachaelrice — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:21:12 +0000

another in a long series of deer-obsession pieces…a project for a snowy afternoon in Vermont: holiday nature ornaments. these look pretty nice even though they’re plastic and not glass. I used some scrap sheepskin but cotton batting would work too. Craft foliage and random little animals are so cute — if I had more globes I would put in some acorns and whatnot.

deer & butterfly ornament

deer ornament

butterfly ornament

dendrochronology, tree rings, and art

rachaelrice — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:04:31 +0000

i truly cannot comprehend how an acorn can become a tree. but more on my acorn obsession later.

because right now i’m completely captivated by tree rings.

Bryan Nash Gill's "Hemlock 82" print

dendrochronology

dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns.

Chris Harrison made “digg rings” by visually representing the “most dugg” stories of the day for one year. i don’t really get it either but you can read about it here. but i dig the graphics he made:

digg rings

Tracy Melton's tree ring paintings

tree-ring themed poster design i made for the band The House Carpenters

styro cup & paper plate sculptures

rachaelrice — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:07:53 +0000

Tara Donovan, you’re my hero:

styrofoam cups

styro cups detail

paper plates

paper plates detail

pencil colony

pencil colony detail

glue & button bluffs

bluffs buttons detail

drinking straws haze

haze straws detail

fishing line

fishing line detail

glue strata

glue strata detail

pins, held together with friction and gravity

pin cube detail

nebulous tape

tape detail