Today’s craft of the day is this cute little notebook, hand-painted by Sarah:
Hand-painted mini-notebook, 16 pages
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Owl Owl Owl
This is the fifth owl in our owl Christmas ornament series.
Tall brown owl Christmas ornament
We’ll have pieces like this one as well as art prints, pinback buttons, cards, jewellery, and more at our upcoming craft shows. You can also find some of our stuff on our online stores (or just email us and let us know what you’re interested in–we also do custom orders).
More Owl Ornaments!
These are the third and fourth owls in our owl ornament series:
Grey owl Christmas ornament
Brown owl Christmas ornament
We’ll be selling our owls and a bunch of other arts and crafts at some upcoming craft shows in Oshawa and Toronto, as well as through our online stores.
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Red Owl Ornament
Today’s featured craft is the first in a series of owl Christmas ornaments we made for our upcoming craft shows.
We think it’s quite cute:
Red Christmas Owl Ornament
UPDATE: This adorable owl is no longer available, but if you would like a similar piece made custom for you, email us at appleofmyoddeye@gmail.com.
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Holiday Crafts at Apple of my Odd Eye
With the holiday season approaching, we’ve been working on some seasonal art, ornaments, cards, and jewellery for our upcoming shows. We’ll be posting a featured piece from these crafting sessions every day between now and our last show of the year on December 14. Today we have a few progress shots for you:
We figured out to make tiny envelopes with a very simple and adaptable pattern (click and flip through to see the steps):
We’ll be at the Strange and Astounding Show on November 29 and 30 in Oshawa and the Bazaar of the Bizarre: Frostbite Edition 2014 on December 14. If you can’t catch us there and a piece you like isn’t listed on our Etsy, email us at appleofmyoddeye@gmail.com. Even if the piece you want has sold, we do custom orders.
Foliage on Fire: A Trip to High Park in the Fall (Plus Artist News)
Earlier this week, I went on a two-hour walk through High Park with my mom (we decided that our weekly cardio needed to be something that would take advantage of what nice weather we have left before the Polar Vortex sets in). The trip yielded some beautiful photos, some of which I’ve shared below:
Other than a little cropping, I haven’t edited these yet. I wanted to share them before winter sets in (I’ve already seen snowflakes this morning).
In artist news, I’ll soon be exhibiting at PRINT Gallery in Kensington, and Sean will be directing photography on a feature film in December. We’ll have more info on both those endeavours soon.
Also, Apple of my Odd Eye will be at the Strange and Astounding Show on November 29 and 30 in Oshawa at the Woodview Park Community Centre, 151 Cadillac Avenue. Ash, Devin, and I will be present at the show, so come out and say hi! There will be horror and scifi art, comics, and toys at the show. We’ll be bringing original paintings, prints, cards, buttons, books, jewelry, and more.
-Sarah
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“Roses III” Painting
There’s finally a third painting for the “Roses” series! This one even has (most) of a body. Devin and did some painting this weekend while watching Doctor Who, and this was the result. She was inspired a little by Play Dead Cult, and then everything got away from me and the roses took over.
There are a few places where I think things ended up a little cluttered, but overall I’m pretty happy with this piece for now. She went through a lot of changes over the last two days. Here are some process shots:
You know your style is a bit odd when you find yourself thinking, “Ya know, I think I might paint them with bodies for a while.”
-Sarah
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A Creepy Evening Stroll
“Emergency” – Sarah Y. Varnam
Devin and I went for a walk this evening and came across this TTC emergency exit. It immediately made me think of zombies and ghost stories. I hope you enjoy this creepy little photoshoot:
“Emergency” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Figure I” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Figure II” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Exploring” – Sarah Y. Varnam
If you’re a fan of creepy art (and maybe also spooky and speculative writing), you might like The Quilliad‘s fourth issue. It’s the publication’s Halloween issue, and there will be thrills and chills in abundance, as well as some pieces that are just plain strange. We believe that literature and art can embrace the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, and we want this issue to reflect that. The Kickstarter for this issue is still going for a few more days, and we’re still accepting submissions.
Check it out.
-Sarah
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Immaculate Selfie Gallery Show Opening
Selfie with my selfie.
The Black Cat is tiny but lovely.
Last night was the opening night for the Immaculate Selfie show at the Black Cat Gallery in Toronto. Curated by Devan Patel of Project Gallery, the exhibition is a celebration and interrogation of the internet age’s fascination with the self portrait in its new form, the selfie. The selfies adorning the tiny gallery’s walls ranged from photographs to oil paintings–there were even some fingerprints.
Guests were encouraged to take selfies with the art on display, and the mirrors on the ceiling intensified the sense of self-reflexivity. Oh, and the art was pretty great (I’m not just saying that because my work was included; there were some really clever interpretations of the theme as well as some beautiful portraits).
Here are more photos from the night:
EIFLES ETALUCAMMI EHT
Mirror-selfie.
My piece was in good company.
“Portrait II” – Sarah Y. Varnam
There were Polaroid selfies hidden around the room like Easter eggs.
Where does this lead??
Booze plus shmooze.
Face to face.
Devin’s car decided to misbehave, thus the sad face, but he showed up anyway.
Dear Dad looking at art.
For more information about the series my selfie is from (the idea is slightly more complex than me slathering paint on my face, though that was admittedly a lot of fun), check out this blog post from February: https://appleofmyoddeye.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/portrait-photopainting-series-by-sarah-y-varnam/
-Sarah
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Everyday Apocalypse
I walked out onto our balcony on Sunday morning and was struck by the eeriness of what I saw:
“Foreboding” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Past-Life” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Rustle” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“At the Bottom” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Hanging” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“By a Thread” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“The Cage” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Nostalgia” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Threads” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“Rows” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“New Growth I” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“New Growth II” – Sarah Y. Varnam
“New Growth III” – Sarah Y. Varnam
Our garden has turned into a tangled, dripping mess, and I love it (though I miss eating fresh sweetpeas in the morning). I couldn’t resist capturing the faded tones contrasted with those bursts of colour. Fall is one of my favourite seasons largely because of Halloween, so I might just be seeing ghosts and apocalypse everywhere because of that.
We have some more spooky art that we’ll be sharing over the next little while in the spirit of the season. Until then, we hope you enjoy the pumpkin-flavoured everything that has invaded the retail world this month.
-Sarah
The Quilliad’s issue 4 cover
P.S. If you like apocalyptic, spooky, or fantastical art–or writing–check out The Quilliad, a little literary and arts publication with a Halloween theme for its upcoming issue.
We’re working on our fourth issue right now, which means both that our Kickstarter is up until the end of the month and our submission call is open until the 30th of September. We’ve got a bunch of cool and creepy rewards available for the Kickstarter and we’d love to see your work for our submission call.
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