civilian medals getting mad miles

I won a Juried Showcase on ArtSlant

My Civilian Medals won a juried showcase award for ArtSlant.  Check out the other winners in my mixed-media category through the link above.

adjectives for helium.....

peach, brilliant, hot, noble, stable, inert, electric, colorless, odorless, abundant, light, monatomic, refractory, elemental, safe, invisible, liquid, solid, gaseous, buoyant, luminous.....

I finally finished my "adj." in glass after breaking it last week.  It will be filled with helium gas and used in a self portrait piece with a deer hide cast of my torso.  I will only be working with clear tubing for my neon work this spring so that I may explore all of the noble gases on their own: Argon, Krypton, Helium and Neon.  I'll post pictures after the glass has been been bombarded.

adding analytics?

ceramics, kristin morgin and a reference.

Kristin Morgin's ceramic sculptures and installations are all made from unfired ceramic (clay).  After reading about her work in the latest issue of Sculpture magazine,  I am utterly amazed at the combined elements of delicacy and scale in her work.  She carves, moulds, burnishes and paints her surfaces, making them photo-realistic sculptures of antiques and decay.  Stunningly, she leaves her clay body in its unfired greenware state.  I am slowly making my way into the world of ceramics and starting to appreciate all the varieties of surface and treatments there are.  I used to be afraid of clay because of its ability to move so readily under the artist's fingers; metal provided me with more resistance which my brain seems to understand.  I have recently begun to realize that I don't need to be afraid of this material but rather understand the variety of ways of working with it and start to hone in on my own aesthetic.

New Etsy Shop

I finally caved and got an Etsy shop. I am still a bit wary of how much being on Etsy is going to cost me. Each posting costs money and it's up for a determined amount of time. If you don't sell that item, you have to re-pay to post it again for that duration of time. There are ways to promote your etsy shop such as showcases in different categories. These showcases, so far that I have seen, cost an average of $7 a day and they are all sold out until April. I am happy to be selling my stuff on RVCA and Lost at E Minor as it doesn't cost to list my items however, that lack of cost is made up for in commission percentage that the stores get to host my work, up to 50% in some places. Etsy only takes a 3.5% fee when you sell. We'll see how it goes. HERE is my shop.

art-milk

Art-Milk.com featured "Playground Love" on their website! HERE

Miami International Film Festival

My "Ball Necklace" was worn by Rebekah Keida, professional model and poster-girl for the Miami International Film Festival, at the award ceremony.

so it goes

I finally finished. script is my fav.

RVCA and LostatEMinor

My new collection will be at RVCA on Haight and Ashbury starting next weekend. I'm really excited that RVCA is taking me back for another round and in my own case! RVCA is really great at moving my stuff and they take a very fair commission percentage. I will also be selling my magnified ring and coral necklaces online at lostateminor.com, a pop culture, design and art website who I've known since my days at imeem. They are an amazing website and I am happy to be a part of their community.

artslant

Just sent images into artslant for a vertical scroll ad on all of their pages. Super excited.

Cragen Quotes

random group I started on facebook dedicated to all the funny shit that Captain Cragen says on Law and Order SVU
HERE

"If you're gonna kill a kid and drain his blood, you need a place with some privacy!" - Captain Cragen, SVU.

neon

I love neon. It has quickly become one of my favorite mediums. I'm working on "So it goes" in script. I already have the "goes" pumped with a soft purple called krypton. I should have the rest done in a week or so.

Philly F*cked

Recently, my Civilian Medals were chosen as a finalists in the NICHE Magazine awards. Over 2,000 entries were received and only 4 finalists in each category. My category was fine jewelry. The awards ceremony was held in Philadelphia in February. As it happened, I flew out to Philly the day after the huge blizzards hit the Northeastern side of the US. My Dad flew out for the ceremony, just one night, and my friend Ian flew from Ohio to spend the weekend with me; well, he was supposed to fly from Ohio but 4 canceled flights later he ended up flying to Baltimore and taking a car with some random New Yorkers into Philly to meet me at the airport when I arrived, event free, from SF. We decided to walk around South Philly in the freezing cold and go on a hunt for famous cheestakes and beer. Both sent us on an adventure; I never knew how hard it was to get beer after 11 in Philadelphia. We ended up walking a collective 20 blocks that night and when we got back to the hotel, our belly's were full and our fingertips falling off from the cold. At the hotel, we had a dance party in the bathroom because it was so big (videos on the way, courtesy of Ian Brown). So, I didn't end up winning the NICHE award in my category and decided to get drunk with Ian instead. While my Dad lay asleep in my hotel, we walked to Ian's to enjoy the rest of our coveted 6 pack from the first night. With all that snow in the city, I was like a little kid. I came across one that I wanted to conquer. My skirt ripped and I had to walk back to my hotel later with my behind exposed, my face flushed and my tail between my legs (through the rip in my skirt, of course.) Although the snow kicked my butt (a number of times; I forgot to mention my fall on the ice. I went completely vertical in the air before coming down...HARD) and I didn't win the award, I had a great time with Ian, people saw my art and I went home with a huge smile.

NEW COLLECTION

New Jewelry © Meryl Pataky 2010 HERE

Calligraphy Rings

My rings were featured on a blog called The Carrot Box. This blog is all about interesting rings. HERE