Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley
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I present to you Bone & Botanicals, my first mixed media piece incorporating paper quilling. This is the final project for a quilling class I sat in on. Quilling was completely new to me, and twirling and shaping paper has become rather addictive. (I’m currently working on another quilled piece for Delaware Fun-A-Day.) By the
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“Excuse me, I apologizeHe likes your attitude, he tries it on for sizeHe spends the afternoon, between your thighsHow’s that for gratitude, I apologizeIt seemed to last for hoursIt seemed to last for daysThis lady of the flowersAnd her hypnotic gaze” -Placebo, “Lady of the Flowers” A new piece and an announcement! This one started
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Women have been a source of strength for me my whole life. Beginning with the kickass women in my family and the feminine figures in my favorite books like The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland. It grew in my teenage years to musical, artistic, and comedic figures like Margaret Cho, Anne Rice, Tori Amos,
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Every year at around this time, I come down with an annoying respiratory ick. Which lends itself to feverish couch drawing. This week, the ick visited me during my birthday. Here is my dedication to all of us mer-goats. Capricorn (♑︎) is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac out of twelve total zodiac signs,
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I haven’t created a true self-portrait in years. This type of artwork is important to reflect on not just yourself, but who you are in the moment. For this newest self-portrait I took on a tough and conflicting aspect of my psyche. And that is how I feel about my body. I (and many, many
Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley 