happy father's day

Here's the card I made for my dad this year. 

It was a fun, fluid piece to make.

 I love when the medium tells me what to do. In this case, it pushed me past making an 'Hallmark'-esk card which was my springboard at first (and I don't think I would have been as happy with).

I also like that my surroundings seep into what I make without my prior consent. (I was listening to synth-pop, can you tell?)

Have a good Father's Day all you online fathers! 

Don't forget to visit my dad over at http://joekorte.blogspot.com/

Get Started

So I had been a preschool teacher and I liked that okay for a time. But I started to get restless and making art in the fringes of my life wasn’t enough anymore. . . I’ve been waiting to get started for a long time. But my interests are so varied that I have to be kind of general whenever I try to describe myself as an artist. Best I can come up with is the aspiring and “up-and-coming” type of adjectives. That and Environmental Artist. (But of course that’s just one facet and not the whole. x_x) Anyway. Enough about that. Here’s some stuff.
I made this card a few weeks ago with a Grandmother in mind. It's just simple cut work with a razor. I liked building the bridges. Paper is super fun.