Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:41:45 -0800WeeblyThu, 27 Aug 2009 19:42:19 -0800http://www.messorius.com/2/post/2009/08/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.htmlWow, lignum vitae is hard, no kidding!  I've been using a diamond saw to get through it, and it sure wasn't happy about it.

There are three complete sets of runes finished, and bags need to be sewn for two of those.  Three bracelets down, two remain to be finished, and one that I'm making for myself of a new design to see how it works.  It's good to make something for yourself every now and then.  :]

Added a quickie illustration today, and that's about it.
]]>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:05 -0800http://www.messorius.com/2/post/2009/08/soo-tired.htmlJust added an illustration, it's the decal for my husband's motorcycle.  And as you may have noticed, new site design!
]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:04:34 -0800http://www.messorius.com/2/post/2009/07/updates-and-socializing.htmlAdded are a couplefew things, Deco Deer and a tattoo styled swallow.  Also, I've signed up for Twitter and resurrected my Blogger account!  I'll be updating there as well as here(for anyone who sees this blog, it'll still be here for my website laundry list!)

Right now I've got some exciting things on the go.  I've been having fun staining paper with different treatments, just got in a lovely, lovely split suede hide from another Etsy seller, which is going to hold some lovely recycled antler runes and jewellery!  I'll also be offering plain cut discs for supplies for anyone who wants to play with them, since cutting antler can be tricky.  I also have a brand new coping saw and some red ochre pigment from France on the way.

]]>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:08:48 -0800http://www.messorius.com/2/post/2009/06/pibbles-digger-jack.htmlAdded a pit bull a while ago but never got back to the blog.  Also added Digger Jack, which is a piece made for a story idea of mine, for a little webcomic.

Other new stuff; my Etsy shop is up and running along!  I'm phasing out using ArtSpots for prints outside of their site and going with a discount line I can print and control myself.  Prints are standard letter size and run off on a Canon Pixma ip4000 on satin photo paper.  Different papers and larger sizes are available too on request.

The rat barette has been finished and sealed, and will be going up in my shop shortly.  I'm very pleased with the way this one turned out, and I think I'm in love with this Krylon gloss.

Next up, a line of stickers and magnets, and I'm making a stress doll for people to use while they're being tattooed.  Stress balls tend to get incredibly manky, slobbered on(so not kidding) and torn up, so I decided to do something a bit fun that can also be washed.

]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:29:03 -0800http://www.messorius.com/2/post/2009/04/new-illo-and-sculpey-time.htmlI added in a drawing of a GSD to Illustration.  This is one of two images, one in dry, one in wet media.  I'm doing this with at least one or two of my other favourite dog breeds, since it'll get me into the swing of things with paint again, and I can't work on wet pictures at work, so it's all coloured pencils there.

Also, working on my accessories.  There's a couple additions to the Shop, which I've advertised in a couple places.  Even if they don't go online, I can stockpile them until I open my Farmer's Market booth down the road, so I have made my time useful either way!  Although I really have to pick somewhere better ventilated to use the glue since it releases acetic acid while curing and damn does that ever sting.  I even picked stuff safe for aquarium use so it would be benign afterwards, but yoikes.  I'll be doing a lot of work out in the sunshine, I think.  Although it would probably help if I wasn't bending my head right over my hands.

]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:23:06 -0800http://www.messorius.com/2/post/2009/04/first-post.htmlAfter a long hiatus due to RL concerns, I finally have a website up again.  Weebly is a pit stop on the way to a custom site, but one that will do quite nicely until my husband Lucas finds the time to put everything back together.  It's not big on fancy, but it has all the tin bells and whistles, and hey, I'm not paying for it!  Fully recommend it for anyone needing their own who knows jack about actually building one(read: me).

One of the few nice things about a long pause underground is that it gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, or at least tear down those old drapes and crack open a bright pretty can of mistinted paint you found while your brain was wandering around back.  To that end, I'm focusing more on a wider range of objects, art and commercial.  Part of this is from being older, both in maturity and physical age(tattooing, let me tell you, is hell on the hands, and I like my thumbs enough to want to keep using them.  Well.).

This blog will be the place to keep track of updates, basic happenings, and any old thing I feel needs attention in regards to the MASC.  I don't expect to see many people in here, but Hi! if you find this.

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