(my name's not ben... it means "well preserved")

Invites ready to show to the world

benconservato@gmail.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:08:13 GMT

Envelopes + Invites and my little label, and ready to go!

hand painted greetings

benconservato@gmail.com — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:31:34 GMT

I created a hand painted card (the far right one) for my man's birthday, and just kept going. I now have about six on my desk ready to show to the world. I think they will be part of my submission for the next Finders Keepers. Let's see!

Light Wraps and More Monoprint Monsters

benconservato@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:03:23 GMT

I received my LightWrap from Two Layers of Cells yesterday and was very excited to get it painted (I bought the DIY one, of course) to cover my twice broken cylindrical light. Sadly you can see the jagged edge (of course you can) of the light through it, so I'm going to have to think how I'm going to fix that without cutting myself.

Apart from that, I had a monoprint moment the other day, I created some monsters on book pages (now with added gouache See here), finally started the must talked about second round of Moleskine Exchange 13.

10,000 Robins come marching over the hill...

benconservato@gmail.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:37:52 GMT

For some reason, the Mr Floppy song was the inspiration for this piece originally... I had in my head to make an army of mark wearing monsters, but I stopped at four. I know, I know, I was making my life simpler (perhaps laziness?) I am just getting back into working for myself after doing 10 straight (exhausting) days working in the restaurant. Hurrah for new staff!
In case you forget the song:

This is part of The Moleskine Exchange: Portrait Party

... back to work...

Airmail pack revamped

benconservato@gmail.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:21:29 GMT