Art by Marcail

Art Farm 2011

2011-12-01T17:56:00.000-08:00

Here's my piece for Art Farm this year! It's a hand dyed/knit berret and cowl using wine from a local vineyard. I'm proud someone has bought my piece every year. :) I said this last year, but next year I hope to donate a weaving!

New Work- Summer 2011

2011-09-11T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here's a shawl I knit for a friend's wedding completed 7/28/2011

And another shawl I wove for a different friend who got married in June. Completed in July.

Here is the piece I'm putting in Art Farm this year. My mom dyed the yarn with wine from a local winery and I knit a cowl with matching beret. The color is actually nothing like this photo, I need to take a better shot which won't happen until I see the piece at the show since they have the work in their possession now.

New Work, 2011

2011-03-19T12:44:00.000-07:00

Last year I bought a loom! A Glimakra, Julia. I finally finished the weaving that came with it!

I've also been spinning on the wheel my aunt gave me for Christmas last year.

These two above are handspun cotton

These two above are a mixture of fibers I've accumulated from the mill

And this is also some fiber I brought home from the mill but in single ply.

Sketchbook from 2009

2010-12-31T23:34:00.000-08:00

I realize that precisely one hour from starting writing this it will be two years old, but what the heck. This stuff makes me laugh and I hope it does you too.

inspired from Moonstruck

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Old apartment manager

the fattest lady I could think of

I think of a peanut when I see him

this one actually looks like me

That's as good as it gets folks. I'm not good at blogger, but at least they're up for you to see.

Soup Label

2010-11-20T14:56:00.000-08:00

Here is a label design for a friend of mine who is going to start selling her product! Very exciting and the soup is delicious! Visite her site at http://www.galon.vpweb.com/

Weddings

2010-07-13T14:55:00.000-07:00

This weekend I'll be going to a wedding and the bride asked me to make this as their guestbook. When the guests come to sign they'll press their finger on a green ink pad and then make a finger print on this tree, making the leaves. Cute idea! I'll take a picture of it with all the leaves and post it later.

Art of the Garden

2010-07-01T20:44:00.000-07:00

I haven't been posting anything because I was thinking this site was only for my fine art, well I do art as a job sometimes too! It's a site for all my art.
I've been doing photography for a new company called Art of the Garden, LLC. Their product is called "The M Brace" and it's a steel corner used for making raised garden beds for flowers, vegetables, plants etc. They use recycled metal, all made in u.s.a., and they've been featured in Sunset magazine (my name mentioned as the photo credit! click here to see the article in sunset magazine) as well as others such as Great Backyards, Hobby Farm Home, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Los Angeles Times. All but a handfull are my photography work, and their main photograph seen everywhere is done by yours truly.
You can see their website at artofthegarden.net and be sure to check out their press page (click here) where the articles are listed.

Christmas Gift

2010-01-08T23:44:00.001-08:00

I made this set of postcards for a best friend of mine. She studied birds and graduated on December 12th. She's awesome.
So, I thought she could appreciate these. Each one has the common and scientific name and inside there are field descriptions of the bird's appearance. Enjoy.

How I See Things

2009-12-20T23:55:00.000-08:00

I decided to post some pictures I've taken recently for inspiration. I haven't been doing any drawing for myself recently, but I do take pictures. I might as well show you the everyday beauties.

Completed 9/6/9

2009-09-16T12:17:00.000-07:00

New Work 9/14/9

2009-09-14T22:54:00.000-07:00

Info

2009-08-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

Two of my pieces will be in a show this October called Art Farm. It's a show of work inspired by farms in Yolo County. Hopefully you can come see it and I'll make sure to post more information about it when it gets closer.

Logo Designs

2009-08-16T14:20:00.001-07:00

These were designed earlier this year for a farm in Hawaii where I volunteered.
I created these with very limited tools going back and forth between Microsoft Word and Paint! Would have been different if I'd had photoshop, but because of the limited tools it completely changed my thought process of things I could do. I LOVED it when something I didn't expect happened and made it look SO much better than what I was trying to do. So, it was very spontaneous designing these.

Old Work

2009-06-22T12:37:00.001-07:00

This is old work I found. I made it during my senior show last year (March-ish 2008) when I needed to do something else more freely without so much structure.

I'm not sure which angle I like to view it from best. I worked on it from all sides so I could have the option of hanging it any way.

Finished Piece 5/30/2009

2009-05-30T20:58:00.000-07:00

Title: Three Places; completed: 5/30/2009

Instead of a tryptic I'm leaving it as only two pieces. I didn't want to take away from the island in the middle. I was thinking about Hawaii, the mainland and Japan.

Detail: Top Right

Detail: Top Left

Detail: Middle Right

Detail: Middle Left

Detail: Bottom Right

Detail: Bottom Left

New Art 5/20/2009

2009-05-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

Title: (untitled for now. This is the first of three in a tryptic); completed: 5/20/2009
p.s. the matting is slightly too long for this piece. I want it cut off along the bottom about half an inch higher.

Work Within the Past Five Years

2009-05-11T13:45:00.000-07:00

Work completed through four years at California College of the Arts

Title: You Are What You Eat; completed: Freshman year 2004

Titled: Katazome Cabbage; completed: Junior year abroad in Japan 2007

Title: Yukata; completed: Junior year abroad in Japan, 2007

Title: Lithographs of Food and Fish; completed: Junior year abroad in Japan 2007

Sketches done in Japan, 2007

Title: Roy's; completed: 2008 Senior Exhibition

Title: Ours; completed: 2008 Senior Exhibition

Title: Oak; completed: 2008 Senior Exhibition

Title: Rings; completed: 2008 Senior Exhibition

Title: Blevins; completed: 2008 Senior Exhibition

Title: Nicolsons; completed: 2008 Senior Exhibition