tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84154289093539948492024-03-13T19:02:56.159-07:00RamonaRodeWelcome to my RamonaRode blog! This is an extention of my RamonaRode Etsy shop. The art in this shop is all birthed out of a love of nature and travel. I hope to take you along on my travels and show you our beautiful world as I see it. www.RamonaRode.etsy.comRamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-49247593636170910752015-03-12T19:15:00.001-07:002015-03-12T19:15:27.828-07:00Weave - Monochromatic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally finished a decent sized weave on my new loom. One problem I encountered, was how the weave tapers...though it works in this design, it was not intentional. Any ideas how to keep it straight? </div>
<br />RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-27397252364669396662014-10-28T17:56:00.001-07:002014-10-28T18:08:47.401-07:00Gettin' My Weave OnI love being creative and making things. The latest inspiration is tapestry weaving.<br />
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I got the idea after I bought a bead loom in London on a whim. After doing some searches on beading, I came across some pretty sweet tapestries and an easy <a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2014/08/weaving-class-create-a-large-statement-piece.html" target="_blank">DIY weaving instructional</a>. <br />
I had a ton of left over yarn from my failed knitting attempt and had stocked piled a bunch of drift wood after a storm a year or so ago...finally, I'm getting to put these things to use. I used a make-shift cardboard loom for the first two but just finished making a legit wood loom...I'm all in!<br />
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RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-10299223874390096902014-10-28T17:48:00.000-07:002014-10-28T17:48:17.507-07:00Art From The Past YearI tried some Welzie inspired paintings and tinkered around with some paints, pens and even some jewelry over the year. Here's some of what I've been up to.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you're interested in purchasing any of these...I have a print shop up on Society6: <a href="http://society6.com/ramonarode/prints">http://society6.com/ramonarode/prints</a></div>
RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-25101379337817160972013-08-22T17:54:00.002-07:002013-08-22T17:57:01.712-07:00Welzie ArtAnother trip to Hawaii, another artist to emulate! <br />
Seriously LOVING this artist's work! He goes by <a href="http://welzie-art.com/" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Welzie</span></b></a> and uses scrap surfboard fiberglass from Two Crow surfboards to create the sweet pieces. I came across Two Crow surfboards through this picture on instagram<br />
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That lead me to their website and eventually to his. I was able to check out their studio while in Waialua and get a closer look at his pieces. I have yet to give this style a go but definitely am looking forward to trying it out soon! </div>
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I've already had it enlarged and put it in a frame in my room :)</div>
RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-32185952120619867532013-08-22T17:34:00.003-07:002013-08-22T17:34:56.107-07:00New RadnessCame across this cool artist on instagram (love it for that), Kevin Butler:<br />
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His work inspired be to invest in a few decent pens and get drawing again.<br />
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I've always loved this picture of my brother and I in Kahana Bay in 2005. I was working at a camp in Hawaii all summer and he came to visit. We went camping with the rest of the staff. Isn't it the best feeling to wake up from a good fresh air sleep to the sound of the ocean, a warm sea breeze and sand in your toes!?<br />
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When I saw <a href="http://www.mynameisandy.com/" target="_blank"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Andy Davis's</span></i></a> "The Yesterday Collection," I decided to give it ago with my own subject but still try to keep with his style. </div>
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Our frame needed a new print (replacing the christmas wrapping paper..about time). </div>
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My roommate and I have been listening to a lot of<a href="http://8tracks.com/misstillerman/kitsch-french-sixties-vol-1" target="_blank"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">old french tunes</span></i></a> and just watched Midnight in Paris and Coco Chanel...so something in French felt appropriate. </div>
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I bought some water colour paper and watered down my acrylic black paint (I don't own water colours). Plugged "let's party" into google, checked a few different sources and hopefully got the translation pretty close ;)</div>
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this is from the Roxy headquaters</div>
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and this is from Captain Fin Co - probably just a display of custom painted fins but looks sweet all lined up like that! </div>
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New Painting - Oct 2012<br />
Inspiration - <a href="http://www.mynameisandy.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Andy Davis.</span></a>..check his work out!<br />
(p.s. this is a pretty close replica of one of his pieces. I've decided that I've had the most success painting "surf art" so I've been practicing mimicking other surf artist's work...apprenticing if you will ;)<br />
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Another painting of me and my bro is still in the works...his curly hair is becoming an issue!RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-25567377033424158352012-05-22T20:41:00.001-07:002012-06-08T15:59:54.585-07:00Back on Etsy!I'm back in business on <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RamonaRode" target="_blank">ETSY!</a></span></b><br />
The new 8x8 and 8x6 wood cradleboards are up!<br />
Keep an eye out for more cradleboards and cards to be added in the near future ;)RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-5236338427705330822012-05-02T13:47:00.002-07:002012-05-02T13:49:43.711-07:00Business CardI sent away for some legit business cards today...<i>so much cheaper through </i><a href="http://gotprint.com/"><i>gotprint.com</i></a>.<br />
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Unfortunately, my idea of having 4 different colours was not so finically practical. 500 of one colour for almost a third the price of 400 four different coloured cards. </div>
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My favourite is the <a href="http://ramonarode.blogspot.ca/2012/01/business-cards.html" target="_blank">yellowy-green and blue card</a> but I thought the "Ramona" stood out a bit more in the orange and pink card. <br />
So the winner is:</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished a bunch of Vancouver Icon edits and uploaded them all to <a href="http://ramonarode.blogspot.ca/p/photos.html" target="_blank">flickr...have a look!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>For the non-Vancouverites...Van has a lot of statues around town. I've decided to take and edit photos of them...a different kind of souvenir.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few are at the print shop and will be mounted onto wood cradleboards this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>P.S. I've been calling the wood part of the finished product a </i><u><i>wood panel</i></u><i> but apparently, in the art supply store, its actually called a </i><u><i>wood cradleboard...oops.</i></u></div>RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-49731251211333928192012-03-27T12:53:00.005-07:002012-03-27T13:03:42.058-07:00Complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finished these guys finally and without a hitch!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://ramonarode.blogspot.ca/2011/04/hawaiian-flowers-heliconia-caribaea.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i>They've come a long way</i></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i>. </i></b></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They are all original RamonaRode paintings - printed and adhered to a 6x6 wood panel, finished with an epoxy coating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">You can see the glass like finish in the pictures below. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Now what's left is putting a gloss coat around the edges. I tried to avoid this by using scotch tape while applying the epoxy but it still leaked onto the sides so I need to even out the look...see what I mean?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, a few weeks ago I tried to do a <a href="http://ramonarode.blogspot.ca/2012/02/success.html" target="_blank"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">gel image transfer</span></i></b></a><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></i></b>with one of the paintings onto a wood panel. It turned out ok. Some pieces of the image rubbed off and there was a really stubborn bit of paper that WOULD NOT COME OFF. So I had to put a gloss over it to keep everything in place and make the paper piece not so white. Personally, I like the image transfer without the glaze but whatevs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Top is the first acrylic painting I did on canvas, bottom left is the gel image transfer on a wood panel and the bottom right is a photo on a wood panel with an epoxy coating. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">P.S. I had no idea the painting the photo had such different colour tones...this will need to be remedied but I'm still very happy with both.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That's it with these guys for awhile. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Time for less tropical images and more Vancouver-ish photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah these guys again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put the epoxy on them tonight...so excited for these!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">eee! I hope there're no glitches this time</span></div>RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-12403225020635561932012-03-14T00:48:00.001-07:002012-03-26T10:19:02.379-07:00New Vancouver Images SoonI spent Thursday tromping around Vancouver with a friend getting some new pictures.<br />
Today, I've been editing them and I've been pretty happy with the way its going. Here's a sneak peak:<span id="goog_1291384729"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The plan is to have iconic Vancouver symbols edited like these two</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y-YILZCZBpU/T2BF3uSJlzI/AAAAAAAAC9k/gZ_CmDrB2Yw/s1600/20120313-1925541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y-YILZCZBpU/T2BF3uSJlzI/AAAAAAAAC9k/gZ_CmDrB2Yw/s400/20120313-1925541.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this bunch was from a couple of weeks ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys cost me $120...I spent a couple of hours in a coffee shop fooling around with different edits mean while my car was being towed. oops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not sure how many of these I'll end up going with but the creative juices are flowing...and I'm trying to take <a href="http://ramonarode.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-encouragement.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b><i>Ira Glass' advice</i></b></span></a> and "do a lot of work. do a huge volume of work." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd love to hear your honest feedback</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I finally figured out where I was going <a href="http://ramonarode.blogspot.com/2010/03/pitfalls-of-art.html" target="_blank"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wrong</span></b></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span>with gel medium image transfers! <br />
I never read or heard explicitly that the original image <u>had to be printed with a laser printer i.e. photocopy</u>...or maybe it was my ignorance as to what "laser printer" meant figuring my at home printer would suffice ;) <br />
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Anyways I've made 2 successful image transfers onto different surfaces (canvas and wood). <br />
I'm VERY excited about this new technique and the potential future with RamonaRode photos! it's super easy (when you do it right) and cheap. You just have to be patient. <br />
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<i>p.s. I did not create the original graphic and do not intend to sell it (found it on pinterest)...but don't you just love the quote? it's totally how I feel all winter.</i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So this is how you do it <i>properly</i>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ol><li style="text-align: left;"><u>Photocopy</u> your image - colour or black and white (or use a LASER printer).<i> *remember to flip your image if there's writing, otherwise it will transfer backwards*</i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Use a paint brush to put a thin coat of <u>gel medium</u> directly on the image (I used Tri-Art Gel Medium in Gloss).</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Lay the image onto your surface. Use a <u>brayer or another smooth object to rub out any bubbles. </u> The paper needs to be completely adhered to the surface or that part of the image wont transfer. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Leave overnight to<u> dry</u>.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Once dried, <u>wet the surface of the paper </u>with your fingers and slowly <u>start rubbing off the paper</u>. Only the paper will rub off, the image will remain!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Finish with a coat of gloss if desired. </li>
</ol><div style="text-align: left;">Voila!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OYKK0nc1kY4/T06s2RnhezI/AAAAAAAAC4c/YoxFcsKkYfE/s1600/IMG_1114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OYKK0nc1kY4/T06s2RnhezI/AAAAAAAAC4c/YoxFcsKkYfE/s400/IMG_1114.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />
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I love it when people are encouraging like this. It is totally what I needed right now.RamonaRodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753737641671492703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415428909353994849.post-21849659092501640322012-01-20T23:07:00.000-08:002012-01-20T23:18:28.445-08:00Ideas Running AmokI just read Designsponge.com and was totally enamoured by two posts<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://www.designsponge.com/2012/01/diana-rupp-embroider-everything-color-theory-coaster-diy.html" target="_blank">these embroidered coasters:</a> </span>by Diana Rupp<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*I read things like this and have this overwhelming urge to try to make it myself. I need to buy embroidery stuff...can you imagine a larger piece in a frame on the wall? And I'd love to try silk screening again...there are so many neat things you can do with a silk screen! <i>BUT,</i> maybe I should try to finish knitting that infinity scarf that I've only completed 1/3 of ...or maybe I should get on with those new photos and make more wood panels already. These things are running amok in my head...now to just COMPLETE something. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One thing at a time Marie. Resist the urge!* </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i>for now</i> ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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