Dangerously close.

There is a point at which empathy becomes love.

Where another person's pain begins to tear you apart at the seams.

Recent Creations.

Hand of Hamsa - Red/Black/White Batik

Basic rundown: I took a long strip of white cotton cloth (has to be an all-natural fabric for the wax to soak through), did an outline of my design in pencil, painted the parts of the design I wanted to remain white with melted Gulf Wax. Once I wa ssure the wax was compeltely dry and had soaked compeltely through the cloth, I dipped the cloth in red fabric dye and let it sit for approx. 6 hours. I removed it, let the cloth dry, and waxed the entire background (the part I wanted red.) Once that wax had dried, I scrunched it up in my hands to crack it and let it soak in black dye for approx 1 hour. (That's what gives it the tie-dyed look, and the black around the hand. Done as a project for my Arts & Crafts class.

I'm hoping to do a larger, more difficult batik sometime this summer - I'll try to remember to do a detailed how-to when I get around to it :))

Annnd some other stuff I've done recently;;

Jacob and I <3

Gel pen and sharpies! Haha. Drew this for him. It's hanging in his room :)

Mother's Day Turtle Mosaic

Part of my mom's Mother's Day gift. She's really into island-y stuff and the ocean, so I thought a turtle would be appropriate. I don't care too much for mosaic so I probably won't do a how-to on this one, but I'm sure Google has plenty! Also done as a project for my Arts & Crafts class.

I love art :)) I'll try to keep posting my best stuff on here. I'm hoping to get a lot of stuff done this summer! <3

More later! 

Laurenn.

Look at the stars, how they shine for you.

I swam across, I jumped across for you.

Oh, what a thing to do.

You see, we're all yellow.

I drew a line, drew a line for you.

Oh, what a thing to do.

It was all yellow.

You're skin, you're skin and bones,

turned into something beautiful

Do you know, for you I'd bleed myself dry

For you I'd bleed myself dry.