Dark Romances - Dead Poets

I think it's peculiar how so often the most tragic, dark- and sometimes ugliest things can be the most beautiful and the most romantic.

Ophelia, pale and dead floating in the water with flowers about her. Who is more beautiful than she? Or the dangerous Lord Byron, whose dark prose and poetry captivates and romances me...not to mention his portrait. And of course I can't forget Poe, and his stories of lost loves and beautiful dreams yearned for- never really attained.

Here are my newest necklaces, inspired by the darkly romantic artists and poets I so admire...

These are all available for sale on my Etsy here.

It is so good to be making jewelry again! I have so many ideas, so much I want to do. By the end of the summer I hope to have made a doll, a website, the final painting in my flower queen series, and tons more new styles of necklaces. I really want to make a choker, and more vampire art. It feels so good to never be bored. It feels so good to be brimming with excitement and passion. I don't know what I would do without art! Life would be meaningless. I feel so lucky and so blessed. romanticism

Strange and Familiar

We were assigned a project in which we had to paint a person we knew from life, and a person we did not know from a photo. I knew I wanted to paint Poe right away, and because I knew that no one would have the patience to sit for me for a 50 by 50 painting, I decided to paint myself from life.

My fantasy got a little carried away, and I of course pictured myself as one of Edgar's dear lost loves. I got so into these paintings! I referred to the Victorian language of flowers and did my best to choose flowers I thought would convey what I wanted. For Edgar I chose black poppies (eternal sleep, imagination), mourning glory (love in vain) and nightshade. I did not find nightshade in the language but I associate it with death and beauty. For my portrait I chose lilacs (first love, emotion, innocence) forget-me-nots (true love)

I am happy with these paintings, and they were so much fun to do. The only problem is, I have no idea what to do with two 50 by 50 paintings!

In other news my summer is going well. Things are a little stressful right now. With my last semester of college approaching fast, I am becoming anxious about life as an adult. I am not sure what I will do when I get out, but the general plan is to keep making things to sell and find whatever job I can. I also have this goal to start my own cleaning business with a few friends. I am not really sure what I will do, but I dream about ultimately never working for anyone again and being self-employed by my art or cleaning endeavors. I have faith that everything will work out well, and try not to worry.

My job is starting in a week, I think that will be good for me because money will be coming in and it will put me on a better sleep schedule. Lately I have been falling asleep around 5am and getting up around 2 pm! I am turning into a vampire...The funny thing is when my job starts I am going to have to be up at 5am to be at work by 6:30. Oh what fun that will be!

One thing I have to look forward to is Jim Gaffigan. He is coming to Atlantic City and my boyfriend got tickets for us to see him next month. He is hilarious! watch him.

A Vampire's Kiss

"But first, on earth as Vampire sent,
Thy corpse shall from its tomb be rent:
Then ghastly haunt thy native place,
And suck the blood of all thy race;
There from thy daughter, sister, wife,
At midnight drain the stream of life;
Yet loathe the banquet which perforce
Must feed thy livid living corpse.
Thy victims are they yet expire
Shall know the demon for their sire,
As cursing thee, thou cursing them,
Thy flowers withered on the stem."
-Lord Byron

A new necklace I made last night. It is supposed to give the illusion of vampire love bites <3

I am currently working on a Lord Byron necklace among other things :)

And here are three other necklaces I made recently. I can't stop making Poe necklaces! The last necklace holds a portrait of Mary Shelley. I am working on a collection of gothic/horror writer jewelry. Now I must do Lord Byron, considering he was there the night Shelley came up the idea for Frankenstein.

These are all available for sale on my Etsy shop here