my blog has moved!

in an effort to be a little more focused, i've moved my blog. 

you can find me at

www.therosylips.com

it's a merging of my life, my art and my little business

sketchy ladies

i started sketching again...it feels like it's been so long since i've been able to (actually taken the time to) sit down and sketch. i want to fill a book with ladies!

i got interviewed!

-hello-

rae at artlarking saw my BFA show and asked to interview me for their blog! i happily accepted...here it is...

The Interview: Textile Artist Kristin Jeannette Petiford

product photography

it could be because i'm back at the ol' product design firm...it could be because i am obsessed with old things...anyway, here's some product photography from the early 1900's

show installation!

i installed my show clean & dainty yesterday. i was pretty sweaty by the end of it. here's a sneak peek...

3 ladies...waxed & blushed

my shoes matched

i made an accordion guest book 

aw yee

renegade

yay, i'll be selling my work at the renegade craft fair this july at fort mason in san francisco!

i'll have a lot of naked ladies, some hats, maybe some bloomers, etc.

oh my god...

i want this guy! look at those paws!!

everything is done

wowie! i can't believe i finished everything for my show a week early! i hemmed and hemmed all day sunday...i figured out that it takes 3 episodes of law & order: svu to hem one side of a panel. needless to say, i watched a LOT of law & order.

oh, and i made easter pancakes...yum

new things...

new prints on paper for the spring fair...i sold 6 and traded 4! 

spring fair!

i spent the day printing for cca's spring fair tomorrow (i guess it's "today" now) on the oakland campus
i didn't decide to actually do the fair until this morning, so i'll only have a few things.
but a little birdy told me that there's gonna be some lathe action going on (by natalie, not me)! so stop by!

pollyanna

i always wanted those shoes...

one day...one day

tampon chandelier

glorious...

tampon chandelier

hats!

my hats modeled by the lovely laura andel

needle felted merino wool, silver wire, vintage trim, vintage netting, tulle

i love hats!

statement & gallery hours

well, i suppose it's time for a show statement. so here it goes...

Clean & Dainty

Ladies are taught how to act, told how to look and taken in as objects, sitting pretty in their perfectly polite bodies.

Through the use of decorative objects, Clean & Dainty expresses the rules, by which women are told to abide and the sensuality and humanness of the bodies these rules seek to control.

An abstracted and subtly impolite female nude is exposed within the turns of the blushing poplar pedestals, solely crafted to display lace doilies. These needle lace pieces have been painstakingly stitched with words of etiquette, embedded into the repetition. Fleshy silk drapes the gallery walls evoking a dreamy sensuality, while still ingrained with instructions: rules every girl must live by in order to become polite young ladies/undisruptive females/decorative objects.

also, gallery hours:

may 2 - may 8

mon-sat 10am - 7:30pm

reception:

may 4

5:30 - 7:30pm

cool!

lady pedestals

i officially finished my first pedestal

hand-turned poplar, covergirl mineral blush in pure romance, wax

can you spot the naked lady??

BFA thesis show!

guess what! my bfa thesis show is coming up!

may 2nd - may 7th

isabelle percy west gallery

ccac

5212 broadway

oakland, ca

there'll be hand-turned lady pedestals, needle lace and embroidered pink silk...oh ya!

i'll have a pink drink (non-alcoholic) and rice krispy goodies

whiskey party at a local bar to follow!

here's a link to a map ... it's above the library

oh and...

i got some professional photos of my work...only 3

newish website!

hello all! i now have a website...

kristinpetiford.com

ch..ch..check it!

yosemite

in an effort to get out more and stress out less, my bf and i decided to take a day trip to yosemite. it was covered in snow...one of the most beautiful days i can remember...

snow angels!

bridalveil!