CraftyCat

Like my two cats, I appreciate what is simple, primitive and sensual.

I don't like anything plastic, PINK/cute or violent/insulting, but I do like edgy or challenging work. I love bright colors, as well as quiet earth tones. My favorite colors are mostly warm colors: apricot, lavender, red/orange/yellow/rust, purple, mustard, tan, brown, spring green (like new grass).

I write poetry and make quilts, collages, linoleum cut prints, and pyzanki (Ukrainian-style decorated eggs). I like abstract geometrics, the surreal and the whimsical. I especially love visual puns--I love to laugh!

If that doesn't help you figure me out, here are some images I would enjoy receiving:

• cats (not cute!);
• musical instruments (I play piano & drums);
• women:
  • pictures of strong, independent women,
  • women in sports,
  • women working,
  • nude women (tasteful or funny), or
  • old women smiling;
• art cards:
  • relief prints,
  • collages,
  • altered text and found poetry,
  • metal cards,
  • modern art, abstract art, geometric art (I love repeat patterns!),
  • masks and painted faces,
  • goth fashions and colored mohawks,
  • aboriginal art,
  • outsider art,
  • Steampunk,
  • Zentangle-type doodles,
  • Zetti-style cards,
  • anything surreal;
• something that will make me laugh, like
  • animals in sunglasses;
  • the Flying Spaghetti Monster;
• anything strange or mysterious;
• images from myths or fairy tales (dark is good);
• anything Halloween (not cute);
• bones
• sharp, spiky things;
• interesting textures, like close-ups of pebbles, tree bark, metal rusting;
• microscopic views;
• solar systems and galaxies;
• mushrooms,
• insects,
• sea turtles,
• jellyfish,
• waterfalls,
• volcanoes;
• peaceful images;
• something wonderful that takes your breath away.

Thank you for sending me something fun!