lilymarlowe

I've been offline for a while to cope with some health issues and am slowly getting back into the swing of things. I join only a limited number of swaps at any given time. I don't spend a lot of time online; I prefer to spend my time making art.

I'm a scissors/paper/glue addict with a beaded monkey on my back. When I'm not slaving away in the high-tech, high-pressure world of online marketing, my hobbies include altering books, making ATCs, writing, reading, swimming, tending cats. I have been participating in mail art exchanges for more than 25 years. (Boy, I'm old!)

altered books, ATCs, assemblage shrines, hand-bound books, collage, paper quilts, photography, digital image manipulation, sewing

www.damonbuxton.com, richard thompson, bob dylan, 80s pop, 70s and 80s punk, jazz, new age, acoustic guitar

Harry Potter series, His Dark Materials, To Kill a Mockingbird, Good Omens, trashy thrillers and mysteries with animals (e.g., Rita Mae Brown) are my guilty pleasures

Dexter, House, CSI, Numb3rs, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Good Eats, The Soup

The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Roxanne, LA Story, Shop Girl, Benny & Joon, The Bourne franchise

green, lime, citrine, peridot, moss, sage, brown, tan, beige, khaki, goldenrod, rust, cream

cats (black ones, mostly), books, fairies, lavender, pumpkins, black & white photos, imps and monsters, irony, dark humor, 1950s and 1960s kitsch, Wile E. Coyote, stripes (black & white mostly), pointy things (hats, beaks, shoes, tails, ears, etc.), rust and other patinas

Seattle, New York City, Pittsburgh, Tuscany, any beach in the world, my studio, college and university campuses, lush (even overgrown) gardens

clowns (terrified of 'em), cutesy things, any shade of pink, overtly religious items (unless they are kitschy and ironic, e.g., my glow-in-the-dark St.Clare of Assisi), military/war things