New Non-Art Blog

This is the last time you'll see anything posted here not directly related to Noadi's Art. I've started a new blog called Sheryl's Scribblings for all the articles, Squidoo lenses, websites, etc. that I do that aren't related to art or art business in any way. I do hope you'll check it out.

How to Cure Polymer Clay

I just finished creating a Squidoo lens that gives an overview of different techniques for curing polymer clay. Give it a look, you might pick up a few tips.
Techniques for Curing Polymer Clay

I also wrote up a little lens on using the rss feeds eCrater generates for stores.
Using eCrater RSS Feeds

eCrater Tutorial

I just finished writing up a tutorial on how to set up a store on eCrater. It runs through all the basic steps to creating your storefront.

How to Start Selling on eCrater

Not quite so stressed

So I was able to talk to Cy about what's going on with the cwyh.com domain. He's not entirely sure what's going on either but he knows more than me. The domain registration should still be good but apparently is being used by someone else. So he's working on it and hopefully things will be worked out soon. In the meantime my site is here http://207.210.90.194/~noadi/

Update: Domain issues have been resolved and Noadi's Art is now at noadi.net.

Really Stressed Out

Well noadi.cywh.com has disappeared again and I don't know what's going on. This is the second time in a little over a month so I feel about to cry out of frustration. I'm hoping it will be back up but honestly I don't know. Hopefully I'll have the site back either at noadi.cywh.com or get my own hosting and domain soon.

Peak Inside My Studio

Studio is a bit of a misnomer, it's more a corner but it's my workspace. So lets take a little tour.

First up here's my computer desk and the brand new computer. Isn't it pretty? Little plug to the Shiflett Brothers that's their sculpting forum up on my screen. My old computer took up nearly that entire desk, I love actually having a little space now for a little sketchpad or just messing around with gadgets. I like having my computer so close to my sculpting area, I can just load up reference photos on the screen.

Okay on to the real sculpting space. Here's my desk. As you can see there's no chair, I use the same chair for both my computer and the sculpting desk, there really isn't enough space for two.

My desk isn't very big but I'm quite attached to it, when I was given it a few years ago it was truly hideous but it clearly was good construction so I wasn't going to toss it in the trash. Someone had tried to revarnish it using a dark brown varnish that was streaky and even though I know it was in an attic for years was tacky to the touch like it had never fully dried. I stripped it down, refinished it, and added new hardware until it was the cute little thing it is today. One of the things I added to it were little brass hooks to I could hang stuff like my heat gun. You can see my Selkie Emerging sculpt that I've been working on and a self portrait bust I started months ago and haven't finished yet. Usually there's also a lazy susan that I use to rotate my sculpts on but I'm using it for an experiment in photography right now.

The insides of my desk drawers are a complete mess so I won't show them to you, suffice to say that they contain tools, paints, and non-clay materials like wooden bases, wire, etc.

Here's a close up of some of the stuff on my desk. In the jewelry box are ribbons for hanging ornaments, cold porcelain flowers, a few pendants I sculpted. Various bottles of stuff I use, isopropyl alcohol, sculpey diluent, liquid sculpey, gesso, various types of glue, some paints, masking fluid. The magnifier is a really cheap plastic thing from the drug store, it was really light so I glued some weights inside the base which is hollow plastic, and to dress it up sponged silver and antique gold paint onto it.

use, shells, glass gems, beads, some of theTurning around behind my desk is the storage. Top shelf is fun stuff that I closed containers have thumbtacks, pins, other odds and ends. The lightning globe is just for fun. And there's my little first aid kit, that's really important. Second shelf is books, mostly art related, some magazines those are mostly Discover and Smithsonian, the little set of drawers has user manuals for tools, some unfinished little projects, and tools I don't use much. Bottom shelf are my tool boxes and pasta machine.

Last we have my big set of storage drawers, top is odds and ends, middle is clay, bottom is fabric some for projects some for backdrops when photographing my sculpts. And my book holder, I built it out of foamcore and soem elastic to hodl my books while I sculpt, the one in it right now is Modeling and Sculpting the Human Figure by Edouard Lanteri.

Not shown is the curio cabinet, hutch, and top of my tv stand where I keep all my finished work, and the area of the basement where I mess around with mold stuff (not so successfully) and airbushing (more successfully).

If you want bigger pics you can check them out on flickr here: Noadi's Studio
Also I forgot to add yesterday that you can check out bigger pics of my selkie here: Work in Progress Set

Trying to get things back to normal.

I have my new computer up and running and it's great. It's got 1GB of RAM, 250GB harddrive, AMD dual core processor, CD/DVD burner, 19" widescreen LCD monitor. Compared to my old 8-year-old computer with it's 128MB of RAM, 15" CRT monitor, 40GB harddrive, and barely working CD Drive I'm in heaven. Almost makes me wish the old one had died sooner. I have none of the files from my old computer yet. I'm waiting on a friend of mine to come over and help me because I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to messing around with hardware.

I have to say though that I now owe my parents big, I couldn't afford a new computer and they know how important it is for me to have one to get the word out about my sculpting so they bought this one for me on the condition I teach my dad how to use a computer. His current expertise consists of playing solitaire and the internet is a mystery to him so I've got a ways to go.

Noadi's Art is still down and I haven't heard anything from Cy about it. If it doesn't come back up soon I'm not sure what I'm going to do aside from look into buying hosting and registering my own domain. I'm going to give it until the end of the week and then I'm going to have to make some decisions about that. Any advice or recommendations would really be appreciated, leave it in the comments or drop me an email.

And more bad news.

Things love to go bad all at the same time. First my computer dies and now Noadi's Art is down, apparently the cywh.com domain has expired. I'm trying to get in touch with the guy who hosts me but the main email address I had for him was @cywh.com so that's a problem.

Cy, if you see this please get in touch with me and let me know what's going on.

My Computer RIP

Yep, my computer died yesterday. So until I can buy a new computer I'm borrowing my mom's laptop when she doesn't need it. Obviously this will mean I may not be able to update the blog and my website very often in the meantime.

All orders and commissions will be top priority when I'm online so please do not worry if you have placed an order or plan to. Anything else comes second to getting those out.

I hate to beg but if you've ever considered buying one of my pieces or leaving a contribution in the tip jar now would be the time because I can't really afford to buy a new computer right now.