filthedesign

My domain is live, with a decent little site if I do say so myself :) I used a site called weebly which is a lot like iWeb, but for me it's easier...not sure everyone would agree with that. It's still a work in progress, but check it out if you like: filthEdesign fine art & design by emily eakes

I used to have a livejournal (still do, just don't update it anymore) and it was much more of a journal, where as this is a blog and in my head that distinction is personal vs. business which is perhaps why I don't really have a voice from which I write this blog. I posted daily design back in the winter...when I had time for such things. I post photos as I move about my world and occasionally I string some words together...about something or another. I'm an artist. A visual artist. I primarily make fine art prints—linoleum blocks, intimately sized. My most recent series was the alphabet. I have donated an installation of the piece to KCAI for the art and design auction. I think this is a perfect venue to display the work. It belongs in a gallery and not behind a table at an arts & crafts fair. I'm not sure I'm done with the series, but I'm not sure where it goes from here either. I've seen some amazing work lately at the Lawrence Art Center and other ...

I hope SPRING is 'nigh...I'm feeling good and I want to get out! I haven't been creating art lately, but I've had a decent amount of freelance work (for someone who had zero freelance work 2 months ago!) and while I enjoy the fine art just a tad more than the design, the design sadly pays better. Though ultimately not sad since I'm getting paid and mostly not sacrificing style or point of view. The good news is I think I have a venue/show for an assemblage piece (ceramics and found objects, etc.)! Very exciting because I have a surprisingly large body of work from oil paintings to ceramics to printmaking...and a lot of it I've never shown outside my home :) To be continued... The boy needs a ride home from swim practice...

bailoz proof | daily logo design Originally uploaded by filthEdesign This was one of a set of five concepts I shared with my client. They didn't choose it, but I love it :) There are a lot of faceted fonts out there, but I'm particularly loving Gotham these days (I know so is everybody else) so I faceted it myself and used coloring based on my emerald design posted a few weeks ago.

Life is close to overwhelming these days... The company I work for was purchased by another and that's always a cue for BIG CHANGES. I'm still employed for now which automatically makes me more able to roll with the punches...and just trying to do the best design work I've ever done! I'm also starting to get into some freelance and commission work again - I'd love to have a thriving business of my own if other things don't work out... John has a swim meet in Columbia this weekend, which should be a nice break except that we can't really afford it :) good thing we're easily impressed by unlimited high speed internet and cable tv :) John has been swimming really well this session - not sure if it's the team change and the great coach to swimmer ratio or if it's because he's 14 and has been swimming competitively for over 4 years now. He has at least one DI time already and should easily be able to get 2 more and I wouldn't be surprised...

a great opportunity to some extra dough: handmade news is the news site for artfire.com which is a site for selling and buying handmade wares (like etsy.com but different - i'm still learning about them) but i follow them on twitter and hear more and more about artfire so it's worth checking out i think. i wish i was more of a writer :) and i think you have to have a login to even see the application, but registering is painless. so anyway, just thought i'd share, freelance money is often the sweetest :)