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Here is an overview of the first 24 sets in the Empress Collection
Only 6 Empress sets left. Stay tuned! :)
Showing posts with label Empress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Empress. Show all posts
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Empress: Classic Red
3:19 AM
mateng
Here is an overview of the first 24 sets in the Empress Collection
Only 6 Empress sets left. Stay tuned! :)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Empress: Traditional Coral
10:40 AM
mateng
Here is an overview of the first 21 sets in the Empress Collection
9 Empress sets left. Stay tuned! :)
Monday, February 21, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Empress: Regalia and Fandango
2:09 AM
mateng
Here is an overview of the first 18 sets in the Empress Collection
12 Empress sets left. Stay tuned! :)
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Empress: Antique Silver
10:22 AM
mateng
Due to popular demand, I’ve decided to change a portion of the Empress collection to Antique Silver (instead of the Antique Copper base) for my silver loving Exalted ones. In order to do so I will be eliminating some of the originally planned Empress color sets: 1/2 of Fandango, 1/2 of Regalia, and all of Berrylicious, Thunder Gray, Satsuma Orange, and Indian Ruby. I will be replacing those shades with colors to compliment the Antique Silver base. If anyone has a favorite silver and color combination – please let me know, I’ll be starting the Empress Antique Silver sub-set in a few weeks. Thanks! :)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Empress: Midnight
3:35 AM
mateng
Here is an overview of the first 15 sets in the Empress Collection
Empress Midnight is the 15th color set, marking the halfway point in the 300 piece Empress collection. I wanted to thank you all so much for your kind words, excitement, and sincere interest in this collection. It has meant a great deal to me as I struggle to stay focused. This has been my most labor intensive medallion collection ever! But the reaction has been so overwhelmingly positive that I am trying my absolute best to hold onto all of that encouragement as I face what I estimate to be another 400 hours of labor before the entire Empress collection is finished. To date I have logged 620 hours into this project, and it looks like the finished collection will be an investment of over 1000 hours (equaling 6 months of 40 hour work weeks!). Some days it seems as if there is no end in site! But thanks to you and all of that positive energy, I will keep plugging away. With any luck I will be finished and ready to sell these before spring! Thank you again!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Empress: 3D
1:20 PM
mateng
Here is a fresh perspective on Empress:
I photographed these pieces on an angle to illustrate the depth and dimension of the carvings and in the sunlight to provide a closer look at the luminous finish. The scanner has been great for straight frontal views as seen in all the color sets so far, however, the scanner really does not do the pieces justice, I’m thinking they are something you have to experience in person to truly appreciate :)
I photographed these pieces on an angle to illustrate the depth and dimension of the carvings and in the sunlight to provide a closer look at the luminous finish. The scanner has been great for straight frontal views as seen in all the color sets so far, however, the scanner really does not do the pieces justice, I’m thinking they are something you have to experience in person to truly appreciate :)
Friday, January 21, 2011
Empress: Daydream
2:43 PM
mateng
If you’re just stopping in and wondering what these things are, go HERE to learn more about the Exalted Beauty Empress Medallion Collection in progress.
The set above entitled Daydream is the 11th color set presented so far, with 19 more sets of ten to go! Painting the Empress medallions on this every other day schedule has proven to be an extremely difficult challenge; I’ve been finding it almost impossible to make my self imposed deadlines! However, much of that stress/time constraint could be due to the fact that I spontaneously decided to give my studio a complete makeover between sets! My darling husband calls these impetuous moments my *Storms*. Apparently I get a notion in my head and there’s no stopping me! I completely stripped the studio removing all the furniture along with hundreds of botanical studies and hare sketches from the walls; I relocated all of the Exalted Beauty Medallions and party/exhibition paraphernalia to my art storage room, hoed out 5 years worth of collected randomness, painted the walls (perhaps an overly bright shade of yellow), and then had the Mr. install some track lighting and build some fabulous new storage shelves, which I then decided also had to be painted, which then led to painting all of he studio furniture…. and… You see where this is going, right? It has been quite the experience, not much of it good. But it did lead to a magical and wondrous thing – after 5 years of living in our new house – I UNPACKED! Well, not EVERYTHING. But I was finally reunited with my treasured art books and knickknacks and, slowly but surely, between Empress sets, I’m working on finding my stuff a home in the newly organized studio space. I will share photos of the Studio Makeover as soon as I am finished. In the meantime – stay tuned for more Empress!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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