JAMIE SUE AUSTIN

He was so small…..

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:50:29 -0400

He was so small…..

"I love Google so much. I don’t care if it is an evil corporation. They could be burning..."

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:55:09 -0400

“I love Google so much. I don’t care if it is an evil corporation. They could be burning puppies in a Nicaraguan sweat shop and I’d still love them. I *heart* Google.”

- Jamie Sue

I made this mushroom from this tutorial and filled it with...

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:14:40 -0400

I made this mushroom from this tutorial and filled it with sented oil.

I made this mermaid and didn’t know what to do with her. ...

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:47:09 -0400

I made this mermaid and didn’t know what to do with her. She ended up being a bookmark.

There we go! Much better. FYI: My mom’s name is Jewell

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:20:22 -0400

There we go! Much better. FYI: My mom’s name is Jewell

It’s my father’s Father’s Day present. ...

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0400

It’s my father’s Father’s Day present. That’s my mom with the tail. It’s not finished… Something is missing.

IT’S DONE!!!! Ignore the fish aquarium underneath. Badly...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:43:37 -0400

IT’S DONE!!!!

Ignore the fish aquarium underneath.

Badly photographed close ups:

Photo

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:42:40 -0400

Photo

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:41:50 -0400

Photo

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:41:00 -0400

NEKKID!!! SHE’S NEKKID!!! Fairies, being cobblers in...

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:45:03 -0400

NEKKID!!! SHE’S NEKKID!!!

Fairies, being cobblers in mythology, would of course, have fantastic shoes.

Panel two and a half. Almost there.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:40:49 -0400

Panel two and a half. Almost there.

Our Human Heritage

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:45:53 -0400

Having been raised in a household dominated by folk lore and superstition I find it very interesting to observe others in their foray into the supernatural or occult. Concepts so inherent in my upbringing are considered “out of the box” for many others and it is fascinating to watch people slowly come to terms with their “human heritage.” I say “human heritage” because until recently in human evolution our co-existence with the supernatural was non-debatable.

Perhaps our newfound reliance on the scientific in opposition to the metaphysical was best described by Edgar Allan Poe in his poem Sonnet to Science:

Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art!
Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes.
Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart,
Vulture, whose wings are dull realities?
How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise?
Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering
To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies,
Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing?
Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car?
And driven the Hamadryad from the wood
To seek a shelter in some happier star?
Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood,
The Elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?

I feel that we are coming full circle. Growing numbers of individuals are finding that science, the drab colored bird that it is, does not explain all… nor do they want it to. Ask any adult what they miss most about their childhood and their answers will most often correlate to the sense of wonder and amazement that they once felt in response to ordinary events.

Even in my own mind I can remember the disappointment I felt when I realized that the plastic birds that so gracefully skid across the mirrored surface of my mother’s music box did not fly by some magical means, but were operated by ordinary and uninteresting magnets. Such is the rest of our lives…ordinary and uninteresting… fully explained by the “great minds” of others, leaving us no freedom to interpret our own experiences and create our own explanations. In the metaphysical we find freedom to explore. We find the joy of discovery. We find the unique human experience of creating the myth instead of debunking it.

Panel one of a work in progress. Ideas totally stolen from...

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:36:00 -0400

Panel one of a work in progress. Ideas totally stolen from heyjupiter21. Imitation is the best form of flattery.

Paper Roses…

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:24:52 -0400

Paper Roses…

I wish I had a camera with a macro lense. :(

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:21:17 -0400

I wish I had a camera with a macro lense. :(

Eve in the Garden of Eden, finished work. Information: I chose...

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:50:00 -0500

Eve in the Garden of Eden, finished work.

Information:

I chose to sew this piece not because of I’m a fabulous seamstress, far from it, but because sewing has traditionally been the domain of women. What better medium for a piece about the most notorious woman of all times? I’ve left the edges raw because I haven’t decided what I want to apply the block to.

I’ve depicted Eve as a small, innocent, young girl -sans Adam. I’ve done this partly because of my discomfort with the concept of original sin and partly because the biblical recount of the life of Eve subjugates her under Adam. Women have faced tremendous struggles, not only to gain equality, but to prevent violence, attack, and mistreatment. If it were not for the primitive belief that, because Eve was made from Adam’s rib in the scripture, that she is worth less as an individual, then I do not believe a history and culture surrounding the abuse of woman would have gained such a vicious foothold. Notice that there is only one fruit in all the garden and it is forbidden. This does not represent the actual contents of the Garden of Eden, but instead symbolizes God’s role in the temptation of Eve. God, having had total and complete control of all aspects of the garden, being omnipresent and omnipotent, chose to allow Eve to be tempted so that she could be the patient X for the original sin. The sin she contracted was only curable by the death of an innocent man, creating yet another reason why, from the biblical standpoint, women were unworthy, unclean, and evil.

Look. Fluffy Clouds.

:)And pretty flowers.

Eve in the Garden of Eden… being blocked and pinned.

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:16:56 -0500

Eve in the Garden of Eden… being blocked and pinned.

Late to the party: Yeah, everyone has already made these...

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:09:06 -0500

Late to the party:

Yeah, everyone has already made these magnets, but it’s my first wack at them, so of course I’m proud.

Late to the party…. But isn’t the box fab?

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:07:00 -0500

Late to the party….

But isn’t the box fab?