Rachel Krislov: Fine Art & Crafts

2011-12-07T17:39:00.001-08:00

Hey guys! So contrary to how my absence my have appeared, I have not been eaten by flying monkeys. I've been busily looking for jobs and, lo and behold, I have found two awesome projects!

Check out:

A soon-to-be film with an amazing script and an equally amazing group of people working on it! Features the Wright brothers and their lesser-known personal story.

A great new Cleveland start-up company! They promote local art and artists with apparel printed in a variety of styles.

2011-11-10T13:02:00.001-08:00

My dad as a zombie.

2011-10-31T16:44:00.000-07:00

Rainbowdash hoodie complete, if not as perfect as I'd imagined. Managed to realize most of what I'd designed though :)

Unfortunately, after getting home from Pittsburgh (where these photos were taken), I found that my kitty Zoey had been missing all weekend. Wish me luck in getting her back :'(

2011-10-27T18:47:00.000-07:00

So! Halloween time --> jack o' lanterns :)
Rainbowdash hoodie will (hopefully) be done within the next 6 hours, since tomorrow I'm a'journeyin' to Pittsburgh and my sister Ivy is expecting it for her Halloween festivities. Updates to come!

Sally makeup

2011-10-09T20:06:00.000-07:00

So, no zombies yet (that's in my to-do queue along with scales, porcelain doll, and possibly just wounds in general). Instead Ria let me make her up as Sally from Nightmare :) Not my best work, but an acceptable job.

Musculature makeup

2011-10-06T10:52:00.001-07:00

I consider this project a success! Super excited to make Ria a zombie on Sunday.

John Egbert (of Homestuck) Cosplay

2011-10-05T12:26:00.000-07:00

Cosplay I collaborated on with my sister, Ivy (she's the cosplayer :P). Shirt painting, cowl, and weapon (Warhammer of Zillyhoo) by me, all else by Ivy. Photos by me.

Doctor Who Cookies

2011-10-04T10:54:00.000-07:00

Doctor Who-themed cookies I made :D The cookie cutters started as circles but eventually bent to my will. Slash pliers. Maybe I should add a stetson to the set...

2009 Animation

2011-10-03T13:45:00.000-07:00

An old, short pastel animation I made. One skill I would love to improve!

Some old plushies (Vash and Starwhale)

2011-09-25T12:16:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd post some pictures of old sewing projects. The Starwhale is from about a year ago and Vash is about a year before that. Designs and crafting both by me :)

Makeup First Attempt

2011-09-20T18:31:00.000-07:00

My Dad kindly let me make him up :D Once he managed to control his bouts of laughter, it went pretty well. It didn't turn out as professionally as I'd hoped, but maybe that's what I get fot trying to use makeup designed to enhance natural colors to make a really not-natural face. Next time I'll try something I've got better supplies for, like zombies :) I'm also contemplating adding some more out-of-the-box colors to my kit.

New Ben Nye Makeup Kit!!!!

2011-09-14T18:55:00.000-07:00

Having just got my new, shiny Ben Nye professional costume makeup kit in the mail, I am ridiculously excited! My Dad is penciled in for my first test subject (:D) and Maria (Ria for those who haven't known her since second grade) for my second. We're going to have an awesome makeup party. Updates to come!

Tardis Dress :D

2011-09-13T20:20:00.000-07:00

My original Tardis (of Doctor Who) Dress. I plan to make some alterations before its next airing.

Fine art portfolio backlog post 2

2011-09-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

Fine art portfolio backlog post 1

2011-09-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

Painted thigh-high boots!

2011-09-03T15:09:00.000-07:00

Large pastel painting, 2008

2011-09-02T15:05:00.000-07:00

Curriculum Vitae / Resumè

2011-09-01T15:27:00.000-07:00

Artist Statement

2011-08-31T20:28:00.000-07:00

At the crux of my work is a conflict of selves. I believe that all people consist of at least two parts: an inner person, or people, who are genuine, amorphous and free of categorization, and an outer person, the visible manifestation of a person in the world, subject to judgment from others. The inner selves are the amalgamation of emotion, thoughts, memories, chemical states within the body, learned habits, and physical sensation. I imagine the web of selves and their interactions as a tangled mass of knotted points and their thin connections too numerous for measure. This web is constantly in flux, since all it constituents are always changing. But the emotional and mental space those points and lines inhabit remains within a definite territory of personality.

I use my work to examine the interaction of selves and their components. I stick to interactions involving at least one of my selves because I feel I have the right to claim them as my own. These interactions can be colored with any number of emotions. I use figurative imagery to reference the human being, stylizing to create a more expressive visual. I use warm colors, often intense, to reference powerful emotion. I consider red in particular to be an intensely emotional color, while cooler colors reference distance between selves, and purple, the color between warm and cool, to me references mystery. Yellow, again in-between, references interrelated and sometimes indistinguishable tension and calm. I use a lot of black and dark visuals because they mimic the unlit quality of a person’s world before intellectual exploration has lit ideas inside the mind. Texture plays an important and evocative role in my work, since sensory experience is closely related to emotional and mental experience. I sometimes create image symbols that represent multifaceted ideas, since the concept of the inner and outer selves inherently has at least those two facets.