Tag Archives: #slaggrey

Inky Thots: Birmingham Slag Grey

Posted on February 3, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Blue-green-grey Birmingham Slag Grey ink is named in honor of the Homestead Steelworks, built in 1881. It became part of the Carnegie Steel company in 1883. For many years was the largest steelworks in the world. Remember that others review … Continue reading →

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Thimbles

Posted on February 22, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

On the night when the full moon was supposed to be invoking the ancestors (this is astrologically), I found myself drawing all my grandmother’s thimbles going back four generations. My mother gifted them to me, so though she doesn’t have … Continue reading →

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USk: Valentine’s At HEM23

Posted on February 21, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

Following on the discussion I was having about how other creatives shape our art, recently an urban sketcher was reiterating how it is not right to ink at the location and add colors later… the colors are not true from … Continue reading →

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Mom, Again

Posted on February 3, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

This journal I’ve not shared as many pages. Death and family — the latter being what I could not share. Some of them are still alive. Her empty jewelry box says something to me, as I get an emotional and … Continue reading →