Thanks to the guidance of the lovely Grace Danico’s Skillshare class, I’ve finished my first zine!

Not surprisingly it’s about my favorite food of all time, fried eggs:

Fried Egg: An illustrated journey

11x17 folded zine
Edition of 10 on eggshell, photocopy + watercolor.
Edition of 15 on yolk, photocopied.

These were super fun to make, glad I broke the ice by taking the class and going for it. If anyone is interested in getting a copy, email me at hello(at)hielsa(dot)com and i’ll send one along!

11:50 am  •  11 June 2013  •  9 notes

Excited to finally get started on this one.

1:41 pm  •  2 June 2013  •  1 note

First rhubarb pie was a success! preeeeetty proud of myself.

12:13 pm  •  26 April 2013  •  5 notes

Mini Alpaca plush sketch kinda looks like a deer?

12:15 pm  •  14 March 2013  •  4 notes

A Saturday stroll in Fabric Depot yielded some pattern gems.

4:13 pm  •  2 March 2013  •  5 notes

First set of clay pots are done! It was a challenge working with clay and glaze in that they are so fluid and imperfect- but once I let go I had a lot of fun with it.

5:04 pm  •  26 February 2013  •  2 notes

My valentine is an arrowhead found in Oregon, handcrafting at its finest- so beautiful.

1:59 pm  •  14 February 2013  •  4 notes

My first finished piece! It will be housing a cacti and have many ceramic buddies coming soon to keep it company.

6:08 pm  •  11 February 2013  •  4 notes

First book of 2013- Dearie, a biography of Julia Child. The more I learn the more I admire her, what an amazing human.

12:30 am  •  11 February 2013  •  3 notes

This one time, I made a tiny avocado out of sculpey.

12:23 pm  •  8 February 2013  •  11 notes