Welcome to my little corner of the internet! Pull up a chair and feel free to help yourself to whatever's in the fridge. (Don't expect "food", but there should be beer.)
Hi, my name's Monique, (hi, Monique!) and I'm a huge geek. If you're going to hang out here -- and I hope you do -- expect fandom jokes and squees about whatever show I'm watching and rants about whatever tempest is brewing on the convention circuit these days.
Oh, and you can expect talk about jewelry and art, too. Sorta the point.
The thing I love about fandom is that joy and a spirit of community are the foundation of the experience. Fans love out loud. We get a lot of crap for that -- love always looks a little silly from the outside -- but we long since ceased to care and instead concentrated on having fun and taking over the world.
Fans aren't content to watch a show, turn off the tv, and go eat supper. We want more -- we want to interact with the art that's been created: touch it, taste it, make it our own. We want to discuss plotlines and character arcs, dress up in the clothes, listen to the actors and show creator commentaries on our DVDs, play versions of the characters in role-playing games, and argue about the Kobayashi Maru. We want to write fanfic and knit Jayne hats and latch-hook ourselves a carpet in the shape of the Enterprise.
Case in point: a couple of Doctor Who fans, inspired by the TARDIS set graphics, designed a code for Circular Gallifreyan, the written language of the Time Lords. As soon as I saw it, I was captivated. I love Doctor Who, language, and strong geometric graphics... I was immediately scribbling circles and figuring out how to turn it into physical art.
The end result was my Etsy store and bronze keychain fobs. I picked fobs because they are a unisex item and the Doctor Who fanbase doesn't have much of a gender bias. Keys and fobs take a lot of abuse, however, so I decided to work in bronze. I also like the fact that the bronze lends itself to the "alien artifact" concept -- it looks ancient, which I emphasize in the designs.
Future posts will feature pictures and specifics, but for now let me say again: welcome. I'm glad to have you.
Let's love out loud together.
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