http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes Visual Arts Project: The Psychology of Smoking & Quitting Tue, 05 May 2009 00:55:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been working simultaneously on the artworks and have finished Madison's too. I've printed out Madison's goodbye letter shown on either side of her cigarette. I wanted to create a feeling of a declaration being made where Madison renounces cigarettes for good. I feel there is a firmness and rigidity ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/144 Finally I created an artwork for Shirley. If you look back at the package that she sent to me some time back she sent me a lot of self motivational messages and I included one of those on the main focus of the artwork. You Can Because You Can Believe ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/141 Polly quit on April 1st and sent me a great package via Fedex with her last cigarette and  extra "materials". Take a look - it was great and now I'm under serious pressure to prepare a Temple of Honor that matches these awesome packages I'm receiving from such wonderful people. ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/129 I had yet another new package in the mail on Saturday - this time from Madison. Her quit day was Feb. 24th and she is working hard on keeping that quit. Good for her. This is her goodbye letter and a picture of the package she sent me.    dear smokes,  i am going ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/126 I got a new package in the mail yesterday from Shirley. What a surprise - not the fact that she sent me her last cigarette (she had promised that to me a long time ago) but the entire contents - her last half smoked cigarette, a beautiful letter to me, ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/109 Betty sent me her Goodbye Letter a few weeks ago and I've made the artwork below  for her. I didn't have her last cigarette so I included some packaging for Marlboro Ultra Lights - the brand that Betty smoked. The artwork is not as "clean cut" as the earlier ones ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/104 Betty has a wonderful quit going and she has sent her goodbye letter to me to create an artwork to add to my wall of honor. She quit on October 20th, 2008 - good for her. Her 3 month quit date is tomorrow - Congratulations Betty!  Betty's Goodbye Letter: GOODBYE CIGARETTES: I will ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/101 I have been awarded a solo exhibition at the Erik Lauritzen Gallery, at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada during February/March 2011. That is truly wonderful news! My goal is to collect 100 last cigarettes and GROW my Wall of Honor - it will be so beautiful. Also, I have ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/100 It has been 14 months now but I have no more cigarettes from donors to create new artwork! When I started this project I was sure I would receive many but it isn't an easy thing to do. If anyone would like to send me a last cigarette send it ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/98 Erica has 7 weeks today - I hope you like the artwork to celebrate that achievement. Once again I used the temple format, used the gauze, bells, nails etc as a visual language to describe the experience of quitting i.e. one of celebration , death (of old habits, dependancies, beliefs), ... http://jackiehoysted.com/ashestoashes/archives/94