Is 'temporariness' a word?
The snow didn't last long...Except on these steps...This grew yesterday. Give me a big wall, and I'll pin things all over it.I just want to make temporary arrangements. Michelle, why does everything...
View ArticleImpractical things are just more interesting.
Sad to say, I am almost out of time in the print studio. I'm going to miss going up to campus everyday... I think it's healthy to work away from your living space. I am fortunate to have plenty of...
View ArticleSo, then...
I moved out of the printmaking studio yesterday. Bummer. It was really good for me to be working in there these past few weeks. It felt healthy to get out of the house every day, and regular...
View ArticleHeads Up Seven Up.
Rainy day schedule here in Spruce Pine, meaning I'm not working outside as I have been the past four days. This is springy rain, mind you. I have been listening to records, the windows are open, and I...
View ArticlePointy Pins.
Okay, let's talk about "Pinterest."What's that? Well... "Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their...
View ArticleWind and Plaid.
Ben's shirts.I'm in Wisconsin for a few days...I thought I should mention it before it's over.This may be one of the happiest professional activities/adventures ever, and it came up pretty...
View ArticleMay.
O, poor neglected blog.Here's the news in brief.....1. The Toe River Arts Council studio tour is sneaking up, and I'll be exhibiting at Lisa Blackburn's studio. I am excited about this weekend-long...
View ArticlePiles of words.
hmm.Taking things apart, and putting them back together.Radish harvest.I pickled a bunch of them. It was good.Bread-baking, also.The TRAC tour is this weekend! I really don't know what to expect. I'm...
View Article"I don't understand this..."
is what a woman told me during the TRAC tour. "Explain it to me."What happened to "tell me about your work," or something a trifle more friendly?I don't always understand my art either, lady.I don't...
View ArticleMore piles of words.
A journal won't always do.spiders & math.I've been taking notes and circling words since grad-school. Or earlier. It happens all over my journals and sketchbooks, and has appeared in various forms...
View ArticleSummer looked like this.
My little books in the window of John & Lisa's studio, during the TRAC tour in June.A few books. I'm not talking about it as much, but I'm still making the hell outta some books. Summer is over,...
View ArticleDéjà vu.
Because again I can say to myself and to the whole world, "I wish I was writing more these days." I also wish I had more time at the moment to draw and print and make some books....but not just...
View ArticleSpace Girl.
Last Saturday was Penland's Halloween party....Space Girl in Space.This year I'm in love with my costume, and the related "research" which can be found here.I think it was on the Imagineering Disney...
View ArticleFair enough.
Have you heard that there's been some bad weather recently? No? (I'm kidding, of course.)This side of the country has been pretty torn up by Hurricane Sandy. Excuse me...no longer a hurricane..now it...
View ArticleAlways Arranging.
Okay, so I have been in the process of moving into a new house, just a couple of blocks away from the old one. With my funny, busy schedule, (I have Thursdays and Sundays off...) I thought it would...
View ArticleWhat would Alois Senefelder say?
For those of you who do not know, Alois Senefelder was the inventor of Lithography.For those of you who do not know, Lithography is a printmaking process involving drawing on beautiful old slabs of...
View ArticleBooks & Postcards from Wyoming!
Hooray! I am pleased to announce my Kickstarter project, which is an effort to fund my travel to Wyoming this winter for an art residency at Jentel.You can read all about it at the link to the right,...
View ArticleAin't that a kick in the head?
Remember that Kickstarter project I mentioned a minute ago? Or rather, about twenty-four hours ago? My goal of $600 has been met! and exceeded! In twenty-four hours! What!? I'm really excited and a bit...
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