Monday, January 11, 2010

Maps: options for planes // hand printed fabric

The inspiration for this was from looking at the flight maps when I'm on the airplane, dreaming about all of the different places I could go. There are two yards of this fabric. This was printed with dyes on cotton print cloth.


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Built by Wendy pattern - Shirt completed!

I just finished my first Built by Wendy pattern shirt - I love the collar and the sleeves on this!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Mermaids, Gems, and the Stage Print : hand printed fabric

Three yards of hand printed fabric. Printed with pigment and love on raime.





Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Monday, October 26, 2009

N-N-NETS

did you know i'd been working this whole time?



1. must make a test


2. make an awesome print with ganesha and nets

f'ugly spoons


my f'ugly spoon collection started when I saw someone with ceramic spoon earrings. i made a ton of these ugly items. i tried to sell them at a recent book fair along with teeth, little pocket bags, and zines. needless to say, they were unwanted.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

SPIDERS!

Experimenting with tree grain and silhouettes:




Excited about the grain! I'm going to print it on fabric!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

FABRIC PRINT

- - - - - - - - - - wolf woman ?


I recently discovered SPOONFLOWER.COM - a place that digitally prints on textiles by the yard ($18/yard) using whatever image you give them. They give the options for tiling (half-step, center, etc.) but my project is from one large file since it is not a traditional repeat pattern.


the design:


what I received in the mail after some ironing:


hung up on a wall:



I plan to give this to Anthony Pedro as a VERY late birthday gift.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Window on Broad



February 2009. Photographs courtesy of Lisa Scarpello.

studies:

Friday, April 4, 2008

etsy site

I created a little site on etsy to sell some wares. it's very small right now:

constructivist.etsy.com

New plans:
hand paintings
bigger embroideries
clothing

Sunday, September 30, 2007

new ideas show


here's what the set-up from this year's new ideas in medallic sculpture looked like. In the room was works from the previous years as well as some of Mashiko Nakashima's permanent collection. In the other room was a retrospective of John Cooke's medallia, along with some stone carving works.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

new ideas

new ideas in medallic sculpture: 10th anniversary.
sept. 15th to oct. 20th. reception: sept. 29th, 3-6pm.
at medialia gallery, 335 west 38th st. 4th fl. new york, ny

i'm putting the things from july 15th posting, small works in here.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

photo project


this is a new project i am doing, using drivers licenses, rephotographing from the computer screen so that the faces are unrecognizable. i am trying to collect as many pictures as possible.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

ipod speaker belts

PHOTOS

for sonic dances, group motion dance, in the fringe festival that just passed.

bird attack


i saw this image from surveillance and had to paint it. it's an eagle and a crow.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

unfinished painting


painted this back in april/may

revisiting



this was a part of the drawing from a little while ago and decided to "draw" it over with dress pins.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

new work!

a collection of small scale works (ranging from 2-4 inches) for Mashiko Nakashima

"unfamiliar sound of a hive"
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"discovery of a curious dwelling"
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"measures to stay warm"
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

nexus selects 2007


I got into Nexusselects 2007! opens June 7th, 6-9pm. See my silly interview!

www.nexusphiladelphia.org