Making Masks
Since late March, shortly after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Michigan, I’ve been sewing cloth masks. To date, I’ve cut, pinned, and sewn 211 cotton masks, some with […]
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Trying new thinGIFs
While working on our final project for Color & Design, one of my students with a flair for cartooning taught us how to animate layers in Photoshop to create a […]
What a Relief – Bringing Printmaking into Foundations
October Highlight: Relief printmaking exploded into my Color & Design foundations course! This semester I incorporated a new, two-part relief linocut project as a bridge between a project involving cut […]
Visiting Artist – Collaborative Student Printmaking Installation in Sioux Falls, SD
For this collaborative student installation created back in April this year, I worked with printmaking students from two Sioux Falls area universities: Diana Behl‘s students from South Dakota State University […]
mid-week wordplay
untitled draft | 10/15/2014 … But today in my journeys in data, pixel research flashed back against retinas from pretty mac screens – Today I learn Carlos Faz died in […]
New Paper Shelves and Work Table!
I started this project on Saturday. I am pleased to report that, as of midnight on Tuesday, I now have a new standing work table + paper storage shelf! Designed […]
Just in case…
Just in case the world was wondering, according to the Krylon website, there is no such product as “Crystal Clear Matte.” I will be using “Krylon Matte Finish” to coat […]
Susan Aldworth: The Portrait Anatomised
On view at the National Portrait Gallery in London These are intaglio monotypes, with fibrous elements used to block ink during printing (white areas) and collaged elements. Brilliant and beautiful. […]
Notes from Blind Field
Jonathas de Andrade, Ressaca Tropical (Tropical Hangover), 2009 Beautiful! Love especially the small, multi-sized color snapshots mounted on tiny panels. Love the not-quite timeline, and beautiful feel of the clustering […]
Students, Inspiration, and Teaching Online
For years, I’ve heard art educators talk about how their students inspire them, how working with students contributes to their own work/creative research/artmaking. This always sounded lovely, but I never […]
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