Spine: For 100 days, I’ll be exploring the relationship between our surroundings and the words we use to describe them. One image created daily (photographs to start), with at least 10 minutes spent at the end of each day reflecting on the image & choosing a single word to describe the image.

The second part of this project comes in the form of exploring these images & words through social media, and as such, I am looking for people who will view my images and come up with their own words as descriptors. These reflections from others will be brought together for presentation in form of infographics. Certain images will also be rendered in fiber (hand embroidery) and displayed alongside photo prints.

My goal is to be able to recognize patterns in 1)the images I’m drawn to recording in my daily life; 2) the words I use to describe these images; and 3) the words “outsiders” would use to describe the images from my life.

My project will be to create sock puppets and photograph the puppets beside magnetic poetry. In the final month of the project I will create a film, “The Mystery of the Missing Socks” with the puppets and their poems. The goal is to create a poetry project that is fun for kids of all ages.

I am always saving things because someday I can do something with it.  Well,  now I have 100 days to begin using the materials that most people throw away but for some strange reason I like to save.

I am using a photo of water lilies as my constraint. The plan is to render the image in 100 different methods. So far very enjoyable, opening my eyes to all the options. I can get stuck in a rut often, forget to get out of my comfort zone .

Spine: Creating game and card art for the new evolution and ecological systems modeling game Evolve! Mediums include pen and ink and digital work in Adobe Photoshop.

Rule: Spend at least 20 minutes each day working on the illustration or design for this board game.

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I will be exploring ways to transform Lake Superior watershed landscape experiences into a visual form-experimenting with photography, pen and ink, watercolor, and narrative. The narrative explores the concept of bonding with the earth and the development of an ecological conscience.
Rule
Work on the project for 3 hours a day for 100 days.

Spine = Surrealistic images drawn with pen using the method of automatism.

Steps

1. put pen to paper (am using a 100 page spiral bound sketchbook)
2. clear mind of any preconceived ideas
3. tune into emotions, feelings
4. move pen across paper
5. allow design decisions to occur
6. when felt completion, notice first words of description, write these as title
7. date it

Rules

Complete one drawing each day.

Use at least 7 drawings as seeds to produce 7 works in mixed media.