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 […] Read more »
The Mystery of the Missing Socks
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 […] Read more »
Painting and Drawing on materials that would normally be discarded.
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. Read more »
Project plan-
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 . Read more »
The Evolution of a Game
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. Read more »
Bonding With the Landscape Series
Spine 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 […] Read more »
Spine and Rules
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. […] Read more »
At the starting gate!
Refined Spine: -touch the holy everyday; “daily nurturing rapport with the sacred” (phrase from Carolyn Myss) -explore “this”- touching the holy- without destroying the mystery of it. Some things are best not approached with thought or words. What magical, mystical, Graceful elements are present? What common elements? What [things/settings/experiences/mindsets/etc.] serve […] Read more »