Casa roja en la noche

Happy Labor Day Weekend

My office mate and I wish you a safe, enjoyable holiday! I think this marks the unofficial beginning of Fall, no? My favorite season, besides the other three.

Help Flood Victims in Pakistan

It’s obvious the flooding in Pakistan isn’t getting the media coverage it deserves here in the States. I don’t know about elsewhere… We’re all human - that should be enough to want to help. You can make a donation here — even small donations help: http://www.imrankhanfoundation.org/donate

This is your brain on paper cuttings.

Photo collage created with shapecollage.com.

Read my words…

These cut out letters are remnants from something (very cool) that I have been working on all week which I’ll be able to tell you about in another week or so.
I also wanted to thank you all for visiting here — I’ve been terrible about updating over the last couple weeks while I’ve been busy [...]

Perseid Meteor Shower 2010

I headed outside earlier hoping to catch a meteor on camera, but no did do. Or, I did not. I saw quite a few, but never managed to time one right. Plus, there were lots of hazy clouds passing through. Here’s a couple pictures anyway:

Check out my photo of a shooting star that I captured [...]

Hi from NYC

I’m actually in Long Island now, but I spent the last couple days in Manhattan and Brooklyn taking care of some lingering business and eating at some of my favorite places. Also finally checked out the Museum of Natural History. I lived in NYC for almost 10 years and never really found the time to [...]

Work In Progress: Nesting Birds

Like nesting dolls, or Matryoshka dolls, but birds instead. 16 x 20 inches. I’m really excited about this one. Something a little different… I’ll post the finished paper cutting soon!
Check out the history of Matryoshka dolls on Wikipedia HERE. When I lived in Brooklyn, there was this Russian man who had weekend sales of items [...]

Something a little different: Monoprints

In the printmaking class I was substituting for recently, we worked on a series of monoprints. Monoprints are fine art prints that are painted (inked, drawn, what-have-you) on a sheet of plastic or metal, and then transferred to damp paper by laying the paper face down on the sheet and running it through a printing [...]

When you live in an old house and it’s cold outside..

..and you work from home and you’re freezing at your desk when you’re trying to work on project drafts:
1. Put on stocking cap and scarf and fingerless gloves.
2. Crank the heater up to a temperature slightly less than burning.
3. Sit on your hands as often as possible.
4. Drink lots of body warming fluids.
5. Find a [...]