step one: a diamond or argyle pattern Wall adventure on the weekend! I began by measuring out marks every 10" at base of chair rail, and at the top of the floor board moulding. From there I taped Xs to create the large half diamonds. When those were complete and tape removed, I cut a small… Continue reading diamonds and stripes on a wall
Dining Room in sunset light Some BEFORE and AFTER images (not necessarily in that order). Despite deadlines, I have done a fair amount of work towards flipping this joint into a respectable space. It's one of my favorite things to do, so made the fact I had to move into a big, three-dimensional art project.… Continue reading A design update
Hafto re-post this one, via an interview with Swiss Miss on The Happiness Project; It is a quote / motto she cited that inspires and instructs: "I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes… Continue reading Happiness and Doing
Jon is writing code for the moon (for a project we are both working on). Here is what just came through my instant messaging window, regarding treatment of a series of my pencil-drawn moon-phases: "I just wrote this code: function lunarprogression() { for (i = 1; i < cycles; i++) { if (i == moooooon)… Continue reading m o o n .
A sneak peek at some new silverplate pendants: the caravel from my litho print (a bit of lizzie faux scrimshaw), classic Amsterdam buildings (for key chains to sell at Rolling Orange), and a close-to image of a jade plant. The resin for these has yet to be poured– these are in progress. They will begin… Continue reading time for new jewelry!
King test sketches... OH! I forgot– I haven't yet made manifest the plan. Well, the plan is a Cabinet Card Portrait-inspired deck of cards. Yep. So it begins...
I've been working on a new idea for a project that will (with some perseverance) culminate in a deck of playing cards. Won't say anything more at this time, but here is an initial conceptual sketch. Many more to do, to get at it properly, get the right feel and scale of things. Stay tuned… Continue reading Sketch for a new project
Two talents: a musician and a visualist– embark on a collaboration that is both timely and topical, the fusion of whose efforts proves a perfect melange, exporting products (for lack of a better word) that feel tailor-made for the times. I've been on board since the first record (having already been a fan of both… Continue reading The genius of Gorillaz
I had a dream back in mid-February, while I was in the early stages of reading Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, and it was odd, but not really odd until about ten days later, when I reached a point in the book in which something so similar to a room from that dream was described in… Continue reading the glass cage
February sped past, huh? I know, I'm always writing about T I M E. The graphic design business has picked up again– here i am suddenly working on about seven or eight projects at once, after the dearth of projects that was known as January. It goes this way. Additionally I have been working on… Continue reading Burning the candle at both ends
e daggar art: THE MUSEUM 