versus

gertrude stein.

A sentence felt way laid

A sentence without a horse.

It is a mend that to distribute

with send

A sentence is in a letter

ladder latter

Birth with birth.

me.

Invert these feathers

I want skin made of cookware

a pastry face

turn out these voids

shaved into smooth fragments.

sugary thighs

twisted like lipstick over a mirror

I wrote this message

into your palm, tongue-quiet

full of crumbcake.

what a muse. I have made three ink drawings so far... more to come shortly. The sabbatical from making has ended. Now back to the verse too.

The school year has been inspiring, despite the expected frustrations. So many new ideas with lessons, methods, art, experinces. Feeling less drained and more rejuvenated. Soon it will be time to start traveling again.

California, Boston, Oregon, Cape May, DC

all of these things.

Notice

I looked back at all of my lists and I have included typewrites several times. Is it time to invest? Or is it just nostalgia and my love for antiques...

I'm almost done with my second summer at Glaze and I have definitely experimented with 'craftier' projects. I have mixed feelings about it, because I really prefer to focus on art history and creative problem solving. The way I look at it though is I am in some ways promoting the DIY movement. I really tried to incorporate reused/upcycled materials.


The project featured above we used pringles containers to create a bracelet!
Below we used puzzle pieces for best friend necklaces and then old clothing and wooden beads to create a necklace. I feel pretty good about the results and there still was some choice in these projects. Next summer I want to go further into the history of jewelry and use that as a basis for the skills.


On another note in the same vein... I also just finished teaching an adult mosaic class and my students created some amazing designs and translated them beautifully to tiles. I have been looking at mosaic artists more closely and who knows... this may be a new path for me. I am also really interested in translating my love for collage into jewelry.. one day at a time. I love, love love this work and this as well. I know some of it is very trendy and kitschy right now but it is so beautiful. I would love to incorporate hand made tiles as well. Overall I think I need to just make instead of writing about it here.

More later.

commited

Is it strange that I can't wait for this man to ask me to marry him and yet signing a 2 year contract for a phone family plan freaks me out? I kind of figure I want the big commitment before making all of these little ones? I guess moving to another state is not really a little one though.

We started putting together furniture for my NEW classroom this fall on Sunday. I could not be happier, really. Unless everything was done and put together and my curriculum was polished and ready to roll. Soon enough I suppose.

One thing at a time, one foot in front of the other. I wish this ring finger would stop itching too.

wall art

I want to do this in my apartment. Damn lack of wall space.

I need a new list. I need to write. Make...

Anniversary

So it's been about a year since I've started this blog and in the past months I have been admittedly inattentive... well lazy. But in any case I am back.

I finally landed a job teaching art and am excited to explore the possibilities at my school. We're a small independent school in Hoboken, NJ. I really like Hoboken because it reminds me so much of Baltimore. There are brownstones and artsy shops and street fairs and it's right near the water. The best part is though, that it's a 15minute ride on the Path Train to get into NYC. I definitely won't complain about that. I would love to move there but a. it's way too expensive and b. I am committed to living in Piermont until we're ready to buy a house, hopefully by age 30.

The floral business is going well too. I ended up booking all three weddings for May, one for July, one for August and four so far for next year! I want this business to grow so much... but there's only so much time to dedicate between life and lesson planning.

We went to the MoMA last week and it was so inspirational, as usual, but I still find myself stuck in a funk of not making art outside of classroom prototypes. I figure if I keep convincing myself that I will make art again then it will happen in its own time. For now though I will be the weirdo who is so excited about getting a new washer delivered and making dinner at home. Send the creative mojo anyway though. Cheers.

ten again.

Send out the appreciation.

1. An exciting new haircut
2. Getting a 25% tip
3. Winning solataire (finally)
4. Movies from the 80s
5. Home grown veggies
6. The hum of my sewing machine
7. Printmaking Ink
8. Postcards
9. When a student says a sweet thing and means it
10. The chirpy sounds my kitten makes