June 2008

The dirty secret they don’t want to tell you in art school

June 27, 2008

Alright kids — all of you aspiring graphic designers — it’s time for a dose of cold, hard reality, the ugly, dirty truth that nobody in art school speaks of except in hushed tones and Voldemortesque “That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named” euphemistic language. You really *do* need algebra. Settle down! Don’t panic! The good news is that you don’t [...]

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Mystery of the box labeled "misc"

June 23, 2008

Since the addition of a new printer, I’ve been slowly reorganizing my workspace. Slowly. As I’m reorganizing, I’m coming across all kinds of things I’d almost forgotten about: mainly supplies for various projects I’d intended to start. I have a growing pile of fabric I had bought for some sewing projects that were never started [...]

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It’s getting printerlicious in this studio

June 12, 2008

Listening to Lily Allen right now via Pandora. Her music never fails to put me in a sarcastically upbeat mood. Writing this intermittently as I’m trying to find an unobtrusive spot in my ever-evolving home studio for the newest electro-mechanical device to be inducted into my service. The benefit of being forced to turn my [...]

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This, that and the other

June 7, 2008

Things have been kind of busy around here. I had hoped to get some new work done to submit to a juried show for artists whose primary medium is paper; alas, trying to clean and pack for a road trip to Savannah, Georgia, for a friend’s wedding proved all-consuming over the last few weeks and [...]

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