• Who says?

    A bit over a year ago, I was feeling disheartened. Not about external events, but because I had been working really hard, and very consistently,…

  • The simple job

    The new people have arrived! This group of new laser cut silhouettes includes my father, my daughter, one of my nieces, Lincoln, Syrian refugees, Hitler,…

  • The instrument

    Did you feel like your connections with others were heightened this week? Amidst the chaos and concern over changes in our government and their effects,…

  • I bet you can

    I bet you can guess who this is. Yup, it’s Harriet Tubman. I’ve been doing a lot of taking this… And making it this. Along…

  • Step

    I bit the bullet and dove into my computer-based work this week, sourcing public domain images from the Library of Congress and starting to process…

  • No other

    ”An optimist isn’t necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly…

  • Easy chairs

    This past Monday I finally got the last of the furniture I was selling out of my studio. The last items were two arm chairs…

  • The single candle

    Are you in search of a sonically damaging drawing experience? I have the perfect materials for you! This week I embarked on testing surfaces for…

  • Not fast

    Restriction. Pressure. Those words sound so negative. But if you’re pushing against something and suddenly take that thing away…well, we all know what happens. I…

  • Where was I?

    After taking an accidental blog vacation for two weeks, thanks to both positive (familial) and negative (server fail) situations, this week I conducted an extensive…