crystal dreams

i have been growing salt crystals lately, in small containers, as a precursor to a larger project i want to take on. i have been observing them form a ring around the edge of one rectangular container, and last night, to my great disappointment when i awoke, i dreamed that i had developed this very intricate process, involving large robotic machines, to grow crystals in a swimming pool. the crystals took on forms much like in my little dish on the kitchen table, but at a such a massive scale, i could swim down and wrap my arms around one, pull it up and toss it onto the ground without it so much as chipping.

i am committed to being creative.

people keep asking me, 'what are you going to do in your studio?' and i keep saying, 'well...they've got wifi. so that'll be handy.'

new hood

i have put a deposit on a studio space in jack london in oakland. i’ll go next week to sign the lease and can occupy the space on 15 march.

!!!!!

i was asked for an image to add to the website, and as i perused my future neighbors, i recognized a jewelrymaker from the popuphood scene, an idea that started here in oakland as a way to both build and connect the community via artists/makers/do-ers and revitalize a city in a more…sustaining way than has been attempted.

just when i was wondering how…i’ve suddenly landed in somewhere along the outskirts of this community of people making things and making things happen. respect.

definitely watch the popuphood video:

on self-promotion

some people are naturals. i am not. i am the cad monkey in the architecture business. i am the one who does the work that someone else presents.

on printed matter

there is something so undeniably satisfying about print and thus, instantaneously [sort of] gratifying about having my very own—and, i'll say, badass—printer.

on sharing

this is a bit of an experiment—but then again, what isn't? i've decided to share my ongoing creative process of a specific exhibition of photographs. when and where those pieces will be exhibited, one cannot say. i did consider other ways of sharing my process, such as making a video, but decided that would probably be really boring. for those who like words and concrete descriptions, i've tried to clarify, in english, the 'essence of my concept' as well.

enjoy!

long-awaited, well-deserved

introducing: la sournoise. this is french for sly. it's french in honor of the frame. duh.
aka: the one and only pantone 805+
aka: miss foxy lady.

on clearing out space

took a little over an hour to empty the trash on my computer. the first step before the step before i could begin anything on my list, deleting backups, making new space.

on inspiration as a concept

the quickest way to feel inspired?
tell yourself it's impossible not to be.