Journal archive
May 15, 2012
Some days I have a pretty good idea of how to use the materials I choose and other days I cut things and then “force” myself to come up with a creative solution to work with them. Today the two most outstanding things blooming in the garden were the white sweetpeas (heavenly) and blue nigella, […]
Read story →May 14, 2012
May 13, 2012
My work at Artomatic 2012 is installed finally! I just had to go add the remaining bits, paint a column and add my name in my space. The work is made of lots of cherry branches and 120-150 crapsedia stems, the cherry branches are nailed together and the craspedia is held in place using predrilled […]
Read story →May 12, 2012
Hooray, it’s day 300 of my project! This afternoon I worked on my installation at Artomatic, the nearly completed piece is shown below. I still have a lot of work to do to finish up tomorrow, but for today I am pretty happy with what I have done so far. My space is pretty large […]
Read story →May 11, 2012
I’m squeezing in my daily arrangement and finishing my prep work for Artomatic. The last of the constructed pieces for my Artomatic installation have been painted and they will be added to the other pieces that were put in place last weekend. Tomorrow I am off to finish installing before the deadline late sunday night. […]
Read story →May 10, 2012
My preparations for Artomatic continue, so I thought I would post a sneak peek at them. Below are some of the prepared branches, only partially painted with a white primer. At last they have all been sawed(which is something that I believe has contributed greatly to a pinched nerve in my upper back) and the […]
Read story →May 9, 2012
May 8, 2012
This horizontal moribana was done tonight after my last yoga class (which has been absolutely fantastic). Many thanks to my wonderful and awesome teachers Jen and Liz for expanding my horizons and sharing their love of yoga with me. It has taught me about being grounded and helped me so much to continue my daily […]
Read story →May 7, 2012
I’ve been busy preparing a piece for Artomatic, more details will be posted in the next week. For now I can say my work will be on the 2nd floor (as will be the work of my partner Frederick ) and I am still busy with the construction and installation. Artomatic is the Washington, DC […]
Read story →May 6, 2012