Idea No. 92: Trial and Sketch
the idea: sketch to find an illustration style for my book I’ve been writing a lot recently, or at least trying to. I’ve set my deadline as March 21st for a …
Idea No. 91: Wire Dragon
the idea: connect the Calder-inspired wire sculpture activity with the Samurai exhibit. This idea takes a bit of explaining. When I teach off-site for the MFA I have to take …
Idea No. 90: Ask Me About My Book
the idea: create a t-shirt saying “ask me about my book” The picture i made for this post was just a really quick mock-up, but I would love to do this …
Idea No. 89: The Painted Jacket
the (dated) idea: take a regular jean jacket, fit it, and paint it. today’s idea: photograph the painted jacket I made in college I was actually about to type up a …
Idea No. 88: Grassroots Publishing
the idea: get an army of helpful friends to help distribute a self-published book I have self-published four books at various stages of editing and completion throughout my life. One is …
Idea No. 87: Hot Chai Chocolate
the idea: add hot chocolate to a homemade chai steamer I’m out of honey. As a tea-drinker in the winter, this is a dangerous thing. Tonight while I was making a …
Idea No. 86: How are Music and Art connected?
the idea: have my current group of kids come up with their own project As one project for one of my many jobs at the MFA I am working with …
Idea No. 85: From a Single Line
the idea: start with a line, make a design Creating chaos is one of my favorite things to do in art. By chaos I mean a mess or a problem …
Idea No. 84: Symbol Stories
the idea: make a story out of Japanese symbols drawn with sumi ink I’ve been doing a lot of classes on Ancient Greek, Rome, and Egypt in my off-site after …
Idea No. 83: Morning Light
the idea: capture the morning light in the morning just because it looks nice As the daughter of a technical theater woman, I have spent a lot of my life listening …