On my birthday, I received Aperture 3 from Paul and a Microplane grater from my parents. <3
I also received some other lovely presents and many well-wishes from here, there and everywhere. Many, many thanks to everyone. I also had a very lovely party; thank goodness it was last weekend…
For about a month now I’ve been collecting images of circles and space and such on Once Upon a Spacetime, my MFA tumblr. So of course the first thing I did after setting up my studio this week was draw lines. I was thinking of them as threads or a warp, and have been playing with op art ideas of perception and the way our brains interpret visual signals. The lines evolved into opening sentences from novels. Today I took the camera in and started taking pictures. Not sure where it’s going from here, but that’s part of the fun, right…?
I’m a big believer in the idea that your business cards should reflect what it is you do. And being a printmaker, I always felt a bit odd sending off a file and some money to have someone else print my cards up for me. So a year or two back I had the idea to upcycle my old printmaking remnants into business cards. I tried a few times running prints through our printer, but the thickness of the paper made it a bit difficult, and I also couldn’t use up a bunch of the small scraps I had. I contemplated making a photo-etched copper plate with my details, but that always seemed just too difficult and messy. Then a year ago, I was in an exhibition with Wanda Gillespie, and she showed me this awesome stamp she’d bought and used to make notes on post-its as part of her work. It’s essentially a blank case that comes with tiny rubber type, and you can set 3-4 lines in the stamp. Aside from the business cards, I’m also currently using it to create an edition of tiny art/poetry zines (or “art books” if you’re Paul, who I imagine breaks out in a rash at the mere mention of the word “zine”). So stay tuned!
Edited to add: the prints on the non-type sides of these cards are combinations of monoprinting, linocut printing and lithography.
I made this in 2008. And didn’t put it on the internet until today…
Related: I have started a tumblr. It’s called Once Upon A Spacetime, and it is to be the electronic box for my MFA bits and pieces.
Another damn fine slow cooker recipe from Teh Internets. I did want to make something tasty, but I admit my main goal in making Unbeef Stew was to take a better photograph than all the other horrible looking ones on the recipe page. Stew is not the most photogenic thing in the world.
I didn’t stray too far from the recipe this time — just added a little less cornstarch, threw in some red wine and honey, and bought some good quality Asian Grocery “dried” tofu (you’ll still find this in the fridge section, it’s just a lot firmer than regular tofu) instead of bothering with the freezing and liquid draining malarkey. Also, I didn’t peel my potatoes or seed my tomato. I’m such a rebel.
Back in March, I was part of a wonderful group show called lots of people have what you have, curated by Anusha Kenny at George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University. The show has recently been reviewed in Un Magazine. You can download the PDF and read the review on page 42 (listed as page 79 in the actual magazine.)
Considering that I had a dream about Neil Gaiman last night (no, not that kind of dream), and you can’t actually see the full embroidered Sandman: Endless Nights quote talked about in the article from any of my text book pictures, I feel compelled to post it:
He did not create the path you walk. But the movements of atoms and galaxies are in his book, and he sees little difference between them.
It is all in his book. One day he will lay it down, when the book is done, and what comes after that is still unwritten.Destiny continues to walk.
He is holding a book. Inside the book is the Universe.
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