In July 2021 I started a crochet blanket project. I saw different interpretations of Janie Crow’s Persian Tile crochet throw and wanted...

One last post as I reflect on teaching Advanced Costume Design last term. I developed another mini-project that disrupts the “paper...

Bernarda Alba opened a couple of weeks ago and it was so wonderful to be back in the theatre. The content is challenging, but the...

This week, my Costume Crafts turned in their fabric samples, testing out various painting and dying techniques that are commonly used in...

As the semester winds down ( and I procrastinate grading), I offer a quick history of the ugly Christmas sweater. Having lived through...

Whelp, for those of you following along at home, I did, in fact, look at snowflakes and now a small group of faculty in different...

Back at the end of October, the components of Unica and All were assembled. Unfortunately, a production team member had to withdraw for...

I've engaged a student to build the pieces for Unica and our resident crafts artisan, Elizabeth Gunderson, to complete the custom paint...

Another project I'm working on right now is a new performance piece in development with my colleague, Malcolm Tulip. It is a solo devised...

A big part of any costume design process is selecting fabrics for the items that will be built for the show. While the number of online...

I just wrapped up a two week trip to Phoenix, AZ to see family. While there we went to the Heard Museum-Advancing American Indian Art. I...

Just a quick check in at the BioArtography booth at the South University Art Fair to see all of our hard work paying off! It is...

I'm finally back in the Fabrication Studio attempting to cut & etch leather. There were simply too many variables last time. Also, I...

Turns out the scarves are big hit! The BioArtography director previewed them at a sale at the Botanical Garden last week, and now we're...

Just because the academic term is over doesn't mean all my projects are done. I've described this time as feeling like it's a three day...

Back in Michigan, my final pieces got their initial rinse and then all the pieces cooked a bit in our dye vat to set the colors....

What a week! Overall, I printed 15 yards of fabric in five days. It was helpful to have the BioArt as a source of inspiration to anchor...

After not finishing anything to rinse out on Wednesday, Thursday I was a printing maniac, completing six or seven pieces to rinse and dry...

Days Three & Four wiped.me.out! I had a nice dinner with new friends last night, so a bit of catch up writing today. On Wednesday...

Today I used one 1/2 yard as a catch all place to experiment with different techniques- more rolling from below, but this time using the...