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...

After adding more detailed research and a series of rough sketches, part of my process is to now really fine tune the drawings, making...

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...

Just a quick post this holiday weekend. Last month I was asked to participate in U-M's Academic Innovation Arts and Technology Teach Out....

The next show for me is La Bohème opening in November at U-Ms Power Center. At our first meeting in April with director, Matthew Ozawa,...

Whelp. I just spent two hours in the fabrication studio learning what doesn't work. Sadly, I did not leave knowing what will work for...

There's one more thing I've wanted to try while I still have a little sabbatical breathing room. The laser cutter in the Duderstadt can...

For those of you following along...This is our last week in the Duderstadt Design Lab. It's been a great home base and I've appreciated...

As part of my grande tour of digital fabrication, I 3D printed my face. The first step was to "scan" my face using photo telemetry. In...

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...

I've gone back to art school by watching the most excellent videos on Lynda.com- Drawing Foundation: Figure taught by Amy Wynne. Other...

Another side project during my sabbatical time has been to figure out a way to organize all the various on-line resources I've collected...

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...

A week off from textiles as we tech and dress The Beauty Queen of Leenane. The first sketch is of a coat rack on the set that was cut...

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....

I set out this term to draw something for 10 minutes every day. I had to soften my rules a bit as it was adding stress to my life! I...

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...