I am so proud to announce that Amplify the Signal, my recent Creative Lab grant project with Historic South End, is complete! You can now see public art from eight amazing Charlotte artists (plus me!) on the traffic signal boxes along South Blvd.
Charlotte is just beginning to dip its toe in the world of Signal Cabinet wraps and I’m so proud to have created the first ones on display! The first one is in South End, on the corner of South & East Boulevards, right next to Grace Covenant Church. It’s called Intersectional, to pay homage to the crossroads where it is located. Where East meets West, South meets North, haves meet have nots, etc. The art is was created with watercolor and ink. The second one is on the corner of Thomas and Central Ave, next to Workman’s Friend. 2…
Need advice for how to keep your head up when times get tough? Look no further. This unattributed quote is both affirming and also optimistic. Keep going.
Have you ever wished you could silkscreen something onto fabric, but you don’t have a silkscreen setup? Freezer Paper Stencils to the rescue!
I decided to design a custom phone case. Step Away from the Screen and Make Something. On my screen. Irony!!
I just discovered this treasure trove of colorized photos from the past, and I have spent the better part of today looking at the photos there. Many (most?) of them were done by two artists: Mads Madsen, from Denmark, and British artist Jordan Lloyd. Here are a few to whet your appetite. But do yourself a favor and check them all out. Click the images to see them larger.
So, once upon a time I had babies. Little baby babies. Who had teddy bears, and rocking horses, and all the baby trappings of babydom. Before these babies were born, someone gave me a clock. The clock below. A very baby nursery clock, which we put in the babies’ nursery. Since that’s where the baby things went. Over the years, weirdly, the babies have been growing up. And now there’s pretty much nothing left in our house that resembles anything that this clock represents. Not even in their room (they actually asked me to take this clock out of their…