Cakes and Honey

March 3, 2018

Watercolor cakes: first invented by William Reeves in 1766 and sold in an improved form in 1780, watercolor cakes made …

Kits, Boxes, Sticks, and All

February 22, 2018

Once again, I’m looking into artists’ materials and techniques, though instead of trying to kit myself out for the early …

December 18, 2017

Details. It’s all in the details, right? I see this print multiple times every day, and contemplate the little stories …

November 7, 2017

We all love things, don’t we? Things in the literal, corporeal, piled-in-a-heap sense: plates, shoes, books, chairs, necklaces, models. But …

September 12, 2017

Lampshade: She’s been the Holy Grail of bonnet making. There were several failures in the winter of 2016, and some …

September 6, 2017

Recently I’ve had more than my share of time to think about museums and objects, and what they mean to …

September 4, 2017

Last weekend, Drunk Tailor and I delivered the Giant to his new life as a college student back in New …

August 6, 2017

This is a quick one, because I’m writing in advance of a trip to New England, but for me, the …