https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7BFdjDDJ2Q Gentle reader, I keep threatening to spew out a torrent of books like a cyclone from which the world may never recover -- bwahaha. But seriously. My life is about finding the time and energy to choose from the millions of things I want to do, and then doing as many of them [...]
Tag: art
Studio Visit: Narwhals for Trump
By request: Get this on cards, shirts, mugs, all kinds of stuff on Redbubble.
Studio Visit: Surviving Brett Kavanaugh
Studio Visit: Attifet Edition
I haven’t been Astrosplaining much lately, and I have missed it. I’m teaching myself, with help from my friend Pat and some internet videos, how to make hats. I got a pattern for this one. I went to the fashion district in LA to shop materials. That is a once in a lifetime experience I [...]
The Winner
I’m feeling the gestalt of this piece, which is truly life-changing for me. This was my first attempt at drawing myself. I have had a surprising amount of anxiety about drawing. I almost never draw anything, and it has never felt good. It never occurred to me to draw myself until a few months [...]
Because, Los Angeles: In The 562
Studio Visit
I have been making things all my life. But until a couple months ago, I was a craftsman. I didn't really understand the difference between arts and crafts. For as long as I can remember, I have been enormously anxious about drawing. I have always felt that I wouldn't be able to draw a representation [...]
Lee Godie, Astrosplained
I'm celebrating the holidays this year by Astrosplaining some Angels I Have Met (TM), people who were in my orbit in Chicago, like the adorable Lee Godie. This has been a pretty great year. Looking back on 2017, honestly I slept most of the time. I really needed it, I feel like a new woman. [...]
Self-Portrait with World
Foot-Bound Women’s Art
From HuffingtonPost. “We often underestimate how important handwork was in China’s pre-industrial economy,” she told HuffPost. “The intense pressure on women to work with their hands, to spin, weave, sew, and stitch cloth, bedding and textile products for their families and for sale has gone unrecognized.” ...“It’s very rare to find people who notice the [...]
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