
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Current inspiration

Friday, September 28, 2007
Spells and fasting




I stopped eating today and feel okay so far. I made three paper sample books, did tons of printing, and finished two apps. One more and I'm golden for the Oct 1 deadlines. I'm learning that I prefer almond milk to rice milk, by a landslide.
All ends are burning




And, Terttu posted one of the portraits she took of me and little sis!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Moon, moon





Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time warp


Good news via Reina: There is a review of Pulp Function in the new American Craft Magazine, and it includes a picture of my piece! I am dying to get my hands on a copy, so look out for it! I will order it but wish I could just go out to a store and buy it immediately. [After I posted I found an online preview so you can see the image briefly.]
Also, James (a friend from MN, and writer) and Susan (a friend from NY, and poet) have pieces in the latest issue of Yellow Medicine Review. Wohoo!
Monday, September 24, 2007
My favorite recipe in the Jentel cookbook
How weird

Sunday, September 23, 2007
Losing wireless
Ack! We've lost our wireless connection so I've been out of commission for a bit. I'm on the really slow computer upstairs in the house and thank goodness that one works. But I had hilarious pictures that I wanted to share...oh well.
I've made two batches of paper: one from sagebrush leaves, and one from the stalks. The stalks acted exactly like the maize in Mexico. Impossible. Hahaa! But the leaves made nice paper, even though I know the green color and the scent will all disappear in time. The grounds and maintenance guy here said that I was doing a kind of smudge when I was cooking the leaves in the house - the smell was so strong!
Today I harvested cattail, and in the process, scared away an entire herd of black cows. I felt badly but they were right in the same area as the cattail. They just saw me and BOLTED.
I've made two batches of paper: one from sagebrush leaves, and one from the stalks. The stalks acted exactly like the maize in Mexico. Impossible. Hahaa! But the leaves made nice paper, even though I know the green color and the scent will all disappear in time. The grounds and maintenance guy here said that I was doing a kind of smudge when I was cooking the leaves in the house - the smell was so strong!
Today I harvested cattail, and in the process, scared away an entire herd of black cows. I felt badly but they were right in the same area as the cattail. They just saw me and BOLTED.
Friday, September 21, 2007
No rest for the papermaker


The trip threw off my momentum and I've just been laying around reading a lot. I stayed at the house in the morning to do laundry, fiber rinsing & cooking, yoga, and realizing that I've been eating vanilla yogurt (I thought it was too sweet to be plain!). I got back into the studio today to make the leaf paper. I keep forgetting to plug another show I'm in that opened last Saturday in Amherst: I have three knit books in the Fiber + Book exhibit at the Fiber Art Center. I hear that it looks great!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
My first harvest in Wyoming



p.s. - here is a short video of the creek.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Altitude adjustments


Monday, September 17, 2007
Digesting




Sunday, September 16, 2007
The big picture, or trying





Saturday, September 15, 2007
Speechless
My camera's batteries died today, of course. So, no pics yet. It's just as well. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING. It is insanely gorgeous. The house that we live in (me and five other women) is unreal. Unreal! It's like living in a dream. I am in the Henri Matisse room. The theme is pink and purple. My mailbox (Matisse) is pink. I could easily just live in this house and not even make art or go into my studio and still be completely absorbed and busy. There is no way to describe it.
I am horribly exhausted. But I made all the flights and the connection and didn't lose my baggage. I did vomit in the morning but that was wholly unrelated to anything, and only related to mistakenly taking a vitamin C capsule on an empty stomach. That's all for now b/c I need to sleep in my purple bed. Pictures soon, b/c there is no other way to explain this paradise.
I am horribly exhausted. But I made all the flights and the connection and didn't lose my baggage. I did vomit in the morning but that was wholly unrelated to anything, and only related to mistakenly taking a vitamin C capsule on an empty stomach. That's all for now b/c I need to sleep in my purple bed. Pictures soon, b/c there is no other way to explain this paradise.
Friday, September 14, 2007
One last look backward

Almost done packing. Just need to decide on boots, and grab the sizing out of the fridge (a chemical to make paper more water resistant) before I leave early tomorrow morning. Two books ready for travel, and still a little time left to freak out about last-minute minutiae. Can't believe it's that time again. I was worried that I was packing way too much - that it was asking for too much art to be made in a month. But better overprepared than under.
I am turning off my computer. So that it will be well rested for its first residency.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Courtesy of Rebecca: more botas!



Jentel Artist Residency Program
132 Lower Piney Creek Road
Banner, WY 82832
USA
The goals for my last day: stop thinking/stressing/spinning over Fulbright entirely b/c clearly I need some time away from it. I'm choking under my own pressure. And pack generously! So that I have everything I need to stay warm.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Special delivery


Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Look at that!

I still haven't touched my revisions. My dreams of a Wyoming utopia are quickly fading: I will have to bring my computer and work on my Fulbright app there. Oh well.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Slow starts
Images from the opening.
Oh, and more images from the opening.
And then there's me wondering if I'll ever commit to this revision. Revisions are SO HARD. It's like this monster in a cage, and I know that I eventually have to go inside the cage and deal with it, but instead I keep going somewhere else, occasionally walking past it, poking around a little, and then running away. I have been noting lately how incredible my mind is - it is capable of remarkable things. It's just harnessed poorly.
Oh, and more images from the opening.
And then there's me wondering if I'll ever commit to this revision. Revisions are SO HARD. It's like this monster in a cage, and I know that I eventually have to go inside the cage and deal with it, but instead I keep going somewhere else, occasionally walking past it, poking around a little, and then running away. I have been noting lately how incredible my mind is - it is capable of remarkable things. It's just harnessed poorly.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Sunday without the Open
Big thanks and hugs to everyone who made it to the opening! I was so nervous - ever since a live auction where no one bid on my work, I have been freaked out about how well my 2D and 3D work holds up in public. But I had lots of support from Gili, Joe, Steph and Saar and their friend who just moved to Brooklyn from Baltimore, and Paulette. The fried chicken, fried fish, smoothies, and macaroons with chocolate sauce also helped. The gallery was packed the whole time, but I played hooky in the middle. Gili and Joe helped me hike all the way to a sports bar b/c I wanted to catch some of the men's final. But alas, the stupid "sports" bar only had football on its bazillion screens. HELL-O, football season has only started! Who cares?? This is the LAST DAY of a Grand Slam event!!
We then hiked up to Prospect Park West to find another place, but it was too far so we had to rest before finding a subway. I rode back to the gallery, only to bump into friends in the street who couldn't find the place. Then Paulette called to tell me that I was giving out the wrong address. And then I had a really nice dinner w/Diana. We haven't been able to catch up since the Tides show in June, so it was a huge treat to see her. She got me really excited about reading and everything else. It was a nice day to see all people I love and celebrate my panties.
I'm still sad I didn't get to see any of the Federer/Djokovic match, but I guess life goes on. Since I only have five days until Wyoming.
We then hiked up to Prospect Park West to find another place, but it was too far so we had to rest before finding a subway. I rode back to the gallery, only to bump into friends in the street who couldn't find the place. Then Paulette called to tell me that I was giving out the wrong address. And then I had a really nice dinner w/Diana. We haven't been able to catch up since the Tides show in June, so it was a huge treat to see her. She got me really excited about reading and everything else. It was a nice day to see all people I love and celebrate my panties.
I'm still sad I didn't get to see any of the Federer/Djokovic match, but I guess life goes on. Since I only have five days until Wyoming.
Wanted: Artist studio space (x2)

SEEKING ARTIST STUDIO:
I am a performance artist who works with movement, video, sculptural elements and other media and I am looking for a long term studio rental where I can work in these different media. I need a space that is sufficiently large to accommodate some movement work (minimum 350 square feet) with a non-cement floor. I prefer full walls instead of partitions, and I am interested in spaces with or without windows. A rough floor is fine. 24 hour access is ideal.
Price is a large consideration, but at this point I am still open to hearing about all possibilities. Please contact: Jill Sigman at thinkdance@attglobal.net
Also, last I heard, my photographer Stefan Hagen was looking for new studio space, as his current one will sadly be converted from artist studios into luxury condos. He needs space in Manhattan.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Tangents

Book of the weekend: Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street
Video of the weekend: Margaret Cho's "I'm the One That I Want"
Friday, September 07, 2007
Paulette insists

Beatrice Coron, a fantastic papercutting artist who does lots and lots of public art, too (imagine paper cuts only life-size in steel) has new work on her website. She also makes amazing tea from plants she grows on her balcony in Manhattan.
Ragdale, an artist residency program I went to in March, just launched a new website. Fancy! Christina was there when I was a resident - great writer, hilarious and passionate.
Also, a blogger in England is weaving paper, which I always approve of. She put together a lovely mosaic of other weaves off of flickr (scroll all the way down). Guess which three are mine.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
In hiding

Look for handmade books and sweet embroidered things, along with the Postmodern Sideshow (screenprinted t-shirts, dress shirts, and magnets) and Five Trees (crocheted monsters and finger puppets) at the...
5th Annual Chicago Renegade Craft Fair
Sat - Sun Sept 15 - 16; 12pm - 10pm
Division b/t Damen & Wood
Booth 60, close to the corner of Winchester & Division.
The fair is happening simultaneously with the Do-Division Street Fest. The festival includes food and live music and runs on Division in between Wood St. and Ashland Ave.
Renegade was the fair that really broke me in when I was starting out. It's great fun and there is SO much to browse/buy. That was where I sold my "you have the magical vagina" letterpress prints on handmade kozo paper. My favorite customer was a mom who got it for her daughter. So, mark your calendars for next weekend in Chicago and eat a hot dog w/the works for me! I'll try to remember to show you photos of exactly that when I'm back at my home computer.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Now announcing...

2. Laurie was a student in the papermaking class I TA-ed last summer at Ox-Bow, and she has since quit her day job and gone into business doing what she loves! I'm really proud of her. Visit the studio if you are in the area (Kalamazoo, MI).
3. My three knit books are in Fiber + Book, a show of fiber artists who make books, opening September 15 in Amherst at the Fiber Art Center.
**Details for the NY show:
FORGIVE?
Contemplating the notion of forgiveness through depictions of ideas, moments and faith.
Curated by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Exhibition On View: September 9 - October 12, 2007
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 9, 2007, 3-6pm
Featuring the work of:
MALAIKA ADERO
MILES BUMBRAY
BARRON CLAIBORNE
DELPHINE FAWUNDU-BUFORD
FRANCES FAWUNDU
CACY FORGENIE
AIMEE LEE
DIANA MCCLURE
ALICE MIZRACHI
GABRIEL RUEDA PACHECO
MIRIAM ROMAIS
KEISHA SCARVILLE
JAMEL SHABAZZ
DANNY SIMMONS
JAVAKA STEPTOE
The Gallery at Harriet's Alter Ego
267 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
(between St. Marks Pl. and Prospect Pl.)
(718) 783-2074
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 7pm
Directions:
Q, B to 7th Avenue
2, 3 to Bergen Street
B41 bus to Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Day off, kind of

Computer update: my IT guy says I should reinstall my OS since I may have deleted system files that will cause it to panic and crash later. I don't want to do it. But probably will...later. My newest idea, which Gili supports, is to leave the computer behind when I go to WY. I can just bring an external HD in case, but leave the potential drama at home. Uploading photos as I go will be hard, but I think it's worth it.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Order, please

Check out Melissa's new work from the summer! I really love the statement, too.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Oh, NO. No, no, no!!
Oh, no. I know this sounds completely unbelievable, but I am a real piece of work, so believe it: I just almost deleted my entire new hard drive. In Secure Empty Trash mode. Don't get me wrong: I DID delete parts of it permanently, no doubt. But partway through, I suddenly realized I was wiping out my NEW HD rather than my OLD HD (I had it plugged in, hoping to wipe it out and then put my old iBook back together tonight). And then I immediately felt like I was going to vomit, and stopped it and dragged what was left out of the trash.
I can't handle myself. Why, why, why?? It's b/c I was overworking myself - I had just finished making five sets of press kits and writing all the letters and preparing the packages. Instead of taking a break, I dove right into the computer task. Argh.
I'm torn. Cindy and Ching-In say I should walk away from the computer until tomorrow. I contend that I can't sleep if I'm not sure of exactly what I've lost yet.
I can't handle myself. Why, why, why?? It's b/c I was overworking myself - I had just finished making five sets of press kits and writing all the letters and preparing the packages. Instead of taking a break, I dove right into the computer task. Argh.
I'm torn. Cindy and Ching-In say I should walk away from the computer until tomorrow. I contend that I can't sleep if I'm not sure of exactly what I've lost yet.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Feist is on, in my head




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