Walden Pond & Life in the Woods

Midwest Summer

time transfer

i saw this building near downtown chicago and the colors struck me as beautiful.  i have no idea how or why this palette of pastels is wonderfully painted onto the side of this building, but i like it.  maybe an attached parking garage was one day removed and what we see is the remaining wall which used to contain a stairwell filled with painted over graffiti.  Or perhaps it was an easter egg factory that blew up, i don't know.  but somehow over time this canvas was painted onto this structure's side, both strategically and haphazardly, and i am certainly glad that it was.

this building also reminded me of some recent photo transfers i have done (like the one above).  primarily the color scheme seemed related and, upon closer look, there seems to be a similar rhythm and fading to both paintings.  i guess that's what i like about both pieces- they show the impression of time both spent and passing by.

i wish there were enough hours in a day to crochet like aldo lanzini

aldo lanzini, an artist/designer living in milan/manhattan, does not follow planned designs or patterns- he lets his needle take him to some creative places...

 amina by aldo lanzini

 guiseppe verdibed by aldo lanzini

 all bovisa exhibit- aldo lanzini

 missoni crochet for faces- aldo lanzini

 

 installation view of aldo lanzini exhibit

installation at bellevue museum of art by mandy greer, fiber artist from seattle

 polish artist, olek, crocheting a bicycle in nyc. photo by maro

 olek's installation knitting is for pus***

skything performance at fort wayne museum of art.  that's me on the sampler with a website crocheted by john mccormick (on drums). we like to dress up our instruments so the focus is on them.

with contact mics in gloves, i amplify the motions of crocheting while john plays and processes his own sounds during a performance at fwmoa.

some of my recent projects...

 landscape in progress

 headband for lyndy 

reindeer hat for deer siena

not quite aldo lanzini as of yet!