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It got really cold.

Post-Heart Daybook

Post-Heart Daybook is a (thoughtfully) disorganized journal of my studio work and thought process during 3 weeks between my 1st and 2nd critiques this semester at Cranbrook. The book has 115 pages of images and is available at lulu.com

Newness

Notice how the 'manliness' of building your own table can be easily canceled out by adorning the new table with a very pretty pink chair.

Plastic casts from my homemade (but legit) vacuum former. I will talk about how I made that machine, but it is a post for another day.

Plaster casts taken from vacuum-formed plastic molds. To be eventually realized in slipcast porcelain.

Modular painting study. Gouache & acrylic on wood panels

drawing of 4:00pm sun

object and shadow as drawing tools

Week 9

I have a bunch of new drawings in progress that I'm really excited about.



I'm also playing around with some new objects



acrylic on porcelain

Dinner for Anders

Danish ceramic artist Anders Ruhwald came to Cranbrook this week to lecture and meet with us. Michelle Lee and myself, both admitted kitchen control-freaks, decided to collaborate on a meal for him. I produced a set of handbuilt porcelain dinnerware for a 4-course meal, and a menu was designed around the dishes.




Small Plate: Roasted root vegetables, herbed chevre fritter.
Homage to Effie Ophelia



Small Plate II: Tuna sashimi, twice fried Japanese eggplant,
wasabi aoli (Notice Michelle's handmade chopsticks)




Main: Panko dusted grouper, green apple licorice,
jalapeno & sesame seeds, beet stem



Sweet: Pound cake, passion butter, raspberry, aromatic bitters, fennel