Fun

George Crumb Is a contemporary composer who, as it turns out graduated from University of Michigan.  Awhile back I mentioned some people that crossed the line between visual arts and music.  Recently I have been introduced to a few contemporary piano composers.  While I still have a hard time hearing and understanding music,  I have come to enjoy some contemporary compositions.  The sheet music itself is […]

3D Printed Silver Jewelry Collection Ever since I learned jewelry design in Thailand I have been messing around in my makeshift studio (completely modeled after P’Boom’s studio).  I have made a few handmade pieces and gotten into tumbling rocks to make my own unique shapes for stones to incorporate in my work.  Hand making jewelry is a nice calming experience, however, I was recently […]

While the past few weeks in the Digital Technologies program has been loaded with fun and, well, technology, I have been craving some tactile sculpting.  Today I spent the first couple hours of the morning baking pumpkin seeds and carving a pumpkin.  Although the people around me thought I was weird for cutting away all the orange of the pumpkin, they understood when it […]

Over the summer I spent two months in Chiang Mai Thailand.  I am an avid traveler and it is wonderful to have family living in Thailand, making it extremely accessible.  Last year I met Thailand artist Sirilak Samanasak(aka P’Boom) and have kept in touch with her since.  I was fortunate enough that she not only let me use her studio to do work all summer, but […]

I worked on this project with a small group of people from the even “Electronic Lunch” that I facilitated last year and will continue to do this year.  We have been given many compliments on the work as it was a project completely done on free time with a diverse group of people.  We are currently working on a collaboration with some other people […]