• Week X, Visual Studies Studio Project.

    Concept: Russianness. Reading: War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy. Tutorial for the brick structure, copied over from the post I wrote for my class blog: “Bricks Oven-bake clay (Original Sculpey, terra cotta) Flour Some kind of clay-cutting tool (A heavy stainless steel ruler, unbacked) Some kind of clay-shaping tool (Same ruler) Wax paper Oven Foil …

  • Week IX, Visual Studies Studio Project.

    Concept: Tango. A continuation of this piece.

  • Week VIII, Visual Studies Studio Project.

    Song: La Lopez Pereyra.

  • My new pen

    I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to write things. Someone very nice got me a lovely fountain pen as a gift, and now I’m perpetually looking forward to having things to write down. It is very different, writing with fountain pens, and I definitely don’t have the technique down yet. You really have …