stop motion quickie

Testing out the gorilla tripod + frameographer app for quick stop motion via iPhone. 

hi mom

This is a thing I made for my momma.

posted Monday, May 14th, 2012

hi

Still here! Alive & well. Been mostly working on a dabbling of freelance and planning this

posted Monday, April 30th, 2012

note to self

Don’t forget to give yourself time to

and also to breathe:

This past week, my fairly gigantor freelance project shipped (for the most part), and I found myself with a weekend of no obligations for the first time in three months. Caught up on sleep, bike rides and played catch up with Lake Michigan.

posted Sunday, March 18th, 2012

i spy…

…this pattern from the train on my commute.

It’s been awhile since I’ve picked up blade #2 to cut paper for fun. I’m giving myself a breather from feeling like I have to spend absolutely all of my free time on more official outside-of-work projects. Ahhhhh, sigh of relief.

Here, have some process.

posted Saturday, February 25th, 2012

cut paper + light

Working towards a final for a new project. 

More to come!

Confession: these guys weren’t cut by hand. Some magic was employed.

posted Thursday, February 9th, 2012

dot matrixing

A screen matrix letterform, based on a type study by Petr van Blokland from the 70s.

Desk mess courtesy of my need to come up with concepts by the end of the weekend. 

And, of course, I experiment with its shadows…

Here’s the type study:

posted Monday, January 16th, 2012

and so the snow begins…

Fresh snowfall in Chicago

posted Saturday, January 14th, 2012

a weekend of pleats

An exciting project just started! A few shots from the weekend…

With three+ years in this apartment, my studio space just keeps getting cozier.

posted Sunday, January 8th, 2012

blog turns 2!

This little blog of mine is now 2 years old. More paper fun to come in the new year!

This 2 was cut out while glimpsing at Pompadour numerals. (go download this beaut here)

posted Monday, January 2nd, 2012

lanky notes

A round-up of music at &Friends had me making some lanky eighth notes.

posted Monday, December 26th, 2011