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Industrial Stereogram

Politics of Scale

“You should go bigger” seemed to be the mantra when I went to school. “I think you would benefit from a larger surface to work on,” my drawing teacher told me. I thought she was sexy, so I bought bigger paper. The other students seemed to be able to fit their drawings of Jack the [...]

Struggling for a Subject

Over the past year or two, I’ve been getting back into painting and drawing. It started with woodcuts, but I found that frustrating and moved back to painting. I’ve also been putting together digital collages in Photoshop, which is liberating mainly because of ⌘Z. I’ve enjoyed working with textures and backgrounds on plywood panels, which [...]

Birthday in Philly

Editorial Note: I originally posted this along with my impressions of WordCamp Philly, but my editor, Christine McVearry thought it was semi-lame, so I’ve split it up. This post is all about family fun. My impressions of WCPhilly are over here. On the Road… Last weekend I attended WordCamp Philly. It was a good excuse [...]

WordCamp Philly

I got up early Saturday morning and took the shuttle to Temple. Saw a lot of run down post-apocalyptic looking buildings on the way. One building, once a majestic 15 to 20 story early twentieth century apartment building (?), had a giant green hand painted on its side with sharp fingernails protruding in what looked [...]