one day, i will go to sleep before 3am.

. . . but today is not that day. i am a serious night owl- i love to work in the studio until the wee hours. if you were a fly on the wall at 2am in the print studio, you’d most likely find me dancing around like a fool to strange music and singing at the top of my lungs- in addition to working on whatever project i’m on at the moment.

the last two weeks have been a strange balance between my social life and schoolwork. i finished my 13 color print and started and finished another print that has been on my mind for weeks. both of them will be featured in my senior exhibition. i FINALLY finished printing the pages for a book i’m making about florence. i had made one copy for Liser before her departure, but havent gotten around to the others for my show. tonight i began stitching the pages together in this weird solution i came up with- a combination of an accordion and stitched binding.

also, i began work for my photography independent study with Keith Adams. last semester, i took a polaroid techniques class with him and loved everything about the media. the semester before that, i took a non-silver photography class with Sandra Davis, a fantastic photographer who specializes in techniques such as cyanotype, van dyke brown, gum bichromate, etc. as a result, the independent study i developed is a blend of the two classes. below is one of the gum bichromate prints i made a year ago in Ms. Davis’ class:

i took this photo in the kitchen of my italian apartment in fall of 2006. i miss that space and my gorgeous roommate who so graciously posed for me!

one very exciting update: my website is now up and running! my awesome roommate briana made the magic happen as an assignment for her web design course with Jen Thwing. i drew up the designs and such and she composed the flash elements, etc. i owe her big time- she posted it just in time to send to the grad schools i’ve applied to!

big jason says he likes my blog because of all of the photos i post. i tend to agree, so here’s some new photos for your viewing pleasure!

this is my nook next to my desk in the print studio. it’s a nice reminder of some of my friends. one thing i love about the print studio: how it looks so alive. throughout the years, people have drawn, written, printed, and painted all over the walls- the whole room is this fantastic work-in-progress. my little nook is just a snippet of what the rest of the room looks like.

the other day, i hung out for a bit with eric and liz.

as i probably mentioned before, liz is my former roommate from freshman and sophomore year. she’s a talented ceramics sculptor. here’’s a photo from her senior exhibition from last semester:

tonight, i was in the studio with my friend joe. he’s a phenomenal graphic designer who specializes in design for musicians. as patti smith is coming to rowan in one week, he designed a special poster for the event. patti smith herself saw the design and loved it, so joe screenprinted a special copy just for her! here’s a photo of the complete print:

he was so excited- it was the first time he’s done a multicolored print.

i’ll leave you with something i designed on a whim this weekend. it started out as a tshirt design and ended up as a cut-and-pasted graphic.