I’m off for 2 weeks. I’ll be on this ^, and going to the places below. I hope to return refreshed and rested, full of energy and inspiration.
Entries Tagged as ‘Life’
July 2, 2010
Photo Friday
I missed last week, so here’s what I though was interesting over the past 2 weeks:
June 29, 2010
Patchwork Round Up
Danny and I had a booth at the recent Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Fair in Long Beach under the title of our new venture, Bingo Foxtrot. We sold a lot of stuff, met some awesome people and got some great feedback. Overall, we’re really grateful that we get to make stuff and people want [...]
June 23, 2010
Long Beach Breakwater
Last night a historic move was made in the city council of Long Beach – to move forward with a feasibility study for reconfiguring the Long Beach Breakwater. It’s odd that I live just a few block off the sand and yet, when I think about going to the beach, it’s not that one that [...]
June 22, 2010
On the Subject of Clay Pots
At lunch yesterday, I made my way over to a garden store that I hadn’t been to before. I just wanted to check prices and see if they had any special succulents that other local vendors didn’t carry. The succulent prices were a bit steep, but I did manage to walk away with quite a [...]
June 17, 2010
Patterns and Creativity
The other day this quote by Steve Jobs was posted on KitsuneNoir: Pretty much hits the nail square on the head. It’s quite perfect. I had a professor in college who’s mantra was “Look, Look, Look, Look, Look, etc” That’s definitely the first step. Look. Make. Discuss. Remake. Etc. Then I noticed this quick little [...]
June 14, 2010
Books
I collect books. I like old books with interesting covers, and illustrations, and photos. Here are some covers of books that I didn’t buy last week.
June 9, 2010
News Stand
I was commissioned to build a little newsstand (one word? two words?) for the Hilton Resort in Huntington Beach. My friend Chris gave me the design and I set to work on the fabrication. Locks up at night for safe keeping of books and magazines. Got the wood from a place called Vintage Timberworks – [...]
June 8, 2010
On Being the Devil’s Advocate
A Devil’s Advocate, according to dictionary dot com, is one who advocates an opposing or unpopular cause for the sake of argument or to expose it to a thorough examination. Often when this term is used, it connotes an unfavorable idea. In certain settings one who is playing the devil’s advocate is considered annoying to [...]
June 4, 2010
Photo Fridays
In order to give my this blog a little bit more order I’ve decided to give myself a little bit of a schedule. Fridays are a good day to post the photos that I’ve taken with my phone during the week. It’s a catalog of what I’ve seen, what I’ve been making, what I thought [...]
June 3, 2010
Studio time
I’ve put several late, late nights into the studio this week – and I’m headed for another late night tonight too. On Tuesday evening my brother came by to snap some photos of Danny and I working on our respective projects…
May 28, 2010
New Van Project
I just bought this van in an online auction. Now trying decide if I want to turn this into a project or just turn it around for a profit.
