One of my assignments for class is to make a reflective teaching journal to record my experiences teaching in a high school.  I FINALLY got started on it, and modeled it off the heart book that I made a couple weeks ago.
This is the first page, before I put the covers onnn
And then I put [...]

Tonight my friend was talking about doing an art lesson on suspension, and it reminded me of a project I did for a photography class a couple years ago so I thought I’d share it here  =)

I can’t remember what the assignment was exactly, I just remember that I wanted to play around and experiment [...]

In addition to the visual journal and the silhouette/star technique, we are also teaching the Saturday School class to make these hollowed out altered books.
The idea of an altered book can be a little sensitive, and it was funny when one of the students asked if she could read the book she was given to [...]

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I finally finished my last paper.  In the past 50 hours I have written 30 pages in three different papers, each about different aspects of art education… ummm not exactly thrilling.  But now I am DONE and I can FINALLY get in the Christmas spirit =)  !!  And then I saw this post from Not [...]

I started grad school last week.
I know.. when did that happen?!  It was the biggest, most spontaneous decision EVER.  I was innocently googling teaching requirements Wednesday, which led to an advising appointment on Thursday just to get some questions answered and maybe consider applying to start in the spring, and the next day I was [...]

This is an ongoing series that began in the spring of 2007 with the above photograph.  It was taken for an assignment in my introduction to photography class that was about portraits, self-portraits, and the body.  Later that semester I decided to draw the photograph for my (introductory) drawing class.
In November/December 2008 I made a [...]

And now I present: my tiny books, in their tiny little case.

Remember this post?  You can find the final product HERE in the gallery.

This is a three-dimensional photo collage I did in the fall of 2008.  It revolves around the idea of escaping adulthood and reverting back to a childish lifestyle, free of responsibility and full of spontaneity.
More detailed images can be found in the gallery!  Here.  The gallery is still in progress, but it’s SLOWLY coming together.  [...]

I’ve been trying to come up with an idea for my bookmaking final and I’ve been completely stumped.  I just keep coming back to the idea of making several tiny books… but no ideas on content, or why a tiny book, or anything.  So today I decided to just make one and go from there.

There [...]