recent news

1. So much snow in Slovakia

2. Sheep in Slovakia

3. This is the park on the other side of my house. It is great there right now. I felt so happy after a walk there.

4. They are building a tunnel (for a new metro?) near my house. They have put scaffolding up around the buildings so if things fall off due to the construction it wont hurt people.

5. One of my favorite things about Prague is finding new cobblestone designs. This is a pretty good one:

6. This is me in cafe in a scarf I bought in Poland

Embroidery

Lately I too have gotten really into embroidery. It started with an article from "Bust" magazine, and then I just went crazy from there. I embroidered my initials on my GSC jacket, and I am in the process of embroidering a whole bunch of other things (Elvis, a skeleton, peas, a bug-person playing a trumpet, etc.). Here is a scan of the first pillow case I made:

And here are some photos of the second pillow case I am making which will say "ten more minutes" in a font that looks way cooler than it does in thes photo:

Me and Megan were also just having a really fun time taking these. WA house forever!

Update: here are two pictures of the text I plan to embroider on two other pillow cases:

Megan and I are obsessed with this tea:


It is super delicious and has rose hips AND petals. It tastes like heaven, actually.

Here are some photos of a tiny metal book I made:


I do realize that this is not the best picture. My actual camera is in a box at 4th and College (where I lived this summer) that I have yet to pick up. I fabricated my own hinge, which was REALLY difficult. A Book is imprinted on the front cover. The "text block" bit is made of brass so it looks like the pages are gilded. There are decorative brass rivets on the cover too. I made a few rings this week, which I will definitely take photos of and post here. And here is my desk in the metals studio!


Earlier this week I cleared it off and under all that junk I found:

• 3 flat files
• 2 round files
• 1 large file
• 4 pieces of sandpaper
• 3 saw frames
• like 40 broken saw blades
• three pairs of pliers (my favorite are the round tip)
• 1 rawhide hammer
• 1 planishing hammer

6 photos

1. I recently went the the decorative arts museum and saw this cubist clock. You can also see the top half of my room is oddly shaded.

2. This picture also shows the weird thing that is going on with lighting in my room. My light bulb went out and I was asked if I wanted a lot of light or a little light. I said a lot of light but because the the lampshade is metal mesh, the top half of my room is shadowed.

3. We don't have plastic bags at my house so when I pack my lunch I wrap everything in tinfoil

4. This is the building I live in. My apartment is in the second column from the left. This photo makes it look like I live in the middle of nowhere, but really I just live next to a park.

5. We went on an excursion outside of Prague. This is Cesky Krumlov:

6. On that excursion, I also spent three days weaving. Now I'm working on embroidering my weaving.