Works in progress

Biomimicry Principals (according to Janine Benyus)

Nature runs on sunlight.
Nature uses only the energy it needs.
Nature fits form to function.
Nature recycles everything.
Nature rewards cooperation.
Nature banks on diversity.
Nature demands local expertise.
Nature curbs excess from within.
Nature taps the power of limits.

Jewlry box

Things I Want to Do

1) Finish reading a book, cover to cover, no skimming.
2)Landscape studies, lots of them.
3)Figure studies, lot's of them.
4)Paint a still life with birthday cake in it.
5)Finish a writing a story.

Make your own sushi container soap dish!:

Directions:
-remove clear plastic cover
-eat sushi
-rinse container
-add soap

Things to do

-Finish design for University of Hartford summer course catalog.
-Finish design for University of Hartford summer course catalog.
and Finish design for University of Hartford summer course catalog.

I really just want to get this over with XP

Annies Mac and Cheese Mod

ingredients:
One box of Annie's white cheddar macaroni and cheese
two tomatoes, chopped
two cloves of garlic, chopped
thyme and rosemary

Combine Tomatoes and Garlic in small sauce pan, then cover and cook on low heat.
Add Rosemary and Thyme to the tomato mixture
Meanwhile prepare the shells as usual.
When it comes time to add the sauce, simply pour the cheddar cheese mix into the tomato mixture and pour the whole thing on the macaroni.

Halloween Picnic

today...

I spent the past three days being an utterly shameless fan girl.
James Gurney liked my headband...
I really like his books and um....
He liked my headband...
did i mention that I really, really, really liked Dinotopia?
I hope I didn't look too stupid. O.O gulp
Anyway he was here because there's a fantasy art show at our school with some of his dinosaur paintings in it. They've also got two Kinuko Craft paintings (squeals with joy) and some artists who i didn't even know before but now absolutely love. Including this one landscape painter who some how managed to mix Hudson river school with Chinese landscape. Which is just so cool and inventive and REALLY REALLY COOL!!!
Ok I won't make you sit through much more of this. I'll just come back later with some more names and titles from the show and then you can google them and you know understand my heartfelt admiration.

Salvaged item: old laptop case+ old bag= new laptop case

I sewed some fabric and foam from an old worn out laptop case into a messenger bag as lining. The designs on the pockets were done in black sharpie marker during a particularly dull high school assembly.

Character sketches

I drew these up to help Jaron out with an animation project. He need some characters so I loaned him one of the stories I wrote for fun. I was partly motivated by love, and partly motivated by the chance to see the people I designed moving about on a screen.
You can see Jaron's animations and drawings here

salvaged item: Cardboard Organizer (carboardinizer)

Item Type: pink cardboard box (labeled good luck fortune cookies) and lots of advertisements from local take out restaurants.
Obtained through: The box was lying on the lid of a garbage can by the university bookstore. The restaurant ads get left on our doorstep by people who can't read the "No fliers or Menus" notice taped to the front door.
Modifications: I folded the adverts into origami boxes and placed them in the cookie box as compartments. Then I cut some flowers shapes out of the left over scrap and glued them to the lid with some bits of ribbon and plastic beads for flair.
Current Use: I gave it to my friend Rayna who is using it to store extra pieces from her collection of anime figurines.