50 States. 50 Sketches Postcard Project.

These were pretty fun and somewhat challenging. New York had a wide range of things that reminded me of the state from "The City" to Upstate but I didn't know much about Minnesota- or all I think of about Minnesota are lakes, outdoors and the Mall of America. Enjoy!

New York

 Mississippi

Minnesota

 Ohio

Recipients: New York: G. Stearns, Mississippi: Up for grabs  11/30/2012 UPDATE: J. Barnhill,  Minnesota D. Madden, Ohio: S. Miner

Book Club Sketch: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

As each person picks a book for our Book Club, I draw them a bookmark once we've read the book. Megan picked this book... Here's one for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. 

DART St Louis Photo Challenge

DART this year was apart of St. Louis Design Week. Raising money for Rebuilding Together.

DART is a photo challenge. In September, I, along with many others, threw a dart at a 8'x8' white board. They were showing a ditigal map of St. Louis city on the board and where my dart fell, my new challenge was to photograph that intersection with in a one block radius. I can only submit one of my photos to DART and they will have a party to show off everyone's submission in early November.

My dart landed on Kingsbury and Laurel. I made the trip up to the neighborhood to find that it is tucked in with some streets gated off.

I started shooting and found some plesant details and surprises in the area.

 

   

    

    

      

    

I have yet to decide which image to use but it'll be great!

The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own. -Susan Sontag

Elevated Envelope- Malicious Surprise: Clue Style

Tara/Ephemera started the Elevated Envelope in 2011... " project where creative strangers from all over the world send each other artistic snail mail." 

 This was my second time participating. I had a great idea all lined up, then she gave us a theme: Malicious Surprise.  I had no clue what to do because I don't like scary things. Now, all of a sudden, great ideas come to me. But I started with the cut out letters like a ransom note- creepy hopefully!? Then I sat for a while with artistic block. Then Clue came to me, somehow. So I made each of my recipients a card with a Clue character, a room and a weapon. Enjoy the mail art below!

 

 

 

The backs were decorated too and inside each recipient received a tea bag the color of their character (ie Prof Plum: lavender tea)

And because I had to make a complete set, I made a keeper for myself to remember all this fun!

50 States. 50 Sketches Postcard Project.

3 more states complete and in the mail. Still using the little Aloha postage stamps for postcards, can't wait to see what the next one will be!

Kansas

 Maryland

Wisconsin

And the lucky recipients are... Kansas: K. Oschwald. Maryland: J. Kissel. (Washington DC) Wisconsin: H. Sell.

50 States, 50 Sketches. Postcard Project.

Idaho

 Tennessee

 Georgia

Thanks for those living in these states, who get to enjoy these forever on their refridgerators!
Idado: Chris' friend?? Tennessee: C. Eggerman Georgia: up for grabs....??! anyone from Georgia who wants to receive this!?  Update 11/6/2012: I remembered I knew someone from GA, E. Goff receives this one!

50 States. 50 Sketches. Postcard Project.

More of the postcard sketches complete.... on my way to 50! My friends have helped me come up with some ideas on what each state should embody because I had travel block. Its been fun learning what a few words someone thinks of when they think of a certain place. 

Arkansas

Florida

 Illinois

Kentucky

New Mexico

Texas

Thanks to those living in these great states...
Arkansas: S&M Cutt, Florida: E. Hente, Illinois: W. Lee, Kentucky: T. Iezzi (soon to be Martorana) New Mexico: Ross Family, Texas: R&J Fickenscher