Come check out my work at the ArtWork6 show, with selections from staff and faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago and SAIC. I’m excited to be showing new work!
Constructing a frame loom, beginning a new weaving..
Excited to be weaving in my studio! The loom is stretched across an old bed frame, assembled Navajo-style with rope for tension. I’m weaving several pieces for costumes to be used in a video installation. And yes, this means more mummies are on their way..
Navajo-style loom on a bed frame, using rope as the tension method.
Tying the “leashes” to lift the counter-weft.
I always seem to make out like a kid in a candy shop when visiting the Textile Discount Outlet..
Playing with color and texture.
Working on a new drawing..
I like to try to continue making illustrations on the side, no matter what I am working on. I find it keeps the creative juices flowing and reminds me how much I love color and line and is always a good exercise in composition.
Messy workspace.
Closer view of illustration in progress.
Working on a new photograph..
“My Hiding Place Under the Baptismal,” 2012. Felt and photography.
Sculpture in progress, starting with the wire frame.
Stitching the felt onto the frame.
Final work from Roger Brown Artist Residency, February 2012.
“Questions from the soil,” 2012. Fabric, teeth, wool, bells, Kate.
Kate appears enthralled to be my model for the mummy photoshoot.
Initial sketch a few years back for this costume.
More from the Roger Brown Artist Residency, February 2012.
It’s been great to see my photographs, illustrations and collected images together on the wall in the studio. I’ve realized when I get back I need a studio space to gather my influences and old/current work together into one place. I can really begin to draw connections and understand some things that I’m talking about in my work. Also, I’ve realized there is so much to create! If someone dropped a grant in my hands today I would free myself to create everyday.
Studio wall. Mummies, Jesus, sketchbook notes.
Drawings and photos on the studio wall. I’m starting to like all of this color!
Drawings of mummies from a museum.
Drawings of mummified animals.
Close up of studio wall.
Finally getting to rescanning/editing/printing old work.
Scanning/editing negatives from Cornerstone. I haven’t posted any of these on my website, they are long since overdue for editing..
Roger Brown Artist Residency, February 2012!
Excited to have 2 weeks here at the Roger Brown house and studio in Michigan; I was awarded the residency through the Art Institute of Chicago. So awesome to have Kate Bieschke come and make work with me as well! We downed a lot of beers and visited the lake every day at sunset. It’s been great to have an entire studio space to occupy and finally see a lot of my work up on the wall together. My goal here is to scan and edit negative from almost 3 years of photographs that I have not gotten to.
Our daily hikes to Lake Michigan at sunset.
Roscoe tearing up the beach. He loves his tall grasses and sand!
Sunset at Lake Michigan.
The studio!
Accomplished some felting, some illustration.
My lovely guest, artist Kate Bieschke. http://katebieschke.com/
Check out Kate’s work here: http://katebieschke.com/
Scanning negatives.
Roscoe’s hangout spot in the studio.
Starting a collection of trophies here…
Working on some wire sculpture.
Illustration for The House of Suh broadcasted on MSNBC, 2011.
Check out the film on the MSNBC Films website. 
Illustration for film “The House of Suh” opens at HotDocs in Toronto, 2010.
“The House of Suh” premiered at Hot Docs film festival in Toronto 2010. You can see a review here in the Torontoist, featuring one of my illustrations! (and you can also see more work under “illustration” on my website www.questionsfromthesoil.com)
The Torontoist review of The House of Suh
