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Traditional Chinese Paper and Bamboo Kite

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Last week, I experimented with making a kite in the style of a traditional bamboo and paper, Chinese model. I was working from the one photo I was able to take of my friend’s kite before her dog ate and destroyed it. I think the lightness, colors, design, size and shape are amazing. Splitting the [...]

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Scouting

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Finding that Los Angeles is surrounded by gorgeous landscape, subtle and severe. I’ve been looking for places to set up and shoot my product line, and took a trip out to the poppy fields near Lancaster. Dust and wind shook the sages and tugged the poppies. The horizon looked frosted and minty. Driving home through [...]

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Witches and Indigo

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Ramping up for a photo shoot of my products that I’ve been working on and selling on etsy. I wanted to create an environment that reflects the idea of what I’m working with for concept and materials. This is going to be part of one of the sets for the shoot. I’m planning a trip [...]

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LA Sunrise

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Woke up just before 5:00 this morning, gathered my things wrapped in my Mexican blanket and trotted to my truck. It stalled when I tried to start it (it always does). The second time, the engine revved then settled into a heavy idle. Driving toward the interstate, I passed by Silver Lake Reservoir and under [...]

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I can feel my bile rising

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

In bringing all my things to storage today, my house is becoming empty and I’m feeling jittery, feels like powerlessness, you know, like I’ve lost the power to anticipate my own future. I guess that is a delusion I usually have: thinking I know what will happen next. Or I just build a cozy little [...]

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