le léopard

Spots.

le zèbre

I seem to be making lots of stripy things lately.

le tigre

rawr.

fish bones v 2.2

Alright, alright. This is a landmark day in my 366 days of block printing. I had my first real bloody injury. I wasn't even carving, I reached into the box of tools and sliced my finger on the blade I use to chop of the blocks (not one of the actual cutting tools). Not too bad - no injuries for 241 days.

Anyway, here are some fish bone prints...

fish bones v 2.1

just a couple more, then I'll move on...

fish bones v 2.0

fish bones

I've gone back under water, as I so often do.

bese saka

hab dich

Yesterday was my last day of my last week of summer camp for this year. I had a Famous Artists camp and a World Crafts camp. And a bunch of HIGH energy students. Thanks y'all, I had fun and I'll see you next summer if not sooner!

FAMOUS ARTISTS
[Jackson Pollock]



[Joseph Cornell]




[Alberto Giacometti]



[Henri Matisse]



[Alexander Calder]




WORLD CRAFTS
[Mexico - dia de los muertos nichos]




[Japan - Daruma Dolls]




[Ghana - Adinkra printing]



[America - Kachinas + weaving]





Here are a couple shots from the other camps...

[digital photography - they Photoshopped these shots to make it look like they were flying]


[preschool camp - she's got udders, 'cause the theme was farmers!]

kojo baiden

I don't mean no

I don't mean maybe. I spent last night Rockin' the River with Rhett Miller. I like to be right up close, in what I call the spit and sweat zone. Here's what it looked like...






[and here's a dog I met after the gig, just because I like dogs]

sankofa bird

The bird version of the Adinkra sankofa design.

Adinkra

365 interview

My friend Noah, of Skull-a Day fame, interviewed me for his 365 interview series. check it

sankofa

[from africawithin.com]
The word SANKOFA is derived from the words SAN (return), KO (go), FA (look, seek and take). This symbolizes the Akan's quest for knowledge with the implication that the quest is based on critical examination, and intelligent and patient investigation. The symbol is based on a mythical bird that flies forwards with its head turned backwards. This reflects the Akan belief that the past serves as a guide for planning the future, or the wisdom in learning from the past in building the future.

wawa aba

This week I'm doing World Crafts again in summer camp, so I'm back to the Adinkra symbols (moving on from the Polynesian/Oceanic stuff I've been doing.)

peace.

oceana

foliage