My Month in MN

I've been in MN for the month of June, spending most of my time at my parent's house in Bloomington. My parent's moved while I was in college, so I've never actually lived in this house. However, my parents have had the same appliances and furniture forever, so it doesn't seem that foreign. I've been working on a lot of outdoor projects with my dad. When I was younger I hated having to drag the hose all over the yard to water the plants, and all my other chores. Now I enjoy the gardening and working outside, probably because my normal routine is pretty stagnant.

My parent's backyard.

The bat box, clearly labeled so other animals don't come knocking.

One of two gardens, with lots of lettuce and tomatoes.

Raspberry bushes!

And now a quick room tour of the 'guest room' in my parents basement, where my brother and I have both briefly stayed.

The previous resident covered the celling with glow in the dark stars, can you spot the big dipper?

Good intentions for a make-shift studio, not yet used.

My brother's decorating.

All my possessions, and some exercise equipment, stacked against one wall.

I recommend a visit to the Como Zoo and Conservatory, because admission is donation based and they now have a butterfly garden. The one rule: "Please do not touch the butterflies. Let the butterflies touch you."

A few things I've collected & made

As my time out east is coming to a close, I've sorted through the things I've collected and made while out here.

First, various documents from one of MASS MoCA's un-renovated buildings.

Printed matter from MASS MoCA, and other places in New England.
Printed matter from New York, including a Printed Matter bag, and post from friends.

My experiments with the vinyl plotter, resulting in sticker making.

And lastly, some collage/drawings with envelopes from the un-renovated building, flower catalogs, and fashion magazines. Also see my sketchbook for new images.

Photobooth Diary #4 & Room Tour

My fourth Photobooth Diary, starting around Christmas and ending today with me in MA.

Now, a brief tour of my petite room in MA. Above and below, walls decorated with some familiar and some new things.

Below, I set up a little studio area complete with yellow daffodils. Also below, some periodicals I recently acquired and am excited to read.

Above, an installation in a windowsill at MASS MoCA by artist Joan Steiner that I want to re-create in my home some day.

Kelly & the Dream of Horses

Some recent selections from my sketchbook, the first one being a dream I had about taking pictures of horses jumping into a steamy lake. I think my New Year's Resolution is to draw more and get a full-time job. In seasonal news, I had fun wrapping presents for my family in wall paper, old ribbon, and vinyl letters. I also had some help from Boo who I am cat sitting.

WELCOME AMERICAN NERDLINGER

Highlights from a roll of film I shot around the house one fall afternoon.

(Film processed by WELCOME AMERICAN TEENAGER FILM AND VIDEO SERVICES)

Photobooth Diary: Third Edition

Man, I had a really good photobooth diary all lined up, but then my hard drive crashed. So, this is from when I got my new hard drive to today when I got a haircut.

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Ever since Jack hung these great curtains in our living room, I have been taken by the huge line-filled flowers on them. Recently I have been trying to perfect making seamless/repeat hand drawn patterns. I decided to recreate the pattern on the curtain's as a test. It's not exactly the same of corse, but heavily inspired. Below is my interpretation in a few different colors.

I think the pattern would look great on tights or leggings! Maybe not with heels though.