classic ashcraft inpsiration

a most beautiful gift from vina

now all i need is a coal burning one. prototype iron likes her new friend olga the iron

a little bit of summer

what i have been up to lately.....
gardening and making an iron

ink on skin

i have been away from this blog for a while, shame on me. heres my new tattoo - after seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.

tell me...

what to iron. go ahead, you can do it.

lovely note...

nothing like great friends! i found this lovely note from vina on my desk yesterday - what a great gal <3

irons on the wall

how i surround myself at school...

the way my space looks for now... it will look very different come june when we move into the new building!

new way of burning out the "holes"

i am now using the detailer (thanks tom) to burn out the holes of each design on the irons. hand punching became too difficult as the iron designs have become more intricate. this method kinda reminds me of a tattoo gun...

burning the burnt

detail of the detailers work

the results are in

the detailer - my newest friend

MIA - but back with something good!

(rust, red paint the size of dust, red paint on the microscope, chris and the set up)

so i know i have been gone for a bit - mostly bc i have been working to open "." gallery and i curated a show that just opened last night there (and it was a huge success!) - http://pointinspacegallery.blogspot.com
i am also working with avt honor and the container space - http://containerspace.blogspot.com/ - to put on the first show in the container. as a part of that project i got together with chris ruck in the evpp dept and took these mircoscope photos!

seeing is forgetting...

reconnecting :)

ironing outside the sculpture studio

tools of my trade

iron on iron stack

" . "

i have been doing a lot of work to help get "." gallery up and running. "." is an alternative gallery in fairfax, va. which was made to be a retail space but was never filled bc of economic issues. we are putting on shows - currently a show of work from the first annual sidewalk arts parade from gmu to "." and the next show will be in the month of april, which is a show i am curating of alumni work. i will try to keep the blog up to date with info about happens at "." - http://pointinspacegallery.blogspot.com/

Images from the Annual Winter Arts Sidewalk Parade

this is the cart i rode in - sean watkins pushed me from mason to "." while i typed in this custom made cart. go team aesthetics!

Wood burns...

the wood that goes under the canvas - my new ironing board. artifacts.

hamiltonian

something i have been up to - applying for hamiltonian

where did shannon go?

i know i have been mia lately. i was working on a 24 hour arts marathon and the annual winter arts sidewalk parade. i have also been working with sue wrbican to get a retail space up and running as a gallery space in fairfax! for more info check out - http://pointinspacegallery.blogspot.com/

new work to come soon :)

The calm before the storm...

Ben: I really like the patterns on the different irons, they are very interesting
Me: Yeah I know, esp this one - its really violent
(and then the irons come crashing down on me)

Broken, but hopefully fixable

injuries suffered

hanging out and relaxing after the fall

jacket - this should be on etsy soon

from the show