La Bricoleuse

I’ve been hibernating for faaaar toooo long! So I return...

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:52:00 -0500

I’ve been hibernating for faaaar toooo long!

So I return with my altered wallpaper desktop I created for my workspace. The “I’m With” wallpaper came from Veer.

http://ideas.veer.com/wallpaper

I created the “Stupid” wallpaper to go with it. It was just asking for it!

Hold my hand. Another from the miniature golf course at...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:37:33 -0400

Hold my hand.
Another from the miniature golf course at Governor’s Island in NYC.

Sad City.Also from the miniature golf course on Governor’s...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:36:00 -0400

Sad City.
Also from the miniature golf course on Governor’s Island in NYC.

Part of the miniature golf course on Governor’s Island in...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:35:00 -0400

Part of the miniature golf course on Governor’s Island in NYC.

It’s just around the corner.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:00:11 -0400

It’s just around the corner.

Another in the series of paper explorations using my now defunct...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Another in the series of paper explorations using my now defunct address book and planner. See previous posts for further explanation. This photo is especially fitting for today as I am eating spaghetti leftovers tonight.

Another exploration using paper from my address book &...

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:40:45 -0400

Another exploration using paper from my address book & planner. See previous posts for further project explanation. This heart ornament was created using pages from my calendar that fell during my 5th wedding anniversary and the South Road Trip we took to celebrate it.

Mick Photo credited to Bob Gruen. Paper is from my calendar,...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:12:00 -0400

Mick Photo credited to Bob Gruen. Paper is from my calendar, placed on a book I have and photographed. Another in my series of paper explorations created from my old address book and calendar. For more explanation to the project, see previous posts.

You know it! Another exploration using paper from my now defunct...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

You know it! Another exploration using paper from my now defunct address book and monthly planner. For further explanation see previous posts.

I guess it should say “love”? Singular. Well,...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:21:00 -0400

I guess it should say “love”? Singular. Well, I’m not a copywriter. Another exploration using paper from my now defunct planner and address book. See earlier posts for full story.

After Varda. Ominous and beautiful.

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:24:39 -0400

After Varda. Ominous and beautiful.

Waiting for Varda. The colors, mismatchery and texture of the...

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:23:00 -0400

Waiting for Varda. The colors, mismatchery and texture of the theatre lobby seemed apropos homage to Ms. Varda.

Waiting for Varda. I loved this woman’s colors against the...

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:21:00 -0400

Waiting for Varda. I loved this woman’s colors against the colors of the Brooklyn Heights Cinema interior. We were waiting to watch “Beaches of Agnès” a film by the magnificent Agnès Varda.

Popsicle Pangaea – The 3rd in my ongoing series of melted...

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:07:00 -0400

Popsicle Pangaea – The 3rd in my ongoing series of melted popsicles found on NYC sidewalks. This one spotted in Central Park. The other 2 popsicles are in previous posts.
Can you find them?

Next I took one of my calendar pages and created a brief...

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:34:21 -0400

Next I took one of my calendar pages and created a brief obituary for my lovely paper planner.

My first exploration was to rip out one of the Charley Harper...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

My first exploration was to rip out one of the Charley Harper bird illustratons from my calendar. You can see the page I choose in the previous post. I decided it would be fun to create a 3-D bird from his bird page. Here’s the result, a cute, simple origami bird.

For 20 years I have kept a paper planner for my yearly...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

For 20 years I have kept a paper planner for my yearly calendar/schedule. This week, after some coaxing from others, I have been slowly converting myself over to a gmail calendar synced to my iphone.

Although everyone tells me it’s so easy and so great, I will dearly miss the pencil smudges, eraser shavings and ink blots that were an extension of my personality in my paper planners. Each year I enjoyed choosing a calendar with a different theme….photos from Paris, Great Women in History, etc. This year I choose a Charley Harper calendar.

As I say goodbye to one of my “old school” ways I decided it would be fun to create paper explorations using pages from my calendar. Afterall, it’s a part of me. It tells the story of my year, why not give those pages another life and another story to tell? If the idea works as well as I think it might, I may continue these paper explorations with other pieces of my paper ephemera: address book, sketchbooks, etc. Could be quite fun!

I am an enormous Avedon fan. I recently saw the lovely exhibit...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:40:57 -0400

I am an enormous Avedon fan. I recently saw the lovely exhibit at ICP in NYC.
I was left speechless and teary-eyed. Here’s my homage based on one of his photographs.

Isabel Toledo’s dresses are masterpieces. Her patterns are...

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Isabel Toledo’s dresses are masterpieces. Her patterns are geometric, however, once sewn the clothing takes on an organic yet structural shape. How can you not love a designer who gives her clothing names like: Packing Dress, Jellyfish Shirt and Kangaroo Pouch Dress? Her exhibit at the FIT Museum is like being in an aquarium full of exquisite, colorful shapes and textures.

Beautiful colors from NYC Pride 2009

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Beautiful colors from NYC Pride 2009