website retooling

while i'm sitting around waiting for lightening to strike in the studio i went ahead and retooled my website a little bit.  although i love making the quilts, have been doing it for about 6 years now, and most people know me solely as a quilt maker i wanted to put some stuff up to show the work in context.  i posted a gallery of 5 pieces i worked on over a span of 4 years before i started making the quilts.  i've always considered myself more of a sculptor than a quilt maker and i view the quilts as sculpture more than just "quilts".

the gallery is of sculpture and site specific installation done in my various studios and living spaces over the years both in brooklyn and chicago.  the "grandest" piece is a room that i built to look like a mission control room.  it's a piece i made in 2003 shortly before moving to new york.  in addition to making the room i wanted to make a video that would show the installation in action.  i got my friends to dress up in uniforms i made and filmed them going about their business.

while working on the site i remembered once again how awesome the people over at other peoples pixels are.  jenny and brian are fellow saic alum and started doing opp to help their friends out with easy to use and affordable websites for artists to showcase their work.  i highly recommend if you're ever in the need of an amazing website thats super easy to use and manage to check these guys out!

and lastly, i'd like to give a shout out and thank you to all the people that have written to me and left encouraging comments about my recent studio frustrations.  i know that it's completely natural to be going through this (if totally annoying), and wanted to  write the post to show just that--that it happens to everybody.  thanks again for your support!