MEMORY OF A RAM was displayed at FIBER ART VIII: International Biennial Fiber Arts Exhibition in collaboration with Surface Design Association, Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Sebastopol CA July 2017 and I C E L A N D :: blue at Underground Gallery, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael CA Feb 2017
ICE CREAM AND CAKE was donated to the Breast Cancer Resource Center and shown at Art Bra Austin, Palmer Events Center, Austin TX May 2016 “whimsical in appearance with strategically placed pompoms”– Breast Cancer Resource Center
My drawing “Just Naver It” is a play on the US popular culture phrase, “Just Google It,” referring to the prevalence of the internet search engine as a means to provide the answer to everything. Naver is the equivalent popular browser in S Korea. Apparently, CICA has an interesting history: it was started from the sculptor Czong Ho Kim’s studio. It has turned into a unique cultural space. They foster
Reimagining seemingly banal street objects into outdoor sculptures using rescued textiles for the Transforming Street Objects from Your Street to Main Street exhibit at Site:Brooklyn in the Gowanus district December 2015.
I am two with nature. –Woody Allen COLLECTION OF NATURAL BRUSHES was shown at Wabi Sabi, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA June 2015 and Crop Up, 3rd St Village, San Francisco CA April 2017
I don’t usually do mail art, but I really like the idea of getting art in the mail, so I showed up and made this piece for a show of international collage, paint, assemblage, and written word artists. This was right at the start of my interest in traditional Japanese boro textiles. This is a very simple example of the simple running stitch (“sashiko”) used in boro.
In May 2015, I entered the #The100DayProject. The premise was simple, but hard: do something for 100 days. I wrapped, tied, and knotted 6″ of twine for (over) 100 days. I swear, this little thing grew like a chickenheart.
“I had a discussion with a great master in Japan, and we were talking about the various people who are working to translate the Zen books into English, and he said, “That is a waste of time. If you really understand Zen, you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in Wonderland. You could use the dictionary, because the sound of rain needs no