Sometime in the past couple of months I took a little diversion from my daily art projects and began working on something new. Specifically, I started learning Flask for web development. Some portion of the shift is that I got interested in web development with Python and the other is that my wife and I […]
George Nees was an early adopter of generative art and design. Cubic Disarray is one of his better known works (per the Google). It’s also a simple, yet satisfying, p5.js project. This post walks through creating the basic version of Cubic Disarray, adds color, and shows a printed version of the image. The Basics: At […]
I love giving cutting boards as gifts. They’re relatively simple to to make and the recipient is usually pretty stoked to get a thoughtful, handmade item. The time that goes into a cutting board isn’t huge and they’re a great weekend project. I like making walnut cheeseboards because they’re simple to make using hand tools […]
At some point in time, I set out to run an Etsy store. I knew that wooden signs were pretty popular so I decided to make and sell them. The process of making a wooden sign seems pretty simple, but there are definitely some tricks that will create a better end result. Once you understand […]
“Share something small everyday.” -Austin Kleon, Show Your Work I’ve been wanting to stoke my creativity for a while. Frankly, it started long before I said that I’m becoming an artist . . . whatever the hell that is . . . but I didn’t do anything about it for a long time. One day […]
Color is an amazing thing. I have a deep appreciation for everyone who’s gifted with color or has spent the time to learn it well. My preferred ways to manifest color are through abstract art and painted wood. The painted wood can take a number of forms, but the idea is simple . . . […]
A little background . . . My wife and I met online several years ago. She lived in New York City and I lived in Sun Valley, Idaho. Those places are far apart. As we started talking I asked her to operate from a place of “what if.” As in “what if” this could really […]