My wife recently had a significant birthday and I wanted to make her something special. I had a piece of maple with a lot of character and decided to make a small box for her birthday. The maple was heartwood with a deeper color than you’d typically associate with maple and I added some contrast […]
It’s relatively easy to budget and save when your financial situation is stable. However, life and money have a tendency to change and not all situations are stable. The RealPlanCalc is built to answer questions about what happens when your financial situation changes in the future. Specifically, it illustrates how additional savings and income impact […]
One of the things I like to do with p5.js is sit down with a loose idea of something to explore. When I do that and add in some randomness and noise the outcome is usually more interesting than something I could have figured out up front. In this video we use Curve Vertex and […]
I won’t delve too deep into work here, but there is one thing we need to touch on. A couple years ago I started using Python to automate my work. In case you don’t know, Python is a programming language that’s great for manipulating data and automating daily tasks. I found that I really enjoyed […]
Sometime in the past year I started experimenting with Squeegee paintings. Specifically, I started using a window washing squeegee with lots of water to paint. It’s a blast! The video below shows the process for one of the earlier paintings I did. The painting is done on an 18″ back stapled canvas from Blick and […]
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 […]