August 2010

…equals five box planters, three days (less if it wasn't so bloody hot), 30 bucks in deck screws, 5 bucks in drill bits, and twenty battery charges for my sweet makita chica light weight drill (two batteries, so I never... Read More0

With rust striated patina from years of holding steel pipes. Pretty. Thanks to Houston’s Reuse Warehouse who helps divert industrial/construction waste from our land fills and repurposes the materials to/for non-profits like BOX 13 Artspace. Currently I am making planter... Read More0

They harvest from construction materials headed to the landfill, usually diverted from new construction excess and demo. Houston non profits can cone harvest these materials at no charge, slowing the waste stream of usable construction material filling Houston’s ten active... Read More0

beginning of post hand bend and squish day. That top hand should look all bony and knuckly like this one. Hey but I am just glad it’s not broken or torn or what have you. Puffy but works and makes... Read More0

But I’ll give the 12′ x 15′ drop cloth painting a shot. Kind of awkward working on floor with charcoal and paint brushes taped to the end of a stick. It’s more the floor part that’s difficult–distortion. But distortion in... Read More0