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View fullsize Strata floor poof for class at @artcenteredu . It’s fuzzy. 🫐 Made of PET (acoustic) felt and a gallon of contact cement. Many thanks to @accd_shops for the support.
View fullsize My ottoman BirdSong: patchwork of leather around a core of foam, sewn by me in the @sewinglab.artcenter. This is a half scale model, meaning the “real thing” would have 8 times the volume. • • • #ottoman #footstool #design
View fullsize What am I even doing? Cutting up grey rainbows in pride month?! 🀦‍♀️ β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œ • It’s material experimenting time at @artcenteredu . Thank you to the @accd_shops for letting me in with atypical materials. • #designschool #mak
View fullsize Aha! The experiments worked! I fiddled about with glaze layering and clay mixing and these are the results. πŸ€“ On an English Porcelain test tile, I dipped in Oribe and then in Long Beach Blue. It created this lovely metallicy teal tea dust texture w
View fullsize It is Finished!! πŸ’™ I love the Mottled Blue glaze. It’s soooo…….. galactic. • • • @gbclayhousepasadena #blueglaze #galaxy #ceramics #budvase
View fullsize We survived bisque firing! I wasn’t sure if the base thickness was going to make it, what with the tiny neck and all. Stay tuned for glaze photos. πŸ’™
View fullsize First successful thrown bowl. πŸ’ͺπŸŽ‰ Thank you to the little @heatherrosenmanceramics who sits on my shoulder and reminds me to ground my elbows and be patient.
View fullsize 5 feet in diameter is pretty big. 🧐 Is it too big? No. 😍 • Bookcase for scale in second image. • #prototype #proofofconcept #mirror #designschool #commandstrips @artcenterenvironmental @artcenteredu
View fullsize Finally Sharing …. Pleated. πŸ›‹ A seating system built around the flexibility of the tambour and modernized with the powers of the cnc. πŸ–₯#οΈβƒ£πŸ•Ή Pleated utilizes kerf-bent plywood to create a semi-private space within a space. It comes as a stan
View fullsize Ceramics!!! All midrange porcelain, either Miller 16 or Obsidian (guess which is which), thrown and trimmed and glazed and fired at @gbclayhousepasadena, under the guidance of the fantabulous πŸŒˆβœ¨πŸŽ‰@heatherrosenmanceramics, for class @artcenteredu. ?
View fullsize Look what I made! This is another glaze testing piece, hence the roughly cleaned up edges on the before-firing photo. The color and shape is so nice though, I might have to clean up the edges, reglaze, and refire to get the outside to be worthy of th
View fullsize Today was messy but fun. I am finally combining the black and white porcelains in a single thrown piece. Results tbd.
View fullsize Today in @sewinglab.artcenter we learned about various fibers and textiles… these were my favorites. πŸ₯°
View fullsize They’re finished!!!!!! The Slik Collection of candy bowls. Midrange clay LB6 with Pete’s Green-to-Black glaze. And candies. When I saw the glaze on another piece, I knew I had to use it for something and its unique breaking properties in
View fullsize I could have planned the placement of the wick a *little* bit better. And it would have been a good idea to clear all the holes of glaze to let light shine through. And perhaps account for shrinkage and leave some more room around the candle. 🀷‍
View fullsize Before and After today’s throwing…… I wedged up 12 separate 1 lb balls of porcelain (midrange) and managed to turn 7 of them into cylinders. 4 did not work out and ended up rainbows. 1 was leftover because I was tired and lost con
View fullsize Sneak peek! Project One for Intro to Ceramics with @heatherrosenmanceramics at @gbclayhousepasadena is well underway!!!! It’s so exciting to see that my hands can still make. πŸ€— • • 🟠 @artcenteredu #designschool #learningceramics #h
View fullsize Sewing class: we start with a welt pocket on a bag. This is my test piece..... This color combo has been my favorite for the last few years. #greenAndPink #pinkAndGreen πŸ’šπŸ’– #learningtosew #weltpocket @sewinglab.artcenter
View fullsize Do I know what I’m doing? No. Am I having fun? Hell yes. πŸ§½πŸ‘πŸͺ£ These are the results of Day Two on the wheel.... roughly in order of creation. It’s a process, okay? • • • #pottery #ceramics #newbiepotter #learntothrow #pl
View fullsize First day on the wheel!!! Throwing was both frustrating and fun. I can 111% recommend getting your hands dirty, especially after over a year of mostly digital work. • • @artcenteredu #ceramics @heatherrosenmanceramics @gbclayhousepasadena

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View fullsize The sky is my paint palette.
View fullsize 🍾 Cleaning up in the studio and there’s still a trace of gold left.
View fullsize Photos from the Show! πŸΎπŸŸ πŸ›‹οΈ Informed Curiosity is my MS thesis collection of Point, Line, Surface, and Volume. Can you guess which piece is which? πŸ€” • A bazillion thanks to my classmates and faculty for their hard work in putting together ou
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View fullsize Detour from I-5 into the Sierra Pelona mountains. β›° Why? Bc 5 was partially on fire. πŸ₯΅ #I5 #california #mountains #landscapephotography #nofilter
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View fullsize Skies are infinite. #sky #sunset #nature #nofilter
View fullsize Why are #peonies so perfect?
View fullsize #DisneyAtNight for #StarWars was amazing! It felt like everyone was dressed up in someway, like the whole of that galaxy far far away had come to visit. Many thanks to @disneyland for hosting, and to fellow nerds @kenobin_around and @jennroquel for