I’m happy to report that my experience as Artist in Residence for the Oldham County Schools Arts Center has exceeded all of my expectations. The projects are diverse – building a cardboard city at one school, creating self-portraits out of found objects at another. The crowd-sourcing of materials is challenging, but everything[Read more]
Dusting our bookshelves yesterday, I found myself staring at a stack of books I’ve had more than 30 years. Every move – high school to college, apartment to apartment, rented houses to our first real home – I think these may be the only items that have made every trip. Yet, I[Read more]
A friend of mine gifted me with 15 unused KFC buckets (you know, the kind you see in commercials, brimming with fried chicken). They were left over from some work event, probably used to collect tickets or donations. She had no use for them, but figured I would (and she[Read more]
I’m happy to report, the universe continues to affirm my role as an upcycler, communicating primarily through cardboard. Every time I’ve crowd sourced an item (or 50) needed for the Artist in Residence program, friends and friends-of-friends and strangers-turned-friends have come through with more than enough of what I needed.[Read more]
Time and time again, I’m reminded that my children are my first and biggest inspiration for upcycling and recycling. There’s the obvious parental urge to leave them a more sustainable world, which prompts frequent conversations about the footprint we create with the energy we consume, the trash we make, and[Read more]
I have wonderful news to share, thanks to a perfect storm of random conversations and perfectly timed interactions, over which I had absolutely no control nor any idea this would be the result. Honestly, a forwarded email led to a friendship that fueled some freelance work, that encouraged some movement[Read more]