Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The final countdown.

Well, I’m a van owner now. Her name’s Li’l Peppa, and we’ll be spending a lot of quality time together pretty soon. (I’ll share photos, too!) As we enter the final countdown to our big Austin moving-roadtrip, I’m squirreling away sundries for the drive, throwing going-away parties (above & below), and living/working in a packed-up room that sometimes feels like it belongs in Storage Wars. It’s fantastic.

While we’re gearing up for this big adventure, I’m also gearing up to share some of the fun along the way. If you’re interested, you can track our progress on twitter, check back here for updates, or follow my Instagram photos on Gramfeed.
(Speaking of, I’m having a lot of fun using the Gramfeed interface to vicariously visit my Austin happy places from afar. It lends some flickr-esque function to Instagram photos, which I’ve really been wishing for lately.)
If you want more details about our Austin trip, or are wondering about logistics for an upcoming project you’d like to work on together, feel free to refer here for the rundown.

Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Summer nostalgia begins.

So the weather is changing here in DC — my toes have been cold for the past few days. Maybe I should finish my crocheted slippers from last winter (the ones I haven’t made for myself yet)? As I start getting into the constant-cup-of-tea routine, my summer nostalgia begins. Not so bad, though, for two reasons:
- The crummier the weather gets here, the closer I am to my early-2012 move to Austin(!!!), and
- this is the perfect prompt to review all my undocumented summer projects.
This is the start of a series of posts highlighting some of the funnest stuff I’ve done in the past few months, and first up are these totally radical bicycle helmets I made for auction at WABA’s Bike Fest!

I’m a humongous proponent of helmets: I even started & ran a small free helmet program for about a year in Richmond at one time, called HELMET YEAH! Plus I haven’t had many design opportunities to play with spray paint and paint markers in recent years, so this was an absolute thrill for me in all ways.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
All the fun

Man. I just really enjoyed making this today. Picking through the yard for the right twigs, working those X-Acto skills — and more than anything, watching it move. There’s such anticipation, as it twists itself into something readable, and then the word falls away again. This will bring me hours of entertainment, probably.
I photographed this as a (still) editorial illustration, about including young people as a true part of movements, and (duh) remembering that they count as “real” human beings. The word “resist” here is meant as a response to oppression, but as I watch it rotate in a daze, I wonder if it would also secretly tell babies “resist…don’t go to sleep…imagine all the fun they are having without you…”
I would. ;)
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Amplifying voices

My research materials & notes. Yay, magazines!
I’m on the brink of absolutely swimming in work for the next couple of weeks. Standard summer activities, like beach trips and days spent lounging with sweet tea & mojitos will have to wait ’til we’re approaching July, but I’m not complaining. I have the incredible honor of redesigning Left Turn magazine!
Left turn is a quarterly publication written by activists, for activists, and the editorial collective has embraced their mission to amplify voices of dissent for over ten years. I’ll do absolutely everything I can to ensure they look pretty damn good, too.
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Guess what. Eythink is moving to Texas!
Austin, to be specific. In early 2012. February, we hope.
Friday, April 15th, 2011
Not-so-distant

For some reason, it struck me this afternoon that I don’t think I ever documented this screen back when I made it. (Five years ago.) So, now I have.
It’s just one more little thing on the list of reminders that I’d like to start being creative with my hands a bit more consistently. I’ve decided not to return to AU for Fall 2011, to devote myself more fully to making designs, to being more prolific, and to prepare for some bigger cool things coming up in the not-so-distant future. I used to make prints fairly often, and maybe (maybe) this will allow me some time to get back to that. This sort of creative work is good for my brain and for my heart.
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Both A & B
A quick Friday note to say, you can now choose your eythink subscription experience:
A. new work only, or
B. blog posts only — and remember, you can always choose
C. both A & B!
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Tiny Droplets 2011
I entered my lil droplets motif in the Rain-themed contest over on Spoonflower. I’ve never run for anything before, so this feels strange to say: Vote for me!
As a way to democratize their voting process (admirable…) Spoonflower randomizes the order of patterns for each voter. (Two –izes in one sentence!) So ya gotta click thru to find me, but you can vote for as many different entries as you like, so have fun along the way.




