transparency / translucency in clothes (many thoughts on sewing them; silk crepe and habotai, thin and sheer linen, cotton, raw silk); in paper in zines (like vellum); in paper and textile lamps / light sculptures
ritual, ceremony, self
a new altar / new shelf of natural wonders
I want to make a 2023 calendar, 17” high by 5.5” wide, two sheets printed double sided that lay out the whole year, with weeks that start on Monday, full and new moons marked, and meteor showers
Poster of highways/roads/ mtn ranges (like the desert blue and white map we have)
Make mules — do I try with the shearling leather piece first?
Carvings: spoons, other objects; I also want to carve a special hanger for our second set (lol) of ice axes in the gear room
first maquette for light sculpture
pen and ink sesh
order rubber stamps (still on list ahahah - press mark, return address, something fun, etc)
pico watering program for plants; get the hydroponic kitchen herb garden set up again; what to do with all the pico things dad taught me on my latest visit? now I can make a watering system, and a server, and make LEDs light up—also have air sensor modules from Dad, and a soldering iron (need to get solder, figure out ventilation for soldering at studio - window + fan?)
re-read my 2012 short list of most important things; a decade later it feels truer than ever
relationships: spending time with Adam, family & friends
printmaking: living as an artist
reading: always learning
being outdoors
I also re-read the ‘regrets of the dying’ list:
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
“I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.”
“I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.”
“I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.”
“I wish that I had let myself be happier.”
it’s the time of year to do the budget; the first year since 2019 with no major equipment purchases planned for the printshop or sewing side of ANEMONE.
contemplating getting a wacom tablet; I haven’t had one since my 2005-era tablet stopped working, but I’m often to going beyond what technical design work that I can do with the iPad, and what I’ve been doing on the desktop with the trackpad is hurting my fingers, wrist, and arm.
learn to use the thermal binding machine (aka "book toaster")
I want to get an ebike, and also fix up and clean up my bike for the winter’s riding and grime; fix that odometer wire
sou’wester retreat this winter? before book launch
make How to Sew Clothes website page on the All Well website
this website needs RSS feed - try coding it again? also, lots of pictures and drawings to add here and at anemone.studio
continuing to make progress on cookbook + cooking philosophy + recipe collection zine bit by bit; feels like a project that’s probably many years out
bake lemon tart again
lots of Spectrolite thoughts; disorganized still because Adam and I haven’t done our winter project planning together. color is on the list for sure, I have some ux/ui design things in mind
feels like a new era is starting, I have a big desire to reflect, finish, clean, organize, tidy.