Sign Up for Plaster Workshop the Last Two Weekends in April in Detroit!

Sliding Scale Plaster Repair Workshop in Detroit!

In this 4 day workshop students will learn how to demo and repair plaster that has separated from lathe and do topical repairs to settling cracks. This is a beginning plaster repair class.  It can take years to develop the skills where you can get to a glass smooth finish without sanding but this class gives a start.

 Each day will have about 6 hours of instruction and will begin at 9:30.  Dates are April 23 + 24, April 30 + May 1.

Capacity is 6 students!
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REFORM: SUBVERSIVE FASHION

I am honored to be a part of a group show curated by Nancy Zastudil at Central Features in Albuquerque New Mexico.  The show runs from August 26-September 30 with an opening reception Friday, August 26th from 6-8 p.m.  Unfortunately, I cannot be in attendance for the opening but am very excited about the show.

Corbel Ha Bigot Accra Agee Islam Aegis; Part 3

Here is a picture of the weave structure.  I had to put a tighter structure in between each "word" so that the fabric structure would be sound.  I have ideas for where this project might go and I want a structure that is somewhat stable

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Corbel Ha Bigot Accra Agee Islam Aegis; Part 2

As I was doing the (considerable) prep work for the weaving I was also putting vinyl composite tile in my kitchen.  We had chosen 4 colors to mix into a patten and I realized I could imbed the High Entropy Passphrase into the floor.  

Corbel Ha Bigot Accra Agee Islam Aegis; Part 1

A few months ago I watched Citizen 4 and was shocked and appalled by how much access the CIA has to all of our data. Data equals power and it got me thinking about how I communicate. There have also been a lot of burglaries in our neighborhood and a neighbor's laptop was stolen.  This got me thinking about how I was, at that time, storing passwords for all of my accounts under a document titled "password" and how this might not be the most secure way of protecting myself.  I read an article titled Passphrases That You Can Memorize -- But That Even the NSA Can't Guess https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/ by Micah Lee of The Intercept_. I got to work figuring out how to protect my data and generate a password.  As dice are 6 sided I realized that I could translate this kind of data easily into weaving on a floor loom as strings are lifted in sets of 4, 6, 8 or more. I only have a loom that has 4 harnesses so I made a tetrahedron out of paper, assigned each of the four planes a number between 1 and 4 and generated a passphrase from that.  It is likely more easily decrypted but gets the point across.  

Welcome!

Welcome to my updated website and to my new blog!