thesis drawing

green line cafe and the 32 trolley on baltimore ave.

Mussel Man

my newest drawing for thesis. i love this one because it reminds me of my pop pop. he's going in my south philly print

unfinished project: self portrait in thread

just found this under my bed. a project i started last year on old canvas fabric. i wanted to start drawing with thread. definitely needs work but i still love it :)

side project: receipt art

so i had all these receipts that i saved for months and yesterday i finally sat down and did something with them. i made like three different things with them, but this one is my favorite so far. these are all my atm receipts from lake blue on 3rd and market, sewn together so you see my balance throughout the months and "THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT" printed on the bottom. i want to try to keep collecting receipts from there so it gets really long.

Yang Yongliang: Artificial Wonderland

Taking from the pictorial tradition of Chinese Shanshui ink paintings, photographer Yang Yongliang turns his photographs of Chinese construction and cityscapes into eerie mystical landscapes that mesh the old with the possible future. Incredibly beautiful!

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i like this: handmade journals by derrick velasquez

this past weekend i went to art for cash poor at the crane arts building in philly and i fell in love with these hand bound journals by artist derrick velasquez. most of his books are bound with found fabrics and eco-friendly materials including recycled paper, but the ones that i loved were the silkscreened ones. the top photo is my favorite, and i was soooo close to buying it but i needed to save my money and i already have enough journals and notebooks that haven't even been touched. enjoy!