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Kaleidoscope Plant/Tomato Cage : FirstLook

May 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Many years ago we got a bunch of plant supports from Gardener’s Supply Company for the tomatoes in our raised-bed garden. After seven years, those steel supports [...]

Art and Science: The Pythagorean Theorem

January 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fabian Oefner’s TED talk (Thank you Angelika Fretzen!) about science and art reminded me of something I had started a long time ago, but never finished… Some may [...]

Irregular Polygons

December 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

We don’t normally see the stained glass window lit up at night from inside the house. I kind of like it! The outside holiday lights are blue and white, so they were [...]

Origami Design Secrets

June 13, 2012 // 0 Comments

Recently, we watched a great documentary on Netflix called “Between The Folds.” The program was an exploration of all the ways where the ancient art of paper [...]

CraftBoston 2012

March 26, 2012 // 0 Comments

The CraftBoston show was at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston this weekend. Similar to the Paradise City Art Festival, it is a venue for artists and artisans of [...]

Quadrivium

March 13, 2012 // 0 Comments

Quadrivium is a word derived from the Latin roots quad and via, which translates roughly as “a crossing of four roads.” The idea of quadrivium can be traced [...]

MFA: Chihuly

April 6, 2011 // 0 Comments

Born in 1941 in Tacoma, WA, Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design a the University of Washington. Chihuly continued his studies at RISD, where [...]