February 2012
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Feb 11th
The Need to Fail →
Quoted for truth: “I’ve had to learn (the hard way) that the only fail­ures that move us for­ward are the ones where you pre­pare and exe­cute to the best of your abil­i­ty … and then things just don’t work out. There is plen­ty of room for that sort of fail­ure. What there is no room for is the sort of things that get labeled as “fail­ure” but is...
Feb 9th
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Stone Cold Optimist →
missionparadox.com When it comes to the future of the arts, espe­cial­ly the indus­try I work in - the live per­form­ing arts, I am very opti­mistic. I see the wide range of work being pro­duced, from sold out the­atres in NYC, to inti­mate pro­duc­tions being don… “The arts indus­try is going to have to prove it’s value and rel­e­vance in the world of 2012, not the world of 1992...
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January 2012
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http://etsystalker.com/2012/01/18/spikes-dangerous-... →
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November 2011
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"Minimal to Bling" at the Society of Arts and... →
Nice writeup of the upcoming exhibition “From Minimal to Bling”, at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston. I’ve got some work in this show and I’ll be at the reception tomorrow, so come by and say hello if you’re in the Boston area.
Nov 3rd
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Zoa Chimerum is vending Craftopia! November 20th -... →
10am-4pm What: CRAFTOPIA is a one-day, juried show featuring unique and original hand-made art and craft. Where: Hope Artiste Village {in the big hallway}, 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860
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October 2011
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Oct 22nd
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Nice writeup of Zoa Chimerum at Extreme Craft →
The blog Extreme Craft has done a nice writeup of my work, and they seem to have tracked down and embedded a video interview I did last year with Juhi Varma, a student at the Boston University College of Communication. We did the interview on a fairly low-end digital camera, and I guess something didn’t quite work right with it because there’s a lot of stuttering and frame skipping...
Oct 20th
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The Resentment Machine →
“The vehicle of modern American achievement  prepares thousands of upwardly mobile young strivers for everything but the life they will actually encounter.” Was going to do an “out of context, without permission” post here but almost every paragraph is quotable. Article doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know, but it lays everything out beautifully. You...
Oct 8th
September 2011
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Craftiest Bastard competition - Vote for me...
Sep 30th
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Interview with Washington City Paper →
This was an email interview. I sat in my bathtub and used my iphone voice memo function to record long, meandering responses to his questions. I have to say he did an amazing job of making me sound coherent. Also: Don’t forget to check me out at Crafty Bastards tomorrow - I’m in Booth #122 Even if you aren’t in DC, you can vote for me in the Craftiest Bastard Competition here.
Sep 30th
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Sep 29th
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“Start stressing personal aesthetics during times of misfortune.”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sep 26th
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“We favor the visible, the embedded, the personal, the narrated, and the...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sep 25th
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Other Peoples' Art: Celluloose III →
Love this piece of intricate woodcarving. It is very similar in spirit to many of the pieces Clint Fulkerson and I made for “Exquisite What?”. It would be great to do a collaboration with this guy someday. Alas, he’s in Milan.
Sep 24th
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Other Peoples' Art: Back Spike Prosthesis →
I’ve always been fascinated with prosthetics both from an artistic and philosophical point of view. The way a prosthetic recontextualizes the body, not just the body on which it is installed, but *all* bodies, simply by extension of its very existence, is something I often think about. What is the dividing line, if any, between prosthesis and tool, prosthesis and ornament, prosthesis and...
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Other Peoples' Art: Oxidized Silver Snake Spine... →
Another piece where it’s pretty obvious why I like it. (Also reminds me that people have been asking for bracelets for a while - better get on that)
Sep 21st
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Other Peoples' Art: Serpent Ring →
I think it’s pretty obvious why someone like me would like something like this:
Sep 20th
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