One of the drawings I did as as study for my MFA diploma project has been selected by New York based Fuse Gallery to participate in their touring exhibition of drawings, cleverly entitled “Draw”.
March 9 – 31 the exhibit will be on display at Gallery Lombardi in Austin Texas. In June the show moves on to London. They are working out details for continuing the show in Japan, Moscow and Beijing.
– Jeremy
We’re having a beautiful warm spring day here in Salem (I have to gloat while I can; the rain comes back tonight), but I know much of the country is still locked in bitter cold. I was particularly concerned about the toes of my delightful cousin Heather in Ohio, so I sent her a little care package last week: two pairs of cozy wool socks. Maybe they’ll help usher in some relief from the deep freeze…
The reason I chose the yarn for the first pair of socks will be immediately apparent to anyone with Ohio ties: it’s Claudia sock yarn in the Buckeye colorway. This was my first experience with Claudia yarns, and I must say it was a pleasant one. The yarn was very soft and beautifully dyed. The skeins are a little on the skimpy side, however, so I took the precaution of knitting this pair of RPM socks toe-up. Other specs, mostly for my own benefit: I used the Easy Toe from Sensational Knitted Socks, starting with 12 sts, short-row heels; knit on #0 needles over 63 sts for the foot; worked the spirals in opposite directions for a matched pair.
The second pair of socks was knit because Heather is a big Harry Potter fan; of course she needed to have a pair of Gryffindor socks! I decided to do a stripe more along the lines of the scarves from later movies for this pair, and carried the yarn inside to avoid weaving in a bazillion ends. I used more of my lovely Lang Jawoll yarn for this, and I couldn’t be happier with the colors. Since I knew I had plenty of yarn, I knit these top down. And some specs: #0 needles, 64 sts cast on, modified long-tail CO from Nancy Bush; 2” of 2/2 ribbing for the cuff in red; traveling jogless jog; stripe pattern: 5 rounds yellow, 3 red, 5 yellow, 11 red; short-row heels and standard toes in red.
Enjoy them, Heather, and stay warm!
So I’m a bit late in posting pictures, but we finally got some nice weather (I like to shoot photos of artwork by natural light whenever possible). I just finished off a drawing that I’ve been working on for a while now. It’s one of my good friend Tara who was nice enough to sit for me on one of her trips back to the states recently. I didn’t get very good photos to work from, but I think the drawing turned out alright. I guess I’ll let you be the judge of that. Anyway, here’s the final image. A larger version has also been added to my portfolio site.
Also, I posted a better/larger version of the painting of Casey on my Portfolio Site (click on Paintings).
I’ve still got a painting in progress. Actually, I was hoping to get more painting done this weekend, but unfortunately the last layer was still tacky so that was a no-go. Guess it’s time to start a new painting. I’ve got a few ideas, so…time to order some linen.
– Jeremy