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This exhibit is at artistsandmakersstudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR1SQj7vq6mSkDt63fP... in Rockville MD. I was supposed to be up there today, installing the work, with a friend who generously arranged to be off work today to help me. Well, Sunday evening there was an email indicating that the building might be closed Tuesday on account of weather, but that they would open Monday for those who might be able to get in early to install their work or push back to Wednesday.
I didn't sleep much that night, trying to figure out the best way to travel, whether I should put it off a day and hope the roads wouldn't be too bad after the Polar Vortex moved through and whether I'd be about to get out of town on Wednesday early enough to make it a full day (there was talk of messy travel that morning). I went back and forth, back and forth trying to figure out what to do, finally deciding I'd high tail it out early on Monday and see what I could get done on my own.
After arranging for Avery's care and letting my friends know I would be staying a day early at their place in NoVA, I packed it up and took it on the road. The travel spirits looked upon me favorably and I made it up in record time.
When I carried all my work into the gallery, I looked around and felt slightly overwhelmed. I'd convinced myself that I couldn't do this by myself, that I was bad or impatient at measuring and my brain wasn't suited for such tasks. I knew I had to get started, so I began with one wall (a hallway) because there were only six pieces going up that required one nail each. I had spoken to a friend a week or so before who mentioned measuring to the center and working out from there, so that's how I started. And I continued, one wall at a time. I held myself back from looking at the whole space and number of prints I had to install, and just took it one section at a time. It took me about four hours with nothing other that a break for a drink of water a couple times and voila!
I can't express how happy this makes me. While I would have loved my friend's help, I also feel it was really important that I have the experience of moving through this process, both mentally and emotionally, on my own. I would say I did it all by myself, but I did have help from friends in other ways and that's important too.
Well, I'm finally getting my MO build started on.
I am trying to incorporate this build with some EU troops and have been crunched for time lately. I'm trying to depict a scene with angry protesters storming a building that has relations with the EU army. No, this isn't inspired by the recent attacks on the US Embassy's throughout the Middle East....
Please give me some CC! I hpoe to finish this by Sunday!
There is something both sensuous and exciting about wearing a pair of used, floppy tube socks and knowing they had been worn on the feet of some other hot guy. I find that to be wildly exciting!!!
One of several mission specific posters made for the U.S.
The U.S. Marshals Service has a robust team of black and golden labs trained in explosive detection. They are used to clear event spaces and court rooms prior to events. Beacon, the dog in the center of the group was the first dog deputy in the Marshals Service. Beacon's worked seven years from 2001-2008 for the USMS and remained an active ambassador and pet to the chief of the K9 unit until his death in 2015.
Photos and layout by: Shane T. McCoy / US Marshals
Home of the Rock n Roll hall of fame, these are guitars placed throughout the city in honor of it. The R n R hall of fame is pictured in the background.
Tableware for Echo-ann Christmas Show 2015
Tableware for Echo-ann Christmas Show 2015
Origami, Cherries, and Circus.
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Noe is back from angel toast! She now has her mani, pedi, tattooing, and beautiful face up completely. All she needs now is a wig....and clothes :{ I'm absolutely thrilled with how she looks!
The view from my desk. According to our staff handbook, we have a duty to keep our desks in reasonable order. I like my hands to be doing things, whether that's doodling, sewing, or making endless paper birds. After about a year, the pile of little birds was getting a bit much for some people. So I decided that my desk domain extends vertically, and claimed this beam space for some suspended cranes. I think they look rather nice.