Each year Marion County and the Mid-Valley Garbage & Recycling Association holds an art contest for students to showcase their artwork to promote waste reduction. I worked on this project to incorporate the student’s work into a wall calendar format.
The first time I created a 12 days of Christmas series was in 2010, and this year I was lucky enough to create the series again for Marion County to promote reuse and waste reduction during the holidays. I produced 12 videos and shared them …
I didn’t earn the nickname Jess the Mess for nothing, however enough is a enough. I’m tired of searching high and low just to find the one spice I need from my spice cabinet. So I went searching for some solutions to help get organized. …
It all started with this dress. Adorable don’t you think? I ordered it online and when it arrived I was giddy to try it on. I saved it from its plastic packaging. Arms up in the air, the dress fell down around me. I zipped …
It was a nice, warm Wednesday evening when fixers gathered to help repair the broken, tattered, and rusted. We collected 30 tickets. 25 items were fixed, 4 items were not repairable, and 1 was in the progress of getting repaired. The event was sponsored by Marion …
For Mother’s Day I received a serger. And so far I really love it. It serges super fast and it’s so nice to have a quick way to finish edges that look polished. It has also opened up my world to a new type of …
I’m so very thankful to be a part of this supportive group of sketchers, Salem Sketchers. I was invited to the group by Katy Vigeland, artist and owner of the Art Department in Salem in May of 2014. That day, I arrived at the Salem …
Since Jason is a Gemini, I thought it would be fun to show both sides of a Mogwai. With Gizmo completed, I needed to get started on the bad boy Stripe. At this point I also realized I didn’t want to just sculpt a head. I …
I love cakes and really enjoying making them. In fact, I think I won over Jason’s heart in collage with a Wile E. Coyote cake that I made him. He still reminisces about the taste of that cake. So every year when his birthday comes, …
Many thanks to Nate and Rochelle of Rafns’ for allowing us to shoot a commercial about businesses that compost at the last minute. Their dedication to delicious food, commitment to the community, and love for the environment is reflected in the business they run and …
I’ve been known to make some outrageous paper mache projects. The smell of flour and water makes me swoon and I relish the oohey-gooey mess. Joker pinata, 2009 But eventually I wanted to do more with paper mache. I wanted to make sculptures that weren’t …
I’ve had these shelves sitting in my dining room for months now and finally we set aside some time to tackle the project. While the shelves worked to hold stuff, they sure weren’t pretty and didn’t feel finished. So we got to work trimming them …
I love my work so much. I love that I get paid to play with graphics and not sell widgets, only ideas. Ideas that are not often promoted in mass media yet are so important. Let me introduce you to REDUCE! And if you want …
Mornings…ugh! It’s hard enough to pull myself out of bed at 5:30am. And now, the mornings are getting dark. But there are so many interesting things to see along my morning commute. There’s a sign that used to read “Stop global warming” that was recently …