This summer, as usual, I went to Camp Olson, this time as a staff member finally. I brought along my banjo, of course, and it got a lot of use. The final week of camp, I had the privilege to have a cabin with my brother and Byrnes, one of my counselors when I was a camper and the man who inspired me to pick up banjo. My cabin that week was super...
Hey folks. I’ve been super busy here doing arts. The semester here is winding down, so I have final projects aplenty. I’m heading back to Boulder for Thanksgiving next week, which will be super weird… But I’m looking forward to it. Especially because I’ll have to do less work while I’m there. Speaking of work, I’ve been doing a lot...
So I’ve been working on making a banjo. I recently steamed the wood for the rim. I used ash for its steamability and because it’s softer than maple, which I want for the tone. First, I had to make the steam chamber. It’s made from ABS pipe, foil, duct tape and a pot full of water and it looks like this: It cost me about $20 at my local...
Good gravy it’s been long since I updated this, I said I’d stop that. So guess what, I’m in college now, at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Thanks, my portfolio! I’m only a week in so I can’t really judge the classes very much but I will anyway! Hooray hasty judgement! Intro to Art And Design I was wrong about no lecture...
I’ve recently discovered an awesome feature of my gallery plugin, NextGEN Gallery, which allows me to display single images, and to prevent the layout from looking all screwy, I have to write a lot about the picture (not a bad thing, I guess). So here goes my first try. This is the first page of my mini-comic, Sunflower. My markers were super...
This post is mostly me writing down my thoughts. All of my college application results are in as of today. I came up 3 for 4, accepted to Oregon, Puget Sound, and MCAD and rejected from CU. I’ve heard about financial aid from everyone but MCAD, but should be getting information by the end of the week. These 3 schools are all incredibly...
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