Another one for the talisman project. Made from receipts and wrappers found in my backpack. Put together with a paperclip.

This piece is for the Surrogate Self project for David Eckard’s Activated Object class. My surrogate self is a multi-tool.

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Here we go! It’s September, the second week of fall semester and school is in full swing. On Mondays I have a History of Moving Image class, Tuesday is a sculpture class with David Eckard — Activating the Object. My studio Mentor is local sculptor extraordinaire Chandra Glaesman. I have 9 units, Juniper is in…

Let art be an experience. Free it from its frame, sovaldi it’s pedestal. Shatter the glass that seals it off from the world. Let it absorb finger grease, health get dropped, dinged, damaged. Give it life, let it into our lives. Put it in unexpected places. Share it, don’t squander it. Art doesn’t need anyone’s…

Today someone in my sculpture class asked me what artists I liked. I couldn’t answer him and that shocked me. I had lots of names swimming around in my head but I was struggling to think of a single artist whom I feel my work is connected to AND of whom I am more than…

The first summer session for My PNCA Low-Residency MFA program is over! Here are some images from my studio. Open Studios was Friday August 9th, buy 2013 from 3pm-6pm. Thanks to everyone who came out or were there in spirit. Enjoy!

Popsicle Stick Box with the Sound of it’s Own Making. I got frustrated that we’re so bogged down with Theory Class papers that I have no time for art making, so I decided to try and make a foil sculpture most days. This Means Something.

Oh Strindberg and Helium. How I do love thee.

Lean To Structure I created at Leland Ironworks July 2013 Photos by Liz Randall Video about Leland Ironworks Leland Iron Works + PNCA from Leland Iron Works on Vimeo.

Hi, so how’s it going? I feel like I’m unpacking a lot of things as I stuff more words and ideas in my head than can physically fit. I’m backing up from the work I’ve been doing and asking myself a lot of questions. What work have I done that made me really happy? Why…

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This movie changed my world when I was a kid. It was both terrifying and hilarious at the same time. I’ve thought about it countless times since first seeing it ad have looked for it at least once a year since then. I finally found it! In it’s entirety on YouTube (Thank you internet). I…

Saturday was an all day “getting to know you” fest at a beautiful property in Oregon city. Today was the first official day of the 8 week summer session. I went to bed around 11 last night and woke up to a pee covered toddler at 5am. She went back to sleep but I couldn’t,…