catching up

i just realized i haven't updated in ages. the semester is coming to an end and i have yet to turn in my honors thesis (i know, i know). i did take the time, though, to finish my last printing project for the year. after discussing a few things with classmates i decided to make some sort of sleeve for the piece. this way it functions more as a extended accordion, rather than a book, which is a look i was going for. the picture below features a blue sleeve, but i also made a few covers out of red and green paper.





in other news i was in denver last week for the american association of museums conference. the denver art museum had a great collection of american western art - one of my main areas of focus - so that was exciting to see. the museum of nature and science was also quite impressive. they had a special exhibition up about gold, which obviously included many expensive, sparkley objects. i was particularly taken with this sculpture outside the museum:



we also rummaged around the denver public library. they had a great temp. exhibition up including a great bierstadt. also, the lib owns mountain of the holy cross by thomas moran - one of my favorite western painters.