For Christmas I was given a book that contained open instructions for 365 art projects: one for each day of the year. The purpose of this tumblr is to document my progress throughout the project.Tumblr (3.0; @booandbug)http://booandbug.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzxmglLZ321r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty-Eight: Buy or make some clay and then use it like you never have before.</p> <p>Having rarely worked with clay before this meant I could basically do whatever I wanted with clay. So I made a bear. We just moved and we’ve named our house “The Embassy”, as in “The California Embassy”, so I made a bear that could be our mascot.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232586141http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232586141Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:43:33 -0500claybearcalifornia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzxmcadRam1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzxmcadRam1r9xh78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day Forty-Seven: Turn today’s junk mail into something much more appealing.</p> <p>I took a credit card solicitation addressed to Eliot and made a ransom note for my body from the world regarding sleep using Beatles lyrics.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232445328http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232445328Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:40:58 -0500the beatlesmagazine cut-outsletterstype<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzxm950K2S1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty-Six: Use only white materials today.</p> <p>I made a small snowperson</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232339167http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232339167Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:39:05 -0500snowwintersnowman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzxm7gV56o1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty-Five: Work with two materials that generally don’t go together.</p> <p>Futurama has had a pretty prominent presence in my house lately, so I nicked a mango from the kitchen and drew suspicious Fry on it.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232284056http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/18232284056Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:38:04 -0500futuramafryphilip j. frymangofruit<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzknemSqei1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty-Four: What can you do with yarn?</p> <p>Today I had it confirmed that someone who means a lot to me has stage 3 lung cancer. So I used yarn to outline a set of lungs on my hardwood floor.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17806044847http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17806044847Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:35:10 -0500yarnlungsflorence welchflorence and the machineburgundy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzknc4hLmt1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty-Three: Make something only using dots.</p> <p>Ah, stippling. I don’t think I’ve utilized this artistic technique since I was 16 years old. My friend Tori is one of the most inspiring people I know, and her entire being just reminds me of summer. So I just stippled her latest profile picture, which appears to be of her doing a handstand on a lakefront in New Zealand.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17805973021http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17805973021Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:33:40 -0500new zealandhandstandsummerlakestipplingdrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkn8jIGCb1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty-Two: Use a disposable plastic bag to create something new today.</p> <p>I made a cape for my rabbit, O’Hare. Observe as he soars over the Grand Canyon.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17805866795http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17805866795Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:31 -0500superherobunnyrabbitgrand canyonsuperhero bunny<p>Write an advertising jingle for something in nature.</p> <p>Oh dear unexpected snowfall</p> <p>What did I ever do to you?</p> <p>I got hit by a rogue snowball</p> <p>And now with melting snow my shirt soaks through!</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17805674210http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17805674210Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:27:35 -0500snowwintersnowfallsnowballsnowball fight<p>sorry about the lack of posts. Between moving on Friday and Saturday, starting my new job Sunday, and not getting internet until today I&#8217;ve definitely fallen behind. I would expect an actual project post on Thursday, if I were you. :)</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17644115613http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17644115613Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:40:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5rq7CWWe1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Forty: Incorporate yourself into what you make. It could be by wearing the work, by creating a self portrait, etc…</p> <p>I actually made this necklace a few days ago, but I wear it all the time, and it’s like taking my old home around with me wherever I go in my new one.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17355854757http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17355854757Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:44:31 -0500boardwalksanta cruzsanta cruz beach boardwalkcarouselcarousel ring<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5rm47x0E1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-Nine: What can you do with a face? Yours or someone else’s.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17355725143http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17355725143Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:42:04 -0500facekittysketchdrawinggirl<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5rkz8TKB1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-Eight: Write a ten-word science fiction story. Bonus: Illustrate it.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17355687358http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17355687358Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:41:23 -0500alienscakescience fictionrocketrocket ship<p>Write a haiku about something that happens to you today.</p> <p><strike>Preview of new house</strike></p> <p><strike>Training to work at Schuler</strike></p> <p><strike>This day&#8217;s a good one</strike></p> <p><strike>I get to see some of the work that&#8217;s been done on my new house within the next couple hours and at 4PM I get to start training at my new job. So there we go.</strike></p> <p>No tour of house</p> <p>Am feeling disappointed</p> <p>Still have job training</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17160500048http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17160500048Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:11:00 -0500haiku<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyzh45AvIg1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-Six: Use a recent dream as inspiration for what you do today.</p> <p>The dream itself was actually sort of crappy, but it was definitely as a result of spending far too much time as Facebook. So I cut the Facebook logo out of felt for today’s project.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17160438748http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17160438748Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:09:41 -0500facebooklogologosfacebook logofelt<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvw6yi7kM1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-Five: Use a bar of soap to make something new.</p> <p>I carved a leaf into it- like I said, I’m really trying to manifest spring, here.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17045175769http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17045175769Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:44:57 -0500soapleafspring<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvw4hDdLc1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-Four: Use coffee in today’s project.</p> <p>I took the used grounds from Michael and Laurie’s coffee this morning, and recreated the plant from Wall-E. Basically I’m trying to manifest spring.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17045095971http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17045095971Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:43:29 -0500wall-eplantcoffeesoilspring<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvw2d4aBm1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvw2d4aBm1r9xh78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day Thirty-Three: Write out instructions on how to make something.</p> <p>I wrote instructions for how to make kale chips</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17045029969http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/17045029969Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:42:13 -0500kalekale chipsleafy greens<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqvvaQsmN1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-Two: Make something with a stapler. You can staple things together or just work with loose staples.</p> <p>Eliot’s mom has a bunch of sari silk and ribbon, and I keep wanting to be able to make things with them, so I stapled a bunch to a piece of paper from my sketchbook. My housemate was so proud she suggested we put it on the fridge once we move into our new house.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/16900318746http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/16900318746Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:49:58 -0500sari silkribbonribbonsstringstapleslacesteampunk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqvs3p3nw1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day Thirty-One: Use a recent dream as inspiration for what you do today.</p> <p>Perhaps as a result of having spent the last three weeks working at a craft store for some reason I dreamed that I lived near a general store (like the kind in the old west), where you’d buy groceries and things on credit and stuff. And because the general store had just gotten in a shipment of gold paint markers the entire town was in an uproar and everybody wanted one. So I packaged a gold paint marker the same way the general store in my dream did…</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/16900193002http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/16900193002Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:48:03 -0500liquid goldgold paintpaint penpaint marker<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynadvQLqR1r9xh78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynadvQLqR1r9xh78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day Thirty: Take something old and make it look new again.</p>http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/16803255999http://booandbug.tumblr.com/post/16803255999Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:13:07 -0500keyold keykeys