Um, it’s been a busy summer. I mean, I’ve been in 34 states in the last 3 months, so it’s been slow going with the art making.

This is a commission that I started months ago. It’s based on the portrait of Tina Fey as her character from 30 Rock that I made out of Nerds candies for Valentine’s Day. This one has Tina’s co-star, Alec Baldwin, in it too.

I’ve got a few things lined up, so more stuff will be coming soon…I hope.

This is a sculpture I made for the crossword-themed show, “Cruciverbal.” The clue/title for the sculpture is: “Das uberich, conscience.” It’s made mostly out of pipe-cleaners.

I’m told that the audience was able to complete the whole crossword puzzle at the opening of the exhibition and apparently my sculpture has already been sold.

More images from the show are here: Cork Contemporary Projects

It looks like there is a lot of nice stuff in this show.

It makes perfect sense.

I was asked to make a piece for a crossword puzzle-themed group exhibition called, “Cruciverbal.” Each artist is making a visual representation of one of the clues to a crossword puzzle and the audience will have to try to solved the crossword puzzle based on the works in the exhibition. Here is a screenshot of me showing the curator of the show my work-in-progress over skype:

I think it’s going to be a fun show.

“Cruciverbal” is curated by Fiona Kelly, and it opens in Cork City on May 8th. For more info go to: The Cork Contemporary Projects Website

These are some shoes I made for a project that was posted on CRAFT last week. They’re based on a combination of the homemade huarache sandals that the Tarahumara wear when they run and the original Nikes that Bill Bowerman made for Steve Prefontaine back when Nike was called Blue Ribbon Sports. Plus they are made from practically all found materials.

I realized when I was making these that the original Nikes were called “Cortez,” like the Spanish conquistador who colonized the indigenous people of what is now Mexico. I think this is quite interesting because the Tarahumara escaped colonization by retreating deep into the canyons of Northern Mexico and became the famous distance runners that they are today because they had to travel so far to keep themselves out of the reach of Spanish conquistadors.

Nike “Cortez” are still very popular in latino culture, check it out:

This song makes me kind of nostalgic for Southern California. I used to see a lot of people wearing Nike “Cortez” shoes when I was growing up.

Ok, this is a portrait of Liz Lemon made out of “Nerds” candies (get it?). I made this as a demo for the class I’m currently teaching on art and technology, but I’m not sure if I’m actually gonna use it, so I thought I might as well put it on here just for fun.

I also made a special Valentine’s Day GIF out of it. Maybe you should copy and paste this into an e-mail to send to your 30 Rock-watching valentine:

You’re welcome!

more info at: Cork Contemporary Projects

Abandonded Gingerbread House Building Sites is a site-specific project I made for my show, everything is as it seems to be. Click here to see more pictures of the exhibition at The Space in Cork City.

When the global economy unravelled last year the Irish countryside was left with a lot of empty, unsold, and unfinished housing estates. This holiday season I thought it would be nice to celebrate these unique landscapes by making them into picturesque gingerbread-house decorations that will rot and eventually be thrown out much like the unfinished housing estates themselves.

Here are some pictures of some actual unfinished housing estates along with some close-ups of my gingerbread handiwork: