At first I didn't think I wanted to produce a line of masks in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Even though I wrote an essay with a full-throated cry for fair pay for all the seamstresses out there (professional and hobbyists) who pivoted on a dime from their usual sewing and alterations work to mask-making, I still didn't think that I wanted to do it, for a couple of reasons: First, I mainly … [Read more...] about Introducing my line of high-end fabric masks
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Philadelphia Flower Show urban farming art talk
I'm going to be at The Philadelphia Flower Show for a talk on my work-in-process 31 Days of Urban Agriculture on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 5pm in a space called The Gardener's Studio (located on the Show floor adjacent to the PHS Hamilton Horticourt). The deets The 45-minute interactive talk will focus on the growing urban agriculture movement. We'll look at how art and other communications can … [Read more...] about Philadelphia Flower Show urban farming art talk
London 67 for Prime Number Literary Magazine
This week marked the release of Prime Number Issue #67, the cover of which I provided in the linoleum block print pictured above. Prime Number is a journal of distinctive poetry and prose published by Press 53. Prime Number's issues are not Issue #1, #2, #3 etc., but rather are the prime numbers in orders, so Issue #2, #3, #5, #7, #11, etc. They're up to Issue #67 and that's why you see the … [Read more...] about London 67 for Prime Number Literary Magazine
Food not lawns
The Food: Not Lawns Movement may be one of the most perfect storms in addressing how we can simultaneously cut back on destructive practices in lawn care and centralized food production while increasing healthy and productive ones at the hyper-local level. Between fossil-fuel powered mowers and leaf blowers, heavy water use, application of synthetic — and too often toxic — herbicides and … [Read more...] about Food not lawns
The food and climate intersection
I wanted to do more with this show than just depict urban farming in action, but also to illustrate its benefits. Since food grown closer to where people live travels a smaller distance, and because growing food in proximity to large populations calls for more sustainable methods, overall urban farming results in a smaller carbon footprint, something key to the urgent case for methods — and … [Read more...] about The food and climate intersection
End food deserts now
This piece I decided to do in typography alone. Since food deserts — places that lack access to fresh, wholesome food — manifest in a variety of ways, from dense urban areas with no fresh grocers, to places surrounded by urban land that residents can't use due to zoning, private ownership, liability concerns, etc., to places where residents could grow but they don't know how and don't know how … [Read more...] about End food deserts now
