This is by far the quickest and most minimalist embroidery work I’ve ever done (text pieces aside). It took less than an hour to sketch out, prep, and complete, but I’m still pretty happy with how it came out. A friend of mine has two maple leaves on his ankle like Hermes’ wings, which I think is quite clever. I threw this together for him and will send it out tomorrow along with other mail.
A quick embroidery that for some reason took me forever to finish, done for my friend Christopher and based off of this artist’s decal. I’ll be sending this out in the morning along with some postcards and stuff. Yay mail!
A recipe from the illustrious Betsy Skipp, this recipe has been a family favorite for years. It uses
no added sugar, a quality that sets it apart from most chutney recipes. Use it on fish,
chicken, and lamb, or anything else that suits your fancy.
Ingredients:
You’ll notice that no quantities have been listed — there is no set amount for ANY of
these ingredients (although your mangos should probably take up the most space).
Add or remove ingredients as you please and taste as you go.
To cook the chutney you will need a large pot and ball jars (mason jars). If you
cannot find mason jars, you can really use anything but your storage time might be
compromised as will the quality of your chutney.
Cooking instructions:
1. Put dry ingredients into the bottom of a large pot with some vegetable oil to toast
them up and bring out the flavors. If you’ve decided to use purple onions, use the
leftover vegetable oil you used to sweat the onions.
2. Add all remaining ingredients EXCEPT THE MANGOS into the pot.
3. Peel and slice the mangos, then add them to the pot too on top of the other stuff.
4. Cook on medium heat to desired thickness. If your mangos are already ripe,
cooking time will be less (Betsy recommends ten to fifteen minutes) as heating
them will just make them squishier. If your mangos are greener, cooking time will
be longer (most cooks recommend approximately thirty five minutes) unless you
desire a crunchier chutney.
Storage instructions:
1. While food is cooking, boil EVERY PART of your mason jar or other storage
receptacle. Your jars should be as hot as you can stand to hold when you fill them
to avoid too bacteria.
2. Turn them upside down on a dishtowel to drain (use tongs and pot holders!).
3. Once cool enough, ladle in your completed chutney. SEAL YOUR JARS AS
TIGHTLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
4. Turn them upside down once sealed and leave them for a bit — this will complete
the sealing process.
In case of poor storage containers:
No mason jars or other pasteurize-able glass containers? Stuck using jars with poor seals
or plastic tupperware? Then you’ve got two options:
a) Make a small quantity of chutney and eat it VERY QUICKLY. Very quickly. Slather
everything in it, because you’ve not got much time.
b) Freeze it. This is not recommended — your chutney will never taste as good as it
could have.
I have been talking about finishing this for more than a year — and it’s finally done! Watch the video for more info. Here’s all mentioned links:
Finally, the full, proper, cited, foreworded (thanks Kewagi), and complete thesis is now up and available. Enjoy!
It Was a Monster Big River Down There by Eli Skipp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at eliskipp.com.
Oh how the light in my kitchen makes the chutney shine like gold! It’s that time again in Miami where there are so many mangos people can’t give them away. My mother & I respond to this season by making mango chutney. It’s an odd mix of spices and vinegar, onions, garlic, mango, and picante. Should I post the recipe?
Finished, signed, paid for, and shipping out tomorrow! Thank, Ed!
There are some screwinesses still with the basic outlines (see: the leg in the middle piece), but with some color set in, the outlines settled on minus a few adjustments, and all the necessary materials purchased (workable fixatif, gesso, canvas, india ink, &c.) this particular triptych ought to be completed by tomorrow or the next day. Likely Sunday. Saturday I’m making mango chutney, you see.
(protip: click the picture for a massive high-rez version and look at all the seedy details!)
Last night my friend Ed Platt requested I make him a piece of art akin to this. So I drew up some quick sketches for a simple triptych that will be completed today.
I came back to Miami after seven months of being away and found a half-completed zebra finch on my desk. I had made the frame, stretched muslin on it, and started up the whole project — I think as a Christmas gift to my mother — and completely forgotten about it. I spent today finishing the embroidery so that I can move on to new projects guilt-free. Cheers!
Earlier this month my friend Andres was kind enough to bring his camera over and take some nice photographs of my bedroom. Each bedroom I’ve had has served as my artist’s collection and as part of my archive. The photos came out brilliantly, so please enjoy this batch.
A quick ‘n dirty FLCL embroidery for a friend, the one project I was capable of working on while all of my things and supplies and tools are packed tightly into boxes and stuffed into the back of my car. Moving is annoying!
A tiny painting recalled during the process of moving. Please enjoy it before it is thrown out/put in a box/forgotten forever.
I completed this poster! Yay! What’s it about? I’m doing a poetry reading! Yay! Of course you want to come see me and my college buddies read absurd poetry and short stories, right? Right. All the info’s on the poster and the event is free, so come get sloshed and heckle some poets.
The text layout on the bottom half isn’t up to snuff with my general standards, but I needed to finish this and send it to my friend Jenn super quick, so take it as you will. I’m mostly satisfied with the text in the top half. And I still love the piggies. Don’t diss the piggies.
Behold! A progress update! Currently the hoodie is just working off of a switch. Tomorrow my sound sensor will come in and I’ll adjust the trigger circuit accordingly. For now, the servos work properly, the hood goes up. As far as I’m concerned the purpose of it has been and always will be an automated hoodie-goes-up function.
Major massive undying thanks to Daniel Miller and Ed Bennett for all of their help and patience regarding this project.
I drew some piggies! Poster layout for an upcoming poetry reading on May 17th at Innertown Pub. We haven’t come up with an acceptable name for this reading yet (got any ideas? Because “BFAW Reading” is pretty boring), but once we do I’ll sit down and finish the text layout &c. I’m pretty happy with how my piggies came out, and the color scheme, although it’s pretty pastel. I like pastel. Hush.
materials used: wacom tablet, photoshop CS5.
I began this painting about two years ago as a basic sketch and an ubleached titanium white background on arches paper. It’s based on this digital piece. I’ve done a decent amount of work on it in the past week but I’m kind of stuck, and am not happy with it so far. My attempts to save it have failed. Any advice or criticisms? I am aware of the mediocre composition, and am a little lost as to what to do for the background. Also the snail shell. I will likely paint that over. Yes.
Check out that mess on the breadboard. Look at all that delicious electrical tape. Yeah, that’s the stuff. While my circuit is completely correct, the IR emitter/detector diodes are finnicky. Without adhering to very specific and difficult-to-achieve circumstances, they won’t react to each other. It’s quite possible I’ll need to pick a different trigger circuit — got suggestions? Let’s hear ‘em.
But, on the lighter side of things, the hoodie’s been made and the servos have been sewn in. Will let you know how the mechanical aspects go later this week. The project is due to be completed by Monday the 9th.
This piece was built in an evening for a fibers course taken my first semester of college, and then promptly forgotten about save as a decoration for my ridiculously over-embellished walls. In the process of tearing down my room and cutting down my belongings in general, I came to the realization that I want to get rid of this thing but don’t feel right doing so without quick documentation. Behold: the ram hat. Here is a picture of it when worn.
I spent class last week cutting out, bending, and drilling some thin aluminum to mount my servos to. The mounts came out nicely, and I drilled perforations for simpler sewing. Building the hoodie itself today, which will include elasticized pockets for easy hardware removal.
Since some of you have asked, the high-torque servos I’m using are T-Pro MG946R, and I got them from JameCo.
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