i’ve decided to activate a new layout in order to inject some newfound inspiration, let me know your thoughts! more soon!

happy birthday sab!

started off at orochon ramen. gbs couldn’t finish the special number 2 ramen. it was intense! no picture on the wall for you!

gallons of h2o.

ribbons for japan!

mochi stop/shop

rachel’s moca exhibit! great job!

yellow, red

hello everyone! here is a current update of what i have been doing this summer! i recently launched my portfolio and you can visit it here! using a free blogging platform. it is still being updated.

in addition to all my travels, i’ve been assisting gary paige of gary paige studios with a redesign of a 50s modern house in the hills of burbank california. we completely gutted the interior and am in the process of building cabinetry and flooring out of plywood and finishing the plywood with good stuff! (pictures will be posted here soon). i have a newfound respect for plywood anything – from furniture to flooring – the wood grain is just so charming. i am loving the design/build aspect of the reese house.

tomorrow i will begin a new research project for linda taalman of taalmankoch architecture, which will be paid! i am in need of some financial stability/income before school resumes on the 22nd of august. i have no idea what or how intense this project will be so i am also trying to make my rounds with friends asap! so aubrey…let’s make it happen!

more soon!

pottery paints/jars

mosque wall ornamentation

tile work-in-progress

truss shade canopy at ancient site

red poppy

door knob and field patterns, mosque door

tourist signs

natural dye textiles

wool for carpet making

village house wall

knitted shawl

stacked carpets

bounded silk

decal on park bench

silk

ceramic artist station

cave church decorations

pancaked textiles

wrapped textiles for shipment

street shots, istanbul

here’s what i’ve been up to for the last month! more pictures to come!

sunday may 15th – arrival day / hotel check-in at sultanahmet, istanbul.

monday may 16th – istanbul / orientation/introduction to istanbul -hagia sophia museum, hippodrome, basilica cistern, arasta bazaar

tuesday may 17th – istanbul / chora church museum, aquaduct of valens, turkish & islamic art museum

wednesday may 18th – istanbul to cappadocia / airport in the am, arrive to nevsehir and drive to urgup, goreme open-air museum (cave churches), pigeon valley, uchisar castle, check into hotel-boutique.

thursday may 19th cappadocia to kayseri / drive to kayseri for day tour, visit the citadel, sahibiye medrese, haci kilic mosque and medrese, great mosque (ulu camii), doner kumbet, gupgupoglu mansion/ethnographic museum, bazaar, drive back to cappadocia

friday may 20th – cappadocia / avanos the pottery town, sarihan (recently renovated caravanserai), camel valley, pasabag, and rug school

saturday may 21st – cappadocia to konya / drive to konya, sultanhani caravanserai, alaaettin mosque, check into hotel, and visit konya’s mevlana cultural center to watch sufi ceremony

sunday may 22nd – konya / mevlana museum and mausoleum, selimiye mosque, ince minare medrese museum, karatay mondrese museum, sahip-i ata fahrettin ali kulliye and museum

monday may 23rd – konya to pamukkale / departure to lake country, esrefoglu mosque, ancient hittite site eflatunpinar, arrive at pamukkale hotel with thermal pools

tuesday may 24th – pamukkale / ancient hierapolis and its natural calcium travertines, ancient laodicea (textile center during the roman period)

wednesday may 25th – pamukkale

thursday may 26th – pamukkale to kusadasi / ancient aphrodisias, ephesus museum, and the basilica of st. john

friday may 27th – kusadasi / ancient ephesus, temple of artemis

saturday may 28th – kusadasi to bergama /morning visit to odemis town with its local market and ethnographic museum, arrive to hotel

sunday may 29th – bergama to bursa / morning visit to the acropolis of pergamon, asclepion (ancient hospital), red basilica, drive to yuntdag region and visit orselli village a member of dobag project and cooperative

monday may 30th – bursa / ulu mosque, kozahan (silk market and old caravanserai), city museum, and green mosque and green tomb

tuesday may 31st – bursa / royal ottoman tombs in muradiye, uluumay museum, hisar (old bursa and the tomb of osman gazi), drive to cumalikizik village

wednesday june 1st – bursa to istanbul / ipeker textile factory

thursday june 2nd – istanbul / topkapi palace and haren, archaeological and ceramic museums

friday june 3rd – istanbul / visit contemporary textile/fashion designer arzu kaprol and gonul paksoy, armaggon store, walking tour of istiklal street (taksim)

satuday june 4th –  istanbul / rustem pasha mosque, spice market, covered grand bazaar

sunday june 5th – istanbul / cruise up the bosphorus to sariyer, sadberk hanim museum, sakip sabanci museum

monday june 6th – istanbul / sultan ahmet mosque, suleymaniye mosque, afternoon at the turkish cultural foundation and presentations

tuesday june 7th – istanbul / marbling and calligraphy workshop

wednesday june 8th – istanbul / felting workshop, farewell dinner

thursday june 9th – departure to athens!

more of this and my european travels coming soon!

semaines’ left until my summer vacation!

tons of blogging to be done over the course of the summer with my upcoming european trip – from turkey to amsterdam and of course some some good old fashion fun in los angeles! i miss you all and i can’t wait to get back to normalcy.

i have so much to accomplish in two weeks with two final project presentations, a paper, and a structures final. architecture grad school is a joy, but the work is super barbaric and intense.

looking forward everyone!

are various installations produced by the woodbury university faculty! mockups are usually built by contractors, but these experimental fabrications reposition mockups as method for exploring the unbuilt and speculating on interfaces between digital and physical.

mockups’ opening reception is on march 15th, 2011 @ wuho from 7-10pm. 6518 hollywood blvd. los angeles, ca.

i had the pleasure to assist kelly bair of grayarea with her plaster-poured installation. please come check out “rustication never sleeps!”

hope to see you there!

finally got this framed! so clean and crisp!

thanks again!

equiped and ready to go.

week 3.