AVAM Kinetic Sculpture Race

AVAM Kinetic Sculpture Race

by | May 7, 2013 | Celebration

Every year, the American Visionary Art Museum sponsors a kinetic sculpture race. This basically means people create giant float-like sculptures that are powered by people bicycling (or walking), and they race. They go right down the street along with cars, through an...
Guerrilla Gardening

Guerrilla Gardening

by | May 3, 2013 | Street Art

One of my goals for 2013 was to do some guerrilla gardening. Guerrilla gardening is basically just planting flowers and plants in unexpected places. You can see some awesome examples here and here. I went to the thrift store and bought a few containers that could be...
University Of Baltimore’s First Yarnbomb

University Of Baltimore’s First Yarnbomb

by | May 2, 2013 | Street Art

Last month, Erika (who I met at the Fun A Day opening) recommended me to the knitting group at the University of Baltimore. I went to one of their meetings and we talked about yarnbombing, planned what they were going to do, and of course.. knit! They are a very nice...
Ribbon Garland

Ribbon Garland

by | Apr 30, 2013 | Street Art

Right next to my orange balloon, I strung up a bunch of ribbons. It’s a really simple installation, but it’s really beautiful to see all the colors flapping in the wind. Sometimes we need a little bit of color to make the day better.   I wish you some...
One Orange Balloon

One Orange Balloon

by | Apr 29, 2013 | Street Art

Yesterday I cut out a big orange balloon from a piece of posterboard. I attached a string and took it to Baltimore, where I taped it onto a brick wall. (You may recognize the wall from the Giant Googly Eye installation.)     The string is made of yarn, so you can hold...