I’m pretty burnt out on blogging at the moment, but I do have some exciting projects going on, so I thought I’d give a quick update.

First, if you’re reading on RSS, I’d love if you’d hop over to the site, check out the new design and let me know what you think. Ok–now on to tangible projects.

Last fall I built a big coat rack out of plumbing pipe, which I’m pretty thrilled with. A couple weeks ago I finally got around to adding cedar planks for the base/shoe rack, and I love how it turned out–

I joined a printmakers’ guild this year, which has been wonderful. The guild website was a little out of date, so I made them a new one, which you can find here.

This weekend I did some copper plate etching, the first I’ve done since college. Here’s my copper plate, with my image sketched out:

The most exciting news is that I’ve been weaving a lot. Unbelievably, I have yet to post anything about weaving here, although it has been occupying my time and mind for months. Right now I’m working on a rep weave rug that I’m really loving. Here’s what it looks like right now, on the loom:

Did I say that was the most exciting news? Scratch that–

Last night we made the best-ever nachos. We started with homemade tortillas that I rolled out and baked for five to ten minutes, then topped with cheese, beans, tomatoes, homemade salsa, cilantro, leeks and shallots, and baked again for about 15 minutes. Then I added chopped avocado and lime. So fast, and so good.

(Apologies for the grainy iphone photos.)