During the first semester of my fellowship in the Digital Scholarship Center, I focused on learning how to make a physical, fabric object from a digital, 3D model. In my last blog post I went over the process of figuring out a way to make this happen. You can read it here.

Now, I have more than just samples!

Here I am, fiber artist, beginner MFA graduate student, lover of mountains and quilts, learning the “digital humanities” in the very very (very very) cold basement of Temple University’s Paley Library.

What does this mean for me?

Currently, it means a multi-step process that eventually leads to a three-dimensional stiffened fabric version of a topographic map (at least, for now).

Below is the chronological order of my process:

Anyone else watch season 7 of PLL and notice that they all wear the same style of jacket the entire time? I did…

Turning this into a zine!

Below are all screenshots from Season 7 of Pretty Little Liars

I've been on a quilting spree lately! Here's the story of the Leaf Puffs -- 

Wow! I started this quilt March 20, 2017 and finished it December 26, 2017. That's 8 months! There was a hiatus of about 3 months when I was trying to decide how to finish it, but here it is.