Hunter's Exhibition

I wasn't lying when I said that the last few weeks had been INSANELY busy. Hunter worked so hard on his thesis. He stayed up, on average, until 3:00 a.m. every morning for two consecutive weeks. Here he is working on the lighting of his exhibition space.

Finally, it all came together. He designed the whole space: the posters, the rounded corner sign that glows, he designed and built the table, chose the color for the paint, designed the lighting, installed the shelves--everything!

Here you can see some of his projects that were displayed on the table. He cut holes for three small screens that he mounted underneath which played videos he made that explain his projects.

Here you can see his Dermatext Bracelets and his Mobile Tacticons.

Here, you can see his Textural learning tool and Health Columns.

And here, his Textural Desktop.

The pictures don't do the projects justice. If you're interested, you can read more about Hunter's thesis on his website:

concepthunter.com

He'll be updating it throughout the summer with all his thesis documentation. So, stay tuned.

I must say, it was so fun to see the exhibition go up over time. The room used to be one big empty room, and I was fortunate to be able to see the spaces go up little by little.

I got to help Hunter quite a bit on his exhibit, thanks to our good neighbors who watched the kids while I helped. I painted the walls grey, helped Hunter build a wall which separated his space from the one next to it (not pictured), and helped him put together his table. I spray painted the headphones to be white so they matched everything, and I sewed the straps that mounted the screens to the bottom of the table. I also sewed the casings for his Dermatext Bracelets (sadly, the only one that worked out was the test model with all the wires coming out of it. The updated one, which was supposed to operate wirelessly, I'm afraid I might have caused to go haywire when I was trying to bend the wires to fit in the casing that I sewed. Oh well. We just simply ran out of time, so we couldn't fix it. So other than that failure on my part, I was glad I could be of some help to Hunter. You know, he really has a brilliant mind. Most of the time, I can't help him get his ideas to production, but at least I could help him with the simple stuff.


I was able to be present at his final thesis review. First, the faculty and some students were able to preview the space.



Next came the presentation. Hunter delivered his ideas very clearly and his presentation went very smoothly.


The discussion portion afterward lasted the whole thirty minutes. It was eye-opening to be in a room with twenty faculty from Art Center--brilliant minds--all discussing amongst themselves different applications of my husband's ideas. No wonder Hunter felt like his head was going to explode on his first day of school almost two years ago. These people are incredible! We're fortunate to be associated with them...and it makes me proud that Hunter can hold his own around them.

Bunkbed

Since Uncle Jon is going to be coming to live with us soon, we decided to transition the kids into bunkbeds a little early. It was a bit of an ordeal finding bunk beds that I liked, and I'm really happy with this one from Walmart. I put it together myself, and it is very very sturdy. I especially like that I can convert it into twin beds later on if I want.

So here are photos of Paulo and Andre waking up for the first time in their new beds. They were thrilled.

Playing on the Stairs

I love that my boys play on our stairs. Usually they play trains or cars. Sometimes they build legos on the landing with Daddy. So cute.



Hunter finally captured the pacifier smile with the tongue half hanging out. Eee!



And they usually sit on the bottom step to put on their socks and shoes. A couple times Andre has carefully backed up to sit on the bottom step for a snack.

Easter Sunday Coloring Eggs

Easter morning, we dyed some hard boiled eggs and ate them with our breakfast. Paulo was very careful dipping the eggs, but it got pretty messy when Andre got involved and started dumping the eggs in the cups repeatedly. It was very sweet though, and a memorable morning for all of us.

Aspiring Designer

Hi, Folks! I decided to try my hand at being a designer. For the first time, I own a sketchbook and draw all my ideas inside. I find myself taking photos on our frequent walks around the block of things that inspire me--ordinary things that I usually pass by. I'm learning more about photography in the process, and how to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

My sister-in-law Julie's sister-in-law, LaVon, has a vinyl lettering business she started a long time ago and it has since grown a lot. Well, LaVon was kind enough to "take a chance on me" and let me design for her.

I'm currently working to expand the "kids' room" category. Here are photos of my first two completed designs!



I also made a border out of the set of balls, but for some reason I can't load the photo. And the best news is, I had my first sale! Somebody bought "Lil Champ"! Somebody liked my work and bought it! Isn't that exciting? It's a great feeling. And I have to say, I like my designs, too. I'm proud of them.

So, go check it out at stickywords.net