project 20: birch forest

time: not completely sure
I was gone for most of the days that this installation was taking place. I did come in on the last day and I added snow (with spray adhesive--sick) on to the batting as a final touch. Little kids kept touching it. We brainstormed about setting up razor wire in front of it.

project 19: 15 inches of snow

time: a few days
I stained and cut several hundred yardsticks in preparation for their installation. Carrie installed them on uppers throughout the store. They were stuck into green floral foam, and the foam was covered in batting and fake snow.

project 18: candle signage

time: 1 hour
Hannah let me make signs for some of the candles that we were selling. We were sent an inspiration picture of an old photo on a wire that was stuck into a snowball. We had to make ours similar to that. I looked through some old books in the store and went with illustrations from Norwegian fairy tales. I thought Norway seemed snow-ish. Everyone was really happy with how they turned out. I really liked collaborating with such strong artists, and I always felt very honored to get to do something on my own.

project 17: necklace holder

time: 2-3 days
I lost my camera during the making of these necklace holders, but they turned out really great. Hannah cut out the same shape two times-- once on a thick piece of wood and one on a very thin piece. Batting and fabric were wrapped around the thin piece and hot glued down. The thick piece was then screwed into the back of the thin, upholstered piece. We hot glued thin wood veneer to the edge to make it seem as though the upholstered part was sunk down into the wood. They were placed on stand and out on the store shelves.

project 16: rough lux

time: 1 day
This was actually the second or third project that I worked on. We got an entire cord of wood delivered to us. It was dumped in the back parking lot. We hauled in the wood on dollies that had flat tires. We placed the wood in the empty shelves and made a bed out of logs. The idea of this area was to have opposite feelings of luxury and roughness. Some of the logs were used in the Modern Shed fire place. There were lots of spiders in the wood.

project 15: poofs

time: weeks and weeks and weeks
This project was for the in store displays as well as the storefront window. We used various materials such as cellophane, different colored tissue paper, wax paper, toilet seat covers, trash bags, and anything else white or off white that could be bought in bulk. We accordion folded multiple sheets of paper at a time and then die cut the ends of them. We did all kinds of variations of die cutting. I think this is a method that was used a vary long time ago to make wedding decorations. The die cut accordion poofs were hooked together using wire and glue. Some where attached to chicken wire to make larger poofs. The pieces of folded paper were then seperated, or "poofed" to make snow balls. We made so many poofs. Big poofs and baby poofs. It felt like I poofed for years and years. They were still poofing on my last day. They are probably still poofing right now.

project 14: basic wiring

I learned how to wire one end of an extension cord to a socket so that a light bulb would work. This is the most exciting thing that I learned during my internship. For some reason I did not know how simple it was. I can't wait to use this. I already started saving cords from vintage irons that have the braided cotton outside and colored acrylic plugs covers.