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Low-Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Drift Away”

May 14, 2012

Check out Tae’s Low-Commitment Project for the week. Drift Away is a tiny visual vacation–so dreamy.

Low-Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Ripe Fruit”

May 2, 2012

Heh, I forgot about the whole Low-Commitment Projects thing and how I’m supposed to put a post up on this blog every Monday about it. Oops. So, without further delay, here is Tae’s totally charming project for this week: Ripe Fruit. I wonder if the fruits inside the bags match the coloration of the ones [...]

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Low-Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Paper Chain”

March 19, 2012

Low-Commitment Projects is totally charming this week. ”Paper Chain” is Tae’s current project. She cut various sets of animals out of paper–some of them are related, like the worm, salmon, and bear.

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Low-Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Frozen Ink”

March 5, 2012

Tae’s Low-Commitment Project this week is called “Frozen Ink.” The abstract ones are so beautiful, and I love seeing the process.

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Michael Made: My New Belt

February 23, 2012

My husband is good at making all sorts of things, but he gets bored with doing the same thing more than once or twice. Lucky for me, I got in on the belt-making phase right at the beginning, before his interest waned. Michael finished my new belt last night, and I’m totally thrilled with it.

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Low-Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Wash Me Dirty Car Drawings”

February 20, 2012

Tae’s Low-Commitment Project this week perfectly exemplifies our title–I love that she found her materials (a dirty car and I assume her finger) and made something amazing out of practically nothing. Check out her Wash Me Dirty Car Drawings.

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Summerized: 3D-Printed Jewelry by Summer Powell

February 9, 2012

Over the last couple of years, my sister, Summer, taught herself to use a CAD program. I think I was busy making cookies and petting my dog, so maybe I should think about learning a useful skill, too. After mastering the program, Summer then designed jewelry with it. She has her designs 3D-printed, and [...]

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Low-Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Shadow Play”

February 6, 2012

Tae’s Low-Commitment Project for this week is called Shadow Play. She reversed the usual object-and-shadow relationship–the objects are plain and dark, but the shadows contain all of the color and detail. They’re really beautiful.

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Low Commitment Projects: Tae’s “Coffee and Milk”

January 23, 2012

Take a look at Tae’s beautiful Coffee and Milk compositions on lowcommitmentprojects.com today. She created them for this week’s Low-Commitment Project. This one is my favorite. I received a text while she was assembling the piece, saying, “I keep spilling!” I guess she was set for caffeine if she needed to pull an all-nighter.

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