Katie Armstrong

Home for Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T11:50:00.002-05:00

Cupid and Psyche by Jacques Louis David, 1817

Everything is sweet and lovely and perfect right now.

red string

2008-11-20T23:40:00.003-05:00

Accordion book!

twenty years

2008-11-17T09:46:00.006-05:00

Side note: I don't really know why YouTube makes all of my videos look so mucky and gross! Try to ignore that part, as it is really quite crystal clear in it's original, non-internet version.

Final project for my Sculpture and Video class this semester. I worked on this sucker for about 20 hours this weekend and came up with something just shy of 1 minute. Ah, stop motion.

In other news, I need a hug.

Party Socks

2008-11-14T21:43:00.006-05:00

What you're looking at is the result of going three weeks without doing laundry. I ask you to note the sweater pinned awkwardly over a dress that I can no longer button across my boobies and, even better, my "party socks."

draw rings

2008-11-05T22:45:00.007-05:00

Things that are making me happy right now:
- being under big blankets
- turkey bacon BLTs
- scarf weather
- dinner club every Sunday
- johnny cash
- delicious clementines
- my internship at Etsy!

I feel like...well, an adult I suppose. Or maybe like a little kid walking around in fancy dress-up clothes. I keep a tidy little apartment, water my plants, go to class, work, pay my rent, cook my meals, grocery shop, do the laundry and sip hot tea in bed at night. Think about how complicated it is to be a human being!
Each year on my birthdays past, I thought it curious that I never felt older. Twenty years of birthdays zoomed by, and all the while I wondered when I'd feel grown up. Today on the train ride home from work, it finally hit me.

I'm a self sustaining little robot, and I think I like it.

someday

2008-10-08T18:06:00.002-04:00

This is my first attempt at hand drawn animation. And my super sweet, super advanced mandolin playing skillz.

get cozy!

2008-09-26T17:34:00.006-04:00

i just wanted to document how ridiculous i look when i'm puttering around the apartment. last night, i was sewing in bed and emily commented on how much i resemble a little old woman. it's truuuue.

in other news, i had my first sculpture critique on wednesday, and it went pretty well. i made a sound piece with 11 different layers of myself humming, playing with children's toys and singing softly. i wanted to create a private, protective space to listen to the piece, so crocheted a sort of cocoon-like structure and hung it from the ceiling. inside were a pair of headphones connected to a hidden ipod that played my piece over and over on a loop.

i had to hang it in a cluttered area of the sculpture building, so it doesn't look as clean and simple as i wanted it to. oh well!

(me, looking like a big dummy trying to set it up)

click here to download my sound piece it's a little over five minutes long and is very repetitive because it's meant to play on a loop constantly. listen to it in headphones and close your eyes!

AMINALS!

2008-09-22T12:41:00.002-04:00

These are some silly animals I made out of letters for my graphic design class. I have some other little doodles to scan, but no time at the moment to do so! I'm determined to start paying more attention to my website/blog, so don't tune out just yet.

just livin' the dream, ya'll

2008-09-14T23:07:00.004-04:00

Washed my undies by hand today! Laundromat shmaundromat, that's what I say. (Actually I'm just that much of a hermit.)

Other than scrubbing panties in the sink, my hands have been quite busy working on a new piece for my sculpture class. No details yet!

BROOOOOOOOOKLYNNNNNN

2008-09-02T12:50:00.003-04:00

Well, well, well, I have no idea if anyone is still watching, BUT! I'm back! After a summer of sipping lemonade on the sandy shore of Maryland, I now find myself tucked into the smallest apartment imaginable in Brooklyn, gearing up for another busy semester. So, keep you eyes peeled, ladies and germs, who knows what I'll cook up!

Meanwhile, let me show you my new digs.

STILL KICKIN'

2008-07-07T10:54:00.002-04:00

HEY INTERNET. I miss you, I'm sorry I've been so distant, but summertime means playing outside! I also have three jobs now. By day I am a beach stand girl, renting out umbrellas and beach chairs to tourists. By night I am a prize-giver-outer at an arcade on the boardwalk, passing out plastic vampire teeth and Laffy Taffy in exchange for tickets. I've also been hired by a local video production company to do the graphic design for their DVDs and brochures.

I'm freckly and exhausted, but very very happy. My weekly blog will be up and running again come September, I promise. Ta-ta for now!

journalssss

2008-05-13T00:41:00.004-04:00

I locked myself in my room today and cranked out six little bunny journals. They each have 40 pages and are about 3.5" X 5.5". I'm going to be making more; different sizes, binding techniques, papers and fabrics. I'm selling them in my Etsy shop. Take a look see! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5662677

Do it, do it, do it! <3

papercuts and sunshine

2008-05-11T14:52:00.003-04:00

Hello lovely boys and girls. I apologize for my extended absence, I've just been trying my best to keep away from the computer. My hands have been busy crocheting and making books and shoveling sweets into my tummy and raking through Zachs glorious hair. It's so, so good to be home. Everything is nice and slow and steady. Everything is just right.

I don't start my beach stand job until Memorial Day weekend, so for now I'm making things to sell in my Etsy.

i'm too tired

2008-05-04T22:34:00.003-04:00

GUESS WHAT, INTERNET? I'M FREAKING 20 YEARS OLD!

whew!

2008-04-20T20:43:00.004-04:00

First thing's first! My bunny shirts are now available to purchase at my online Etsy shop. If you're interested, www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5662677

In other news, I made another book for class, it's a double binded gate fold full of wacky little collages and tiny ink drawings. Here are a few pages!

One more neat tid-bit; my drawing teacher has taught me how to crochet! I know It's a little sloppy, but i'mgetting the hang of it!

stay with me baaaabbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

2008-04-13T09:16:00.003-04:00

...and that's about it. :]

OH! P.S- I have a self portrait in air space magazine's latest issue, LEAP. Click here to download the issue!

5, 7, 5

2008-04-06T23:50:00.001-04:00

Write me an anonymous Haiku!
You don't need to register or anything, just click the "comment" link at the end of this post. Silly, cheeky, serious, scary, mean...it can be about the first thing that pops into your mind!

The format is 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line, and 5 on the third line.

No! Ran out of milk
cereal sat sad and dry
I went back to bed.

Your turn!

you and me

2008-03-31T17:19:00.003-04:00

Just a few pages from a little book I made for class. I used photos from a photobooth that Zach and I frequent in a magical place called the Family Fun Center in Ocean Pines, MD.

Over the summer, I will be making and selling hand made, hand binded blank books for journaling, so keep your eyes peeled if you think you may be interested!

i'm not slacking, i pinky swear

2008-03-23T21:24:00.003-04:00

Six weeks left of this school year. Hold on, little heart. We'll make it.

clicking together the heels of my ruby red slippers

2008-03-08T09:09:00.005-05:00

SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK! I'll be getting on a Maryland bound train at 3:05pm.

bunnies and books

2008-03-02T13:22:00.002-05:00

Last week was ridiculous, and not in a good way. After being hit by a car, my feelings towards NYC were a bit unkind. This is a hardcover accordion book I made for class.

Also! In my printmaking class, I decided to print my midterm project on t-shirts. The bunnies are hand etched, hand inked, and cranked by yours truly through the ol' press. I'm going to try and make a surplus to possibly sell. This won't be happening for a few weeks, but keep your eyes peeled if you're interested!

sadsleepy

2008-02-25T13:03:00.003-05:00

"And in that moment I realized I didn't believe in superstitious deities like Gods, demons, angels, devils, and the like."

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This is a small piece of a watercolor project I did for school. The project itself was pretty unsuccessful actually, but I liked this one. School is burning me out again already! I want summer, I want to run around the beach with bare feet. Life is so funny, I'm always willing time to slow down and pick up speed simultaneously.

why the big paws?

2008-02-15T18:57:00.002-05:00

...anyway!

I made a little fan book out of the six images (previously posted) I submitted to The Ones We Love.

The book itself is super fragile, so I made a little fabric envelope to keep it in.

girlchild

2008-02-11T23:25:00.000-05:00

These are sort of test shots for a performance/video piece I'm tossing around.

holgas

2008-02-03T18:15:00.001-05:00

Images taken with my Holga camera. These were all shot back home in Maryland, oh how they make my heart ache!