WEST CHESTERFIELD, MA – Last Sunday I went on my first mushroom walk with the Pioneer Valley Mycological Society! It was great meeting like-minded people and getting to know the area a bit. We went to Chesterfield Gorge in West Chesterfield. It’s about 35 minutes from work. I actually ran into someone from work who…
Collection: Mushroom Walk, West Chesterfield Gorg, MA Year: 2017 A series of photographs taken while on a mushroom walk in West Chesterfield. Mushrooms found during this walk: Agrocybe acericola, Agrocybe praecox, Gymnopilus sapineus, Gymnopus dryophilus, Hebeloma sp., Inocybe sp., Inocybe calamistrata, Laccaria longipes, Mycena sp., Mycena haematopus, Mycens leaiana, Pluteus sp., Pluteus cervinus, Psathyrella sp.,…
Collection: Mushroom Walk, Northampton, MA Year: 2017 A series of photographs taken while hunting for mushrooms.
This week I started a full-time job as a graphic designer at River Valley Co-op! I’m super excited to start this next chapter in my life! The job is also in a town/region that I love. This week has been a whirlwind of understanding and learning about the co-op life. For example, today my manager…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Last Thursday I had an interview at a local farm in Western Mass. I took the time afterwards to do some site seeing. Amongst my artist circle many have known about the Montague Book Mills. It is a cute converted building that – as you guessed it – used to be a book mill….
Recently, I had the opportunity of attending an artist research residency just outside of Ottawa, Canada, which proved to be.. Source: An Autumn Escape To The Pine and Birch Ranch
I learned a lot of valuable lessons about how business works and how work gets done. Source: 8 Lessons I Learned In A Print Shop Before Becoming An Entrepreneur
A Q/A between artists Meghan Widger & TPY contributor/designer Kristi Beisecker about their textile collaboration. Source: Transitions: Collaboration and Creation through Change
Source: Slow Travel: The Gift of Connecting
New England is a place that is steeped in history. Plan your summer trips with this list of New Englands’s most scenic destinations. Source: New England Destination Guide
Turns out that choosing your next fixture is a lot like shopping for a new car. Architectural lighting fixtures are also known as specification-grade lighting fixtures. In other words, they normally have a number of specifications (options) to choose from—specifications that help customize the fixture to the project in question. This helps the fixture to fit the…
Architectural lighting is the intersection of art and technology—principles of design come into play, as do physics, engineering, and the psychological and physiological effects of light. We reached out to an architect, Molly Munson of Adam Wheeler design for her definition of architectural lighting. First, she defined the goal of “architecture”: “Architects are trying…
