Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Ancient China

Last year, as part of a unit I taught on ancient China, I created several chalk paintings for my lessons. Here are two.

The first is Marco Polo meeting Kubli Khan for the first time and at his summer palace.
The second painting is the Great Wall. The actual mural size was 15x7 feet. The rectangular objects are books my students made.
My students made the books, but I made this stuff.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Welcome

This is not the first blog on the weird wide web dedicated to stuff someone made. It is, however, the first blog to feature the stuff I have made (Ok, not totally true. I helped make this). I don't believe many will even bother looking at my stuff (and well, they probably shouldn't), but, should you stumble into this space and take time to look at my stuff, I will think good thoughts at you.

What kind of stuff do I make? You will just have to keep stopping by to find out. I can't really say what you will see here. Whatever the spirit moves me to make... I will post it here.

If you make some stuff, and you would like to contribute to this blog, please email me with a sample of your stuff.

For starters, how 'bout some breakfast. A hearty meal is great for starting the day, why not this blog?!

I poached the eggs (the macho way... in a pool rather than the specialized pan), and made the hollandaise from scratch. Jen provided coffee.
I made this stuff.