{"id":145,"date":"2009-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/crafty_wonderland_\/"},"modified":"2011-01-30T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T04:57:26","slug":"crafty_wonderland_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polymathdesignlab.com\/weblog\/2009\/05\/crafty_wonderland_\/","title":{"rendered":"Crafty Wonderland!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh gracious, my poor neglected blog! Techshop Portland<\/a> got their laser cutter, and ever since then I’ve been spending most of my spare moments over there, and not writing much of anything longer than a tweet! (And yes, if you do want to hear from me a bit more often, you can do so by following @Spiralshannon<\/a>, or subscribing to my twitter rss feed<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

So, anyway, things have been pretty exciting over here. I’ll be selling at Crafty Wonderland<\/a> this Sunday – my first craft fair! I have a new set of designs based on work I’ve been doing with Context Free Art <\/a>– software that allows you to create images by writing algorithms, and which\u00a0 is pretty easy to learn if you have even the most basic programming background (which is all<\/strong> I have… I’ve done the barest touch of javascript coding, but I taught the “Advanced BASIC” class at a computer camp back in college.) I’ve only photographed one item out of the new set, and it was selected to appear in the promotional email <\/a>for this weekend’s show, which has me a bit giddy.<\/p>\n

There’s more to tell, but honestly I think I’ll have a better chance of getting back to posting regularly if I don’t force myself to sit here and write about it all right this minute. Besides, I have to finish getting everything ready for the craft show! So, if you’ll be in Portland on Sunday, come check out the show (11am to 4 pm at the Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside) and get to be among the first few people to see the rest of the new pieces. If not, sit tight and I’ll start posting them next week, and I promise I’ll be back to write more soon!<\/p>\n