Blog — Creative Process

The event in New York City that was originally scheduled for October 21st was rescheduled for Dec 15th. On October 20th I was supposed to take the mobiles to the Mandarin Hotel in NYC, but the event got rescheduled because the person who it was being held for had just gotten out of the hospital and was still not well enough to attend the event... the event was for none other than President Bill Clinton!!! When I learned who it was for I was floored! It was a good thing I had been sitting down, because I was so stunned that I...

On Monday, October 4th I received an email from Brittnell Anderson of Cogs and Marvel inquiring about giant gold crane mobiles for an upcoming event in New York City on October 21st. He had come across some pictures of gold spiral mobiles I had made in 2010, and wanted something similar. We soon spoke over the phone to discuss the details of the project and I learned that he wanted three 5 foot wide circular mobiles with hundreds of paper cranes all in gold.  I knew I could make the mobiles, but could I get it all done in the 16 days I had? Research needed to be...

Origami enthusiast, Julius, first contacted me in October of 2020. He had a few questions about the size and capacity of my DIY Mobile Kits, and he wanted to know if there was room for more than just the 10 models it was designed to hold. I sent him a layout of what it would look like with the 10 models, along with one of where he could potentially fit additional models...

This post may include affiliate links.  The Bygone is out and my mobile made a spectacular appearance in the film sometime between minutes 57and 62! The scene is magical with the music box playing "All The Pretty Horses," and all the dynamic shots of the mobile as Kip (Graham Phillips) looks for clues in Waniya's room (Sydney Schafer). The film is beautifully made, and you can feel how the story has a special meaning to the Phillips brothers as you watch it. You can get it on DVD or BluRay on Amazon now and see it too!   The excitement started back in the winter of...