modern crafts

Always love working with the super talented Kiera and Yunhee. Here is another story we did on modern crafts inspired by science.

halloween 2013

IT TAKES TWO!
photograpy by Rus Anson
styling by Elizabeth MacLennan
ideas by Kiera Coffee

And then we had some fun on set!

pasta

PASTA PRESTO (3 of 5 pages)
photos by Yunhee Kim
food styling by Chelsea Zimmer
Illustrations by Marc Boutavant

editing

It's difficult to edit years worth of work. I'm finding myself a bit at loose ends going through all my files from Parent & Child, overjoyed with all the work that has produced from being the art director there. There are too many talented people to thank, but thank them I do whole heartedly. Mostly the wonderful editors at Scholastic for giving me so much creative freedom!

Over the next few days I plan to post a sampling that just touches the surface, feeling so grateful!

SNACKS (4 of 6 pages)
photos by Romulo Yanes
food styling by Victoria Granof

almost 7

My little man will almost be 7. In 21 days to be exact. Yesterday he lost his second front tooth. We'd been wiggling it, including his sister and I, for days, trying to pry it out, looking forward to his gapped smile with anticipation. When I picked him up from school this is what he looked like, bloody nose and all. This picture says so much, from the ruddy cheeks and chocolate crumbs, bed-headed flaxen hair. His proud expression of a 1st grader milestone. The one time in our life that missing teeth is actually cool. I look at him, thinking how I'm just trying to hold on to my teeth for another 40 years or so. "Look! My new teeth are already coming in!", he says beaming. "Take good care of them" was my reply while secretly wishing we had a 3 or 4th set to spare like sharks.

one can be so lucky: beautiful!

62 year old Jacky for Americal Apparel

And to end the night, I'm reminded that I also discovered the exquisite spanish actress Ana Torrent this week.

It started with Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, El Nido by Jaime de Armiñán, and Carlos Saura's Cria Cuervos of which I'll leave you with this little clip sung by the 1974 pop star Jeannette.