Tag: Jordana

  • Some Thoughts On BRIC, Brooklyn’s Beloved Arts Organization

    Jordana and I were recently interviewed by Brooklyn Independent Media about BRIC, Brooklyn’s beloved non-profit arts organization. For 35 years, BRIC’s been driving and reflecting the cultural diversity and creativity of our favorite borough, led by its brilliant visionary, Leslie Schultz. From live music and performing arts (the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival and BRIClab),…

  • 150 People Knitting Boobs

    It was 9am on a beautiful Friday morning in Brooklyn, four years ago, the first ever Viacommunity Day, a day of service for all employees of our company.  I was walking up to my wife’s art studio with several bags of bagels.  She was expecting about 50 people that morning. Neither of us expected our CEO to…

  • An Urban Arts Project I Hope You’ll Consider

    The Textile Arts Center’s Artists In Residence Program is a project my wife, Jordana Munk Martin, started a few years ago at Oak Knit Studio, her Brooklyn-based art space.  It’s a one-of-a-kind program that incubates emerging textile artists from around the world, showcases their work, and activates local and national communities around DIY creative projects. There are so many ways…

  • The “Jordana Tank” By Designer Lindsay Degen

        My wife, Jordana Munk Martin, has inspired some new summer 2013 couture: The “Jordana Tank” by designer Lindsay Degen.  (FYI It’s not Jordana in these photos.) Degen’s beautiful knitted summer sweaters are featured on Of A Kind, which describes them like this: This is the definition of summer sweater. Hand-knit from super-soft merino wool, it’s substantial enough…

  • Bill Cosby Wearing A Sweater Of Bill Cosby Wearing A Sweater Of…

    I love coming home to my wife wanting to show me what’s going in the knitting world.  Last night, she showed me Andrew Salomone‘s work.  The guy hacked his electornic knitting machine and found a way to knit images he uploads from his computer.  Dude’s got mad skillz. Salomone recently showed his stuff at the Maker Faire in Queens,…

  • Pancakes With Mac Lethal

    Every year on New Year’s Day, a bunch of my cousins come over for a pancake fest. Jordana makes as many varieties as she can think of, and we stuff our faces while all the kids cuddle lovingly on the couch destroy the house. It’s fun!   I’d been thinking about mixin’ shit up this…

  • Jordana’s DIY July 4th

    The fireworks must’ve sparked something in wifey because she was on fire last night.  After returning from working in her studio, Jordana got right to work in the house.  It started with some shoe surgery, turning these greek sandals into a a more suitable contraption for our 2 year-old. Then she moved outside.  After a…

  • Knit-A-Boob?

    I’m knitting prosthetic breasts tomorrow for an event called “Knit-A-Boob” at Oak Knit Studio in Brooklyn. Mine won’t look as nice as this one, but I’m gonna give it my best try. The knitted boobs will become prosthetics for breast cancer survivors, and will be distributed by breastcancer.org. Textile Arts Center will be joining, and…

  • Squirrel Attacks Man

    My biggest fucking fear in life, besides prison, is this. So, thanks to my wife for sharing this article from the Burlington Free Press this morning… Squirrel attacking residents of Vermont neighborhood BENNINGTON — A Vermont neighborhood is being stalked by a renegade gray squirrel. Several people in Bennington say they’ve been attacked by a…

  • Theo Test Drives The “Bop-It”

    This is the “Bop It,” designed for kids 8 + up: This is Theo trying to play the “Bop It”: