I chose to have a stationary bed. After years of living in The Escape Pod, I knew that I did not want to pack up a bed everyday. Making a bed every ...
Building Out The Ford: Underneath The Bed Storage
I like having a big open space underneath the bed. It allows for choice in what and how to store things. Plastic boxes/crates for everything from ...
Building Out The Ford: The Closet and Counter Walls And Shelves
The walls just sort of fell into place. The first thing I did was decide what the purpose of the walls would be for. I knew that I wanted a closet ...
Building Out The Ford: Door Panels
I thought that cutting out the door panels was going to be easy. On an E250, and probably every other van ever made, each door panel is a different ...
Building Out The Ford: Painting
I knew from the get go that I wanted the interior of the van to be white. There were a couple of reasons for this. Making art. When working in a ...
Building Out The Ford: The Bed Platform
On to the bed platform. If I placed it just right, I could create the bed platform side-to-side rather than front-to-back, giving me a lot more floor ...
Building Out The Ford: The Walls
Boy, did I overthink what I wanted to use for the walls! Materials I considered using for the walls: stretched canvas, masonite, 1/4-inch plywood, ...
MY URBAN OFF THE GRID LIFE
Note: This piece was first published on ARTIST-AT-LARGE.COM Growing up in the sixties and seventies, even in rural America, was an explosive and ...
