My parody of the Etsy community (here) was partly improvised by Ariana with my direction. Watch some of the process here, with my line suggestions and their amusing results:
Fun with Etsy
I’m male… but I know a thing or two about Etsy, the online homemade crafts marketplace populated mostly by young women with art to sell. I have a few very good friends who are part of the Etsy culture. (Check out The Noisy Plume, Umber Dove, Linny Kenney Leather, Sweet Bee Photo.) They’re brave, enterprising [...]
Stutter Tattoo
My film profiling the work and family life of tattoo artist Al Lytle. Enjoy!
The Life and Times of the Noisy Plume
We’ve started production on a series of short films profiling the lives and work of creative and interesting people. I’m looking for more of these individuals to add to the series, so please email me with any suggestions you may have. The first in the series is our good friend Jillian Lukiwski of thenoisyplume.com, who [...]
On the practice of making schoolchildren repeat the Pledge of Allegiance
I’m not from the United States, so occasionally I get into trouble for airing views which reflect a more British approach to subjects like patriotism and flags and national pride. This is one of those occasions. I made the following unwise comment yesterday on my Twitter feed: The sound of Blake Primary School children saying [...]


