Author: josephmmartin

About three and a half months ago this team was assembled. For better and worse, these are the people we have been with day and night for a great deal of that time. Now, having completed our task. it is time for this team to dissolve. It is time to depart the great city of [...]

On the eve of my departure to the great state of Michigan for cold weather and tons of food, it seemed like everyone wanted to get things done as efficiently as I did. Our morning started a bit slowly for some of us (why does “meet at 9:00” seem to mean “just wake up at [...]

Occasionally we call upon trained professionals to assist us with tricky and/or challenging tasks. This particular tradesman is named Otto and is highly skilled in concrete finishing. He may look pretty rough with his Batman tattoos exposed underneath rolled-up sleeves, but give him a foam sword and the little kid inside comes out. His help [...]

Today got a little messy. When Lindsay stopped for a second and said, "I think it's about time for a dump," we all quickly agreed. Taken out of context you might think that she was being a bit vulgar for a southern lady, but allow me to put it into context for you so that [...]

                        It takes at least ten hard-working architecture and/or landscape architecture students to design and compose a master plan presentation in less than 20 hours, but it only takes one Teddy to eloquently deliver that presentation to the design review committee. To bring you [...]

Today some of my fellow classmates were talking about some brownies that they recently made, but forgot to bring in to studio. I was devastated and so distracted that I nearly sent my newly-sharpened 3/4" chisel into the tip of my finger instead of my dovetail. Delicious treats are dangerous on a number of levels [...]

Studio V is like a bag of taffy … or box of chocolates. It is full of interesting, often unpredictable flavors that will eventually fail miserably at something, and maybe contemplate using power tools to express its frustrations between members, but that is okay (as long as someone else unplugs the tool before anything happens [...]