Make It Mighty Ugly in 2020!
It’s a new year coming up – heck, it’ll be a new decade! – and there’s no better way to start fresh than to do it by embracing the imperfection and occasional downright ugliness that […]
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Mighty Ugly Rocks at Girls-Only Maker Camp
The only time I do Mighty Ugly with kids is at the University of British Columbia’s annual girls-only Maker Camp. It’s an incredible weeklong day camp run by Dr. David Ng, whom I met years […]
Mighty Ugly at New Craft Symposium
I had the pleasure of bringing Mighty Ugly to Prince George, BC, as part of the New Craft Symposium hosted by Material Matters of Emily Carr University of Art & Design at Two Rivers Gallery. […]
UBC Maker Camp 2016
I brought Mighty Ugly to UBC Maker Camp for the second year in a row, and it was a blast! The weeklong camp, associated with Make Media’s Maker Camp and supported in part by the Vancouver […]
Mighty Ugly for Valentine’s Day at the Chattanooga Public Library
A couple of months ago, I got a Twitter mention from the Chattanooga Public Library in Tennessee, about a Mighty Ugly workshop they were going to host for Valentine’s Day. And I nearly fell out of my chair. […]
5 Reasons to Do a Year of Making (+ Free Worksheet!)
I’m still finding my way around Periscope, and one of the things I love most about it is that people can comment as you record, so you can respond to what they say or ask. […]
On Being an Expert in Doing Things I Have No Idea How to Do
Several weeks ago, I got an email from the manager of an art-supply store here in Vancouver, asking if I’d like to teach a collage workshop in the store – specifically about how/where to start […]
Ugly Creature from a Reader: Meet Petunia Alex
Check out Petunia Alex, the ugly creature Pamela Arriera made when she worked through Make It Mighty Ugly. I love seeing photos of readers’ ugly creatures, and it’s even better when they include the story they wrote about their creature. […]
A Mighty Ugly Recap of Maker Camp @ UBC
The 2015 Vancouver Mini Maker Faire was the first one I didn’t attend, as a visitor or a Maker, since the event started in 2011. I considered cutting our road trip a week short so […]
Happy Birthday, Make It Mighty Ugly!
It was one year ago today that Make It Mighty Ugly was released into the world! And what a year it’s been. Personally, this book took me all over North America, which allowed me to […]
