Maija Graham : Harebrained Schemes

National Highway No. 6

Maija — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:18:31 +0000

I had intended to avoid Cambodia while I was in southeast Asia. It had opened up to tourism only four years before after decades of war, brutal genocide, and deprivation. The countryside was littered with landmines, armed militias were still the de facto authority in many areas...

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The Carrot Rustler

Maija — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:15:04 +0000

Mom says she was pretending to be Dale Evans. Based on a photo taken by my grandfather.

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Mai pen rai

Maija — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:22:20 +0000

I like to think that wisdom is knowing that I was a fool yesterday, and tomorrow I’ll know I was a fool today, though hopefully not the same fool! I have a story from ten years ago that I have never told anyone (at least not in full) because it really does show me for a fool, but perhaps it might be a helpful lesson, or at the very least, amusing.

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Un bel di vedremo

Maija — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:33:43 +0000

Un bel di vedremo, 2010 Mixed media 7cm X 15cm X 15cm

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A little busy

Maija — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:16:36 +0000

In addition to virtually “big” projects, I’m occupied with several physically tiny ones. Who knew that small things could be such massive time-hogs? I mean, besides every scale modeler ever?

Robin Arseneault: Curios

Maija — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:48:14 +0000

Click here to see Curios in action. Robin told me she wanted to add a section to her site where she could post new things but she didn't want a blog. So I came up with this swirling 3-dimensional cloud of non-linear randomness.

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Snow Flourish

Maija — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:00:54 +0000

Snow Flourish, 2009 Digital For the ongoing Threadless t-shirt design competition

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The Chook, the Squid, and the Sweetheart

Maija — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:27:51 +0000

Once upon a time, I slipped a little piece of romantic fiction into Australia’s history. This was long before Wikipedia, back when you had to do it by hand.

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30,750 staples later…

Maija — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:08 +0000

Just over a week ago, I got an email from my friend, Janine Vangool at Uppercase, asking if I would be able to assist with assembling ten thousand hand-made books for a client's Christmas mail-out. I said yes. It has been a long week.

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Rollover interactives

Maija — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:36:50 +0000

Click here to see examples of a rollover interactive Rollover interactives are a compact way to show more information about a diagram than will fit in the space available.

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