it's been a while since i posted... i've been working for the past few weeks on a wearable structure that will be part of a fashion show at the end of the month. this piece is the result of a collaboration with a fashion designer here in tallinn. i'll also be making some jewelry for the show of my own design. so exciting but very time consuming! i'll be able to post images of the work after the show along with more complete descriptions of the work.

otherwise i've been busy helping the newest fulbright arrival, andrew, get settled in. it didn't start out well though, i arrived at the airport last week two hours late! i had confused the time and andrew had left the airport with no way for me to contact him. being the resourceful guy that he is, he checked into his hotel, then went straight to the mall to acquire an estonian cell phone/number and called me up a few hours later. crisis diverted! he's putting the rest of us to shame having already moved into his apartment, filed for his residency permit, begun classes, and set up a bank account.

i'll be heading off to tartu, estonia's second largest city with a population just over 100,000, this weekend with andrew and anna whose an intern at the us embassy. the university of tartu is the oldest and largest university in estonia, it was founded in 1632! it's also known as the city of "good thoughts" and is considered by some to be more relaxed, intellectual, cultured..... than tallinn, which might be attributed to the estimate that 40% of tartu's population are either students or professors. sounds like it'll be fun. i'll be sure to give you the update next week along with pictures! until then.