It boiled in some soda ash for several hours to clean and break down the fibers a bit.

Most folks would use a blender to make a pulp at this point, but I’m going to give my rock tumbler a go.

The pool balls should mash against the fibers (instead of slicing), hopefully leading to stronger paper

Good soup

It’s tedious (my fingers already hurt lol) but I luckily have a very cute helper

If you want to follow along, I made a Bluesky account for my still-very-early-stage small business: @hydropoco.bsky.social

I've been experimenting with making indoor hydroponics productive, simple, and appealing. Give it a follow if you enjoy plants, small-space gardening, or DIY builds 🙌

I'm trying to offer myself grace — sharing work publicly is vulnerable. Random people seeing things that I've made??? Terrifying!

But I've wanted to do this for as long as I can remember, and I recognize that my avoiding the uncomfortable is holding me back.

Going to therapy has made it increasingly clear that perfectionism does not serve me and anxiety is a silly goofy goober who likes to scream silly goofy things at me.

Hear that, anxiety? Posting on Bluesky is not the same as being chased to death by a tiger!!

Bring back super intricate buildings that take a quarter of a lifetime to build

Oh no… I thought I was the one conning you 😬

I've historically spat out a static portfolio that I ignore for a few years post-launch. Not this time — I'm building this bad boy with iterations and updates front-and-center.

I want my portfolio to not only showcase my work to new clients, but act as a playground for trying new ideas

I'm sitting down with @rachelsu.bsky.social tomorrow to review the designs for accessibility best practices.

I'm adding animations with Rive and Webflow's built-in animation tools, but still want my site to be accessible for screen readers (and search engine crawlers)

Super impressive motion design! Love the interactions with the autograph card