art is my middle name

philip arthur porter

textile art

I have a Masters degree in Visual Design from the University of California at Berkeley. I went there to study textiles as a fine art from a marvelous man named Ed Rossbach. Baskets were his specialty, both contemporary and modern. Since some traditional baskets were made from reeds soaked in water to make them pliable, and since some basketmakers actually submerged the reeds as they worked, you might say that I came very close to getting a Masters degree in Underwater Basketweaving.

You might say it, but you probably shouldn't.

I still do textile artwork to this day. My current fascination is crocheting small, single-thread basket/sculpture thingies. I hand-dye the string in complicated ways to create colors and patterns. Are you getting this? I don’t change string to get the change in color—it is all of a piece. The dyeing process is top-secret, although I have blabbed it to a few people if they show enough interest. (Actually, if they show any interest at all.) I crochet a lot on airplanes, if I have the nerve. At take-off on one flight, I dropped my ball of yarn and it rolled about 15 rows back. Now that was embarrassing!

Visits since April 13, 2009

Website counter

Although a few people call me “Philip” and fewer still have called me “Felipe” or “Philodendren,” I have gone through most of my life as “Phil.” If I were to use Philip more consistently, I think I would have to demand that everyone say it with an English accent, to keep it crisp. Otherwise it goes a little flat—“fillup”—like the sound of a loose shoe sole on hard pavement.

My middle name honors Arthur Weimer who was the Dean of the School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where my father was a professor and administrator.

I come from a line of Porters either short or long, who knows. That particular line of Porters will die out before too long, because in my round of siblings and cousins, the boys didn’t beget boys who might pass on the Porter name, and the girls seem to have taken on their husbands’ names. So the Porters will be drowned out by “Cohns” and “McGuires” and “Flodders” at least in the descendants closest to me. (I have no children, thank God, and my only brother has three daughters. What ever happened to that feminist concept of keeping your own name? Those three beautiful and liberated and charming young women certainly didn’t!)

In the crowd in which I run, people are often changing their names—in every which way—especially as they “find themselves.” Mostly I couldn't take the time or trouble, but when I do imagine the possibility, I can imagine myself as “Art.” For the moment, though, I am happy to be able to say to folks “Art is my middle name.” I was surprised and delighted when I found out that “artismymiddlename.com” had not been taken.

dragon ever norrath quest

dragon eye uav

purple dragon.com

ball dragon paradijs

dragon lair stillwater

dragon horimono

dragon alado de ra

slifer the sky dragon yugioh card

bearded dragon heating

bearded dragon egg incubation

dragon boll z foto

dragon leafy sale sea

ball dragon kamehasutra

ball dragon giru goku gt pan trunks

ball dragon gay toons.xxx z

persicaria red dragon

boll dragon foto z

how to draw dragon ball z.com

breath dragon hibiscus

leafy sea dragon for sale

alcan dragon boat

bob long intimidator dragon

bob long dragon intimidator

by dragon minstrel pup rosemary sutcliffe

as dragon figurine maleficent

dragon myleague.com realm

dragon moonx.com

dragon facts.com

dragon dall gt

dragon ball z legacy of goku roms

eggleton dragon

200cc chopper dragon

croching tiger hidden dragon

bearded dragon nutrition

bearded cage dragon plan

yu gi oh xyz dragon cannon

augustinian dragon

ball dragon gba goku legacy rom z

eastbay dragon

bearded caresheets dragon

lynns bearded dragon

soyo kt880 dragon

artland dragon

dragon lair mpeg

dragon indonesian komodo rare

dragon dragon dungeon dvd god wrath

dragon ball z the legacy of goku gba rom

dragon ball z buus fury gba rom

armor dragon gear pinnacle skin

arrival ball dragon raditz z

8 doujinshi dragon quest

de del dragon el oro reino resumen

legendary dragon timaeus

gatling dragon

1 48 8 dragon fw190a

komodo dragon scientific name

bearded dragon impaction

lamium purple dragon

ball dragon goku pic s shirt z

ball dragon fgt

ball bulmax dragon

ball chou densetsu dragon rom saiya z

beard collie dragon iris love

komodo dragon mating

crouching dragon hidden locale tiger

adidas dragon predator pulse

aimbot bot dragon v10

body dragon jaded name piercing

2 dragon gufeld ultimate

dragon sky slither

dragon picher

dragon komodo mating

dragon edgeworthia red

dragon dragonlovers pern

dragon blanco de ojos azules

armor dragon pinnacle skin vest

armed dragon lv5

armed dragon lv.10

slipher the sky dragon

dragon are real.com

dragon ball z af.com

dragon grass nook quest viii

dragon megarock

dragon needlepoint wizard

card dragon sky slifer

org bearded caresheet dragon

daylily dragon king

return of the dragon sisqo

bahamut king of dragon

bearded dragon caresheet

eastbay dragon mc

ball character dragon mugen z

boll dragon xxx z

ball dragon gt odcinki

snappy dragon seattle

dragon baii z

dragon ball gt transformation rom

dragon ballz gt.com

dragon fish goby

dragon ladon

dragon southlake

dragon tps xcam xcrypto

dragon warrior monster 2 taras adventure

0.7 dragon jong mah version

british dragon anabol

chainmail warhammer dungeon dragon figurine

boll de dragon juegos z

acer dragon palmatum red

8260 dragon faceplates

bearded dragon terrarium

bearded dragon sunfire

bearded dragon handling

bearded brumation dragon

dragon shibori

dragon gobies

dragon fairy mermaid pegasus unicorn

8 au dragon naturallyspeaking preferred

triple dragon dbs 3000

horntail dragon

cloisonne dragon pin

den.com dragon

boll dragon z.com

arowana dragon fish

nti dragon burn

501 dragon sy

amazon.com bird dragon fly red rise

sigurd the dragon slayer

2 dragon kt880 soyo v2.0

megatron dragon

1 2000 australian dragon gold lunar ounce oz

fgd dragon

dracaena dragon tree

aviano ice dragon

dragon ball yee hong

yee hong dragon ball

dragon drawings.com

dragon dungeon game libris mortis playing role

dragon fursuit

dragon kt600 soyo

ball doujinshi dragon gt pan trunks

levia dragon daedalus

dragon tail.com

ball dragon fanart otaku z

ball bout dragon final gt iso rom

dome dragon home nagoya

dragon gamesz

dragon fruit pitaya

dragon dome pekin il