Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 20hMaybe you need to walk up the stairs more differently than usual. Everybody, do the funky stair dance! 000
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am eating too much fast food today. But having fun making #fastfoodorigami 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Today my daughter and I tried punching shapes into leaves for the first time. I'm pretty pleased with the result. More will come. #punchedleaves 061
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026On this day in 1871 the Chicago fire started. Flying my Chicago-style hot dog flag in honor of this day. (Flag designed by Anthony Hall of @harebrained.bsky.social) 0131
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Full blog post with fun story at www.spudart.org/blog/hot-tea...spudart.orgHot tea, origami, and a bicycle ride - SpudartI went to McDonald’s for Monopoly. I ended up sitting outside, chair-dancing to INXS, folding a McDouble wrapper into an origami crane, watching the wind make the crane look alive, and biking home wit... 000
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The "Power Plant Employees" on the sign really sets it up for the joke. Plus, I like thinking of all the power plants that Decepticons used to destroy. It's like they took over the power plant, and now it's time for the logistics and operations. 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The art critic Clement Greenberg would be rolling over in his grave. On his view, popular approval signals kitsch. 000
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yeah, I'm painting with a broad brush here when I say popular. I don't have a clear definition. But generally, it's the work that people see when looking at the algorithm stream. Thus, yeah, it'll lean heavily on likes/shares/follows. 100
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I have a controversial thought that's been brewing in my head for the past few years. Today's most popular artists on Instagram should be in art museum collections. More to come on that, with explanations. 120
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I would love to see these in the neighborhood. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r... 040
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I found out today that when shopping carts are parked, their handles are 11 inches apart! I thought the handles were all next to each other! #til 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Plus, I could use it to wrap other stuff. Like, what. I don’t know yet. Maybe when I wrap presents? Actually, when I loop this around the shopping card handles, I could glue the ends of the paper together. Forcing someone to rip the wrap to release the carts. Oh, this is perfect! 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh of course as soon as I submit my order, I see this gem. amzn.to/3Vz06nK 200-count pre-cut pop-up 9" x 10.75" wraps (meant for food) $18.99. This would be perfect for these seals. It would have more of a shiny look. 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just ordered a date stamp from Amazon (the type that libraries used to use). It arrives tomorrow. The #ArtAuthentication seals will get a date. I'm excited. amzn.to/3W9haAQ 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Getting ready to place this on a few shopping carts in my Jewel parking lot. Reviving an art project from 2002. #ArtAuthentication 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The #ArtAuthentication series started July 15, 2002, with a piece of tape over a door in Chicago's Lower Wacker Drive. Looking back at my photos, the day before was when the Pepsi Blue street marketing blitz hit Michigan Avenue. (other photos: the view from my desk at Tribune Tower) 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just found that the Art Institute of Chicago has a photograph in their collection featuring a corner in my suburb, Glen Ellyn. A lot has changed in the photo since 1976. 040
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Making a bridge into a work of art by a single strip of tape. I updated the photos on a 2002 post about "Art Authentication" #ArtAuthentication www.spudart.org/blog/art-aut...spudart.orgArt Authentication: #2 - SpudartOn the tape is this hand-written message: This seal authenticates this ___(object)___ as an artwork. Once this ___(object)___ ___(action present)___, this seal will rip and its authentication is termi... 120
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This card has seen some age. The wrinkles, sure. But that fading is an art form, too. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today is "Look at the Leaves Day"! (October 3) 1. Find a leaf. 2. Write a short caption on a 5x7 envelope. 3. Slide the leaf into the envelope. 4. Put the envelope into a book for pressing. Years later, when you encounter the leaf again, you'll know the story. www.spudart.org/try/pressed-...spudart.orgPress a leaf in an envelope with the date and story written on it - SpudartPick up a leaf. Write the date on an envelope, write a few sentences underneath about how you came across it, then slide the leaf inside and press the envelope in a book. 011
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A tiny ginkgo leaf that looks like a butterfly! #pressedleafstories 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The start of a letter for #lettersonfoil. In the rest of the letter, I contemplate the existential meaning of plastic leaves on display at Trader Joe's. Longer blog post with more photos coming once I mail this. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So much stuff that I make never ends up online. It sits buried in my photo archive. I'm going to try to post things on Bluesky more as they happen. My blog (spudart.org) will be the place for longer posts. Here's a leaf I picked up today for #pressedleafstories 020
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My first time ordering as Laserbeak. I figured it would make more sense with the crane origami. Also my first time taking a single bite out of my food, and then making the #fastfoodorigami. The photo makes it look like the origami is eating the food. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why I duct-taped a postcard to my shoe and mailed it to my alma mater for an art exhibit. www.spudart.org/blog/remembe...spudart.orgRemember M... - SpudartWhy I duct-taped a postcard to my shoe and mailed it to my alma mater for an art exhibit. 011
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the month when I have to retrain myself not to type a zero before the month. I write dates like this: 20260930. Now i need to type them like this 20261001. I'm so used to typing that 0 right after the 6. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you are curious, here's how a more modern baseball card looks backlit. 2022 Topps. You don't get the same nice pulpy texture in the 1987 Topps. 000
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I photographed it backlit again. This one is a little better. 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seeing what it's like to fold a 1987 Topps card into an origami crane. Again, splitting the card to make it thinner before folding. I was surprised by how much gloss is on the surface of the card. The backlighting is fun to show how thin the card is. #origamibaseballcard 100
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It was great to hear you on air—even with a raspy voice. You are the Alex Bregman of radio. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love this idea. I'm going to buy some 1975 Topps baseball cards to fold and tear slightly. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm so glad you posted this. I saw your notice that you were sick yesterday, so I assumed there would be no Rockology today. I hope you are feeling better! 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Now this is how I'll store it. Unfolded. The missing bottom and peeled-back reunited in a penny sleeve. Maybe someday I might fold it into an origami crane again. #origamibaseballcard 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The way the unfolded card catches the light is a bit like a kaleidoscope. (a bit) Or maybe a diamond with facets. 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you fold a baseball card into an origami crane, this is what it looks like. #origamibaseballcard Using an X-Acto blade, I peeled a baseball card into two parts. I folded the front of the card into an origami crane. 111
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thanks! I have to thank the original Blogger service by Pyra Labs. Their platform allowed me to have a blog on my site. They even sent me a tshirt back in the day. 110
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, on my blog's 25th anniversary, I totally forgot. I was busy leaving a treasure chest behind the abandoned shopping carts at Jewel. www.spudart.org/blog/we-carr...spudart.orgWe carry more than we know - SpudartLast Wednesday I celebrated 25 years of spudart.org. Today, on the actual anniversary, I totally forgot. I was busy leaving a treasure chest behind the abandoned shopping carts at Jewel. 010
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 28/09/202625 years ago on this day, I published my first blog post. www.spudart.org/blog/25th-an...spudart.org25th anniversary of Spudart.org blog - SpudartMy first blog post on spudart.org went up on September 28, 2001. It was called "Long Live Long Tables." I proposed that long cafeteria tables are better for conversation than little round ones. This M... 140
Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A classic Savage Chickens from 20 years ago on this day. @savagechickens.bsky.social www.savagechickens.com/2006/09/art-... 010