After Five

Ever wonder where your co-workers are headed at the end of the day? This Inside feature catches up with university employees "after five." Photo by Bob Elbert.

Name: Lee Anne Willson By day, she's: University professor, physics and astronomy After five, she's: Artist and co-founder, CASA (Creative Artists' Studio of Ames) Her portfolio's star attraction: Modular origami, also known as 2-D paper quilts, which sell for "negligible to over $1,000" She's most illuminated: "Playing with colors and shapes" When art surpasses the star search: "My work as a theoretical astrophysicist is very abstract. It's nice, then, to be able to actually see what I've created in the studio, to pick it up at the end of the day."