There will be a raffle basket of donated art items from participating artists during the Northville Art House Holiday Gift Market.
This is the pair of Tooklets I will donate to the basket.
All of the Tooklets so far -- pilin' on!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
365 Day 279
more Tooklets progress
There will be a raffle basket of donated art items from participating artists during the Northville Art House Holiday Gift Market.
This is the pair of Tooklets I will donate to the basket.
All of the Tooklets so far -- pilin' on!
There will be a raffle basket of donated art items from participating artists during the Northville Art House Holiday Gift Market.
This is the pair of Tooklets I will donate to the basket.
All of the Tooklets so far -- pilin' on!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
365 Day 278
What a fabulous phone call!
The phone rang this morning and the Called ID was the last name of one of my doctors. I figured it was an appointment reminder or something. I answered and * surprise * it was artist (and new bud) Leann Meixner! Leann was calling to see if she could come over and bring the voodoo boxes I purchased from her last show (and also bring over the ones that Ruth bought).
I am SO thrilled that Leann came over. She wanted to look around in my studio and she said such wonderful things to me. Wow. I am so happy I met Leann...I love, love, LOVE her art and I am delighted to begin a friendship with her, too.
LOOK -- Leann is in MY studio -- next to one of her voodoo boxes.
This is "Finish" -- as in Finish What You're Doing.
This box is SO me. I knew exactly where it NEEDED to go when I saw it in the show that Leann and another mutual friend - Joan Potter Thomas - had recently at Liberty Street Brewing Company in Plymouth, MI.
"Finish" side view
"Finish" hanging on the wall. What a great way to begin to fill up that space on my studio wall! It makes me want to bring out some of my other still-boxed-up stuffs.
Here is another of the three boxes I got. This is "Now" -- as in Now Now Now Now Now Right NOW! Again...so me!
And here is the third one -- "Think" -- as in Put On Your Thinking Cap. Yet another reminder for me...I can do things I don't think I can do initially if I just THINK about it.
Front view of "Think"
I want to put NOW and Think in places where I will see them and be inspired by them. For now, they are residing with Finish and I can look straight at them from my desk in my studio.
I am sure they will let me know where they need to be.
Now I'm all excited and revved up -- and inspired -- to get back to work on the Tookies. Maybe I will work on some plaster cloth tonight!
The phone rang this morning and the Called ID was the last name of one of my doctors. I figured it was an appointment reminder or something. I answered and * surprise * it was artist (and new bud) Leann Meixner! Leann was calling to see if she could come over and bring the voodoo boxes I purchased from her last show (and also bring over the ones that Ruth bought).
I am SO thrilled that Leann came over. She wanted to look around in my studio and she said such wonderful things to me. Wow. I am so happy I met Leann...I love, love, LOVE her art and I am delighted to begin a friendship with her, too.
LOOK -- Leann is in MY studio -- next to one of her voodoo boxes.
This is "Finish" -- as in Finish What You're Doing.
This box is SO me. I knew exactly where it NEEDED to go when I saw it in the show that Leann and another mutual friend - Joan Potter Thomas - had recently at Liberty Street Brewing Company in Plymouth, MI.
"Finish" side view
"Finish" hanging on the wall. What a great way to begin to fill up that space on my studio wall! It makes me want to bring out some of my other still-boxed-up stuffs.
Here is another of the three boxes I got. This is "Now" -- as in Now Now Now Now Now Right NOW! Again...so me!
And here is the third one -- "Think" -- as in Put On Your Thinking Cap. Yet another reminder for me...I can do things I don't think I can do initially if I just THINK about it.
Front view of "Think"
I want to put NOW and Think in places where I will see them and be inspired by them. For now, they are residing with Finish and I can look straight at them from my desk in my studio. I am sure they will let me know where they need to be.
Now I'm all excited and revved up -- and inspired -- to get back to work on the Tookies. Maybe I will work on some plaster cloth tonight!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
365 Day 277
Yay -- I think I've got it
This month in the ATC Exchange group our themes are Fall/Halloween. At the last meeting when it was announced I thought, "Cool -- that sounds pretty easy...I love Fall...I love Halloween. It will be relatively simple to choose something to do!"
Ha! It turns out that for me, having a way wide open choice is pretty difficult. Fall means so many things to me. Halloween images go on forever. How do you choose one main idea???
So many iconic Halloween images have been swirling around in my head the last few days while I was thinking about this...candy corn, ghosts, black cats, witches. I switched gears and tried to think of Fall...leaves, Indian corn, corn stalks, apples...nope, too many again. I had to narrow it down to an absolutely Halloween image with a capital H...and it had to be something I could execute and repeat over several cards, yet make each one individual. Hmmm...what is the very FIRST thing that comes to me when I think of Halloween/Fall? Carving pumpkins!
One of the things that I learned in that linocut class with Shaqe Kalaj at Art & Ideas Gallery was to trust my own drawings. I feel a bit more confident with that now.
So -- here goes...draw a carve-able pumpkin.
My trusty "Black Warrior" pencil helped me make a simple transfer of my drawing onto the carving block.
It's fuzzy, but I can see enough of it.
Darken the lines with a medium Sharpie marker and get carving.
I love the carving part!
Hey...not too bad.
Now to make a test card and try out my idea.
I guess I will be carving Jack o' lanterns this season!
This is just the test card, but I am happy with the idea.
I need to get some more orange-y inks and some more vivid yellow paper. I think this will work!
I need to practice my X-ACTO knife skills with carving out the faces on the pumpkins. No doubt it will go smoother with new blades and maybe a swivel-y style knife with a self-healing pad underneath. That's the plan, anyway! Then some embellishments, perhaps...
NOW -- back to work on the sewing on the buttons for eyes on the second 50 Tookies finger puppets for my current batch of 100 for Art-o-mat. Then later tonight I can hopefully make a Tooklet or two. Heh...and sometimes people say to me, "You don't work...what do you DO all day long?"
This month in the ATC Exchange group our themes are Fall/Halloween. At the last meeting when it was announced I thought, "Cool -- that sounds pretty easy...I love Fall...I love Halloween. It will be relatively simple to choose something to do!"
Ha! It turns out that for me, having a way wide open choice is pretty difficult. Fall means so many things to me. Halloween images go on forever. How do you choose one main idea???
So many iconic Halloween images have been swirling around in my head the last few days while I was thinking about this...candy corn, ghosts, black cats, witches. I switched gears and tried to think of Fall...leaves, Indian corn, corn stalks, apples...nope, too many again. I had to narrow it down to an absolutely Halloween image with a capital H...and it had to be something I could execute and repeat over several cards, yet make each one individual. Hmmm...what is the very FIRST thing that comes to me when I think of Halloween/Fall? Carving pumpkins!
One of the things that I learned in that linocut class with Shaqe Kalaj at Art & Ideas Gallery was to trust my own drawings. I feel a bit more confident with that now.
So -- here goes...draw a carve-able pumpkin.
My trusty "Black Warrior" pencil helped me make a simple transfer of my drawing onto the carving block.
It's fuzzy, but I can see enough of it.
Darken the lines with a medium Sharpie marker and get carving.
I love the carving part!
Hey...not too bad.
Now to make a test card and try out my idea.
I guess I will be carving Jack o' lanterns this season!
This is just the test card, but I am happy with the idea.
I need to get some more orange-y inks and some more vivid yellow paper. I think this will work!
I need to practice my X-ACTO knife skills with carving out the faces on the pumpkins. No doubt it will go smoother with new blades and maybe a swivel-y style knife with a self-healing pad underneath. That's the plan, anyway! Then some embellishments, perhaps...
NOW -- back to work on the sewing on the buttons for eyes on the second 50 Tookies finger puppets for my current batch of 100 for Art-o-mat. Then later tonight I can hopefully make a Tooklet or two. Heh...and sometimes people say to me, "You don't work...what do you DO all day long?"
Monday, October 3, 2011
365 Day 276
getting started on 100 Tookies for Art-o-mat
Well...today I am taking a break from Tooklets and diving into the next batch of 100 Tookies finger puppets for Art-o-mat.
Here are the 100 two-finger glove sections I paired up with buttons for eyes.
I got through the first 50 tonight...farther than I thought I'd get!
I am only sewing the buttons/eyes right now. It seems to go more quickly when I do things in assembly line fashion
Here are four examples of the fifty I did tonight.
And, because I am either a total glutton for punishment(s) and deadlines -- or I am totally nuts -- or maybe both -- this afternoon I mailed out my application for the Holiday Gift Gallery at Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester, MI.
Wish me luck! LOL
Well...today I am taking a break from Tooklets and diving into the next batch of 100 Tookies finger puppets for Art-o-mat.
Here are the 100 two-finger glove sections I paired up with buttons for eyes.
I got through the first 50 tonight...farther than I thought I'd get!
I am only sewing the buttons/eyes right now. It seems to go more quickly when I do things in assembly line fashion
Here are four examples of the fifty I did tonight.
And, because I am either a total glutton for punishment(s) and deadlines -- or I am totally nuts -- or maybe both -- this afternoon I mailed out my application for the Holiday Gift Gallery at Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester, MI.
Wish me luck! LOL
Do you love unusual & F*U*N stuff?
This is LIFT Designer Toys & Gallery in Royal Oak, MI.Lift has a wide selection of urban vinyl, plush, blind boxed and designer toys. They also feature the phenomenal work of local artists too numerous to mention individually.
Here is Kent, one of the owners of LIFT in the mirror of my Art-o-mat machine...this machine lives at LIFT.
This is bubble tea.
Bubble tea originated overseas in Taiwan and has only recent migrated to North America within the last 10 years or so. You can now find places serving bubble tea in most major cities, such as Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, New York and Toronto.
Hatch Detroit is giving away $50,000 in cash, and a suite of business services to the winner of their inagaural contest. (click the logo to learn more)LIFT made it to the top ten ideas in Stage One and needs your votes! You don't have to live in Michigan to vote and there is nothing to do but click and vote. You don't have to register or fill out any forms...just vote once a day EVERY day until Oct. 14.
Here is LIFT's idea:
"Our concept is to create a fun & vibrant space in midtown Detroit with a bubble tea cafe, lounge area and retail space.
Our cafe will offer bubble teas (with boba of course!), smoothies, Asian snacks & more. Guests are invited to kick back and relax, work, or study in our lounge area with free Wi-Fi.
Our retail area would carry the latest designer toys in addition to apparel from Detroit Manufacturing, anime, art books & magazines, unique handmade items and limited edition prints.
Bubble Love would also host rotating exhibits focusing on up-and-coming pop surreal and lowbrow artists."
I think that all of the ideas in the Stage One are great ideas...I really do. However, I think that Bubble Love would truly bring some new and fresh F*U*N to Midtown Detroit. Visit the Bubble Love website, join their fan page on Facebook, show some love and support for a truly one-of-a-kind space!
VOTE HERE
Sunday, October 2, 2011
365 Day 275
got my misplaced camera back
Last Thursday I went with Juana Moore out to Starkweather Arts Center when she delivered her painting for the upcoming Dia de los Muertos show. That day I also misplaced my point-&-shoot camera with the photos in it. I had forgotten the camera at LIFT when we were in there and I picked up the camera on Saturday. I didn't get around to downloading the photos until today, but here they are!
I am looking forward to attending the opening on Friday -- looks like it will be a great show in a really neat gallery!
Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead
(curated by Heather Hansma)
Starkweather Arts Center
219 N Main St
Romeo, MI 48065
586-752-5700
Opens Friday, October 7th 7-10 p.m. and runs through November 5th
Last Thursday I went with Juana Moore out to Starkweather Arts Center when she delivered her painting for the upcoming Dia de los Muertos show. That day I also misplaced my point-&-shoot camera with the photos in it. I had forgotten the camera at LIFT when we were in there and I picked up the camera on Saturday. I didn't get around to downloading the photos until today, but here they are!
I am looking forward to attending the opening on Friday -- looks like it will be a great show in a really neat gallery!
Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead
(curated by Heather Hansma)
Starkweather Arts Center
219 N Main St
Romeo, MI 48065
586-752-5700
Opens Friday, October 7th 7-10 p.m. and runs through November 5th
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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