yesterday i conducted my second and final drawing in the park workshop. it was a glorious day to spend in the shade of trees, drawing and snacking!
drawing class!
July 26th, 2010elemental collaborative show at together gallery// july 29 – august 22 //portland or
July 26th, 2010
almost done! the other elementals and i gathered for our last meeting this past weekend. come see the work this wednesday night, and help us celebrate the completion of our group project!
garden poster showing at the farm cafe // thru mid-august //portland or
July 20th, 2010
now ready for viewing! above is a spectacularly bad photo taken just after we’d hung the 10 new posters. each digital print is a limited edition of 10 pieces, and each is/will be hand colored with neon dots for added sparkle! the farm is located at 10 se 7th ave. / burnside ave.
organized chaos!
July 20th, 2010
…that’s my studio! i discuss it and show off some of the many drawers, boxes and shelves on the craftzine blog.
art day yesterday
July 15th, 2010
this is what my studio looked like yesterday morning, prepping the one-of-a-kind garden growth posters for my upcoming show at farm cafe. i felt like thomas kincaid putting the finishing neon dot touches on all of them to add some sparkle! i’m in love with touches of neon on dark colors lately.
these will be up at the restaurant by the weekend. i’ll have a more formal posting about them later today… the restaurant people are so low-key we still have to decide what day to hang them and have the opening!
later in the day, i stopped by my printer’s studio to chat about upcoming projects and spied these on the production room floor… my new notecards in progress! that’s the “cm” in the “cmyk” printing process, just two more ink passes to go. the finished cards should be up in my shop early next week.
after that, i met up with the elemental crew to work on our pieces for our upcoming show at together gallery.
we’re down to the wire as far as finishing everything – two weeks! – but with 5 of us it doesn’t feel so overwhelming!
seattle fun + newberg craft-in // this weekend // newberg, or
July 13th, 2010
i’m back and recovered from urban craft uprising in seattle this past weekend! so much fun, and a treat to meet all of you in seattle!
sunday morning the weather was finally back to my liking [overcast and cool], and i was able to get to the sculpture park before the show to take in some water sights, sounds and smells. sigh, this is the only thing portland doesn’t have! i miss being next to the ocean.
meanwhile, down in portland, lucy was having a blast charming the staff at her new boarding place! this was the first time i’d left her in stranger’s hands since she became blind, but it looks like she did fine!
we both had different but great weekends! this upcoming weekend lucy and i will again be doing an event together in the wine country area of oregon, in newberg… come say hello!
urban craft uprising // this weekend // seattle, wa
July 9th, 2010
this weekend i’ll be at the exhibition hall in seattle with 119 other vendors. if you’re in seattle, come enjoy the a/c with me! the weather lately has been about 20 degrees more than i can handle!
book of the week: print & pattern, bowie style
July 8th, 2010
somehow i missed this book when it first came out! but i ordered it and it came in the mail this week and i couldn’t be happier flipping through it during our first proper heat wave, once the days get too hot to work! there’s lots of great pattern designs and colors, as you’d expect from the blogger of print & pattern.
and, hey, there’s my work on pages 120 + 121! well, will you look at that!
new math
July 6th, 2010
bishop, lucy and i had lots of fun in the artisan’s booth sunday at the montavilla farmer’s market. i debuted my updated booth set-up thanks to new-to-me adjustable sawhorse legs i got at a yard sale last weekend [above]. and to top it off, i learned new math skills:
one notecard = 2 rounds of coffee.
1 octopus poster = 5 pounds of cherries.
1 pika poster = 2 pints of blackberries + 2 pints of blueberries + 2 pints of apricots + a pint of honey.
yummmm, i wish i could have a booth every week at the farmer’s market!
friday update: lots of things!
July 2nd, 2010there are lots of things to update you on from the past week!
first up, i realized i haven’t updated all the lucy fans in a while! well, she’s doing great with the change in the weather. lu loves to nap on deck in the sun, and alternate that with naps in her bed in my studio. today i had scheduled an easy hike with a friend and the radio flyer wagon for lucy, but it’s raining so we’ve rescheduled. above is lucy’s reaction: yes, she’s pouting!
it’s ok. there’s plenty of work to be done around here! above is a quick screen shot of one of the garden posters i’m prepping for the printer in advance of my show at farm cafe here in portland later in the month. the farm is one of my favorite restaurants in town – it specializes in fresh, local and organic farm-to-table menus. a great place to present the weekly seed-to-harvest drawings i did of my garden vegetable plants last summer! i believe the posters will be up at the restaurant july 17th to mid august!
we had our weekly elemental show meeting earlier in the week [another work in progress shot above], and so many pieces are finishing up and looking awesome! sure, there are some slightly dud pieces too, but all in all working on a show with 4 other people has been an amazing experience! this show opens at together gallery on july 29th.
lastly, i got new-to-me flatfile drawers last weekend at a yard sale! $100, what a steal! my new intern, dan, and i set them up yesterday. i was so excited to find blond wood ones – so much nicer than my old grey metal ones.
but these wood ones have a moldy smell i can’t seem to get rid of. i doused them with febreeze a few days ago, resulting in a mold+febreeze smell. at the moment i have the drawers filled with baking powder and coffee grounds, which i saw online. so now they smell like mold-febreeze-coffee. argh. they look good though! anyone have any other suggestions? i can’t have my artwork smelling like mold-febreeze-coffee!