JUJU: A new body of work

JUJU No.1

JUJU No.2

Hey. I know, I know, it's been a while. But, baby, you know I still love you. You're the only one for me and everything.

Anyway, I started a new body of work—fine Art!—called Juju. Upcoming posts will explain this title more in depth. Right now I just want to show the first 2 prints. I made them completely analog, cutting out the pieces from thick paper and taping them to sheets of mylar to make the films for screen printing.

More to come. Seriously. Stay tuned!

Sweet Hair poster: PRINTED

Busted this mother out yesterday. And now, with sore muscles, I say to you: Come to the Sweet Hair Poster Show!

W H E N : Saturday, June 13th 7-10 pm
W H E R E : Art Minion (1828 NE Marshall St, Mpls, MN 55418

It's sponsored by Surly Brewing Co. (mmm...beer...) so there will be brewskies! And it's for a good cause: proceeds go to Locks of Love. Come one, come all, get shitty, buy some art, get all your hair cut off and request that it be made into a wicked pompadour wig or something. This is gonna be great.

Sweet Hair Continues...

I just finished my first draft. Gotta add a missing letter to this one, then make sure to exhaust all creative possibilities before I pick the final.

This one would look cool with metallic gold & chocolate brown on off-white stock, yeah?

No. 3 — Owl Casting Progress

Here be the progress. 3 owls out of one mold... not terrible. At this point, however, I have determined that new materials are needed. Plaster of Paris is all chalky and brittle (again, a situation where you get what you pay for... have I taught myself nothing?!) and this Moulage stuff is too flexible and doesn't last long. An upgrade is in the works.

One thing that does rock socks, though, is the enamel colors I picked. They are so rich! Mmmmm...enamel colors...

Next order of business: figure out how they will hang on a wall. Back to the hardware store. On that note, I think I may be falling in love with the hardware store...lately we've been spending a lot of time together.

New Website - In Progress

Over the past few months I've been learning Flash, which I've come know more intimately as the Devil's Program. It's hard, man. Once you think you've solved all the problems, there's a truckload more awaiting you. This image is what my new web page is supposed to look like, but doesn't yet, for reasons I haven't yet uncovered. If you visit the page now, it has no background and the footer is displaced. Soon, though. Sooooooon...

No. 1 — Progress

Last night was a visit to the Walker public library. I picked out 4 random paperbacks from the romance section and started flipping through the pages. I recorded whatever caught my eye, which, for the most part, wasn't very exciting. There were a few gems, though, that made me laugh out loud (to the dismay of the old man who had taken a seat across from me). Here are the highlights:

"God's bowels! Where are you?"
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A blowsy doxy flitted about in dishabille.
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Her eyes brightened with the thrill of conspiracy. "Can I puke?"
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There was no bed. "Where the devil is the bed?"

Some better than others, of course, but on the whole I'm pretty happy with these out of context. I needed a little help from the dictionary on the second one with all the archaic terms. Blowsy refers to various unbecoming aspects of a woman, namely untidiness and a red face. Doxy is another name for a prostitute. And finally (my fave), dishabille is the state of being scantily clad. Who knew I would be getting a vocabulary lesson out of this?