I don't think I have many aspirations...

(but then I find something I think is worth posting in not one but 2 places...)

But then i see something like this...



(via Wooster)

...and then I think "I'm not getting any younger and I need to quit wasting my time..."

Building alternative worlds and sharing them seems like a perfectly reasonable and meaningful vocation...

fall

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Colors

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o r i o n

It is time for the Orionid Meteor Showers! Science nerds say last night was meant to be the best night for the showers but it looks like tonight might be okay too.

I made this connect the dots of orion last week in the letterpress studio. (the actual print doesn't have the lines)

Conversion Van

Adam and Justin hacked Thor's old Econoline to make the Core Student Limo for the Friday night show...


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I did the soundtrack (2mins 50secs to get the whole audio experience...)

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It all rocked a little bit...

CORE SHOW 2009

This Friday the Penland School of Crafts presents CORE SHOW 2009!
Come see new work by Christina Boy, Jessica Heikes, Marianne Dages, Wes Stitt, Joshua Kuensting, Leah Frost, Beth Schaible, Jason Burnett, and Mark Warren at the Northlight Building from 700-1000 pm. Snacks and such.
The show continues Saturday and Sunday.

Found Art, Gallery Ready

If I could make and patina something like this, I think I'd be pretty pleased...

(found and photographed scrap metal, unaltered)

A well presented argument for DIY

I subscribe to and agree with this line of thinking. Twice this week I've been in conversations regarding the paths and ways a maker can show and sell their work, and how there is a distinctly hierarchical system in place that presumes the only way an artist can be "successful" is to participate in that system. My thinking is that one should define success on their own terms, and act on that definition. The existing paradigm will never be changed otherwise.

DIY: make your own show. Or something like that. It seems to me that can be both personal and scalable. Flattening the playing field would benefit both makers and those that might be inclined to buy their work. And provide much more variety of venues and presentation.

article: Hazel Dooney- The Ka-Boom of the System

It's something to ponder...