it’s the weekend already! (how did that happen?) we have a bunch of exciting new ideas we’re cooking up for the gallery so my brain has been focused on that… but i need to get going on some more robot-themed pieced for the tek dif show … like now!
(what else would a freezer be for? i guess if it is a new contraption the extra adjective might be helpful) i got this little General Electric ad at half price books in berkeley (oh my i miss the bay!) (wait. i love you too, seattle.) (lest it become disillusioned with me and demand retribution) (do i do (this) too much?)
anyway – found it in a box last night and decided to personalize it a bit :)
I’m digging the clothes… the shirt, the skirt, even the apron… but the heels? they had to go. ninjas need sensible shoes.
(available in my etsy shop)
there are a few new little things on my etsy shop, as well as new print sets!
i was at target (the happy place) last night for the first time in quite a while… i KNOW the dollar bins they have right at the entrance are nuthin but trouble, but yet i was lured in…. and now i feel really guilty for buying new, completely necessary, packaged “crap” ….
but look how cute and mini they are!!!
they’re so freakin teeeeny!!!!!
how could i not get these?????!!!
haha
ok. how bout this. if i didn’t have these… i’d clearly need to take a vacation soon… from all the stress (?)… which means spending more money…. and more gas for the plane…. but instead i can just look at my cutey itty bitty teeny kitties and VOILA! no vacation necessary.
clearly it was the environmentally friendly choice.
i like the clippy idea :) and the dress… the welded hair i don’t know if it worked…. welds are hard :P
her arm fell off.
my toes are cold.
(tiddly-pom)
i’m finally getting started on my pieces for the March “technical Difficulties” show… it’s gonna be fun. A bunch of the artists are going to be coming up from california to do some live painting and collabs at the opening! i hope we get a good turn out.
anyway – it’s robot-themed. I have a few ideas, but it’s been so hard to find the time to get started on some large pieces…. and now that ive started I’m having fun and getting into it, but i’m also getting that old fear that i’m gonna wreck it. Blech. I don’t want things to become so precious that i hold on too tightly. it’s stifling. and who cares if i “wreck” it… i need to explore more and be open to new ideas and new methods and change and blar blar blar….. but still. i want it to turn out as good or better than it is in my head :)
i got some thank yous in the mail the other day, from some very talented little girls in california!
what a great surprise and a fun package for me to open! I’m very touched, and so happy they like their ninja prints and goodies :) The princess ninja and turtle on the flower are amazing, and I love the teeny, tiny ninja nad turtle in their very own little envelope/home! (I love mini things :) Thank you so much, guys!
not really. i’m sorry, plum. i like you. honest. misplaced frustration, i guess.
(available in my etsy shop)
feels like i’ve been away from my computer forever! kinda took the day off… and sorta yesterday too i guess. was really good to have some down time :)
this is what the show looks like. friday night was pretty cool. not as many people out as we had hoped, but some is some, right? :) it was so weird to have enough room to just evenly space out the paintings, one by one. totally new for me. all the other shows have been more salon style groupings.
anyhoo.
yesterday we went to the aquarium for the start of octopus week. and Boy am i glad i don’t work weekends! it was crazy packed. too crowded to get close to the octopus tanks. i’m sure i’ll get updated on what happened on my shift thursday. was fun to be there as a guest, tho.
so tired. (even after today’s nap???!) tomorrow is monday already! yay. phewf. better rest up some more….. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
yikes what a fun/busy day! i made shelves! see the three skinny white ones back in the corner? :) yep! just wide and tall enough to fit stacks of prints, with a little lip on the front to keep them standing up in there by themselves. Quite the improvement over our last system of taped-down metal bookends :)
and we painted almost all of the walls. (dang they are high) the white we had was slightly off, the white left behind didn’t match, and there seemed to be 3 different white colors/patches already on the walls! we got by last month because the art was so big it covered so much of the walls, and you needed to step back to see the it. This month the pieces are small and you’ll have to be right up on them. So we picked the worst wall first and then kept going as time and paint supply would allow :)
i think it looks a lot better! but we still have to hang everything tomorrow! good times. can’t wait to have pics of the opening to post! good night :)
