DIY skull shirt

last year i was slash for halloween, the mister was axl. under all those layers was a black t-shirt that i cut the sleeves off of in preparation of an all night dance party. and after halloween, well...it was a pretty useless shirt, hardly ever worn. until i came across a nice and easy DIY to make that useless bottom-of-the-drawer t shirt a bit more wearable.

brian atwood

brian atwood's handbag line on gilt.com. yes please!

book art

Brian Dettmer uses surgical tools to carve out books one page at a time. The pages are bent, folded, rolled or stacked but never relocated from their original location.

Sasha Prood

another PA to BK transplant!
loose yet clean.
check out her other great work

motion picture of pattern

Benoît Bodhuin

POSTER BLEU from Benoît Bodhuin on Vimeo.

updated marquetry

jonathan calugi
italian artist, wood inlay
good stuff

keren richter

dig this brooklyn lady's use of pattern.

pounding the pavement

today i decided to walk from Columbia to Union Square via Broadway to catch the L home. that's 102 blocks. along the way i had a surprise day date with the city. at the half mark, I walked into the Museum of Art and Design. my school is in cahoots with every museum in the city [!!!] so that students gain admission free of charge. holla! everything free of charge on a schedule-free day sounds like a good idea, especially when it's an art museum i've never been to!
and on the 6th floor, my surprise day date with the city reunited me with my former flame: David Bowie!



not in person. but there was multiple flat screens and headphones to watch his videos. like this one, so good.

the Museum is hosting the retrospective showcasing Bowie, the performance artist. sadly i missed their screening of Labyrinth that was back in June. wamp wamp. i really have inappropriate feelings for David Bowie. i'm not going to let a bunch of words get in between the feelings i have for him, so i'll just share another of of his wacko videos.

also noteworthy and very worth checking out is the Otherworldly exhibit. there are dioramas!!

all hallow's eve

to all my dearest ghoulies!

this saturday, come out to get down at Factory Studios!

art show/ costume/ dance party aka the monster mash. curated and created by the ever energetic debbie allen [the friend, not the dancer].

crest fest!

the [unofficial] mayor of williamsburg, mister joe franquinha, curates and directs a community event called crest fest. there's music and art and food and serves as a non-profit event to benefit the City Reliquary Museum. clickity click the link for the whole scoop:

http://cresthardwareartshow.com/

also, i'll have 4 pieces in the art show side of the festivities. two old, two new. you supply the something blue.

come see, have fun, say hi [i'll be volunteering during the afternoon, partying the rest of the time]. all the happenings are conveniently located where the G and the L makes sweet love, 558 Metropolitan Ave.

philadelphia international flower show

cherry blossoms 8' x 10'

mt. fuji detail, full piece 18' x 10'

lunch break at reading terminal market

giant birds of paradise. GIANT.

half finished elephant topiary. built by carl hagerty.

rolls of sod. smelt like mud. loved it.

the whole she-bang, completed. worst lighting ever.

the phila flower show is the world's biggest indoor flower show. more than 1/4 million folks wander the convention center each year to stare at petals and leaves and dirt.

http://www.theflowershow.com/home/index.html

i was commissioned again by the good people at the american ivy society to throw some murals on the walls. over two cold days in the unheated convention center, i painted 260 sq ft in 16 hours.

the american ivy society's interpretation of the 'passport to the world' theme was japan; one mural was mount fuji [18' x 10'] and the other was cherry blossoms [8' x 10']. the 2010 phila international flower show runs Sunday, February 28th through Sunday, March 7 at the Philadelphia Convention Center.

furthermore, the art adventure doubled as a trip to the homeland. a special shout out to the mama y papa and the lovely, talented miriam singer [http://www.inliquid.com/artist/singer_miriam/singer.php] for their hospitality and car rides.