Etch-A-Sketch

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the gallery opening last night! The show should be up for a few weeks so feel free to stop by the Artery and see all of the amazing work.

Here is my piece in the gallery. It is an etching with a bunch of dry-point details added in. This etching actually sprung from another project involving place/memory in my Variable Topics class. My place was the alley way on Elm St. where the Simple Kneads Bakery is located. Entering this alley is like escaping into another world. This slightly eccentric homeless man gave me a slice of bread to feed the birds as well as a piece of coal and another rock. The coal was to be past down through generations for 4,000 years until it turned into a diamond. The rock was said to be the petrified gonad of a dinosaur. This interaction stuck with the me and added another whimsical aspect to the place. My Variable Topics collage moved more toward an abstraction, but I still wanted to portray this man. I had made a drawing from memory of him in my sketchbook, and then took it further this etching. I worked really hard on the hatching and texture of this piece. It is one of an edition of 5 and is priced at $50 (if you want the piece framed it will be around $70). Email me with inquiries!

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"Feed The Birds"

YOU BESS BE THERE!!!

poster by the amazing Janie Ledford

Lets go to Vegas and Env-elope! Adventures in Mail Part 1

Ever since I was a young-in, I always loved getting mail. There is something about this box, envelope, or postcard making its way through the world just to find you. You are the destination and it literally has your name on it. Its very gratifying. As we get older, the envelopes and what's inside them tend to get less fun. I am getting into mail art as a connection to my social projects. I am developing ideas for a project called Mail Me Something through the art house co-op. Basically, I have free reign as long as it is no bigger than 4x6. My latest mail project came about with my love of making people smile. I decided to make a postcard for my extremely cool friend, Kyle. He shares my interest in the walking dead, so I printed my zombie etching on orange cardstock and sent it on its way. The card was received with a "you made my week" :)

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Rise of the Mostly-Dead but Still Moving

In honor of the Humans vs. Zombies extravaganza here at school, here are two prints of my zombie etching.

Want a zombie playlist to go with that Nerf gun? Check out these both undead and awesome tracks:

Zombie Killer by Leslie Hall

The Dead Will Walk by The National Lights

Zombie Graveyard Party by Be Your Own Pet

Return Of The Loving Dead by Nekromantix

They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! by Sufjan Stevens