work in progress

large cut outs. about 40" x 60". all one sheet of paper. made with an exacto blade. these are all in progress...i finished the last one but don't have images of it finished yet.

i learned that i'm not a great blogger

but, i already knew that. i recently went to see my friend gregory han of apartment therapy give a panel talk about blogging. it was hosted by blog out loud. I was just down the street eating thai food when I got the facebook update that he'd be talking one block over at DWR so it was totally meant to be. I got to test out my dream office chair for a couple hours to make sure that I like it (i do. i rolled around the whole store in it like it's my wheelchair) and listened to bloggers talk about blogging. it made me miss school. I learned that I do most things wrong. I don't open up my posts to comments, I don't blog regularly, and I blog late. like for example, this event was about 2 weeks ago and my last post of hawaii was a month ago and i'm behind on blogging photos of italy from 2 months ago. that's ancient history in blog world. oh well. it was inspiring and fun and for now i'm gonna keep doing things my own retarded way.

other news lately....

house/cat sitting again for the month. this place has a koi pond and lots of gorgeous wood and large glass windows with views of a tree in the courtyard. it's peaceful, i'm getting lots of work done and there's a house cleaner. i think these past 2 years i've slept in close to 100 different beds.

juxtapoz charity auction. http://www.juxtapoz.com/auction/
you can still bid for a few more days here:
http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/juxtapoz/catalog_items/1052080
http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/juxtapoz/catalog_items/1052079

anyways, that's it.

hawaii!!

yay. bazaar bizarre, art and my fish

Jenny from CutxPaste and I just found out that we got selected to show at Bazaar Bizarre in SF on Dec. 12th - 13th. Time to get crafty!... I'm looking forward to making all the fun, little stuff that i've been wanting to for a while...I always like setting up shop like a lemonade stand. last year, i was distracted because of something and couldn't enjoy anything. this year will be fun. Hope to see you there...

Meanwhile, here's a sneak peak on what i've been working on these past few days...it's the opposite of little, but still fun for me, despite the blister i got.


I know. not the greatest photo... but it's coming along.... it's about 40 inches by 45 inches. one piece of paper. cut with an exacto blade. i've been really into the shapes of roots lately and plant life. half of my library books are about plants. the other half? tao te ching, books on hawaii, handwriting analysis, carl jung and i just finished bel canto. bringing the topic back to roots though, is there anything cooler than the mandrake? not really. and did you know that wild bananas have lots of seeds? yellow store bananas that are the cartoon food for cartoon gorillas are seedless because of humans. i wish i had a banana right now. Mmm.


here's jeffrey the fish. i was heartbroken and anti-pets after morrison passed away... but, my mom bought jeffrey from the store and i stole him. he's smart. he recognizes me i think. or at least he knows that when my big, blobby shape comes to him, he'll get food and he wiggles his body around and looks at me. he didn't know that at first. he was disoriented from the journey. poor guy. one of my horoscopes once said that i confuse pity and love. i think it's sadly true. anyways, jeffrey the fish crunches his food loudly. it's cute. i have to get him a nicer bowl and some more plants. oh jeffrey. my love for you is bigger than your tiny eyes and your tiny brains and tiny scales. i wish i knew you when you were a baby. and I wish I could know when you're full and i hope i'm not making you fat. maybe i could teach you english or measure your poop.

i also wish snakes could be vegetarian.

moss graffiti

i was in SF a few weeks ago and i saw this while driving around. i think i was in the mission. i'd love to know who made it. my friend lana sent me these links earlier and it was a nice surprise to see something an example person. i'll add this onto my long 'projects to do one day' list.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Moss-Graffiti
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/moss-grass-graffiti/2147/2

other pics from that weekend:





monterey bay aquarium!



fire on the 5 freeway. i could see bright flames but was driving too fast to get a good shot.

random:


my 63 year old aunt just started drawing at her house with her friend. i think it's pretty good!

mexico

mexico. sun. water. sand. a beautiful place with great people and the best popsicles i ever had IN MY LIFE.

koreans love me

here's an article that was in some magazine insert of a korean newspaper. this came out a few weeks ago? i didn't know about it until my mom's friend found it. i didn't read it because it would take me a whole day to sound out each letter so, it could be a scathing review for all i know... my mom tells me that it's not though. anyways... thank you koreans. i hope to visit you next summer and teach during the day and stay up and party and eat dukbokki all night.

love how i never blog and then i post 5 posts in one day? that's what happens when i take ADD meds one day and magic maca powder that the inca warriors ate for energy the next.

stay turned. i have so many more things to share.

morrison

morrison goes in for a biopsy tomorrow... hope he'll be ok. he doesn't look like this handsome young kitty anymore... he looks like he's already half dead and beat up... sometimes life's not fair.

extra big special thanks to michelle

edit: aug. 19th 2009. bye-bye morrison. you were the best cat ever. i'll miss taking naps with you and waking up with you snuggling against my face. i'll miss when you fall asleep on your back with your arms to one side and your legs to the other like you're doing the hula. you were the best. i wish some things never had to end.

sneak peak from 2010 calendar

So, Jill Bliss and I just completed our 5th collaborative annual calendar. Yay. It's waiting to go to the printers. I'll post layouts of the actual pages soon. This is a behind the scenes look at how the cover image was created. Pretty simple, hand made, d.i.y. Can't believe we're on our 5th one already... Each year we try out something a little different with the process. This year's 'Flock and Flutter' art is all shot in real life nature settings with our paper artwork characters. it's amaaaazing!!!

thank you art supporters and collectors

i love surprises, don't you. one day i was feeling extra grateful and sent one of my collectors a drawing in the mail. i don't think i've ever met him.

i want to do some more mail projects. i heard US post offices are closing. for some reason that makes me sad.