It’s that time again! I’m furiously and happily working on some new goodies for this Sunday’s Indie Mart. There will be new prints, a new poster, and good god I hope some Tshirts.
If you’re in the city, stop on by and say hi. Oh, and get some ridiculously good tater tots too.
Sunday, September 19
12-6pm, with an AFTERPARTY (!) 6 to 8pm
Thee Parkside, 17th and Wisconsin
$3 to enter.
In MORE good news, last week my little art self was nominated as one of the best local San Francisco Etsy shops, by 7×7 Magazine.
I’m pretty blown away that I was nominated at all, since I only had my first sale in February of this year! Plus there is some awesome competition.
The winner will be featured in November’s issue of 7×7 Magazine. So if you’re so inclined, you can check out the voting page and vote for Drywell. You can vote once a day until this Thursday, September 9th. And you could…. uh… tell your friends?
I have a feeling there are a lot of new eyeballs on ye ole blog, as Thrillist ran an awesometown write up of my little art shop, drywell…art by alyson, today.
So welcome to all the “sent-by-Thrillist” folks! Hope your eyeballs like it.
Also, I semi-stroked out this morning when I was just sitting, catching up on my bloglines and saw my little “friday socks” illustration on eastsidebride. Did a double-take, realized it was not in fact, my OWN blog that I was reading, and yelled to the hubby like a crazy-person. ESB and A Practical Wedding were my go-to blogs when planning my wedding last year, and in fact, are the only two I still l read now that the deed is done. So, uh, thanks. You made my Saturday.
This is a tad non-arty, but last Thursday, I started this vegan “cleanse” thing … like the one Oprah did. I’m annoyed even just saying that. Anyways, a couple of my pals did it recently and felt amazing during and afterwards, so I thought I’d give it a go. Not only is it vegan, but also no gluten (goodbye bread!), no sugar, no caffeine, and no alcohol.
So I woke up this morning to find that an illustration I did for The Bruery – an amazing southern california brewery – is up on their website’s front page! So exciting to see work I did months ago given this kind of treatment. The Bruery’s been good to me, and I hope to visit them in person in the next few months.
If you are a beer-drinker, you should definitely check out their beers — they are amazing. The Trade Winds beer is especially delicious. It’s a refreshing heiferweizen type beer, but with thai basil. perfect for summer. I love it. And want one right now….
Wow. It’s apparently been a month since I’ve posted. Which means I’ve been busy, which is good, but I’m going to make an effort to post here a bit more regularly.
Part of the business has been prepping for my second Indie-Mart, this Sunday July 18th in San Francisco. I’m adding a fair number of new prints, mostly from my daily art project MEAT SECTIONS. The project has been getting a lot of good attention lately, including a big feature over at Serious Eats, one of my favorite food blogs.
So I’ve been busy posting there every day, and I feel like little Blocky might be feeling neglected. But he always feels kind of bad….
Any who, if you are in the San Francisco area, come by and say hello at Indie Mart! I’ll be right by the entrance, at 17th and Wisconsin. It’s a great event, with really tasty food (including tater tots!) and some amazing vendors.
IndieMart Street Fair
Sunday July 18th
Thee Parkside : Wisconsin, between 16th and 17th
San Francisco
12pm to 6pm
$3
Just a quick note to let you know that my “San Francisco is for Carnivores” poster is now available in my esty shop for $25.
I’m super proud of this design. I drew a map of all the San Francisco neighborhoods and fit that within the shape of a pig, making it into a butchery diagram (complete with labels for ham, hock, and jowl)!
It was super well received at Indie Mart and I’m really happy that it’s now up in the shop! I’ll be posting the grey version later today.
The supplies are limited for now, because I’m printing them at home with my super serious archival pigment ink Epson R2400 printer. The ink requires a 24 hour drying time, and for now I don’t have the physical space to make tons of them. I’m in the process of finding a local printer (offset or screen printer) to make them in slightly larger quantities.
**** UPDATE – as of December 2010, posters are offset print by Pinball, using soy inks on 100% recycled paper. They are AMAZING. The only difference in the new prints is that I got rid of the white border. And because they are offset print, some slight imperfections occur .. like a teeny tiny dot here and there, which is par for the course with offset printing, and make the posters look even more awesome.****
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hello! I feel like I’ve been away for awhile, with all the IndieMart prep (and subsequent recovery!) This was my first craft show ever as a vendor, and it was ridiculously fun and a huge success.
Thanks to all my friends who came out to support me, the friends that they brought along, and all the attendees at the Indie Mart. A special thanks to Kelly and Monica, the organizers behind IndieMart, who recruited me and made the Indie Mart so awesome! The event went by so fast, mostly I think because our booth was busy almost the whole time.
I was excited to do an event like this but didn’t anticipate how fun it would be to actually interact with folks and see their reactions to my art. There was a lot of laughing and expressions of meat love. It was pretty gratifying, especially since I work in a bubble, and mostly just make things that get me or Steve to laugh. It was nice that other folks found me funny too.
It was also interesting to see which were the big sellers (“really fucking good pig“, “rainbow vomit“, and my brand spankin’ new “SF is for Carnivores” poster) and which ones surprisingly weren’t (the hot dog and artichoke heart, two of my favorites!)
And…. good news everyone! I’ll be participating in next month’s Indie Mart too – Sunday July 18th, same location!
next post …. lessons learned at my first craft show.
Whew! I’ve been a busy bee, wrapping up some final pieces for Indie-Mart on Sunday. I’m excited to offer a larger print of “Ghost Meat” in 13×19 that frankly, looks amazing. There will also be tons of prints, mostly in the 5×7 range along with some pig butchery figurines and even some originals.
The whole event should be blast, with live music, cheap beer, food, DIY terrariums, and puppies(!)
If you’re in the area, come on by and check it out! I’ll be smack dab in the middle of everything.
Indie Mart
Wisconsin, between 16th and 17th
San Francisco
12pm to 6pm
Sunday, June 6th
front of card for steve!A happy belated birthday to my mister!
This weekend we heard that PacMan just turned 30 too, so I had to incorporate that into the card I painted for him.
inside of card
As is common for us, I didn’t get him a physical present, but rather a promise of a summer trip.
So excited to go to Pheonix to try out Pizzeria Bianco, often regarded as the best pizza in the US!
Steve also commemorated his 30 years by painting the eye on his daruma (which I made for him as a Christmas present). Traditionally, one is supposed to paint in one eye when they make a goal, and when the goal is achieved, the other eye is painted. I guess it is supposed to remind you with it’s one black eye to keep focused on your goals. or something. I’m obviously not really sure.
I’ve been healing from some minor whiplash, so although his birthday was on Monday, we just celebrated last night with an awesome dinner at a neighborhood sushi place that he’s been dying to try since we moved here. The food was delicious and the older japanese couple that runs the place are unbelievably adorable. I got a tip (from yelp) to order Kurosawa sake, as it is from the owner’s hometown of Nagano. From there on they couldn’t have been nicer, even showing us the pictures of a young Yo-Yo Ma and other famous musicians who have eaten and performed there over the last 26 years. Comparing our experience to the many negative reviews about the service on yelp, just confirms my theory that people get bad service when they are assholes. (This theory was also proved true at Momofuku Ssam Bar in NYC).
Other than that, busy busy here prepping for Indie Mart on June 6th! I’ll have some more updates before then!