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.****
yeah for posting!
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!
Original watercolor and ink illustration. 5.5 x 5.5 inches.
Seriously. If you aren’t wearing them yet, get them on.
This is the next in the Sleepy Talk series (Print available here.)
Continuing in my silly sleep chatter, I said this to steve while I was asleep and he was leaving for work on early friday morning.
Those socks were totally ready to party. Have a great weekend!
Original watercolor and ink illustration 5×5
EDIT: Print now available here!
This is the second in the Sleepy Talk series of illustrations.
So I apparently talk quite a bit while falling asleep or waking up. Steve fortunately has the foresight to writ e this down. I mean, it’s not quite as intense as the sleep-talkin’ man, but still amusing, at least to me.
Steve was hiccuping a lot one night. Then he stopped. And then he started again. This is what I said.
watercolor and ink 4×6 *
yowza. it’s apparently been a month since I last posted here! yikes.
It’s been for good reason, however. After finishing up an AMAZING trip to NYC and DC (pics and reviews to come), the sales in my little shop started increasing. So I’ve had some order fulfillment, which means printing, hunting down shipping supplies in the cracklands of SF, and making trips to the post office. But that’s all good busy. Then my mom came to visit for a week, and we had a a fun time being little tourists in the city.
But the biggest news is that I was accepted into my first art and craft show! The drywell shop will be LIVE and IN PERSON at Indie Mart on June 6th, here in San Francisco. I’ll post more details when the show gets closer, but I am mostly thrilled, and a tad freaking out. As I mentioned, this will be my first show, so there is a lot to get prepared, but that means lots of new art coming at you, including the pillow talk series that I mentioned awhile back.
Should be fun! Now back to work….
*So apparently I should have some sort of business card or promotional thingamabob at the show. Vistaprint is offering 100 free postcards now, and I was thinking about this for the design…
original watercolor and ink illustration
You know the one, right?
I say funny stuff while falling asleep. This may be the start of a series….
new print in the old shop here.
He’s just so sad. I wonder why the mustache left him?
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.
