Heya! Thanks for all the kind comment on the Blogging It Forward post. Such an interesting project.
It’s been a slow week, as I’ve been fighting off a cold. Today I woke up at 12:30, after taking a junior strength benadryll to ensure some rest. these things must seriously knock out children.
Anywho…. there are tons of fun things going on this weekend. As for now, I’m going to try to stay dry from this freakish weather here in SF (which included a HAIL storm!).
Tonight is the first event promoting the sure to be amazing book from Marcia, The Tablehopper’s Guide to Eating and Drinking in SF, complete with gobs from Gobba Gobba Hey and the Chai cart. She consistently has the best and newest insight on bay area dining.
And this weekend is the opening of Giant Robot’s video game show, featuring art from some of my favs, Marc Johns, Lawrence Yang, and Ferris Plock.
There’s another art show I’m looking forward to checking out at Park Life, Bro Palace.
Aaaand, it is, sadly, the final evening of service at an underground sushi restaurant. (no link, because it’s, uh, secret). I’ll be there on Sunday.
Have a happy weekend!
SO I’m in the process of re-organizing/establishing an area in my home dedicated to arts and crafts. We’ve made some process, dividing our workspaces with an Ikea Expedit unit, allowing Steve to have some space for his music making. But I’m always on the lookout for some inspiration and organizational tips. Here are some studio tours that I like. (I think there will be a part 2. or 3. )
Illustrator Allison Cole‘s studio, via Design*Sponge. (I like how sparse the area is above her desk, with what looks like cool little toys)
The fabulous Lisa Congdon‘s mission studio tour, on Design*Sponge
Shay Ometz printmaking studio tour, via Design*Sponge (check out her etsy shop, Bee Things for some awesome prints)
Kate Bingaman-Burt‘s house tour, via Design*Sponge. (Note, this is probably my default style — lots and lots of stuff crammed together. I’m trying to strive for a more sparse look. I will probably fail. I am trying to be ok with that)
Brian Petro’s studio tour, at Apartment Therapy
I’ve had food and art on my mind lately which isn’t too surprising, given they are my main two interests in life and I’ve been doing my butchery diagram daily drawing project (ahem, MEAT SECTIONS…. um, check it out.) for about a month now.
Steve directed me to this very cool post from Toxel.com that had art made FROM food, instead of the drawings OF food, like I’ve been doing.
So. Cool.
SUPER cool Mario mushroom from a radish, complete with instructions here.
Raw meat sports car. Raaaaaw.
These pears are grown into the shape of a Buddha, using a mold. Pretty awesome.
I’ve had this open in a browser tab for a few days now. I laugh every time I see it.
From Buzzfeed.
Love this handmade wooden forest, by Mark Giglio. Great smooth shapes. I think this would make an awesome little vignette on a shelf…maybe with a tiny wooden bear?
$200 at his online shop, penpencilstencil
Kate of For Me, For You had a great post today about gift ideas from AITA that reminded me of this post I’ve had in draft mode for a few weeks. So here it is!
I learned of the company Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and their root beer liquor, Root, from DesignSponge last month. At the the time, I was enjoying the wedding-induced overpurchase of Virgil’s Root beer. I have a fondness for almost all root beers, but Virgil’s is my favorite, because it isn’t super sweet and it is fairly complex, with flavors of wintergreen, herbs, vanilla, and spices.
The descriptions of Root sound similarly promising (“Incredibly unique in flavor, fairly clean on the palate with strong notes of birch, peppery herbaceousness, spices, citrus and vanilla bean,” “Imbued with notes of tobacco, vanilla and allspice,” “truly divine stuff, very much a root beer flavor but much more herbal and grown up,” “Straight up, it smells like birch and vanilla beans suffused with gentle wisps of pipe smoke. An ice cube releases some of the spices, dominated by the allspice.”)
And as if the concept and packaging design wasn’t enough, this little gem of a watercolor animation greets visitors to the website.
Love it. I’ve been contemplating a series of drawings related to adult beverages (with bourbon leading the pack) for a while now. This might be the push to get me to do it.
Aaaand… lucky for everyone who lives in SF, you can just head on down to Cask to pick up a bottle.
