Sunday, April 20, 2008

Etsy!!!

I totally forgot to mention on here that my etsy shop is now fully functional. Please buy things. I don't think I'm going to get hired to be the carousel operator in Golden Gate Park, so I have to find some other summer job which will obviously be lamer. Does anyone know how to answer the question "How do you like for people to know you?" in a job interview for a job where you will not be interacting with any coworkers? I definitely didn't. I also accidentally said I was an introvert instead of an extrovert, which is the truth, but the kind of truth you're probably not supposed to admit to during a job interview. I guess there's a chance that all the other applicants were totally awful, but it's not that good of a chance. So here are examples of things you can buy from me so that I will not have to work quite so many hours at a potentially terrible job:







And there's more if you follow this link. And, as always, if you tell me what colors and measurements you want, I can make a special bag just for you!

Thanks!

My Mom

This is my family tree:



It's made from a real tree, because my mom made it and she's really cool. And now you can look at her new website which features other really cool calligraphy stuff that my mom has done.

But she doesn't just do calligraphy! Of course not! My mom can pretty much do anything. She stopped running marathons because they weren't long enough. Now she enters super-marathons or something. She recently carved an enormous memorial stone for a horse. And she's currently painting a jungle mural in what will be the baby's room (after it is born) in my sister's new house. It features Aztec Pyramids and I assume a variety of animals, although I can't remember specifically which ones. Jungle animals. She used to paint murals in people's houses all the time, but she got tired of carrying ladders around so she switched to a mostly-calligraphy business. It was more fun for me when she did murals, as my sister and I were at the age where we were often brought along to be watched while she worked. Which a lot of the time meant hanging out in really fancy houses with bathrooms twice the size of my bedroom or backyards with crazy swimming pools.

You can hire her to make stuff for you, but she probably won't paint a mural in your room unless you're her grandchild.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

bears and worms

Click to watch We are at a really fun party, true or false?

I hope my webpage will be updated soon, but I'm not really sure when that's actually going to happen.

Last night I found my notepad from a few years ago that I used to carry everywhere I went. My to do list is still pretty much the same. Please note the fangs on the evil butterbeast.

I've been rethinking my huge multi-faceted video project. I'm officially putting it on hold until I figure out some technical details. In the meantime, if anyone knows of a cheap source for gummy bears and worms, I would be most appreciative. I need a lot of them, and not just because I'm addicted to sugar.

I just got my box of art supplies sent to me from my parents, so now I have paints and markers and all sorts of wonderful things. But before it arrived, I was supposed to be making a piece for Southern Exposure's annual fundraising auction. I finally finished something I liked after about 17 nervous breakdowns. It's collagey, but also mixed media because it involves a print that I made in my first ever attempt at printmaking. The event itself looks like it's going to be really cool, and I'm pretty excited about being a part of it. I'm hoping my piece fits in with the surrounding things being auctioned, but I've never even been to an art auction before, much less one for this gallery, so I don't really know what to expect. Here is some more information, and a link you can click if you want to know even more:

OPTIC ILLUSION
Southern Exposure Annual Spring Fundraiser and Art Auction
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: SomArts, Main Gallery 934 Brannan Street
MAIN EVENT: 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
VIP RECEPTION: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
LIVE AUCTION: 8:30 - 9:00 PM
SILENT AUCTION: 7:30 - 10:30 PM, lots begin to close at 9:45 pm
Tickets: $30 advance purchase, $40 at the door
$65 tickets includes a one-year membership to SoEx
Tickets for the VIP Reception start at $150
Buy tickets online at www.soex.org or over the phone at 415-83-2141.