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Gallery Walk last Friday

2013-05-23T11:01:00.000-04:00

Last Friday evening, Zach painted a new mural on the garage door of his studio as part of Gallery Walk. We got to meet some new people from the community and hang out with friends till it got dark. There were lots of laughter, lots of carpenter bees (who, I am pretty sure, did not appreciate Zach spraying so close to their holes in the wall!), and lots of music. Thank you to everyone who stopped by. We appreciate your support!

Haley Checkley, from the Purdue Exponent, also stopped by to interview Zach. She may have misspelled Zach's name, but I thought her coverage was really fun to read ...

(original article can be viewed here)

Recipe of the Week: Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Feta Cheese Turkey Meatballs

2013-05-22T17:31:00.003-04:00

Last week, we shared a recipe for no-cook tomato sauce pasta. This week's recipe, sun-dried tomatoes and feta cheese turkey meatballs, is the perfect accompaniment to the pasta.

(recipe from the website I Breath ... I'm Hungry ...)

Ingredients

1lb ground turkey breast
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped finely
1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup almond meal (or almond flour)
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
1 egg
2 cloves garlic, minced
coconut/ avocado/ olive oil for frying

Directions
Combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Form 16 one-inch meatballs and saute them in oil till brown and crisp, and cooked through.

Art House Co-op: Print Exchange: The Drive Home

2013-05-21T20:33:00.000-04:00

today after dinner we stopped by the letter box to unload our overflowing mail we collect only when we remember. arriving amidst the bills, bulk, and bullshit was our art house co-op print exchange prints. i had honestly kind of forgotten about it, but what a nice surprise in the mailbox.

we received 10 prints, all vastly different in technique, vision, and quality. suffice it to say, some were better than others. i mean, come on, miranda lambert lyrics? that one would go in the toilet paper pile, if only it weren't printed on some cheap-ass card stock. there's a couple of bad linocuts too, but those were to be expected.

then there are a couple of middling cute prints. i really dig the station wagon print. we had one of these when i was a kid. ours was a rusty orange color, with no wood paneling. we weren't quite in clark w. griswald's economic class. the dreaming dog is fun too, but i'm not quite sure it fits the theme. we also received 2 photo etchings. the syria one is cool, because of its postcard look and the fact that syria is probably not a place to be visiting these days.

artist: Joolie B.

artist: Chris Selin

artist: Servane Briand

artist: Amy Lowey Horowitz

my favorite is an etching of a little girl playing. i'm not sure of the print techniques involved, but the narrative is great, and i love the drawing style. it, far and away, outshines the other 9 prints.

artist: lo zappicante

what a fun experience this was. getting the package in the mail was a bit like opening a pack of baseball cards as a kid. you never knew what was going to be in there, but you were excited just to open it, and sometimes one stellar card could make you forget all about the less-than-stellar others. i hope they do this again next year. it's a super project and such a fun way to discover some new artists. i hope whoever received my print looks me up ...

Time-Lapse-ish Jazz Action Heroes video

2013-05-19T21:46:00.001-04:00

Watch Zach and the students from TAF's After School Arts Program transform a blank wall into this Picasso-inspired Jazz Action Heroes mural.

Gallery Walk is tonight!

2013-05-17T15:00:00.000-04:00

We're hosting an open studio/ spring cleaning sale at Foam City this evening. There will be a lot of generously discounted paintings, prints on paper, and older pieces of pottery that you can shop from, and also stencil paintings that Zach will spray on the spot for you for $10. If you come between the hours of 6-9pm, you can also watch Zach re-paint the mural on his garage door! Need more reasons to come? Well, it's Friday and what better way to start the weekend then with the first Gallery Walk of the season! There are also many other new shows and exhibits downtown that you'll want to see and talented artists you'll want to meet! We hope to see you even if it rains! I promise you won't melt! :)

p.s. if you are not within driving distance of Lafayette, we are also having a sale over in our Etsy shop. Use coupon code "SPRINGCLEAN2013" for 15% off everything in the shop. Coupon good through Sunday!

Mini May Garden Update

2013-05-17T11:00:00.000-04:00

The weather in NW Indiana is finally pepper friendly! Which means we have to clear out our raised bed to get it ready for pepper plants. Yesterday I harvested baby greens and transplanted whatever I could save. The salad greens and the kale were just starting to grow real lush and it traumatized me to have to pick them already. But the peppers have to go in the ground this week ...

And besides, we did get a really great salad out of the baby greens so it wasn't a total loss.

The Chinese vegetables were definitely feeling the heat. Most of them started growing really tall and flowering. I tried to pick whatever I could for a simple mixed greens stir-fry, and I managed to save a little tray of the Hong Kong baby cabbage.

8 pepper plants have taken the place of the greens in the raised bed. We bought 5 of them, and 3 are our very own seedlings! Our garden is growing at an amazing rate. I can't wait to give a full garden update at the end of the month!

Open Studio/ Spring Cleaning Sale/ Live Action Mural

2013-05-16T15:21:00.001-04:00

tomorrow evening is gallery walk here in lafayette. i've been cleaning up the studio all week, and it is still a disaster. it'll get there though. it's the first gallery walk of the summer, and i'm hosting an open studio and painting performance at my studio at foam city.

i've been at foam for a little over a year now, and i've made a ton of stuff, and now it's time to clear some space so i can make a ton more stuff. i'm also hoping to convert my studio into a clay space so i can get back to doing ceramics. but to do that i've got to clear some space. so i'm putting everything in the studio on 'get it for way cheap' sale. now is the time to pick up that over-priced piece of art for MUCH less, and in the process you can help me purge some stuff from my work space.

i'm also going to be painting a new mural on my garage door. last year around this time i did the TV/robot mural, but it's time for a change. i'll be using the 'stained glass' stencils and other patterns to create a new piece. i'm going to start it this afternoon, then tomorrow i'll be painting through gallery walk. should be fun to watch. you can see my process in progress, filled with drips, drops, splashes, splotches, stencils and spray cans.

it should be a fun night. there will be old prints and recent prints on paper. there are assemblage paintings. there are large pieces and small pieces. there is some ceramics. there will be stencils on cardboard created while you wait for $10. and you can check out some of my in-progress pieces, like the new recycled village i've been working on.

come join the experience.

the tale of one strawberry

2013-05-16T12:24:00.000-04:00

If you have been keeping up with me on Instagram, you're already familiar with how obsessed I've been with that one particular strawberry we are growing. It is the first one, so it's gotten all my attention. I've documented it since the very beginning, from when the flower first bloomed. I caught a picture of the bee who helped pollinate it, and I captured the little berry in all its different growth stages. Today, little strawberry joyfully reached the end of its growing journey. When we woke up this morning, we saw it fully red and glistening in the daylight. And Zach wasted no time in eating it. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Yummmmmmm. So glad we beat the birds!

Recipe of the Week: No Cook Tomato Sauce

2013-05-15T16:57:00.001-04:00

It is currently a springy 81°F and Zach has decided that it is too warm to turn on the stove in the house. We ate a grilled chicken salad last night, and tonight we are grilling some Jamaican Jerk chicken wings on the patio. If you feel the same way as Zach about turning on the stove for extended periods on a hot day, today's recipe is just for you! This no-cook tomato pasta sauce is simple, flavorful, and makes use of the freshest ingredients. The only time you need to turn on your stove, is to cook your pasta for 7-9 minutes!

(recipe adapted from chow.com)
Ingredients

1lb cherry tomatoes, quartered (buy organic! cherry tomatoes are on the "Dirty 15" list)
1/4 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced finely
2 tbsp Italian flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 tbsp fresh oregano, finely chopped
1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
ground black pepper
3/4 cup feta cheese
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
1lb pasta

Directions
In a large glass bowl, combine tomatoes, oil, garlic, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper.
Let sit at room temperature to allow the flavors to meld, 30 mins to 1 hour.
Cook pasta until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup of cooking water, then drain.
Add hot pasta to the tomato sauce mixture, then add reserved pasta water, feta cheese, parmesan, and toss until evenly combined.
Serve immediately or at room temperature.

* your leftovers will keep getting tastier!

p.s. next week we'll share a recipe for delicious sun-dried tomato turkey meatballs that will go great with this! stay tuned!

from the studio: 5.13

2013-05-13T09:20:00.000-04:00

i've been in a bit of a depressive funk lately. perhaps it's just one of those 'block' periods where everything seems confusing and disconnected, or perhaps i'm just depressed. either way, while i've been making only little pointless things and elements of incomplete ideas, i've not made anything of any significance in a while. but that hasn't stopped mindy. she has found her stride in the studio, printing up a storm over the weekend. she's intent on learning how to use our new sewing machine, and she seems to have fabric on the brain. but she needs a bit of help learning the machine, so in the meantime she's been printing on blank pieces we've picked up from the mall.

she started last week with some cute owl prints on a color block dress. then she asked for a couple of new smaller robots that she could pattern with. i carved up a couple of small blocks and she got busy making new patterns with them. i went and spent some time with a friend, and when i got home she had created this super cute robot/gear tshirt for herself, and i was jealous. thankfully i know the producer of said garment, so now we have matchy-matchy robot shirts. a bit lame. ok, real lame, but we promise not to wear them at the same time. and how could i resist.

block print robot shirt

block print robot dress

a while back, mindy asked for an abstract cat head print, with the intent of making a dress ala the etsy lady that makes the cute cat head dress. even though my image is very different from hers, randomly placed repeating images of a cat head around any dress looks like a rip off of hers. so we've struggled a bit with how to use them. yesterday morning though, mindy woke up with a great idea of how to use our little cat head print. i blocked in a large abstracted cat head shape with masking tape and then she filled it in with the repeating print. it's such a fun icon. it looks like a cross between a heart, superman, and a cat head. a great logo, filled with kitties and paw prints and a great way to utilize the cat head print in a wholly new way.

so while i've been dragging, mindy has really picked up my slack and been producing. now we just have to get these thing out there for sale. but the ink has to dry first.

How to re-grow your romaine lettuce

2013-05-11T10:44:00.001-04:00

In an effort to try something new, I stuck a romaine lettuce stub in a cup of water.
This is it after 3 days:

And this is it after a week of growing:

All you have to remember to do is change out the water daily, and you'll have another crop of new lettuce in a couple of weeks. And as if we don't already have a variety of loose leaf lettuces growing in our garden, I have 3 of these growing in our kitchen, each a couple of days behind the other!

Other vegetables you can try growing this way include celery, green onions, and lemongrass.

In the J&C

2013-05-10T20:48:00.001-04:00

Zach is featured in the Journal and Courier again! This time, there is even a cool video you can view on the J&C website. Click here to see (since I can't embed the code).

The key to culture is participation, local artist says

from the studio: 5.9

2013-05-09T15:15:00.004-04:00

i've got a lot on my plate for the summer, with several shows, events, murals and empty spray cans. but i've felt like i've been in a rut lately. i guess i'm getting bored of using the same images over and over again. so, lately i've been in the studio reconfiguring some images, methods and techniques. i've been rethinking ways i can layer stencils to get the images and textures to do what i want them to do.

i found this great little boarded up window/door/archway in downtown lafayette, and thought to myself: wouldn't it be great to turn that into a stained glass window? and that sparked some new work. eastern indiana/western ohio has a large german catholic population, and because it of, a lot of american gothic churches. they all fit about the same bill, and the stand out features are the steeples and the stained glass. Navy Pier in Chicago has an entire section dedicated to great local works in stained glass. stained glass has a great link to rise of industrialization, art nouveau, and idealized culture of americanism. just look at the dollar bill in all its nouveau-ness.

cool shadows

so in thinking through some new ideas, i've cut several parts and pieces that can be linked and repeated to create the pattern i'm going for. but they are a bit of a disaster right now. they are wonderful stencils to work on a horizontal, flat, smooth surface, but will be impossible to take to a wall, and ideally, i want them on a wall. i love making small paintings to sell and all that shit, but when it comes to making a statement, i like walls, not things hanging on walls. and since i'm working with the idea of windows, a tiny wall hanging is just not gonna cut it.

window top section

humans

city

cul-de-sac

so far this is a very initial idea, but i have plans for these pieces. i've got a lot to work through with this yet, but hopefully in the next couple of weeks, i'll have something a bit more concrete as to how this will work on a wall.

i'm excited for the summer. we'll see where all this stuff goes. hopefully not just into the trash.

Recipe of the Week: Fresh Herb Mushroom Soup

2013-05-08T13:34:00.002-04:00

We've been posting a little lesser than usual because the weather has been so nice and I've been juggling my time between working hard in the garden and/or working in the studio with Zach. Zach's been spending lots of time cutting some really awesome large-scale stencils. I'm sure he'll write a post about them soon enough. But we do apologize for being somewhat absent. We think of the blog often and plan our meals around "Recipe of the Week." Here's our latest share ...

Fresh Herb Mushroom Soup

The best part about this recipe is all the fresh ingredients! We used thyme and tarragon from our own garden. And mushrooms, well, you'll be happy to know mushrooms made the "clean 15" list this year. This means you can go ahead and fill up your grocery basket with all sorts of mushrooms! :)

Ingredients
2 tbsp butter
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
*1lb mushrooms (choose and/or mix from cremini, portabella, and button)
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp fresh tarragon
1/2 tbsp fresh thyme
1/4 white wine
1/4 cup half and half
2 14.5oz chicken broth
salt and pepper, to taste

* if you have an immersion blender and like a pureed soup, go ahead and slice up the mushrooms anyway you like. If you prefer a chunkier soup, skip the blender and dice up your mushrooms finely.

Directions
In a large pot, cook onions and garlic over medium-high heat until soft and fragrant.
Add mushrooms, cook until tender, 7-10 minutes.
Stir in wine and chicken stock, add bay leaf, tarragon and thyme.
Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Add salt and pepper, to taste.
* Blend, or serve as is.

Road Trippin' Seedling

2013-05-06T12:01:00.001-04:00

We started 2 Malali watermelon seeds and they sprouted! We were going to plant them, but then I thought I should read up on how much space and what kind of care they would need in the garden first. Since we are growing watermelons vertically on trellises, we can only grow small (less than 10lb) fruits. The Malali, an Israeli variety, grows in the hot desert and yields 10-22lb fruits. Oops! So we took it on a road trip yesterday. We gave the seedling to Zach's mom who has a large field. She will be growing Malali watermelons this year. As for us, we bought ourselves some new seeds. We'll be growing some little baby flower watermelons instead!

Jazz Action Heroes: In the Press

2013-05-02T15:15:00.000-04:00

Zach and the students from the After School Arts Program did such a wonderful job on Jazz Action Heroes. It's so nice to see the press and the community so enthusiastic about a public work of art!

From the Journal and Courier:

Teens forge new relationships in Tippecanoe Arts Federation after school mural program

From the local news station WLFI:

from the studio: 5.1

2013-05-01T17:17:00.000-04:00

i spent the better part of the day driving around meeting with people about future projects, and mindy got started in the print shop, working with a new image. we've been getting more and more into fabric printing, and we did get a sewing machine, so we're taking baby steps toward entering a world of wearable/carry-able/huggable art. in the past we've made simple printed stuffed pillow animals and printed tshirts, but lately mindy has been working on pieces featuring cute images she can pattern and iconify.

last weekend, at the athens gala event, mindy drew a super cute picture on the free-draw wall. we decided it would make a great bag or sweater or anything really. so she re-sketched it on a linoblock and i cut it out for her. this afternoon she started testing out ideas for some bags. she tried some different things, then we broke out one of my pattern blocks. i printed the pattern layer, doing my best to line up all the registration points, and it seemed to give the bag the color and playfulness it felt like was lacking. the image of the girl is such a cute and playful image and the background just fits.

for your viewing pleasure

2013-05-01T16:00:00.000-04:00

I found Valeria Nascimento's website online and was captivated by the simplicity and organic nature of her ceramic work.

Don't you just love how she shows off the delicate and feminine side of porcelain?

(photo credit: Valeria Nascimento)

Recipe of the Week: Quick and Easy Grilled Harissa Chicken

2013-05-01T10:30:00.000-04:00

We made a quick mid-week dinner of some grilled chicken and veggies, served over couscous. Harissa is a spicy mix of hot peppers, garlic, coriander, and caraway. We made a paste by adding it to some greek yogurt. We also grilled up some zucchinis and made a little side of green beans and carrots sauteed with mustard seeds and curry leaves. This is a nutritious, and simple way to serve up a delicious dinner.

Ingredients
2 chicken breasts
2 tbsp harissa spice
4 tbsp greek yogurt
1-2 tbsp lemon juice

Directions
Mix harissa, yogurt, and lemon juice into a paste.
Marinate chicken breasts in harissa paste for at least 2 hours.
Preheat grill.
Grill 10-15 minutes per side, or until no longer pink.

Serve with a healthy helping of vegetables and a side of couscous.

You're Invited!

2013-04-30T13:30:00.000-04:00

Jazz Action Heroes: Official Unveiling

2013-04-30T10:00:00.000-04:00

jazz action heroes, on 4th st. in downtown lafayette, april 2013

yesterday morning i finished out the final details on the mural on 4th st. the official title is jazz action heroes. the weather was not exactly very cooperative this month, but through rain, wind, and floods, and many reschedules, we got it finished. i'm very proud and appreciative of the kids in my mural class. they put a lot of energy into this piece, and the finished product is something i hope they can't wait to sign.

we unveil TONIGHT at 4pm. if you're in town, please come by. meet the crew. shake their hands and tell them how much you appreciate their service to the community. they're a great group of kids.

Garden Update: April 2013

2013-04-29T10:40:00.000-04:00

We've had a relatively rainy April. Though the unpredictable weather has halted a lot of outdoor mural/painting projects, the plants in the garden are thriving and happy. Here's a quick look at what's been growing ...

Strawberry blossoms! We have 7 strawberry plants (one from last year and 6 other new ones) and they all look like they are doing well. It's so fun to see the flowers bloom, fall, and the little strawberries emerging. 7 plants seem like a lot but Zach is still convinced he's not going to have enough to eat!

Swiss chard -- a new addition to the garden this year. I got the "bright lights" variety because I thought this would be a fun and delicious way to add some color in the garden. The seeds took no time at all to germinate, which is always a bonus! I've never actually eaten chard before, so this should give us plenty of opportunities to explore and experiment with new recipes ...

Pea shoots (dwarf gray sugar). I've already harvested a round of these! These little happy campers love the rain and gloom. They are so easy to grow, and you can harvest them in a week! Cut them above the first set of leaves and they'll come back even stronger! We've been eating these in salads, but another easy way to prepare pea shoots, is to saute with freshly minced garlic and a sprinkle of salt. You can add some sesame oil if you like, but resist the urge to douse the dish with oyster sauce!

We have 4 blueberry bushes and 3 of them have these clusters on them. We've been waiting a year for blueberries so I'm hoping we'll get some this year!

Dill. We grew a little pot of them so we have plenty to put into yogurt sauces and egg salads. Yum.

Last year we struggled to get the Japanese shiso growing. This time around, we've ditched the Japanese variety for the Vietnamese kind and they seem to be growing well. I'm still not sure what we'll do with the shiso but I guess there's plenty of time left to figure this out.

Cilantro and parsley. We grew them in long planter boxes because these were the herbs that we didn't seem to be able to get enough of! The cilantro seeds germinated fairly easily. The parsley is about a week or 2 behind. We're planning to sow these successively so we can hopefully have a nice and steady supply of both this year.

Our raised planted filled with greens ...

Kale. I thought the kale would love the slightly chilly spring weather but these have really taken a while to grow. Maybe we need to fertilize them more, or maybe I'm just too impatient!

Speaking of being impatient, these are the dwarf baby bok choy that I thought would grow in just a couple of weeks. It's been a month now and they are still just little, tiny plants. Grow bok choy! Grow fast so the bugs and worms don't eat you bare like they did last year!

This is our dwarf mandarin peach tree. The flowers are a striking fuchsia color that the camera simply cannot capture. I'm excited to see this tree come back to life. We left it out all winter and have been keeping our fingers crossed ...

Blue sky salvia, with little flowers starting to show!

Borage. We decided to grow borage because I read somewhere that borage deters a good number of pests in the garden. Borage is apparently also good for attracting bees. I'm not usually a fan of anything that crawls or flies, but I'm learning that bees are our friends.

Our raspberry shortcake bush! We are so excited that this plant came back to life! We didn't have high hopes for it. The lady at Bennett's didn't have high hopes for it either. But this little plant surprised us all and I am so happy for it! I doubt we'll have any fruits this year, but that's okay. We'll just focus on it growing big and strong. Anything beyond the 2 existing twigs will be a treat.

An improved meyer lemon tree. We bought this earlier in the month, and have been carrying it in and out the house so it can get some sun but not freeze overnight. It's a lot of work, but we're not complaining ... yet. The little blossoms smell heavenly and the flowers look so pretty it's hard to stay mad at a plant as awesome as this!

This dark leaf clover plant is my favorite in the garden. And that's quite the surprising choice considering how we can't eat it! I just love the dancing leaves and the cheerful demeanor of the plant. The leaves open in the sun and close back up at dusk. How special. :)

** sidenote: we planted tomatoes, celery, and beans today!

a rainy spring weekend ...

2013-04-28T20:19:00.001-04:00

"Destroy the Picture" at the MCA

2013-04-26T11:07:00.000-04:00

after my morning meetings yesterday, mindy and i made an impromptu trip to chicago. we had intentions of seeing the picasso show at the art institute, but (as usual) were more interested in eating something ultra-delicious.

our first stop was gt fish and oyster. i have been craving oysters for the past several weeks, and finally i got to indulge. for those that enjoy oysters and don't know, GT, on the corner of grant and wells in downtown chicago, has the absolute best, freshest, and most diverse selection of oysters there is to offer in the midwest, and probably on either coast as well. they always have 6 seasonal selections from both the east and west coast. all are distinctive in flavor from sweet and succulent to briny and savory and are served with GTs own cocktail sauce and ponzu mignonette. hands down, this is the best the midwest has to offer in the way of fresh oysters. period.

selection of oysters

tuna poke with preserved mango, cucumbers and black sesame

eggplant with tofu, plum hoisin sauce, pear, cashews, and thai basil

duck confit with chickpea harissa stew, apple, frisee

we, of course, indulged in many of the other tapas style offerings. tapas-style is a huge trend in chicago right now. it allows the customer to sample a large section of the menu, while allowing the kitchen to waste less and send out smaller plates rather than gargantuan platters of food that only the most gluttonous amongst us can finish. GTs menu, beyond their oyster selection, is rather diverse too, with flavors inspired by thai, japanese, irish, and french cuisine, creating an incredible seafood fusion that feels very chicago.

so after a early afternoon lunch indulgence, we headed off to check out some art. we were of course pushing the closing time of the museums, so instead of going to the art institute to see the picasso show, we opted for the musuem of contemporary art (mca) and the destroy the picture: painting the void, 1949-1962 show.

salvatore scarpitta, sun dial for racing, 1962

detail of salvatore scarpitta's racer's pillow, 1963

salvatore scarpitta, tishamingo, 1964

destroy the picture is a collection of post-war abstraction and media experimentation work from japan, europe and the us. neither mindy, nor i are huge fans of post-war art. and there are many of the overly-contrived works from artists like lee bontecou and alberto burri, but there was also some stuff we'd never seen before. everything was, of course, in a brown color palette, and made with alternative techniques and media. the bandaged, wrapped, and belted works of salvatore scarpitta were some of my favorites. using multiple panels and textures to create a work that expressed the healing of a war-torn world. His works were also the most colorful, eschewing the browns for muted reds yellows and greens. i'm never all that interested in the stories behind the works, that's more mindy. i like to investigate the creative process. why this mark? how that texture? or what was this approach? This post-war show is laden with works whose experimentation is evident upon first glance. and for me, that was important. i love how these artists played with dimension and space, but also how the works relate to environment by using elements directly from the environment. i must say that i saw a lot of what i do with my own work in these pieces. I feel like many of the Gutai artists from japan were working with ideas that are very akin to my methods of using locally found objects, in their raw and unprocessed form. the multi-dimensionality of many of the american works were also very inspiring to see. i play with the spaces between panels and layers and stacks of surfaces in a similar way. The most important thing i found with this show was media experimentation. You can visualize the thought process and the element of discovery in trying something absurd. i love that that process is written all over the finished product. That element of discovery is so so so important to me.

Shozo Shimamoto, Cannon Picture, 1956

Michio Yoshihara, Sakuhin, 1959

Chiyu Uemae, Sakuhin, 1960

Alberto Burri, Plastic Combustion, 1958

Kazuo Shiraga painting

Shozo Shimamoto, Sakuhin, 1951

Francois Dufrene, (the stranger [art is theft] series), 1961

Jacques Villegle, 1961

We also peeked into a new installation that looks quite promising, but is not yet open to the public. opens on the 27th. can't wait to go back and check it out.

from the studio: 4.24

2013-04-24T18:06:00.000-04:00

I cut Mindy an owl block:

and she printed a cute dress.