A project i am coordinating & facilitating: a memorial installation for a cycling advocate who passed unexpectedly. This is the bare-bones invitation to participate in a design gathering, where we’ill chew on the project together. Will the memorial installation appear as a future post? (This flyer is incomplete.)
eight: used note cards
Made from the drawings that my 5 year old friend and i made together. i’ll use them to write notes to the friends who are receiving tea. Definitely, use what you got!
seven: scarey pumpkin referencing dentist
My friend Cedar (who is 5) and i talked and sketched together to come up with this meeting of the minds. He wanted scarey, i wanted our pumpkin to reflect our recent visits to the dentist for molar fillings (also kinda scarey i think). Good colab!
six: tea for friends
Here we’ve got three teas for three people. The Sweet Gale was harvested in Temagami and dried on a wicker mat in the autumn sun. The Raspberry Leaf is organic from the Beehive House Garden where I live, and the Nettle Leaf is the first harvest of 2011 from an organic swamp on Vancouver Island,…
five: i will cook food for you
On the other side these tokens say: “i will cook food for you” I made these tokens as an effort to stimulate supportive community. I was heading down to the Occupy Vancouver site, and anticipated being around many people who i had never met. My intention was to strike up a conversation with folks, talk…
four: US WAR ILLEGAL
Started at the studio and dove into my box of Encyclopedia of Weapons of War. I think I have the full set of 24, or almost the full set anyways. Every time i think about using it i stop because it seems horrible, like dwelling in the ‘wound.’ No one would like what i make…
three: the fellowship of people who make things
Using the famous silver paper/foil, recycled from the offset printing process. I have SO MUCH of this stuff, and it will therefore appear in future posts i expect. Another item of note is the pink streamer from a bicycle tassel. I’ve been saving this for maybe 10 years, but never installed them on any bike,…
two: i am (not) an activist
Didn’t feel like going to the studio, so i made this drawing while sitting on my bed at home. Working to get started, experimenting with materials i’ve got around: water-colour pencil, pen, oilstick, fingerprint, big question.
one: use what you got
Went to the studio. Made a painting with what was on hand. No judgement.
use what you got 