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I heard from the lovely Carrie at Casa Bizarro that I’m almost out of stock completely at her gallery/shop in Frenchtown & am heading down on March 16th to restock! Not a ton just yet, but definitely some new merch, especially the lil guys. If you don’t already know, my stuff (not 100% of it, but quite a lot) is available through Casa Bizarro year-round. So when shows are happening, there’s still a way to weird your life up!

In other news, I’ve been working on some over the top pieces – hats and ties are a super fun way to explore reuse & competing textures. You can see work in progress over in the remade section here: Remade – Accessories

August was supposed to be my “rest month”, but it turned out to be the month of working on my mural for High Bridge Grounds for Art’s September 13th event. And, despite the fact that it’s 4 feet x 8 feet (1.2m x 2.4m), I am getting close to done! It’s a bit of a headache – part of my UV paint is still backordered, and I’ve even dipped into my fabric paint supply to extend what I have, but mostly smooth sailing. This is a goal I set for myself early this year, and I’m really happy to get to see it through!

Here are some pics of work-in-progress – there will be a separate post for this piece when it’s done & ready to transport to the site. 🙂

The Patreon link is here, and shows the DoodleGrid work which happened early in the whole process, to get Falkor’s head sketched in right. (FYI, my Patreon is a ghost town, so if you feel like following me, I super duper appreciate you!)

I love the outdoors, but not summer, SO: I am not only working at the food pantry and working on my painted minis, handcrafted mimics, upcycled clothing and various vendor booth fixes/buffs, I am also committed to finishing a 4 FOOT BY 8 FOOT MURAL by Sept. 3. Who committed me to this? Me, of course. Am I regretting it? No. Am I ready? NOPE.
Forgive me while I run around screaming for a little while. At least it’s indoors, in the A/C.

I am amping myself up for a show on August 31st, my first in a month! I actually really love doing shows and meeting folks, but outdoor shows in the deep summer are not my happy place. So, as we wind the clock around to fall, I am re-emerging.

I am setting up a newsletter & email list thing, fyi. I recognize that in order to stop the relentless tide of trash going into the environment, we ALL need to be trash artists. So if you think you fit this description, or would like to, sign up! I am gonna teach classes somehow, too.
Topics would be things like:
+ How to pick secondhand clothes to modify without making yourself cry
+ How to know what kind of trash can turn into monsters
+ How to upcycle toys into new monsters, weapons, terrain
and other stuff like that!
I am planning on some in-person stuff in NJ, but am considering the surrounding NY/PA/CT area, too.
Yes, I want to be a trash artist. Show me how!

I have a bunch of new creatures for the folks to see this weekend – I also have a hefty pile of curated thrift & vintage in the Goth Closet, which will be in a bin to rummage through to your heart’s content.

Misfits x fake fur vest is going to be up for $75, and is not part of the Goth Closet. I am bringing some work in progress pieces too! If you happen to visit me, I might ask you your opinion, ask you who your fave Aqua Teen Hunger Force lil guy is…but no pressure. I’m just genuinely curious about what my faire friends think! I may also sell some of the bigger leather jacket art as patches in the future, so let me know your thoughts.
I’d also love to know if folks would pay $5 to have a patch sewed onto their battle vest, etc! If enough folks want to, I’ll bring my sewing machine to fairs & do some sewing for my friends without sewing machines or sewing skillz. If you wanna learn to sew, also let me know! Maybe we’ll host a skillz class at Flemington DIY or something!

Every few months, I need to stock up on new eyeballs for creatures, so it goes a little like this:

• Hunt around the thrift store, looking for clear glass pebbles – acquire them.
• Sort them into good eyeball pebbles, and bad eyeball pebbles
• Paint a bunch of eyes on scrap paper or plastic wrappers from the trash
• Sign “painting eyeballs, painting eyeballs” to the tune of “Making Christmas” from Nightmare Before Christmas
• Go to sleep, or impatiently wait for the eyeballs to dry.
• Glue them together.
• Fix the ones that got blurred when I didn’t go to sleep, or was too impatient to wait for them to dry.
• Voila, eyeballs.

Reblog via DIY, not d-i-e, aka Tina N

Setting up a new home on the internet. Lots of fun projects cooking up!

The home of my weird art, made from trash.