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I’ve spent the last week recoperating from the Renegade Craft Fair. It was such an awesome experience! I meet lots of great people, saw amazing handmade works, and even got myself a few presents 
I want to thank everyone who came and supported me last weekend. I’m really happy you did!
Isn’t this the coolest thing:
I found it last week at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland. I think it’s incredible.
I went to a trade show last week for my day job in Denver, Colorado. Adjoining my trade show was a fosil / mineral / rock show going on. I got to walk around with my co-worker one morning and saw lots of freaky looking creatures and minerals. my favorite thing though, was a small t-rex skeleton that a man would wear while walking around the show. you would always know he was near when you heard loads of children squealing and running in circles.
There was also a florescence room filled with cases of rocks and minerals in their rough cut forms, all glowing in incredible neon shades.
soooo cool!
it was a lot of hard work, but there was so much to look at.
i’ve been away at a tradeshow for my 9 to 5 job. it was a lot of work and i’m glad to finally be home. i’ll have much to write about after unpacking and resting a bit. i’ve missed home!
When i think of magic, i don’t think of david copperfield (do you remember him?), or pulling a rabbit out of a hat. to me magic is in all the little things that transpire between people, and sometimes it’s the things that people create. magic is creating awe and wonder, inspiration and amazement. it gives you goose bumps and makes the hairs on your arm stand up. this is the kind of magic i believe in:
when i was in maine last week visiting my family, i stayed with my brother for a night of debauchery and fun. i’ve shared some of his illustrations here before, and now i have some some shots of his desk (and a few sneaky shots of some new pictures).
i’ve been really interested lately in seeing other people’s work spaces. my business partner and i have been struggling to be organized but also needing to have materials sprawled around us for inspiration. i like how my brother’s work space is covered with bits and pieces of in-progress work, finished work and new materials.
i really like the way he’s introducing color to his characters. here is another piece of sculpture he made from this past year at school:
i think it’s a table (?)
(detail of the top)
I miss my brother a lot. He just completed his second year at Maine College of Art (where i also graduated from). it’s been so hard living so far from home. i constantly feel like i’m missing so much of a really important time for my brother.
My brother Oliver is an artist like me. But unlike me, he excels at things like drawing and painting. While I enjoy these activities, they are clearly part of Oliver’s day to day life as an artist.
He’s been working on a body of work that i find really exciting and inspiring. He creates small drawings of characters that he’s invented, and collects old thrift store frames to house them. I think the old and vintage frames add a lot of depth and character to the simple line drawings.
Here are some of my favorites:
His current lot of these drawings is around 45, and he hopes to accomplish a group of 100! I’d love to see them in a mass on one wall, or even a giant drawing combining all the characters.
Also of interest is a video of one of his kinetic sculptures. You can see it on YouTube.
