tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80392747597580777872024-03-17T21:53:59.063-04:00EFAC: Extinct Flightless Arts Collectivedon't wait around hoping someone else will create the things you wantflightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-6599256747698204172024-03-17T21:53:00.001-04:002024-03-17T21:53:12.293-04:00Art Blog Shout-Out<p> https://dcartnews.blogspot.com/2024/03/artomatic-8th-floor.html</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvttz9JFz0UUPbncsPbfEnURUUhCMNpsXyS6t5NJeEcvWJqn-8U4w_bzp5hgMf9fBXWrFo4_1IYJntmztjrFZqQfIc2rD8mvtXuC757GHynV27qCOQKCmJstGbDIRQq-D5P1lTMqivQTU4SZUnHk4H_I2G2M-3wVmLHd8-uQTIzsKKM9mmmbh3Yl7iVRE/s988/Screenshot_20240317-215029.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvttz9JFz0UUPbncsPbfEnURUUhCMNpsXyS6t5NJeEcvWJqn-8U4w_bzp5hgMf9fBXWrFo4_1IYJntmztjrFZqQfIc2rD8mvtXuC757GHynV27qCOQKCmJstGbDIRQq-D5P1lTMqivQTU4SZUnHk4H_I2G2M-3wVmLHd8-uQTIzsKKM9mmmbh3Yl7iVRE/s320/Screenshot_20240317-215029.png" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-92065806221457585442024-03-13T19:22:00.005-04:002024-03-15T10:41:20.848-04:00Artomatic Reopens!<p>Artomatic will (re)open tonight at 6 p.m., barring any further bureaucratic snarls, logistical mishaps, or krakens in the plumbing!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoC4A4515dGtJLtGRgo8RroX3fc2QAmmwAkeYCIsb0cuyeDBo9vTZeoR_S5ABMA1f3lVMm3Aj9Ytn3G_QOHgm6KxIoo2VCMIzoEm2UXSNJZwHkObriWW-2Kox3s-v7rx7oaH-zed_3upKSM4zII-Hsg8i2SjyHnqwPFSD8AJd9H5O0uNMVgN99vwwcRM/s3133/IMG_20210620_103727986~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3133" data-original-width="3072" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoC4A4515dGtJLtGRgo8RroX3fc2QAmmwAkeYCIsb0cuyeDBo9vTZeoR_S5ABMA1f3lVMm3Aj9Ytn3G_QOHgm6KxIoo2VCMIzoEm2UXSNJZwHkObriWW-2Kox3s-v7rx7oaH-zed_3upKSM4zII-Hsg8i2SjyHnqwPFSD8AJd9H5O0uNMVgN99vwwcRM/w196-h200/IMG_20210620_103727986~2.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>(orig. post: <strike>Oh hey! Please note that as of Wed. 3/13/24, Artomatic is temporarily closed. (They just need a new/different temporary certificate of occupancy!) I will update here when I know more; hopefully we will be back soon!</strike>)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-74798750878334361872024-02-12T11:16:00.002-05:002024-02-12T11:17:55.073-05:00Artomatic!<div dir="ltr">This spring we are very lucky to have a new <a href="https://www.artomatic.org/" target="_blank">Artomatic</a> for the first time since 2017, and it will be right downtown on the Red Line: <b>2100 M St. NW</b>. Opening night is <b>Friday, March 8th</b>. My space is on the 8th floor between the bar and the lounge.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">This will be my fourth time showing work at Artomatic (sixth, if you count two tiny shows at National Airport). Here is a little retrospective of my and Dan's Artomatic work. </div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">The Blue Painting went into the first "Artomatic Takes Flight" at National Airport, and then also became part of my first full AOM installation, in Crystal City in 2012.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfssYbyqiT1rj9RdcX6jspI56Q466QkiTEycUNMjgwGIQ_EtnLyxdYnmpYwPccd-R70XLGruHVyaPaXZXxZaJPPbYPmZM9NzE_0HkEtYtf1mRLnnoUVdBGIreYTnenqP9F6mvVbQV7lXwzZ5cKq8OJNpkKvHvPi3XnIez8k67On7pd3GXkEFUVGpTWJFM/s3648/blue%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfssYbyqiT1rj9RdcX6jspI56Q466QkiTEycUNMjgwGIQ_EtnLyxdYnmpYwPccd-R70XLGruHVyaPaXZXxZaJPPbYPmZM9NzE_0HkEtYtf1mRLnnoUVdBGIreYTnenqP9F6mvVbQV7lXwzZ5cKq8OJNpkKvHvPi3XnIez8k67On7pd3GXkEFUVGpTWJFM/s320/blue%20painting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSo0gxwe_s6_hEQOkGZZP4Ts7JYW5-E-ZvlwznZ3Zum4oXUgEnAMFkqMIT-DYAgyB1FGctVmY6Djl_vB_AUuL9HOfykTBFsi0bCkeWkvVftm7USii-AF4Nw3nQs8v_UtXAIsOGP7kOqF85-izBN8KMTn0LP_oTVDwDDFz4hZT3Wg2Ofcg651RFfOZhbhs/s3648/P1170065.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSo0gxwe_s6_hEQOkGZZP4Ts7JYW5-E-ZvlwznZ3Zum4oXUgEnAMFkqMIT-DYAgyB1FGctVmY6Djl_vB_AUuL9HOfykTBFsi0bCkeWkvVftm7USii-AF4Nw3nQs8v_UtXAIsOGP7kOqF85-izBN8KMTn0LP_oTVDwDDFz4hZT3Wg2Ofcg651RFfOZhbhs/w400-h300/P1170065.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Impurity of Motives" (artist for scale)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">The Oracule was my piece in the second "Artomatic Takes Flight" at National Airport, in 2014. The actual sculpture later met a grievous accidental fate, but two large photographs of it were part of my 2015 Artomatic show in New Carrollton (and went home with a lovely librarian who appreciated the humor of their pairing...)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOXzlr4-Q2wbfxxbLQr4gyrr_p6ikndcYEhgl8C14uAlEGbG3fn_GFRF3ie3YFU6HTeqoZ33vDys_jLFofD8QA5CK39sTrfjyX29lHJGg5yUywDnfjonNJEWioSjWh5zfT_oqXsYxjNJDxk5AMRRiD4X-JE6ZNhx6oT88Xf0BxRZYSjDEg4Y_OBgG4Pg/s3116/Oracule-1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="3116" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOXzlr4-Q2wbfxxbLQr4gyrr_p6ikndcYEhgl8C14uAlEGbG3fn_GFRF3ie3YFU6HTeqoZ33vDys_jLFofD8QA5CK39sTrfjyX29lHJGg5yUywDnfjonNJEWioSjWh5zfT_oqXsYxjNJDxk5AMRRiD4X-JE6ZNhx6oT88Xf0BxRZYSjDEg4Y_OBgG4Pg/s320/Oracule-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oracule"</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjKFPMLulZBuiYEDUb76JEyq3dEPvB9uNbauUJP3XvbnfRSz5UxOeiY7wnMU8NJfY7toAFydFOxwm2BOnBg7GljzsOjAnPh53dz49A2BTYS6LCRQSq0HriA5E5dkhOpH6V1mCodkGrk0zsKgq3kplgQxwbEdoCSqEA1PBeR0yNogbhRmEsvqVo_FsYJ4/s4320/IMG_20151023_165355670.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="4320" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjKFPMLulZBuiYEDUb76JEyq3dEPvB9uNbauUJP3XvbnfRSz5UxOeiY7wnMU8NJfY7toAFydFOxwm2BOnBg7GljzsOjAnPh53dz49A2BTYS6LCRQSq0HriA5E5dkhOpH6V1mCodkGrk0zsKgq3kplgQxwbEdoCSqEA1PBeR0yNogbhRmEsvqVo_FsYJ4/w640-h360/IMG_20151023_165355670.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">2015: "My Novel Is Seeking Representation"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IgZ3nsUtIsQljc_DRpPqCH26LzW53_wQoZnSkecod9R-y5y0Qb1m7jWkWazpJDWUt2O4riJVZCWGtKTSwljWC9QRjPwEBKpv-CDbpAOA8GoUA-CMx-W18Uikk6iXC64FoIayby442LBNy4G2tLSETZPtj_hJjfjOhXtFt4dJUEseKR4g5MHe7Mooft4/s4320/IMG_20151023_165411138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4320" data-original-width="2432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IgZ3nsUtIsQljc_DRpPqCH26LzW53_wQoZnSkecod9R-y5y0Qb1m7jWkWazpJDWUt2O4riJVZCWGtKTSwljWC9QRjPwEBKpv-CDbpAOA8GoUA-CMx-W18Uikk6iXC64FoIayby442LBNy4G2tLSETZPtj_hJjfjOhXtFt4dJUEseKR4g5MHe7Mooft4/w360-h640/IMG_20151023_165411138.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPeG0aXbiirKZ54mO6bcWTjdk9Vewedst87Q_Eor9EJAo0KzDlfNeM9q-LbaQhrHEL6QC2Inua0LwIY8XvOpMdcfsUHq0Z1_9ZFiByNRSwr8JNWSOhie_-4ZQmp_LTUYXEp9PaOcWr2f1Tc_RDFV33Qq_6JGxoYNPU0jPWo0hkpAtaA9wgveFhVMCUU4/s1080/835c184636ac82e3e47400af23571d52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPeG0aXbiirKZ54mO6bcWTjdk9Vewedst87Q_Eor9EJAo0KzDlfNeM9q-LbaQhrHEL6QC2Inua0LwIY8XvOpMdcfsUHq0Z1_9ZFiByNRSwr8JNWSOhie_-4ZQmp_LTUYXEp9PaOcWr2f1Tc_RDFV33Qq_6JGxoYNPU0jPWo0hkpAtaA9wgveFhVMCUU4/s320/835c184636ac82e3e47400af23571d52.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>Normally my work can be viewed without supplemental oxygen, but tend to your own needs. (This gentleman collapsed outside the room and was helped to my guest chair to await the EMTs. He received swift and attentive medical care!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>AOM '15 was the first time I sold art to complete strangers. Two of them!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSp0Zy9fmYDFRF-u3LFpeTTDxFAngH5QYG4SUUeF9ewrq6uUchPB_sGHieKkdGB8G4bWVc7pJkVlnj0E3sZEyK8gQrm_HSE5vHS4HVQ_oZx5aYTokqwfpgGa0gVBoqwg8k41ONcXk3Zd_WX3X0joawAPY9OIN-Vgh0Ya7WhULXlaS7lrgVJzmUG1PMa8/s992/eb2a3215f115c79fbdc03cdc06b76eb6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="991" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSp0Zy9fmYDFRF-u3LFpeTTDxFAngH5QYG4SUUeF9ewrq6uUchPB_sGHieKkdGB8G4bWVc7pJkVlnj0E3sZEyK8gQrm_HSE5vHS4HVQ_oZx5aYTokqwfpgGa0gVBoqwg8k41ONcXk3Zd_WX3X0joawAPY9OIN-Vgh0Ya7WhULXlaS7lrgVJzmUG1PMa8/s320/eb2a3215f115c79fbdc03cdc06b76eb6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Rust Is Heavy"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm1edn43SrL-HNY0gVVaj1aLGoCcfrpz4i5Rg0kgCJBbXFRTKrFuRlK-D6_YyXmWW2TVIoHblso44Mp5hqcajysyu0sZKwX8YB-Z-DnVRZ9Q131QA_suJczUN6j9_BA4ObWbSXDZH5LPLgY6H5Ng7hsshwBhL_rzhR3WEiNU-l94wL1ECcCPrC7sxyNs/s4320/IMG_20151214_191743721.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="4320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm1edn43SrL-HNY0gVVaj1aLGoCcfrpz4i5Rg0kgCJBbXFRTKrFuRlK-D6_YyXmWW2TVIoHblso44Mp5hqcajysyu0sZKwX8YB-Z-DnVRZ9Q131QA_suJczUN6j9_BA4ObWbSXDZH5LPLgY6H5Ng7hsshwBhL_rzhR3WEiNU-l94wL1ECcCPrC7sxyNs/s320/IMG_20151214_191743721.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sampling" with happy new owner!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ztJtSuU1LHefWLBVr9DPxK27ApIwtDECU0LvXShrj03RDSDiW6-nTZMWIq51PiH5_KjDuRmoncMRXptwtNgWBKitWXPYx1iES05zFcHMnoaLSi_Mi8IuzKFXdp9bwyOZnyXC7xIiorqnEyia04WxYbjiTj_Dt5wuKJemOa24Od5TRWSFMttfcMiCy0U/s4320/dildo%20mtn.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="4320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ztJtSuU1LHefWLBVr9DPxK27ApIwtDECU0LvXShrj03RDSDiW6-nTZMWIq51PiH5_KjDuRmoncMRXptwtNgWBKitWXPYx1iES05zFcHMnoaLSi_Mi8IuzKFXdp9bwyOZnyXC7xIiorqnEyia04WxYbjiTj_Dt5wuKJemOa24Od5TRWSFMttfcMiCy0U/s320/dildo%20mtn.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dildo Mountain," after the show</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>For 2017, the last office-building-takeover show (until now!), Artomatic was back in Crystal City. Dan and I shared a room, painting my half gray and his half teal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh396N6klaGXCncGL3w68U55Q8bbSvKXBNhCw6FuZwKGzC5NwhGUbCV_n3Ouwq3zMASEx__z-M6r9S_xDscoBpijd_uC-c-uMWF_KCOcw1RUQw2wI9VazujiyQUPXn5736mzkmElKBaOAh5YeSehY8GPLIbGZ8iYfRwMYNctpRkHRkK-Ay2lkCTOs2wsYk/s4320/IMG_20170420_183301608_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4320" data-original-width="2432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh396N6klaGXCncGL3w68U55Q8bbSvKXBNhCw6FuZwKGzC5NwhGUbCV_n3Ouwq3zMASEx__z-M6r9S_xDscoBpijd_uC-c-uMWF_KCOcw1RUQw2wI9VazujiyQUPXn5736mzkmElKBaOAh5YeSehY8GPLIbGZ8iYfRwMYNctpRkHRkK-Ay2lkCTOs2wsYk/s320/IMG_20170420_183301608_HDR.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzoEKjIuhaEdX_wGAilERypzBTR6KHKjHCDFNgl0mZ5qDNO4Rd1vQCJoy0vj25jSTGYd1cq4ydEjf8k-LX-E7pBQS5joE7TgcrbzemeueWSk1AhbTiGBGbfQKgKLr6bay8q7yrEo1A3DSt7JhyJZJyeP4nbQMrkUeoputLIHzQ3OrFkORMiuNVrNBQm4/s4320/IMG_20170318_202151294_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="4320" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzoEKjIuhaEdX_wGAilERypzBTR6KHKjHCDFNgl0mZ5qDNO4Rd1vQCJoy0vj25jSTGYd1cq4ydEjf8k-LX-E7pBQS5joE7TgcrbzemeueWSk1AhbTiGBGbfQKgKLr6bay8q7yrEo1A3DSt7JhyJZJyeP4nbQMrkUeoputLIHzQ3OrFkORMiuNVrNBQm4/w640-h360/IMG_20170318_202151294_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFD0Ilx9kCbzjMzq7cp6sZylAMgIl-w_y911_8oMztu5fonEa7Fi5zipkW8ayxY8TDGMG4tzx7kpTFgQiClajdYK0wfJEJN_9M-cAilSbKelxHotCY9eDUErQrVenZGh6b8_ts5hT0gjiQv73TbCI1odBWWR1kezgH8sqOk4lznCJOPuymqf2W2hPAIg/s4320/IMG_20170318_202220202_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="4320" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFD0Ilx9kCbzjMzq7cp6sZylAMgIl-w_y911_8oMztu5fonEa7Fi5zipkW8ayxY8TDGMG4tzx7kpTFgQiClajdYK0wfJEJN_9M-cAilSbKelxHotCY9eDUErQrVenZGh6b8_ts5hT0gjiQv73TbCI1odBWWR1kezgH8sqOk4lznCJOPuymqf2W2hPAIg/w640-h360/IMG_20170318_202220202_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Dan also installed a secret compartment behind a black curtain, for optimal viewing of his sculpture that played with light and mirrors.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec3Jgbr4q88SUjN6_YlIe_gVZ-EkHxTvBgFR4SzT8vZF3yJuEAVHUyYrObqlF8aDtovSBhP8TwJEDX7JIX1XiiuKxy4F59Uok-wbpEfnDf_hwwvPNrD91OPuLecaM-V-UuQb7GGJCBZ9pknEj2eynav1SHijsU-D1Eo9KuCSCE1Grcbzx0ywsQAhUQ3c/s1600/Dan-curtain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="901" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec3Jgbr4q88SUjN6_YlIe_gVZ-EkHxTvBgFR4SzT8vZF3yJuEAVHUyYrObqlF8aDtovSBhP8TwJEDX7JIX1XiiuKxy4F59Uok-wbpEfnDf_hwwvPNrD91OPuLecaM-V-UuQb7GGJCBZ9pknEj2eynav1SHijsU-D1Eo9KuCSCE1Grcbzx0ywsQAhUQ3c/w225-h400/Dan-curtain.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan X. Herr, "Reflections of the Current Power"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRgrWUANpsNSdqCvgXXBDK7xuu6m2zD0nRolcdoSHPEijK9jDYWVte9_ThrhNUQXkUi54qMhJlUq7dYOQuQyKlOlLcaMJKwc9FcWsDrTFN66QIzNzNpWbHMt0Qw0cFIICu8KHrKUMVjlXN3TZ1ipDkKWm4eeLbH-hlaPfiEODO2cColn0_fyeXjQE5Ro/s3072/IMG_20170324_182700561-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRgrWUANpsNSdqCvgXXBDK7xuu6m2zD0nRolcdoSHPEijK9jDYWVte9_ThrhNUQXkUi54qMhJlUq7dYOQuQyKlOlLcaMJKwc9FcWsDrTFN66QIzNzNpWbHMt0Qw0cFIICu8KHrKUMVjlXN3TZ1ipDkKWm4eeLbH-hlaPfiEODO2cColn0_fyeXjQE5Ro/s320/IMG_20170324_182700561-01.jpeg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"did the pipes..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivyOKBMsns51R6Tmgs9C4MmIE6BLaGH2XxElxKr7unOZfXOBjbu68VQtLm3vegaFZdBJOoOZYq_0FBgKoxPmOXyYZ0-xX8ITNQvzxfycAZpBhcCEHjk5u9ibsqSdQqSPuhhoykz7MFZcu_Tom2mcX5-q8AhoA2af0dxD3iH9Qcfl00Na8zPXSGz9F89M/s669/Angry%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="669" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivyOKBMsns51R6Tmgs9C4MmIE6BLaGH2XxElxKr7unOZfXOBjbu68VQtLm3vegaFZdBJOoOZYq_0FBgKoxPmOXyYZ0-xX8ITNQvzxfycAZpBhcCEHjk5u9ibsqSdQqSPuhhoykz7MFZcu_Tom2mcX5-q8AhoA2af0dxD3iH9Qcfl00Na8zPXSGz9F89M/s320/Angry%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ways To Be Angry #3"</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0e0jqe0ITrP0igz6IlHKcXHNFkIOWhCr3VKxWw8Bb7_wlY7X1fH4OUI6f11_qwgG_LuGY7zTWaPAfC1wx9KUgptzuj_djVkqyOKN3jV9tCREld5KDhXvyq2LFZqDNdGJQVpK897fZt9HHOWSnI426Y0YDZlbACDZpJtZ6RVwgPwfJcGNC1Kz7PPzoGMM/s576/Dorothy_Hickson_SobrietyDwarves.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="576" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0e0jqe0ITrP0igz6IlHKcXHNFkIOWhCr3VKxWw8Bb7_wlY7X1fH4OUI6f11_qwgG_LuGY7zTWaPAfC1wx9KUgptzuj_djVkqyOKN3jV9tCREld5KDhXvyq2LFZqDNdGJQVpK897fZt9HHOWSnI426Y0YDZlbACDZpJtZ6RVwgPwfJcGNC1Kz7PPzoGMM/s320/Dorothy_Hickson_SobrietyDwarves.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"H.A.L.T. (Sobriety Dwarves)"</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://extinct-flightless.blogspot.com/2017/04/never-be-empty-inside.html" target="_blank">More pieces from DH2, 2017</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have done more largish sculptures in the aeon since 2017, and my spot in the new show is a stretch of floor in a bigger room. I am bringing some odd bits of furniture as temporary walls and pedestals, and will be showing a variety of wallmountable and freestanding Things. More details in the blog as events unfold.</div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-41547421228681898202024-01-31T15:23:00.015-05:002024-03-11T20:08:21.875-04:00Artomatic 2024<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpphMx7NSOWF2Uhtfsd0uk_3V7gqUcTgyCi1VbbMueplRrw3uHRqj1Rj_caeVKjjpINa0xh8tMxmoaYMT_xKooxL8O47etlkdaYRTTPJRRCk7JpfFRYz5BLJwM04o7lue9vkxU-fcVdwxI0MFLkrWHDCt_WCSP4M_F1eyV9le5B0jRtkLSAWw7tkudi8/s960/me%20at%20Great%20Falls%20Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="portrait of the artist (my face, smiling a little, in a sort of golden light)" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpphMx7NSOWF2Uhtfsd0uk_3V7gqUcTgyCi1VbbMueplRrw3uHRqj1Rj_caeVKjjpINa0xh8tMxmoaYMT_xKooxL8O47etlkdaYRTTPJRRCk7JpfFRYz5BLJwM04o7lue9vkxU-fcVdwxI0MFLkrWHDCt_WCSP4M_F1eyV9le5B0jRtkLSAWw7tkudi8/w240-h320/me%20at%20Great%20Falls%20Art.jpg" title="Dorothy Hickson" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Dorothy Hickson</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Thank you for checking out my work at Artomatic 2024! To purchase a piece, you can do any of the following:</div><div><br /></div><div>--- paypal: trepan8@yahoo.com</div><div>--- venmo: @ExtinctFlightless</div><div>--- email: trepan8@yahoo.com</div><div>--- leave a comment to this post</div><div><br /></div><div>(Include the title of the piece, as well as the best way to contact you. Please double-check below to make sure it is still available.)</div><div><br /></div><div>--- or find me on-site!</div><p>I will be at "Meet the Artists" on March 23rd, exploring with friends on 3/16 and 3/30, and volunteering on Friday afternoons in March. (Will add April dates.)</p><div><div></div>My space is #802, on the eighth floor between the bar and the lounge. (Turn right at the gryphon chaise longue!)</div><div><br /><b>Details on each piece in the show:</b></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u>Left side:</u></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Foramina</b> </div><div>$60</div><div>Papier-mâché, copper, wire, found objects, paint.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tornado Factory</b></div><div>$150</div><div><div>Defunct vibrator motor, glass vitrine, springs, found objects, wire, paint, rusty nuts and bolts.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Biophilia</b></div><div>$86</div><div>Glass vitrine, bones, tree ear fungus, wasp nest, milkweed pod, tree buds, vine pod skeleton, seashells.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Lemurian </b></div><div>$60</div><div>Papier-mâché, rusty metal, salvaged wire, paint, lotus pod, crystals, oven-crackled marbles, spent holiday lightbulbs.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>Crikey, Is That The Time?</b></div><div>$300</div><div>Quiescent clock, found objects, digital photograph, vine stump, burnt steel cicada wing, wire, chain, vintage key.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Window wall:</u></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ways To Be Angry #4.5</b></div><div>$48</div><div><div>Boxspring, found objects, knitting.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>I Seem To Be A Tripod</b></div><div><strike>$23</strike> SOLD</div><div>Salvaged furniture wood, vintage tool, wire, rusty metal, musical instrument parts.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Moon Box</b></div><div><div>$80</div><div>Vintage crate, found objects, salvaged bone, wood, wire, book paper.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arctangent (For JBH)</b><span style="white-space: pre;"> -- </span>Not For Sale</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Abandoned Greenhouse</b></div><div>$48</div><div>Digital photograph, vintage frame.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>Chatelaine</b></div><div>$68</div><div>Found objects, salvaged wire, saw blade, vintage lace.</div><br /></div><div><div><b>Auntie K’s Dose</b></div><div>$48</div><div>Salvaged bottle glass, clock parts, chain, wire, key, found objects, paint, silk.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Unseen Toolkit: Saw</b></div></div><div><div>$150</div><div>Saw handle, wire, salvaged glass, deer bone.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tribute (For Patti Smith)</b></div><div>$150</div><div>Handmade vintage table-tray, vintage clip earrings, Patti Smith Group: Wave (1979)*, mummified rat foot**, found objects, copper transformer wire, black notebook spirals, lace.</div><div><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>* LP record is intact within sleeve and (theoretically) playable. Fidelity not guaranteed.</div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><br /></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>** Rat foot attached with hot glue, removable. Nothing is permanent; rework as needed. Assemblage is otherwise vegan-friendly. </div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div><b>If We All Go</b></div><div><strike>$48</strike> SOLD </div></div><div><div>Maryland blue crab shell, seed husks, papier-mâché, found objects, cable, key.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Night-Bird</b></div><div>$120</div><div>Salvaged painting, window screen, pages from Macbeth, bone, seed, zipper, wax, copper wire, paint, varnish, nails and rusty metal.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>War Zone</b></div><div><strike>$80</strike> SOLD</div><div>Papier-mâché, lace, barbed wire, bur oak acorn, velvet.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Brooding<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b></div><div>$80</div><div>Vintage wooden crate, papier-mâché, salvaged glass, wire, seashell, Brood X Magicicada wings.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Interval</b></div><div>$80</div><div>Guitar case, salvaged glass, rusty metal, wire.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Right side:</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><div><b>Oracule</b></div><div>$15</div><div>(Original sculpture appeared in “Artomatic Takes Flight,” before losing an un-aeronautics-related quarrel with gravity.) Signed digital print.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Temporarily Removed</i></b></div><div><span>$2</span></div><div><span>Conceptual art. I include one of these in every Artomatic show. They represent titles that never quite made themselves physical.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><b>Angie Delicious</b></div><div>$60</div><div><span><div>Rags, paint, cardboard, rusty metal, beads, eyeglass parts, steel screen, yarn, found objects, salvaged wire.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Auntie Kytherine</b></div><div>$120</div></span></div><div><div>Wooden box, rusty metal objects, salvaged copper wire, silk, cotton, excelsior.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Penetralia</b></div><div>$80</div><div>Vitrine, cheese tray, paint, salvaged metal and wire, rat skull, fox pelvis.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Tooth & Nail</b></div><div>$180</div><div>Glass cabinet, salvaged fence wire, papier-mâché, nails, yarn, found objects, teeth, bone.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Front center:</u></div><div><br /></div><div><b>PharmaTree</b></div><div>$68</div><div><div>Prescription pill bottles, railroad spikes, wire, <strike>crutch</strike> packing tape.</div><div style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></div></div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-8365781390343573692023-12-10T12:07:00.008-05:002023-12-10T12:33:03.061-05:00Open Studios, Local Community, Stuff About Me<p> Yesterday, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/danxherr" target="_blank">Mr. Darkness</a> and I had a lovely walk over to Mt. Rainier and Brentwood, to the open art studios at <a href="https://www.otisstreetarts.org/" target="_blank">Otis Street Arts Project</a> and Art by the Tracks, the <a href="http://washingtonglassschool.com/studio" target="_blank">Washington Glass School</a>, <a href="https://www.portico3807.com/" target="_blank">Portico</a>, and the <a href="https://www.pgparks.com/facilities/brentwood-arts-exchange" target="_blank">Brentwood Arts Exchange</a>.</p><p>We had some terrific conversations and gave out several stickers with this blog address. So now seemed like a good time for a little reintroduction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdDcVF-4VK4ODAIdBfxypzsZpoEixkZ9E5jz3yAKdOrYX50ruXZX-MDae_JzIWNduCfyyQTyZrxB5aAP2v3LexvPHLXTMin0Sb96NA1GVuOqTvc6LMMtM8MedHQJeZ0S566Knd84GcI03pJ9Jww3JNR5Dm9uoPFYx-RuPuW4ZzwtYCSlnp8ThKEvLsxw/s3000/barbed%20wire%20glass%20thing%20w%20border.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sticker image: a chunk of melted green glass swathed in rusty wire" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdDcVF-4VK4ODAIdBfxypzsZpoEixkZ9E5jz3yAKdOrYX50ruXZX-MDae_JzIWNduCfyyQTyZrxB5aAP2v3LexvPHLXTMin0Sb96NA1GVuOqTvc6LMMtM8MedHQJeZ0S566Knd84GcI03pJ9Jww3JNR5Dm9uoPFYx-RuPuW4ZzwtYCSlnp8ThKEvLsxw/w320-h320/barbed%20wire%20glass%20thing%20w%20border.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>I started the Extinct Flightless Arts Collective alone, because I really wanted to be part of one. It has intermittently encompassed several other artists, but they are also busy elsewhere, so it often goes back to being just me. Please comment and share and let me know if you want to join up. :-)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi42l2Yq3P35XZOiyc_0FFicJkz3JKC2jgmLYyliYWP_794lB_39D_uu9fjc4OnkCq_-LEGo3wNI7JPwvTJRrfYvxf4ycmdAPpSeHIGhJx8sv2V6442quZPfS8whc6nh43_yXAfFAJbH80npgyY-prrBZglaQS5RO0F6H5BjHJSANDNJLaFedDfCeHJXrc" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="Me in a conductor's cap and white hazmat suit, in front of my Utopia Monster artwork" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi42l2Yq3P35XZOiyc_0FFicJkz3JKC2jgmLYyliYWP_794lB_39D_uu9fjc4OnkCq_-LEGo3wNI7JPwvTJRrfYvxf4ycmdAPpSeHIGhJx8sv2V6442quZPfS8whc6nh43_yXAfFAJbH80npgyY-prrBZglaQS5RO0F6H5BjHJSANDNJLaFedDfCeHJXrc=w240-h320" title="Biohazard Containment Facility" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giving a tour of the Biohazard Containment Facility<br />(aka my artist's talk about the Utopia Monster) at Virtual Del Fuego, 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I collect rusty metal and other found objects, and most of my work has been in smallish sculptural assemblages. Back in the 1990s I made a collage-based paper zine called DODO, and I tend to reach for the collage approach even in other media.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh6DN_OM7oVq_qWgeu1mDbKdS6kiYL0e1YglUGqJfT_4GCswdwJiDdgHWLQNSLnyjWY96g21IkG0CGauVp1kIwo0a8kKYpYU7Dlg1yXEZHIq5UaNJ9quXuYy_0gOxgG7OxP0_pV-n1_Kc5Y806MTRiwUXWOYhcn-d8cdudn4IyhO8zHesIXrm5yFIr8o/s640/oracule%20pic.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh6DN_OM7oVq_qWgeu1mDbKdS6kiYL0e1YglUGqJfT_4GCswdwJiDdgHWLQNSLnyjWY96g21IkG0CGauVp1kIwo0a8kKYpYU7Dlg1yXEZHIq5UaNJ9quXuYy_0gOxgG7OxP0_pV-n1_Kc5Y806MTRiwUXWOYhcn-d8cdudn4IyhO8zHesIXrm5yFIr8o/w320-h320/oracule%20pic.jpg" title="Oracule (Artomatic Takes Flight, 2014)" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oracule (Artomatic Takes Flight, 2014)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>For a long time, I was also trying to write fiction -- or more often, trying to somehow become A Writer without doing very much actual writing work -- and my home still contains many, many notebooks and file boxes of old manuscript pages. I have been sorting through some of them, winnowing out old drafts, and tearing up pages to use in papier-mache.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaGLgl6RtZctF0MmoNbsC6V_Dvs9mtKKyt5O9Q5VKy1apFkXDE05rNolYNjxcJARPxt-7n0iDfstbt9vX5_djvA06oCE9VEUEwjOSEDK2M0ec07M8R4ZJtRAIccnbdqsQrcnhdQJwDxrRrvhIsLh5iC2psDOSLXynA3Lla6OoBghM5apq9eRmCTiRWzc/s823/aom15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="Xeroxed paper images of a fetal bird in a jar, and physical objects including bones and sticks" border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaGLgl6RtZctF0MmoNbsC6V_Dvs9mtKKyt5O9Q5VKy1apFkXDE05rNolYNjxcJARPxt-7n0iDfstbt9vX5_djvA06oCE9VEUEwjOSEDK2M0ec07M8R4ZJtRAIccnbdqsQrcnhdQJwDxrRrvhIsLh5iC2psDOSLXynA3Lla6OoBghM5apq9eRmCTiRWzc/w320-h320/aom15.jpg" title="Detail from my 2015 Artomatic installation" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Novel Is Seeking Representation (detail) - Artomatic 2015</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I am sober (10 years and 4 months now), and getting there somewhat paralleled or mirrored my shift from writing to visual media. Being A Writer was an identity I had been clinging to even though it did not fit, did not work, and mostly made me miserable. It was heavily intertwined with my bad drinking habits. I needed to destroy that version of my self-image, whether or not the scraps could be used in making something new.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3TF-Ps8_rCrdUaqKJyJBWg0h_HJyJo_Y5HnllrZedn7AUKQk6p7Ogtt_k6nlOvWvABlQUmNqfyuydIHV9bmFeeuoeFuW9eL-PFD7qDnT32rVIFmYYuoi4WOKsWO3tqRMjzzf5RVmbztBeU0zsBNIbtJ-tT6b9pdbihFT3sQtyQMZ9bn2qtoTVoXFySw/s2430/Sobriety%20Dwarves.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Four figurines of Disney dwarves, variously immersed in four cocktail glasses" border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="2221" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3TF-Ps8_rCrdUaqKJyJBWg0h_HJyJo_Y5HnllrZedn7AUKQk6p7Ogtt_k6nlOvWvABlQUmNqfyuydIHV9bmFeeuoeFuW9eL-PFD7qDnT32rVIFmYYuoi4WOKsWO3tqRMjzzf5RVmbztBeU0zsBNIbtJ-tT6b9pdbihFT3sQtyQMZ9bn2qtoTVoXFySw/w292-h320/Sobriety%20Dwarves.jpeg" title="Sobriety Dwarves" width="292" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sobriety Dwarves (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Lately I do a bit of work as an art model, and I have been incredibly privileged to have a nesting partner whose day job can feed and house us both. I have shown my work in unjuried community shows --<a href="https://extinct-flightless.blogspot.com/search/label/artomatic"> Artomatic</a> and the DC Arts Center's <a href="https://extinct-flightless.blogspot.com/search/label/wallmountables">Wallmountables</a> -- where I have sold a few pieces as well as making wonderful connections with other local artists. I've received several art grants from Firepony.org for creating temporary, interactive pieces at <a href="https://extinct-flightless.blogspot.com/search/label/playa%20del%20fuego">Playa Del Fuego</a> (and, in times of covid, <a href="https://extinct-flightless.blogspot.com/search/label/vdf">Virtual Del Fuego</a>), but I find I am more drawn to making smaller, non-weatherproof objects.<div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraQXVd8einawej1Qm0F3EzLTboibnP-0KoMTo0UvfGJ1idcNP-wTYQsALXGgTp8bS9givAyGuV9QwHaRgJNNhY3YRAlhewEhqgi_5gnT_gIEmo_1lftYgai_NzaWAUvyNOn1dvGv_WksM1j0G2GJtp9RK_UUAIwMQKNXuJwS7X2coKib6BcGpH472thA/s2048/All%20Breath%20Is%20Shared.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Tiny lungs made from eyeglass parts, in a collaged wooden box." border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraQXVd8einawej1Qm0F3EzLTboibnP-0KoMTo0UvfGJ1idcNP-wTYQsALXGgTp8bS9givAyGuV9QwHaRgJNNhY3YRAlhewEhqgi_5gnT_gIEmo_1lftYgai_NzaWAUvyNOn1dvGv_WksM1j0G2GJtp9RK_UUAIwMQKNXuJwS7X2coKib6BcGpH472thA/w320-h320/All%20Breath%20Is%20Shared.jpg" title="All Breath Is Shared" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Breath Is Shared<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsptnNTy6noNvlWow2vyYtC93Ih0YD0jcs-V0q0YFli4GQ_EcdWxoB-yWHr96IJYrseEryXhUa490CtpbFAgtbUUHv-g1o6S-RV5kZ8sIioS5sg_gKnYYLec-Baa-F50UtPFxcX3v1b6k3WsV7a51nuVBikmU97kypWiDk6aMHaNvxbqD_OgtPaGbPWrw/s2354/every%20sin--Barbed%20wire%20Uterus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Barbed-wire uterus" border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="2354" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsptnNTy6noNvlWow2vyYtC93Ih0YD0jcs-V0q0YFli4GQ_EcdWxoB-yWHr96IJYrseEryXhUa490CtpbFAgtbUUHv-g1o6S-RV5kZ8sIioS5sg_gKnYYLec-Baa-F50UtPFxcX3v1b6k3WsV7a51nuVBikmU97kypWiDk6aMHaNvxbqD_OgtPaGbPWrw/w320-h320/every%20sin--Barbed%20wire%20Uterus.jpg" title="Every Sin But Littering" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every Sin But Littering<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlsUpDKGjciZHXo4PITENSA6ExtqnDYJ1B-BAX_hdS5VtSB7B72BhUx6HoC5txpEjnylP6TAlMJfstnF-J68cnDSv7BQpIxS1tmJHjiUFsm7vrFqjR7U3qRpWUouiSc4U4iTTlVsSMEpv4aili8I5wdlDQ3AOxtdbE_Ns2WHjONut-zq7vYmKbC4YOQc/s4096/Dwell%202021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Assemblage made from rusty pipe, wire, old glass bottle, cicada wings" border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlsUpDKGjciZHXo4PITENSA6ExtqnDYJ1B-BAX_hdS5VtSB7B72BhUx6HoC5txpEjnylP6TAlMJfstnF-J68cnDSv7BQpIxS1tmJHjiUFsm7vrFqjR7U3qRpWUouiSc4U4iTTlVsSMEpv4aili8I5wdlDQ3AOxtdbE_Ns2WHjONut-zq7vYmKbC4YOQc/w240-h320/Dwell%202021.jpeg" title="Dwell" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dwell (Wallmountables, 2021)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-70751671348918332092023-08-06T12:39:00.004-04:002023-08-06T12:39:42.893-04:00Ambiguously Available Art<p> A few weeks ago I visited DCAC and saw that one of my pieces, "Fear Eater," had a happy red dot on the wall -- sold! One of my friends expressed an interest in another piece, but we were told that it, too, had been sold -- as had a third! (despite their lack of happy red-dot stickers)</p><p>Alas! Confusion! When I returned to the gallery this Friday, the previously unstickered sculptures were unstickered once more. A different staffer told me that some mysterious glitch in the "Square" interface had led to a number of false positives around the exhibit. Only "Fear Eater" had actually been sold; the others had been suspended in a liminal state of nontransaction.</p><p>I still cannot guarantee that the hypothetical illusory buyers are not, indeed, real -- was it the sale or the unsale that was the glitch? Perhaps at <a href="https://www.dcartscenter.org/" target="_blank">tonight's Wallmountables closing party (6-7 p.m.)</a>, someone will reveal themselves as the secret, elusive, patron(s) of my art. But if not, you can still buy the things!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffcBLGjTEQjH-BydBBIISHiLvHFloBal8TxYVn8Ej2o8KyW6_gJAIgK8S-vlJlRMRyB9TJyTNOJOh4swkNvIt4vSWKgRwFNXIJu3s3gEPnzyqB5VJx-PR2tXj4qs9ps4-d5RpPeBuv5iFzWHcUmiEKe3QEXG0y6wexJWI_dvetHgtAH9X5gOHDc5cTU8/s3417/IMG_20230804_162640894-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3417" data-original-width="1242" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffcBLGjTEQjH-BydBBIISHiLvHFloBal8TxYVn8Ej2o8KyW6_gJAIgK8S-vlJlRMRyB9TJyTNOJOh4swkNvIt4vSWKgRwFNXIJu3s3gEPnzyqB5VJx-PR2tXj4qs9ps4-d5RpPeBuv5iFzWHcUmiEKe3QEXG0y6wexJWI_dvetHgtAH9X5gOHDc5cTU8/w145-h400/IMG_20230804_162640894-01.jpeg" width="145" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Unseen Toolkit: Night</b><br />(not one of the pieces that attempted to become unavailable)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-25670336231114264072023-07-07T10:31:00.006-04:002023-08-04T20:20:13.181-04:00Nutrition Information (Do Not Eat)<p>Further details of my 2023 Wallmountables (currently on view at <a href="https://www.dcartscenter.org/wallmountables" target="_blank">DCAC</a>)</p><p>Everything but the glue and paint has been salvaged, picked up off the ground, rescued or recycled in some way. A broken and melted glass jar dug up from the bank of the Shenandoah River. Scraps of rabbit fur found in a friend's childhood basement, from a decades-ago abandoned craft project. Copper wire unraveled from the transformers of broken gadgets.<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYjn2N-rFyTyL5TBL8E-GZejuHAVCQVGYWVpBP4EyEBxPO5Yd7MFqWnNzKs-XTdK0m4fFTwgQccUqPEg7giW4XPXn-sE-ISw8C2QBKE274ZC83OGlVyVoBPOExz11IZqbzXoVG2TLuTDxfqMRoqDHvILRQUp1rNNofq1PHgIz8JrNtPVWL5f-P_yQ2mI/s1396/IMG_20230706_164720009_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYjn2N-rFyTyL5TBL8E-GZejuHAVCQVGYWVpBP4EyEBxPO5Yd7MFqWnNzKs-XTdK0m4fFTwgQccUqPEg7giW4XPXn-sE-ISw8C2QBKE274ZC83OGlVyVoBPOExz11IZqbzXoVG2TLuTDxfqMRoqDHvILRQUp1rNNofq1PHgIz8JrNtPVWL5f-P_yQ2mI/w400-h400/IMG_20230706_164720009_HDR-01.jpeg" title="Wunderkammchen (detail)" width="400" /></a></span></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Wünderkämmchen</span></i></b><p></p>
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objects, mouse bones, cicada, toe-platform of shoe.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlbjOnhpxhWCa0G6r1cunSdA9vP5bXO5VDemEGJCJbJjTTGdoC9shC6c-xSQRUqTcrb08WsD5WzngeBxT69nBDihiA8fpudpBbATSAaZmWf-k19Btd55Y-OTlZ0LDc7u_CReLt1hNH9nZoR5wLZv4a_5PbR4iervk8MEY2hwU0V0DS7SE2Bs5waFSS8U/s764/IMG_20230706_164605624_HDR-01-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="764" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlbjOnhpxhWCa0G6r1cunSdA9vP5bXO5VDemEGJCJbJjTTGdoC9shC6c-xSQRUqTcrb08WsD5WzngeBxT69nBDihiA8fpudpBbATSAaZmWf-k19Btd55Y-OTlZ0LDc7u_CReLt1hNH9nZoR5wLZv4a_5PbR4iervk8MEY2hwU0V0DS7SE2Bs5waFSS8U/w400-h400/IMG_20230706_164605624_HDR-01-01.jpeg" title="Fear Eater (detail)" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fear Eater (detail)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Fear Eater [Sold!]</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;">Lotus
pod, cowrie shells, wasp nest, </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">found
objects.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Unseen Toolkit: Night<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;">[photo pending] </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">Found
objects, salvaged wire, vintage scrap rabbit fur.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Nectar Loop</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;">Blackberry
cane, rose petals, papier-mâché, crystal, salvaged glass and wire.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Unconsidered Permutations</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;">(pictured in previous post) </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">Saw blade, horseshoe, bottle glass, wasp nest, </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">salvaged copper wire.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif;"><o:p>All works by </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">Dorothy Hickson, 2023, currently for sale at DCAC ($78 apiece).</span></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-19968442222853274762023-07-04T16:50:00.001-04:002023-07-04T16:50:24.120-04:00Coming up at DCAC<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.dcartscenter.org/wallmountables" target="_blank">WallMountables</a> 2023 opens this Friday...</span></p><p>"DC’s largest open community exhibition" (at least while Artomatic languishes in its interminable liminal state) will run from July 7th to August 6th. Friend of the Collective <a href="https://www.opulenttarnish.com/" target="_blank">Joan Arkham</a> has already installed new work, and my own installation is scheduled for this Thursday afternoon (i.e. the last possible date). Come and see! And buy art. WallMountables is a fundraiser for the DC Arts Center, so you can support the gallery while you acquire new art.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Opening Celebration: Friday, July 7th -- 7 p.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Closing Reception: Sunday, August 6th -- 6 p.m.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBM6x8xTu12pHhIgdrPtnAGcfesvKp327-vWHOwG7mmxTvI0oqBFNYRJIc9GSL925IJzRl3njxsJ4xCgqlaHNskydEnO1QVfnUYp8q3tL_Hsn27YR1THJlVB1_2hgdbn5vMS4OaUNKBRkeR_-iLxIoboVumSQKsxha5mEfuniW4hLlTwgVEffIy5CPY4/s2338/the%20other%20shoe.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="saw blade, horseshoe, wasp nest" border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="2338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBM6x8xTu12pHhIgdrPtnAGcfesvKp327-vWHOwG7mmxTvI0oqBFNYRJIc9GSL925IJzRl3njxsJ4xCgqlaHNskydEnO1QVfnUYp8q3tL_Hsn27YR1THJlVB1_2hgdbn5vMS4OaUNKBRkeR_-iLxIoboVumSQKsxha5mEfuniW4hLlTwgVEffIy5CPY4/w400-h400/the%20other%20shoe.jpeg" title="The Other Shoe - work in progress" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">work in progress for WallMountables 2023 -- DJH</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-9339092186561154672023-05-23T16:21:00.001-04:002023-05-23T16:21:00.149-04:00Extreme Forestry Arcadian Corps - Factsheet #2<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The </span><b style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Blithe Stinglider</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> is </span><i style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><u>seldom</u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
found in the Tamaqua area. They are almost never harmful </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">to large mammals such as humans! (Only three decapitations have been recorded
in this area </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">in </span><i style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><u>several</u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> decades.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZpoNB84oFkyCzuSvnMvFDDeZ8WZJ5WzEEqrZHZbQQcVfO8OQDkosc-dVwits2karIW3uDk029AQamHPA3f1aQV-0sOwTIjPV-8hcQnBNwMbS_T1r7ippr3Tq3eqCZGebebdLcEfBNI9boajKvh1ZUdpnc68No8o6YOYi1xV-aMwbIuYXGspXwv0t/s1668/fewmet.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1668" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZpoNB84oFkyCzuSvnMvFDDeZ8WZJ5WzEEqrZHZbQQcVfO8OQDkosc-dVwits2karIW3uDk029AQamHPA3f1aQV-0sOwTIjPV-8hcQnBNwMbS_T1r7ippr3Tq3eqCZGebebdLcEfBNI9boajKvh1ZUdpnc68No8o6YOYi1xV-aMwbIuYXGspXwv0t/s320/fewmet.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Due to their larval/nymphal diet of anthracitic
gravel and coal detritis, both <b>Blithe</b> and <b>Vapid</b> <b>Stingliders</b>
excrete petroleum-laced, plasticine substances. Stinglider <i>fewmets</i> resemble
small flared, hollow cylinders with one fringed end. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">These cryptids have also been observed to create
cocoons or chrysalids out of plasticky secretions, which is <b><i>extremely
unlikely </i></b>to happen here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Information from the <i>EFAC Field Guide to Tamaquan
Cryptozoology</i>, 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition, 5/2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/EFAC-facts"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">https://tinyurl.com/EFAC-facts</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-6985352243257186262023-05-20T16:20:00.005-04:002023-05-20T16:20:58.102-04:00Extreme Forestry - Arcadian Corps: Factsheet #1<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Are you CONCERNED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">about Blithe (or Flitting) Stinglider attacks?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Get the FACTS –
with EFAC!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Burrowing Stinglider larvae can remain dormant
in the anthracitic rubble layer for YEARS, provided that no THIN METAL RODS are
prodded into the terrain. <i><u>Only</u></i> if thusly disturbed will the
nymphs begin to emerge from their subtamaquan burrows and climb to the top of a
nearby tall tree, lamppost, or weathervane to spin an ominous plasticine cocoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Avoid invasive pokings! -- Stay safe,
stay unsecured.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Information from the <i>EFAC Field Guide to Tamaquan
Cryptozoology</i>, 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition, 5/2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/EFAC-facts">https://tinyurl.com/EFAC-facts</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-31654186440370534062023-05-20T14:07:00.008-04:002023-05-21T17:45:30.047-04:00Drag Story Hour -- news and links<p>On Sunday 5/28/23 at Playa del Fuego, <b>Her Man Melville</b> will be hosting a <b>Drag Story Hour</b> featuring (some of) the queerest scenes from <i>Moby-Dick</i>. Bring your own banned books, queer reads, drag tips and finery!</p><p><b><u>Resource List</u></b> (to be added to, as we get more links):</p><p><a href="https://www.papermag.com/fighting-anti-trans-legislation-2659623179.html" target="_blank">We Must 'Show Up In Force' Against Anti-Trans Legislation</a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/book-bans-american-library-association-f84ac6fe3f8e3238fc54931bc1a5e054" target="_blank">AP News: Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022</a></p><p><a href="https://marshap.org/resources-organization/">https://marshap.org/resources-organization/</a> -- <a href="https://marshap.org/resources-organization/">The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people.</a></p><p>Free Speech Coalition <a href="https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/">https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/</a> -- the non-partisan nonprofit trade association for the adult industry</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Restrict Act Bill S. 686 --- </span><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text" style="background-color: white; border: 0px rgb(225, 225, 225); box-sizing: border-box; color: #57007f; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text</a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">ResistBot ---</span><a href="https://resist.bot/petitions" style="background-color: white; border: 0px rgb(225, 225, 225); box-sizing: border-box; color: #57007f; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> https://resist.bot/petitions</a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Find & Contact your Legislators --- </span><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s686/comment?fbclid=IwAR1G1sJpChuWjnW9rh5tecDAwe0n8U1ecPJ5QBeydZJrZcN06cotDF7j6v4" style="background-color: white; border: 0px rgb(225, 225, 225); box-sizing: border-box; color: #57007f; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s686/comment</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/">https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://queeryouthassemble.org/" target="_blank">Queer Youth Assemble .org</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights">https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights</a></p>
flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-5693463409293547092023-04-30T09:41:00.004-04:002023-04-30T09:41:44.286-04:00What? Where? When?<p><i><b>The Whither Vane is
temporarily out of order. We apologize for the bewilderment. Cardinal
directions are (mostly) accurate, but something has begun nesting in the
mechanism... You can still use our signpost to find the Temple, First Aid,
etc., and create your own signs to point out your camp, your art, your favorite
bit of trash fence. Just...watch out overhead.</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cardinal Directions?</span></b></u></p><p>SURVIVAL IS INSUFFICIENT.<br />(Emily St. John Mandel, <i>Station Eleven</i>)</p><p></p>“Make your own fuckin’ CBGBs. You don’t need New York. It’s about the people.”<div>(Patti Smith)<p></p></div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-31396257243508212332023-03-19T10:28:00.005-04:002023-03-19T10:28:58.654-04:00PdF 2023 & the WhitherVane<p> Yes, EFAC* will be on site at the Spring 2023 <a href="https://playadelfuego.org/" target="_blank">Playa del Fuego</a> (<b>tickets will be on sale for a very brief window on</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #8e9dae; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #8e9dae; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday, April 2nd at 12 noon). </strong></p><p>We will be installing the WhitherVane, a delightful whimsy that should spin merrily in the breeze if no Tamaquanian cryptids have intefered with the mechanism.</p><p>As with last year's SignPostA (pictured below), we will utilize the WhitherVane's pole and its many Attachment Points to provide helpful directions to various major features of the Burn.</p><p>Bring your own signage or make a placard on-site to affix below the whirligig. Let everyone know the whereabouts of your theme camp, art, event, or favorite vantage point to witness the trumpet-like song of the burrowing nymphs!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylD0ktut3UjEUCoPDSeDibxWiyn4v-K0v-ZQ8yedkYX95NnTzP2EDf2ivCGgrK2T72c1YPiuoMNSJZADThXYneyuMPyzNYTGK-D9zMkcfU9pfma2Ji0LzwIuyy-K_Ma46HyYh7vF3Tk44NrQXbXIlC8hRhMxF7AHRUxvCYBfNnqpNrffgUfCYk9t-/s4096/IMG_20220527_142543896_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tall post with monumental bird heads atop; signs below" border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylD0ktut3UjEUCoPDSeDibxWiyn4v-K0v-ZQ8yedkYX95NnTzP2EDf2ivCGgrK2T72c1YPiuoMNSJZADThXYneyuMPyzNYTGK-D9zMkcfU9pfma2Ji0LzwIuyy-K_Ma46HyYh7vF3Tk44NrQXbXIlC8hRhMxF7AHRUxvCYBfNnqpNrffgUfCYk9t-/w400-h300/IMG_20220527_142543896_HDR.jpg" title="SignPostA by filth and flightless" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>* Exotic-Feral Animal Containment</p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-74173589319337560142022-09-01T12:33:00.006-04:002022-09-01T12:35:39.569-04:00Buy cheap art! Closing night party = Sept. 25th<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH1gsPUqSEQU-fg6Zii9wA1qhKr-z7uzIUw9fRlcBxj6LUtOY1bfMQ6CDMNZwvMSFIEZaQLcGwokuGWbhJWhsHQHfodU-rIXUx6AaXenREhc6wr7f6gfOsvmma_NYuXStXfcHS1GrpzLdE-YGJYaVhRB3Yk1l-FjPPky7IJa3VZsmHBKyACVC97Ia/s1296/IMG_20220811_074544720-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="found object, wire, rose petals, melted glass" border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1110" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH1gsPUqSEQU-fg6Zii9wA1qhKr-z7uzIUw9fRlcBxj6LUtOY1bfMQ6CDMNZwvMSFIEZaQLcGwokuGWbhJWhsHQHfodU-rIXUx6AaXenREhc6wr7f6gfOsvmma_NYuXStXfcHS1GrpzLdE-YGJYaVhRB3Yk1l-FjPPky7IJa3VZsmHBKyACVC97Ia/w343-h400/IMG_20220811_074544720-01.jpeg" title="Something Must Be Returned To Us" width="343" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something Must Be Returned To Us (detail)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>The Wallmountables show at DC Arts Center has been extended till Sept. 25th, when there will be some sort of closing-night party -- details to follow! Anyone who has bought our art can take it with them at the end of the party! (Or we can get it to you later.)</p><p>I do not have photos of the Opulent Tarnish pieces that are in this show, but they are exceedingly wonderful. You should buy them!</p><p>My own stuff (detail above) is mostly rose petal-mache and paper-mache with melted, salvaged bottle glass and other found objects. My work also has a lot of rage in it, again. A sizeable chunk of any proceeds I reap will be diverted onward to local abortion funds in the U.S. (30% to 60% of sticker price.)</p><p>Hope to see folks at the gallery! Just the tops of your faces. Masks required. I am also happy to do a virtual tour for anyone who wants to "zoom"/Jitsi in, on a day when the gallery is not crowded.</p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-75755138898814058222022-08-16T09:15:00.001-04:002022-09-01T12:34:29.320-04:00Art Ingredients -- Wallmountables 2022<p>The new show at DC Arts Center looks gorgeous. They posted everyone's names on the wall in a lovely format (extra lovely: it's right next to my pieces :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8joNpMWtukwR8-dgl2POnHZIoBe4tbH-gGByV03vYjgeQYURPB872PjXqTtDzt4GHXXLNjBm_PAtkPjnK5KLq1S8fxnLFjaKrPgE5ssw3GaLORyi4Wq-03xq5o-dcXtyyrCjIOI5A17IxdBe9SaLdQ7Vmve8bUAYc0-ubuxJh-3KkSnUjyTteSdH/s1920/IMG_20220815_210520-02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8joNpMWtukwR8-dgl2POnHZIoBe4tbH-gGByV03vYjgeQYURPB872PjXqTtDzt4GHXXLNjBm_PAtkPjnK5KLq1S8fxnLFjaKrPgE5ssw3GaLORyi4Wq-03xq5o-dcXtyyrCjIOI5A17IxdBe9SaLdQ7Vmve8bUAYc0-ubuxJh-3KkSnUjyTteSdH/w400-h300/IMG_20220815_210520-02.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The only other labeling is a QR code on each wall, so you have to look things up on your cellphone to see who did what (& if the artist is using the right widgetry, you can buy the art directly online). </p><p>This means that I don't have my usual DIY labels listing all the materials I used in each piece. The fabulous friend who took the above photo asked me if this was a melted plastic bottle -- it's a melted <b>glass</b> bottle, which I salvaged from an old bottle-dump on a Shenandoah riverbank.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSqLxXJKfSS7ROrWEBmLnBYNfe7saCtIkN3f3Ww6D5hkC3pQu-fpxgw5W7hv8sHni8UTIn9Lnzf3bV3pbwINH2cjqHqaktM6dvgAaCVK024t2_K0tS4i3MPrBF9mf7_QAy8cDTUvHeqqxy9ujr-lvjKmmCZ7NblwBSQ4ldGNY68M5PT72cq8whkAR/s1845/detail-War.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1845" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSqLxXJKfSS7ROrWEBmLnBYNfe7saCtIkN3f3Ww6D5hkC3pQu-fpxgw5W7hv8sHni8UTIn9Lnzf3bV3pbwINH2cjqHqaktM6dvgAaCVK024t2_K0tS4i3MPrBF9mf7_QAy8cDTUvHeqqxy9ujr-lvjKmmCZ7NblwBSQ4ldGNY68M5PT72cq8whkAR/w400-h379/detail-War.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> The old bottle is wrapped in rusty barbed wire, backed with a vintage lace collar, and mounted on a discarded construction sawblade.<p></p><p>Other pieces in the show also use salvaged bottle-dump glass, as well as bones and old tools.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujCXqJTne6gMBhJwBytoAkCucRBXJxuwqBcIiY68G6uw2_e1kN7gPsVtrQezDHFQrk-oGcrOGNwnBMxAwN3L1mKHmnN4xZgh-7xGg77EzUxZBm-u63_Vmo4DZU1djqRhJ1zVksBafV8CQ7dV8y4AuKbQ_CqvKmFQOS1oOu9niBCYXKFOWZy1Lj6cA/s3909/IMG_20220107_170733701-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="saw handle with glass, bone, found objects" border="0" data-original-height="3909" data-original-width="2212" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujCXqJTne6gMBhJwBytoAkCucRBXJxuwqBcIiY68G6uw2_e1kN7gPsVtrQezDHFQrk-oGcrOGNwnBMxAwN3L1mKHmnN4xZgh-7xGg77EzUxZBm-u63_Vmo4DZU1djqRhJ1zVksBafV8CQ7dV8y4AuKbQ_CqvKmFQOS1oOu9niBCYXKFOWZy1Lj6cA/w362-h640/IMG_20220107_170733701-01.jpeg" title="Unseen Toolkit 1: Unsaw" width="362" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unseen Toolkit 1: Unsaw</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p>This piece, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Brooding</i>, is salvaged glass, seashell (earrings), cicada wings, and rusty wire coathangers set into an old wooden box lined with papier-mache'd pages from <i>The Bible</i> and an Oral Roberts text about speaking in tongues. (I really like this one. My photos don't do it justice; you should come to the show!)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY63CjRH1JEWfVfb4AqPSRo2vA3NI1KXbdE-MZIKwWWBCY8MzM9QJqfkoyJiJBmhhXqXT3-vs1dcxihB_yGMdsl2vj8wvwqI5C2YOfYmO-pjCXil_GR3zWABhhC1x_obDtLiWBtkFJrl96VKLpmRGtymJzKAbrWkiWrPerFI7eKjCt-qVp2FA_WroW/s3098/IMG_20220811_073350671-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Wooden box with assemblage" border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="3098" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY63CjRH1JEWfVfb4AqPSRo2vA3NI1KXbdE-MZIKwWWBCY8MzM9QJqfkoyJiJBmhhXqXT3-vs1dcxihB_yGMdsl2vj8wvwqI5C2YOfYmO-pjCXil_GR3zWABhhC1x_obDtLiWBtkFJrl96VKLpmRGtymJzKAbrWkiWrPerFI7eKjCt-qVp2FA_WroW/w320-h187/IMG_20220811_073350671-01.jpeg" title="Brooding" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooding<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-44495090414093593362022-08-11T14:35:00.003-04:002022-09-01T12:34:51.602-04:00Buy cheap art! Support reproductive health & freedom!<p> The <a href="https://dcartscenter.org/" target="_blank">DCAC</a> "Wallmountables" (unjuried, fundraiser, community art) show opens tomorrow -- Friday, August 12th at 7:30*.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTl20GUS0tdFQfeOYQmFYQqqOhSnY10Baaz87xY8sePgV-5F46RSbPgVeAQ7qeq5QenAd4YFa6WAAw3IWYM1hkwn-3ZaqP5U5wQYxDbwlACQlzDWc_nYDeo2MR9Lu_I9xsemzA5mUjvCKsXXkNyLVydBG5Z76CezK2Ivx0Qi0MVqthnklzAB7sT5s/s3824/IMG_20220810_131854781-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3824" data-original-width="2423" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTl20GUS0tdFQfeOYQmFYQqqOhSnY10Baaz87xY8sePgV-5F46RSbPgVeAQ7qeq5QenAd4YFa6WAAw3IWYM1hkwn-3ZaqP5U5wQYxDbwlACQlzDWc_nYDeo2MR9Lu_I9xsemzA5mUjvCKsXXkNyLVydBG5Z76CezK2Ivx0Qi0MVqthnklzAB7sT5s/w254-h400/IMG_20220810_131854781-01.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><p>This homage to my IUD is over 2 feet tall & thus will not be in the show, which is organized into 2'x2' squares. There will, however, be other rusty metal and uterine iconography in my pieces for sale. A goodly chunk of the profits, if I sell any art, will be donated to abortion funds in besieged states.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>* This year for the first time , they specifically set aside a wall for children's art. "Our young artists will have their own opening reception complete with ice cream and photographs with family and friends starting at 7:00 PM. At 7:30 PM we’ll celebrate our adult artists with beverages and light refreshments." My stuff is...not on that wall.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-60758904845862440912022-07-09T11:44:00.002-04:002022-07-09T11:45:34.341-04:00SignPostA: Playa del Fuego 2022<p>Signs made by participants at the <a href="https://firepony.org/" target="_blank">spring Burn in Tamaqua, PA</a> -- thank you all for playing!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDuKZI0SVVUg7L9NvTwjQxnInbFvZd66i9OeJlMHwD3kPzzRUSeZKjvqvM6UqYAJfE5zWUPeHiCHbDJUnlzVkWEnG9OQIOJaRShXPs-5frpUjv_xK7QEdystK_OGcM3EY-Q3thE359yeRCb1hZ95LjlJLxjjBaQmamDzjaWTphOh_IGUmfEY9Bljv/s3652/IMG_20220622_152728562-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Signs made by participants at PdF 2022" border="0" data-original-height="3652" data-original-width="1817" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDuKZI0SVVUg7L9NvTwjQxnInbFvZd66i9OeJlMHwD3kPzzRUSeZKjvqvM6UqYAJfE5zWUPeHiCHbDJUnlzVkWEnG9OQIOJaRShXPs-5frpUjv_xK7QEdystK_OGcM3EY-Q3thE359yeRCb1hZ95LjlJLxjjBaQmamDzjaWTphOh_IGUmfEY9Bljv/w199-h400/IMG_20220622_152728562-01.jpeg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-84002972231815631032022-06-16T01:26:00.002-04:002022-06-16T01:26:37.357-04:00SignPostA<p> As built on site at Playa del Fuego (Tamaqua, PA)...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9mscCt2ywz_4ovPrZM0-Di60hSoIcTt__oiEpGV0qRdQwVgyr9wH-tfcxlGs8h9bXVMt8asBXO-x317__-x4tNguNPPFcfRAukaObFcpgdHFB3_Xfrwq5OSGvKkn2GHA6wCoJgCW9fUZLuXkDvboICadobGketUenBmlvlLtjqfXrq43ZzQnobXR/s4096/IMG_20220527_142543896_HDR-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tall signpost capped by three oversized bird heads, in a grassy field" border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9mscCt2ywz_4ovPrZM0-Di60hSoIcTt__oiEpGV0qRdQwVgyr9wH-tfcxlGs8h9bXVMt8asBXO-x317__-x4tNguNPPFcfRAukaObFcpgdHFB3_Xfrwq5OSGvKkn2GHA6wCoJgCW9fUZLuXkDvboICadobGketUenBmlvlLtjqfXrq43ZzQnobXR/w640-h480/IMG_20220527_142543896_HDR-01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-15030484243434241392022-03-09T10:06:00.006-05:002022-03-09T10:06:52.459-05:00Non-Virtual Arts Festivities (Hopefully) Upcoming!<p>Some of the Collective intend to show up in-person at a nonvirtual <a href="https://playadelfuego.org/" target="_blank">Playa del Fuego</a> Mid-Atlantic BurningMan Regional festival at the end of May. (May 2022, we hope!)</p><p>We plan on making art beforehand that can be reassembled on-site. I learned this the hard way when I made the Cabinet of Extinct Curiosities for the 2012 spring PdF -- I think I spent two full days of a 4 1/2 day festival working on the thing. It was really fun but I could have had MORE fun if it had been more pop-up book, less house of cards.</p><p>Art grant applications have been submitted! We are waiting to see what happens with that, but at least some of us are going to be there either way (if it happens!) and will make art, make merry, and hopefully not superspread anything but joy.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTqD291Gfi8bRjXCYxA8OpjfXjPrS-GoS3hasnDfJjDpFouiYIYFxH5I105BON0Dh1UiDm0obXADicYqVdfM9RO2cHvZJlwNE-oawe8N7Y5hRO-mCnNh1zvJN8JyYslBhDyA9ap4yiF8nE6xHV_qBY3xjmMkgLianEXyOFuWBJnRnAbqP4yXxCTrWW=s1845" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="1845" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTqD291Gfi8bRjXCYxA8OpjfXjPrS-GoS3hasnDfJjDpFouiYIYFxH5I105BON0Dh1UiDm0obXADicYqVdfM9RO2cHvZJlwNE-oawe8N7Y5hRO-mCnNh1zvJN8JyYslBhDyA9ap4yiF8nE6xHV_qBY3xjmMkgLianEXyOFuWBJnRnAbqP4yXxCTrWW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-21477695284795807802021-12-23T10:55:00.003-05:002021-12-23T10:55:16.833-05:00Artistic Jumpstart, with safety goggles2021 brought me several instances of fierce creative elation, and I will write more about that. All physical art things, not writing. Mainly instances of sharing art/creativity with other people. (I did not get into the DCAC Sparkplug thing, but that feels fine to me because I am at a creative juncture and might not be cranking out a lot of finished pieces right away. I just want to play with materials -- including hot metal!)<div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="Crudely welded unicorn pig, nose missing, interior on fire" border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuWja_huLjNt1JXZ8_gplogLHivWJuur2_XK1WFhqTjK1b4MWXM-xDLf5nq1zGBocA5weriPnNGU1qzAH3ne31-9t76ADt61cydxFldFWyfD6w0UqmW2VpebYcFaPaNLfF9Ed0YdNyClIQJ2DZDrBW41nQ8ZigyB3PqtQWGtkBAlxPsHZGfdql7Ffs=w320-h320" title="Step 55" width="320" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Step 55: "aim flame into pig's nose to burn out excess oil"</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://donnareinsel.com/" target="_blank">Donna Reinsel</a> teaches welding at the Art League in Alexandria, VA. (Her portfolio features, in addition to jewelry and furniture, some of her amazing lamps and chandeliers. If you have ever had the misfortune of hearing me go on and on about the fantastic lighting fixtures that used to hang at Perry's in Adams Morgan, and now presumably hang in the owner's house, which is so unfair to the rest of us, then you may have some small inkling of the elation I felt when I realized that my impending instructor was in fact the creator of the Vanished Chandelier I Was Obsessed With.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p><br /></p><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I took Donna's "Jumpstart in Welding" workshop on Dec. 4-5 (two 6-hour days). It was a well-structured class for beginners; we learned all the steps and had just about enough time to make one welded steel object (pig) that we could take home. We started with a strip of 2" wide steel, a few pieces of steel she had cut in advance with a plasma cutter (the trapezoidal body sides and the ears), and a length of pipe to cut the feet from. I added the horn: a found-object drill bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There were 11 of us in the class. We each had a separate worktable with a little buffer zone around it, and we wore our covid masks as well as our welding goggles. (Audibility was sometimes a challenge, especially when there were machines running, so I would not recommend this particular class if you have hearing issues.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Before we began to weld, Donna taught us to use the chop saw and the bench grinder, as we cut and shaped our strips of steel. I also learned to use an angle grinder, vise grips, and the drill press*. Everyone got plenty of personal attention, and we all got to take our time with the different machines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Each student had our own torch, with an oxygen tank and an acetylene tank, and Donna taught us the safety procedures and the sequence for adjusting the fuels and lighting the torch, until by day 2 I felt surprisingly comfortable with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Welding was SO MUCH FUN.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yes, it made me feel powerful. And exhilarated. And yes, it is One Of Those Activities that is just challenging and scary enough that I could not be thinking about anything else while I was doing it; I had to stay present in the moment. That always makes me feel refreshed and invigorated. All the background chatter in my mind goes away, because hello, we are MELTING STEEL until it merges!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The UniPig*** may look as if he's been chewed on, but I am well pleased. Starting in January, I will be taking one of Donna Reinsel's longer courses and will be able to take my time, improve my welds, and smooth down the rough edges. But I like my initial project in all its sharp and clunky glory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNGoWkI1pJGTIsbGLTXAEJcy1KGKLrMhsg2KdLhTurOTw8wWK0qXUwgNKbTqtoBYEuklx2K_ATLiKZilN1FgStTbM4jCiXWuK71HW1vGoFg3NxLVDCrbaccfyP9B31s6TAuylT6wBbt2YHWagjpi7GkI5zmsVm_eLtQZOUY-8TwlY0dLP5uMUtcpUp=s4096" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the unipig and its mirror view" border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNGoWkI1pJGTIsbGLTXAEJcy1KGKLrMhsg2KdLhTurOTw8wWK0qXUwgNKbTqtoBYEuklx2K_ATLiKZilN1FgStTbM4jCiXWuK71HW1vGoFg3NxLVDCrbaccfyP9B31s6TAuylT6wBbt2YHWagjpi7GkI5zmsVm_eLtQZOUY-8TwlY0dLP5uMUtcpUp=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">* I may have used a drill press in... 1984, '85? Around the same time Reinsel was learning to weld. Imagine if my shop class had been anything other than a toxic melee of male bullying and harassment. Sometime I hope to ask Reinsel how she got her start. What inspired her, who encouraged her, and what did she have to work around? Our weekend workshop was very gender-balanced, and had a good structure for avoiding the "guy who tries to grab your project and 'help' you whether you want help or not." We took turns at the grinders**, drill press, and chop saw, but she made sure we had enough varied tasks that if someone else was busy on a machine, there were other parts of the project we could be working on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">** The workshop had one bench grinder and two hand-held angle grinders. The handles on the angle grinders could be unscrewed and reattached to make them left-handed. I was the only southpaw in the room, but I obstinately left one of the grinders in lefty mode -- <i>let a right-handed person have to change the setup for once!</i> They all unconsciously avoided "my" grinder and I got to use it anytime I wanted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">*** ...Pigicorn? I looked up "narwhal" and found the uncharming etymological speculation that "nar-" meant "corpse," for the whale's splotchy gray color that may have resembled a drowning victim's skin. This in no way relates to my Unipig, whose unfinished steel flanks are burnished with rainbow arcs of color, thanks to my uneven beginnerly torch-wielding. Rainbow pig. VULCAN pig! Hephaestus was "club-footed"****. Toward the end of day two, I chose to weld the horn onto my pig rather than take time to smooth out his uneven pipe-section feet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">**** One of Vulcan / Hephaestus' other names is Kyllopodion, of dragging feet. And he is Polymetis (shrewd, crafty, of many devices). Best name of all, though, comes from an Australian freshwater fish named after Hephaestus: the SOOTY GRUNTER. </div>
</div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-17288733291184353952021-12-17T10:57:00.003-05:002021-12-17T11:00:17.914-05:00OmichromeJamie (Irreverent Rhyme) told me that every time she heard "Omicron," she got Paul Simon's
"Kodachrome" stuck in her head, so...<div><br /></div><div>[original song for reference]
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rlDTK6QI-w" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rlDTK6QI-w</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaM56cPvoBDRptRv8rG9gC35rCg4WE5l_EMwzw9ilSaGATqCrV1HFVkHnzDCb4oH0adNeBqE9MRaDLLhhLYMcM02nCJAFgFKA67Dl2FRN_cOr3GJMjR4sHWHOWj7e42SVtIrzpEj34hnWv1-mqOzw7ZTvWirQLsoSwObj_NFlHqr58iRaMqvj6NBGw=s565" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="565" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaM56cPvoBDRptRv8rG9gC35rCg4WE5l_EMwzw9ilSaGATqCrV1HFVkHnzDCb4oH0adNeBqE9MRaDLLhhLYMcM02nCJAFgFKA67Dl2FRN_cOr3GJMjR4sHWHOWj7e42SVtIrzpEj34hnWv1-mqOzw7ZTvWirQLsoSwObj_NFlHqr58iRaMqvj6NBGw=w400-h183" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><p></p><div>OMICHROME</div><div><br /></div><div>When I think back on all the crap I heard on TV</div><div>It’s a wonder I am still alive</div><div>Although the lack of public health care still might kill me... </div><div>It keeps getting harder to survive</div><div><br /></div><div>OMICRON</div><div>We got the coronavirus</div><div>Then it mutates inside us</div><div>Makes you contagious though you feel OK,</div><div>oh no</div><div>I got a Pfizer vaccine</div><div>I even got a booster shot</div><div>But mama, I gave you Omicron today</div><div><br /></div><div>Thinkin’ ’bout all the drugs I took when I was younger</div><div>All the herbal remedies and pills</div><div>But this new strain defeats my poor inoculation</div><div>And everything tastes worse if you can’t smell.</div><div><br /></div><div>OMICRON</div><div>They got the coronavirus</div><div>But then it mutates inside us</div><div>Makes you contagious though you feel OK,</div><div>oh no</div><div>I got a Pfizer vaccine,</div><div>I even got a booster shot</div><div>But mama, I gave you Omicron today</div><div><br /></div><div>(Mama, I gave you Omicron today</div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron today</div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron today)</div><div><br /></div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron</div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron</div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron today</div><div><br /></div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron</div><div>It’s not the gift you want to own</div><div>Mama, I gave you Omicron today........</div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-10931779358619493412021-11-11T02:00:00.003-05:002021-11-11T02:03:51.159-05:00Mettle<p> Filth & I had been talking about learning to weld, and the notion continued to smolder in me... then I happened upon the course listings for <a href="https://www.theartleague.org/blog/" target="_blank">The Art League</a> (at the Torpedo Factory), and now I am going to learn how to weld. (Details to follow!)</p><p>Also, I got in my application for the DC Arts Center's Sparkplug Collective. I started to type, "so I'm waiting to hear," but I'm not waiting. I've decided to behave as if I am <b>in</b>. Deadlines and shared projects energize me, so I am tapping into that energy as much as I can. Getting my atelier/aerie more organized in the direction of making more art. And making more art.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFmP6CBUcC-SCaWz85UEmpCdDhRof15R59nkfsj1efQfhXZcdu5Hxu2XuPuUufi_SZxLybVtQN4oLgnLVP_UJY5tS2qKRyhgZz0Riu96NDE0FRTOy5niq0RXJW7nmsGZi99Mt-hrUNS0/s2048/IMG_20210608_162337_342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFmP6CBUcC-SCaWz85UEmpCdDhRof15R59nkfsj1efQfhXZcdu5Hxu2XuPuUufi_SZxLybVtQN4oLgnLVP_UJY5tS2qKRyhgZz0Riu96NDE0FRTOy5niq0RXJW7nmsGZi99Mt-hrUNS0/s320/IMG_20210608_162337_342.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-91593711881567673682021-09-14T11:04:00.005-04:002021-11-11T02:04:45.844-05:00Rust, glass, wings -- and paper<p> Realizing I haven't bragged enough about being in the paper.</p><p>This was in the Washington Post's what's-in-the-galleries-this-week roundup <b>[a few weeks ago]</b> ...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolK1MEMJtOXb2mQmMk5o2Cj2fI_xAHQqmh1Ns4VsbIUct9NmvcLXfezKgF4zQpGY0GIzhOGG7uQS5FtMQZwoY3J8ZtjBwKNBDos6Aasxh7n0c859xZcSMPW9kk7BabXSz3CGpGfFsBAc/s2610/WashPost-me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2610" data-original-width="1205" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolK1MEMJtOXb2mQmMk5o2Cj2fI_xAHQqmh1Ns4VsbIUct9NmvcLXfezKgF4zQpGY0GIzhOGG7uQS5FtMQZwoY3J8ZtjBwKNBDos6Aasxh7n0c859xZcSMPW9kk7BabXSz3CGpGfFsBAc/s320/WashPost-me.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><p><br /></p><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I was pleased to be deinstalling only 5 of the 8 pieces I had installed for the DCAC Wallmountables show. These are the three that sold:</div><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4I3D1IoDMbVupE7EnDn92sFyr-LGYwgBM5BqPZxMYDoFpK3PRrwV6afa28Gb0I2L6J1x0wv4ruW2YfRJW-gWEQ4mluu6XfXjs4plk5q46i9q3YcbpCTKBSGfIuRM-4fCbXkBn4aocXc/s2048/IMG_20210615_134749515.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cicada wings and rose petals on rust" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4I3D1IoDMbVupE7EnDn92sFyr-LGYwgBM5BqPZxMYDoFpK3PRrwV6afa28Gb0I2L6J1x0wv4ruW2YfRJW-gWEQ4mluu6XfXjs4plk5q46i9q3YcbpCTKBSGfIuRM-4fCbXkBn4aocXc/w320-h240/IMG_20210615_134749515.jpg" title="Codes we know, codes we don't" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Codes we know, codes we don't" (djh 2021)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIw9_KV14mFG7k9FCK0_hVppmXGudlLuT434Bf36apsd0SR3ThT7u8szNJQJ_tPqKH2ZgufJ9HehRaTtNmVL1ubxkhZ4dFpgFmY6bRP25SmUx6eapzP87mS72nN4__E6IdXXaRI9-NP-o/s1867/IMG_20210615_164225598-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="vine-twisted wood, wire, salvaged bottle glass, teabag, stones, key" border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1867" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIw9_KV14mFG7k9FCK0_hVppmXGudlLuT434Bf36apsd0SR3ThT7u8szNJQJ_tPqKH2ZgufJ9HehRaTtNmVL1ubxkhZ4dFpgFmY6bRP25SmUx6eapzP87mS72nN4__E6IdXXaRI9-NP-o/w320-h227/IMG_20210615_164225598-01.jpeg" title="[Esq.]" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"[Esq.]" (djh 2021)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0hyphenhyphenrWBGYp_ecUMXDwLABVelSWU-p7YG5JnRAzkchKZRDHBIRLevvETtQYNCBI8wR-5YMsDLh7UkFUh89m75o61tAR-laE3Su15dudzhHbJe2RT6Oiq1HKrI1hHByUoPTjVZbOIYI_ls/s2048/IMG_20210616_070502087.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="salvaged pipe, cicada wings, vintage bottle" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0hyphenhyphenrWBGYp_ecUMXDwLABVelSWU-p7YG5JnRAzkchKZRDHBIRLevvETtQYNCBI8wR-5YMsDLh7UkFUh89m75o61tAR-laE3Su15dudzhHbJe2RT6Oiq1HKrI1hHByUoPTjVZbOIYI_ls/w240-h320/IMG_20210616_070502087.jpg" title="(don't dwell on what has passed away...)" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dwell" (djh 2021)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I will post photos of the other pieces soon (some still available for sale!) This week my priority is to get started on my Sparkplug Collective application for DCAC -- it would be an opportunity to share work and get feedback from other artists, and participate in smaller-group shows for the gallery, over the next two years.</p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-31359854948362325042021-07-22T20:23:00.001-04:002021-07-22T20:28:23.097-04:00No Appointment Necessary!<p><a href="https://dcartscenter.org/" target="_blank">DC Arts Center</a> is holding its annual Wallmountables right now -- it's like a tiny Artomatic, all in one room! -- and you no longer need an appointment to visit (though I think you do need a mask).</p><p>Wed-Sun. 2-7 pm</p><p>through August 22nd</p><p>My stuff is on the front wall. "I'm Not Trying To Move You."</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXUrSS4SrgnWgF7ts7-lSpEr8E2PPFxWTnBQZtULZLyFu2vsVD2MpYbKEPNV5zFuOLQQhkJIRxOJND4mWuyNUq32hX0326Qqa-5hbQLibpvH63495aAfWJmMVWtHucSl0QjB8IXFQccQ/s2046/if+we+all+go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXUrSS4SrgnWgF7ts7-lSpEr8E2PPFxWTnBQZtULZLyFu2vsVD2MpYbKEPNV5zFuOLQQhkJIRxOJND4mWuyNUq32hX0326Qqa-5hbQLibpvH63495aAfWJmMVWtHucSl0QjB8IXFQccQ/s320/if+we+all+go.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If We All Go (djh, 2021)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039274759758077787.post-41823816955666723342021-05-31T06:37:00.010-04:002021-05-31T07:02:58.260-04:00Utopia Monster: Initial reports from the VDF2.0 Biohazard Containment Facility<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP-v3BS9M_URKrebw9lhX5h42WQyzS5z8kUrQGLpnupb8wYleCcrGFQpayun4DfJpyTGYKzwbx_uej-B-J5-rHTcUwb40QktrinZAwSWTSgyTp8rQa6Tdfkh2HA3fH2rWBAzCMQlGHsM/s800/UM-Night+Shift.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP-v3BS9M_URKrebw9lhX5h42WQyzS5z8kUrQGLpnupb8wYleCcrGFQpayun4DfJpyTGYKzwbx_uej-B-J5-rHTcUwb40QktrinZAwSWTSgyTp8rQa6Tdfkh2HA3fH2rWBAzCMQlGHsM/s320/UM-Night+Shift.jpg" /></a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;">As long as I have to work the graveyard shift in this place,
you may as well get a tour. Come see the nonrecyclable monstrosity the
authorities have wisely quarantined in this isolation tent. Hairnets provided
upon request.</span></p><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk_CwaZmnMYZUelCiS876WvDkLZddvM0-eUdq-o1oQ1Ppeookld8Ho7CRc-LJRRQ_OZTUlaptkyUDXOE9wA6nZbq0ZPs_ZZBE6fcyUFwnEXWpgQuw7QkZfTQbws43bVs_8KmNSRGGI5Q/s2048/UM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk_CwaZmnMYZUelCiS876WvDkLZddvM0-eUdq-o1oQ1Ppeookld8Ho7CRc-LJRRQ_OZTUlaptkyUDXOE9wA6nZbq0ZPs_ZZBE6fcyUFwnEXWpgQuw7QkZfTQbws43bVs_8KmNSRGGI5Q/w300-h400/UM.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmDsIzZ8ytt0qMOXLKxWQK2HjI4GleRfntUdSk0S-_qyf6wG7fv-Zi0l7Uq28WMBYdwKo_rDTB56BJRVKD3S9oHGcKhgoZvpLAes697EEfz48ypWxKthjTtzDNpf5m0Iw6ldcKwsxMAg/s2048/IMG_20210528_125504_941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmDsIzZ8ytt0qMOXLKxWQK2HjI4GleRfntUdSk0S-_qyf6wG7fv-Zi0l7Uq28WMBYdwKo_rDTB56BJRVKD3S9oHGcKhgoZvpLAes697EEfz48ypWxKthjTtzDNpf5m0Iw6ldcKwsxMAg/s320/IMG_20210528_125504_941.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdzY3U09uqgi8JS0HlgariFs9eoaKAwPQ0P5yh3sgVvzV7Qw_mhHq4CLRJULQjbW3G8rLXzRM4iRwDwhtRUJzGmwEb_sYA4n7Sv9qv8LwQFjSjJLpcOPr21XFp8ZXn9ZYmHhI9TvM-FA/s2048/IMG_20210528_155355036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdzY3U09uqgi8JS0HlgariFs9eoaKAwPQ0P5yh3sgVvzV7Qw_mhHq4CLRJULQjbW3G8rLXzRM4iRwDwhtRUJzGmwEb_sYA4n7Sv9qv8LwQFjSjJLpcOPr21XFp8ZXn9ZYmHhI9TvM-FA/w400-h300/IMG_20210528_155355036.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>"If the public THINKS that recycling is working, then they're not going to be as concerned about the environment." -- <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled" target="_blank">Larry Thomas (former pres., Society of the Plastics Industry)</a><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>flightlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025242932831691518noreply@blogger.com0