new venue

Yippee skippy! I have new place to hang my work- by a fluke. I went into a cool store/gallery called Grass Hut across the street from Grendel's Coffeehouse, where my work is now. I'd picked up some show cards there, and asked the owner how one gets to be on the walls there. A week later I came back to refill my business cards at Grendel's, and realzing I'd lost a card for a show I wanted to see, went back to Grass hut. The owner recognized me & said he'd thought of me. A bike shop downdown was looking for an artist to adorn the walls. Wow! I thought the two knew each other friends, but upon introducing myself to Ian at The Recyclery, it turns out that Justin had recently bought a bike from him. Ian was pleased to have someone pop up out of nowhere & volunteer/grab the chance.

Yesterday he'd shown me all the space there was to hang, and today I brought in a cd of photos of cityscapes, landscapes, linocuts & maps of antiquity as samples. He liked them all & told me bring stuff in any time, and he'd help me hang. Woohoo! They'll sell the stuff for me, and all they take is 10%- damn! He alo said that I'm welcome to the scrap metal/parts in the back- all he asks for is a piece of work that comes from it. WOW. What a deal!

I sketched some possibilities for linocuts that I could make prints of, and potentially make cards. I stopped by Art Media & picked up a few pieces I needed, and I'm planning on taking the afternoon to carve some fun new stuff.