backstage

as you may know, I work now and then as a bartender/barback at the McKittrick Hotel/ Sleep No More

heres some pics of the gang getting ready for the Valentine's day party in the office

cork crafts

last week we had another one of our red wine crafternoons, and this time we were upcycling wine corks.

S. Dixon made this bathmat:

I used an old tray from goodwill to make this literal corkboard which I intend to mount on the wall:

Gabby made this spectacular bathmat:

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and also used a picture frame to make this fantastic literal cork board:

The Gun Show

this piece is my contribution to The Gun Show, curated by the Creative Action Network.
Hopefully it will be accepted! even though one of the guidelines was "be respectful" and this might be considered inflammatory in certain circles :)

Sigourney Weaver, Mistress of the Galaxy

happy Valentine's day!

party

i doodled this poster for my homeslice Marcelo's upcoming party

RICO SUAVE

swing by and cut some rug with me if you're in the area

late holiday cards

yesterday afternoon I had some pals over to my abode in Williamsburg to make cards as thank yous or late holiday cards for folks. I think its nice to get a late holiday card because its slightly more memorable (what a lame excuse! no I just got busy and lazy before Christmas). So my peeps came over and we cracked some wine and talked about our romantic problems while we made cards. here's a few of my creations

I stitched some fabric onto the cover of a blank card. My only regret is that the fabric wasnt trimmed nicer. I need to invest in a rotary cutter.

this is just a fashion photo i exacto'd and gluesticked onto a blank card, then gave her a glitter halo. Im sending that to my beloved penpal in Brazil

I used the dear, dear Carl Titolo's eraser stamp technique to make these cards. the image is supposed to be a convivial wine glass, but it kind of became more of an abstract thing.

I found a stack of old french and italian Vogue's getting dumpstered in my neighborhood, so we sliced them up and made custom envelopes out of them, which is really easy and in fact borrowd from a Martha Stewart tutorial

I made this card to send to my darling friend Hayley in San Francisco. She sends the best cards, and I do a poor job of hitting he back most of the time