Christmas of a Down

Today, the Norwegian, electronic musician Binärpilot, released his Christmas gift upon the world--a free remix of System of a Down's "Vicinity of Obscenity" off of their "Hypnotize" album.



After listening to it, I was inspired to create a mashup cover to go with it. Enjoy!
Edit 12/24/12: The artwork is now the official cover on the song's Soundcloud page!

Outrageous Tweets Illustrated

This technically all started when I was at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum a few weeks ago, drinking cups of black, uncreamed & unsweetened coffee--and liking it. Since then I've tried (and also liked) the drink titled Shot in the Dark, and black coffee at other places.

The other day, I mentioned my new-found conversion to the taste of black coffee on Twitter. The resulting conversation was full of ridiculous images, and it inspired me to illustrate it.

Below is the "finished" versions, and way below are the pencil and inked versions, for those curious.

Artsy updates

Last week I got a letter (and check) from the Museum of Northwest Art for my piece selling at this year's art auction back in June. In the letter was the buyer's name and address, as she didn't opt to remain anonymous.
That evening I sat down, took out my typewriter, and wrote her a letter explaining the ideas and history of the piece she bought--Gashes: A Stitch in Time. I like to make an effort to make contact with the people that end up buying my art, to show my appreciation.

Thoughts from Places: Almost a year ago

As I was looking through my Google Doc folders, and found this little gem tucked away. It's titled "Quilt Museum Updates" and I haven't touched it since August 17, 2011. It's interesting to see this preserved snapshot of my thoughts during that time in the project. I'm sharing it (picture-less) now because I feel it's worth sharing, and I'm neck-deep in a few reviews right now.
(Back to more quilt stuffs)
Enjoy this rare insight:

Thoughts from Places: Eve-day of show opening

Tomorrow is when the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum opens its doors to about two dozen Japanese quilters to mark the start of the newest exhibits. Among the Japanese quilts and Ainu embroidery is the quilt project that I was a part of.

Back in June 2010 I was approached by board members for the museum and asked if I'd join a project. I accepted. Now two years later, that project is ready to be unveiled.

New skateboard commission, first steps

A few days ago, my good friend Ethan came over, with a selection of skateboards. He was visiting his creative friends, giving them skateboards to paint on with full creative license. Just like the last commission, I readily accepted. Below is the first steps I've taken today.

Also, I recommend seeing Ethan's video I helped make last spring. It was supposed to be a short intro for an upcoming skate film, but it didn't make it in due to time constraints. (And if you look really close at 0:25, you can see a corner of the last commissioned board "under his chin").

New stuff underway!

Hello there...it's been Much. Too. Long. So, this is to catch up on what I've been up to, artistically.

First of all, the collaboration with the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is still underway. During Spring Break I stopped by the museum to see one of the fabric packets they had for the quilters. Good news and bad news. Bad news: there were no more fabric packets; good news: they were gone because the quilters were using them all. It wasn't until recently that I got to see anything of the quilt-end of this project.

Below are some teasers; they might be the only ones until the opening of the show on June 27. The show coincides with the Japanese quilter show, At Play - Asobi: Quilts from Japan, which will run until October 7, 2012.

Also, as a terrible, not-so-often-updating, cliffhanger-writing, teaser-spilling blogger, I'll leave you with this: Two pretty awesome projects underway.