mushroomscapes…

My interest and collection of mushrooms have been growing exponentially this year… just like a mushroom!

This picture here is the first signs that my Lion’s Mane Mushroom Patch is growing. It’s one of several mushroom kits I just bought from Fungi Perfecti). It’s sooo amazing and apparently delicious, though I won’t be able to harvest the mushrooms for another 7-10 days. Still the rate of it’s growth is so fast. You can clearly see a difference everyday. Sometimes even in the same day you can see how much larger it gets.

It’s like an experiment you used to do as a kid for school, only way yummier.

customize your politics…

Obama Action Figure

CALL TO ARTISTS – Jailbreak Toys along with The Showroom NYC is curating a show of custom Obama Action Figures in New York City to raise funds for the Obama For America campaign.

Jailbreak Toys, makers of the Obama Action Figure, will present ART + ACTION = OBAMA 08 at The Showroom NYC on October 17th. Contemporary artists and designers such as Mars-1, Damion Silver and myself will customize J*Rock’s Obama Action Figures with their unique vision of America. Ron English will also be on hand, doing a signing of his Abraham Obama posters.

Only 10% of the sale of each figure will go to the artist, with the remainder going to the Obama For America campaign.

If you’d like to be involved in ART + ACTION, please send your mailing address and a jpeg or hyperlink of your work to jailbroke@gmail.com before October 1st. All figures must be returned to Jailbreak Toys by October 12th to participate.

If you’re in New York on October 17th, come show your support and check out the show!
ART + ACTION = OBAMA 08
October 17th, 2008
7-11pm
The Showroom NYC
117 Second Avenue (@ 7th Street) 2nd Floor

do new yorkers ever stand still….

from gothamist.com posted with vodpod

The innovative thinkers at Improv Everywhere do what they do best, make a scene.

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repurposed video…

ok, I’m sure you’ve all already seen this and I am late in the discovery but just in case there are a few of you out there like me, it’s here for your amusement. The story goes like this…

on a side note, we have always had a love for animation (cartoons, stop motion, etc.) and well for the new year I think I’d really like to start making some and see if we can amaze ourselves.

Max Tyrie’s Hand Made Modest Mouse Video
from www.woostercollectiv posted with vodpod

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green in Waterford, part 2…

We had lots of drives and walks in the last days of summer. Here are some images that may give you a lingering taste of summer weekends.

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oh, hi there…

I am a lazy blogger. Sorry world. Will have something new soon…

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paper is art …

I have been doing some online research recently and trying to gather together some ideas I have for a series of silhouette themed products when I came across this artist Peter Callesen. He makes amazing pieces with paper cutouts and I am blown away by the construction. Their seeming simplicity is a testament to how well they are assembled and represented. He wrote that he was inspired by fairytales and romanticism exploring the relationship between two and three dimensionality, between image and reality.