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art*o*mat swap meet pictures

I was a little too caught up in the moment during the art*o*mat swap meet to take any good pictures, but Mary K took some wonderful ones. Check them out on her flickr page.

update: there's also an a*o*m 10th pool on flickr

back in NY

Alright, alright. I'm home from the Art*o*mat 10th anniversary party. I drove more than 1300 miles this weekend and boy is my clutch foot tired. I decided to wait until I got home to look at all the booty I got at the swap meet. Here it is...


Thanks to everyone who traded, and a special thanks to the Lanster family from Florida for the wicked cool Art*o*mat toothbrush.


peace out

my art*o*mat weekend

I spent Friday evening at art*o*mat headquarters. Wicked cool.


[artists' bins]

[my bin is empty]

[new friends Emmet, Butter & Maggie]




Saturday was packed full of events…

[breakfast at Mary's of Course!]


[another new friend]

[the swap meet at SECCA]




[opening party at Urban Artware]




[dancing in the street]

[the art*o*mat exhibit at Seed Gallery]



Thanks Clark for an amazing weekend! And hey to all my new art*o*mat friends all over the country...see you next time!

oh my sweet Carolina

Another 328 miles...

with my two little traveling companions


Now I'm here in beautiful downtown Winston-Salem


more later...

driving south

[New York]

...on my way to Nawth Carolahna (and practicing my dipthong), for the art*o*mat anniversary party. Today I drove 348 miles, in just under 7 hours (no stops, just lots of traffic) and took 138 pictures.

[New Jersey]

[Delaware]

[Maryland]



[hmmm, downtown DC...oh yahoo maps, when will I ever learn?]


[Virginia]

strange birds

Greetings. The last few days I’ve been frantically working on finishing my art*o*mat pieces for the big 10th anniversary shindig this Saturday, in North Carolina. Here's how I make them...

I cut out a lot of little fabric birds

then I put them on collaged backgrounds of fabric and felt

I free motion machine stitch around them and give them legs & feet - that's what gives them their personality

next I hand stitch all around the backgrounds


I draw on (human) eyes, and add a chop that says "tranquility"


I put them on heavy interfacing and backing fabric and machine stitch around the edges...and they're done

So far I've made about 200.

Every once in a while I make one that wants to stay and live with me - like this guy.

peace.