Keeper of the Golden Turd

That's me.

Holee shit guys, I've been away forever! It makes me sad to not have art be number 1 in my life but I've been working full time again since february so forgive me. I've had a couple comments from people that I let my blog die and yes, it was in ICU but thanks to knowing at least a couple people read this I'm trying to get some focus back into my art.

Not to say I haven't been busy. Some of my recent work is for We ain't plastic vinyl toy show in Lincoln, NE as well as Freestyle 50 skateboard deck show. As well as the undie bowls keep rockin' out! So I'm coming back to share some new work with you and some inspiration that will keep me going when its tough out there...

xo
Miss Cake

My First Giveaway!

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xo

Geisha des francais

I first fell in love with the geisha Dunny from Kidrobot French Dunny Series. A rare one only 1/100 and I know somebody who got it, I'm SO JEALOUS! Already a huge fan of french graffiti artist Fafi, somehow I stumbled onto the art by french artist, Koralie. I love the collaborations with Supakitch and how they can use many vehicles for their art, literally;)

You've got to Crank the Bunny out

I was reminded of a new trend I've noticed in paper toy crafts ( ie.Toy Paper UK) when I saw CrankBunny's paper work. I was particularly intrigued by her idea of not only creating paper puppets and curious items (like paper scissors!) but also her illustration that makes them absolutely beautiful and evoke a feeling of another time and place. Such as the paper robot or "Paperbot" (above).

On top of all that she can do some pretty nifty animation you can see in this video interview on Etsy. Including dialogue such as "Every time someone buys something handmade, a robot gets his wings."

Visit CrankBunny at her Etsy shop and her website www.crankbunny.com

She was kind enough to answer some questions about her life as an artist/animator here.

(BTW: I'm going to start focusing on featuring more indie crafty-pants and artsy-pantses. I think I should to change the name of this blog to "I could never do this".)

SNL Body Fuzion

At last! I just came across the SNL Body Fuzion video that my friend Kate was trying to show me when I was visiting her in New York this last february. At last I know what she was talking about, but that didn't stop us from creating our own body fuzion workout tape back then.

Handmade Nation documentary

Faythe Levine is the documentarian of Handmade Nation: The Rise of D.I.Y. Art, Craft, and Design, set for release in 2008. In an interview on PoppyTalk Faythe talks about what she calls "the new wave of craft" "a movement of people who have an interest in the handmade and doing things themselves. A generation of creatively motivated people who want to reclaim their lives and lay the foundation for their future with a progressive, supportive network of like-minded people." You can read the full interview here.

Accompanied by a book with illustrations and type done by Kate Bingaman-Burt of Obsessive Consumption, who was one of my most awesome graphics and typeography teacher at University of Nebraska Lincoln.

You can find out more at Indie Craft Documentary Blog