Germany’s national flag is officially black, red and gold – schwarz, rot und gold. What do the colors actually mean? Well, in the war of liberation against Napolean, the uniforms where black, had golden buttons and red lapels.
“Aus der Schwärze (schwarz) der Knechtschaft durch blutige (rot) Schlachten ans goldene (gold) Licht der Freiheit.” (From the blackness of slavery through bloody battles to the golden light of freedom)
Asheville Tumblrs & Tweeps are cordially invited to a poetry reading Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:00pm at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, downtown Asheville, NC.
Samara Scheckler is one of the featured poets for Monday’s reading and plans to read selections from a new chapbook A Body Turning.
Other poets include Barbie Angell, Donna Ensor, and myself with host and international poet Pasckie Pascua.
You are invited to a poetry reading featuring local poets: Barbie Angell, Donna Ensor, Samara Scheckler and Matthew Mulder, and hosted by Pasckie Pascua.
8 MARCH, Monday, 7pm-8pm.
Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, downtown Asheville, NC.
(828) 254-6734
I used a new & an old sharpie marker… it’s a technique i learned in school… a sharpie marker that is expiring provides a charcoal impression…
along with those old fountain pens i found some old sketch books from university days… here’s a sketch from the 90s…
some day, i’m going to grow up & look like this hipster… (via lteagarden)
Asheville – 29 jan 2010
Tonight’s one-hour poetry reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore (55 Haywood St., Asheville, NC) begins at 7 p.m.
I’ll read from 7:00 to 7:30. Here is my set list:
This list is subject to change.
i went to school for graphic design, and did not spend my nights getting drunk. instead, i worked my ass off, spent most of my outside-class time learning/trying/doing as much as possible, and then got an awesome job after graduating.
protip: if you’re lucky enough (and i mean it when i say lucky) to be in college, you should be spending all available time learning, trying, making things, messing things up, experimenting and READING. (seriously. they make sketchbooks with words in them already. they are just called books.)
i didn’t waste a single day. and neither should you. build your momentum and go with it.
for the but-i’m-an-artist’s: you want money? learn a technical skill related to your field and get good at it. then get better at it. jonathan harris built wefeelfine on the weekends while working a full time job. just sayin’.
final note: i had a BLAST in college, and miss it like crazy. working hard does not mean no-fun-allowed, it means relax harder 🙂
orginal image via synecdoche
“peace on earth,” a limited edition woodblock print/greeting card
the three-color block print art is based on a drawing by an eight year old. it’s part is a limited printing of 15. each card is numbered. these limited editions are printed on paper good enough to frame.
The kitchen not only functions as a dinning room & laundry room… it also functions as a print shop. big thanks to my eight year old child for helping with the woodblock prints.
woodblock prints/greeting cards
i transposed a drawing by an eight year old child into woodblock prints. typography designed by the child… all other mistakes are mine.
“christmas night,” a limited edition woodblock print/greeting card
the two-color block print art is based on a drawing of one of the kidlingers. it’s part is a limited printing of 17. each card is numbered. if you receive one of these limited editions it is printed on paper good enough to frame (if you so desired).
diy woodblock prints/greeting cards
i transposed a drawing by a four year old child into a two-color print.
this nice thing about using acrylic paint (instead of traditional ink) is that it drys quick.
woodblock printing on a budget… or diy woodblock printing.
i dug out some old art supplies & a few scraps of 2”x4” wood to create a limited printing holiday greeting card series.
the art for the print is my translation of a drawing by one of the kidlingers.
(via giannasunshine)
