As I mentioned in my last post, I had donated a Plywerk-Mounted print from the Botanica Obscura project to the Anchor Arts Gallery Auction. And it sold! Glad to help out the small galleries. I have a couple shows planned, so maybe I’ll apply there. The event was well attended and I met a  few cool people… especially Mic the bartender. Good guy (and husband of the Gallery President).
Anchor Arts Gallery Auction
History Of Anchor Arts:
Anchor was originally founded December 5th, 2008 by artist Jean Behnke, the project grew and developed a series of connections within the community. With the desire to return to her own studio, Anchor was passed on to a group of supportive, open-minded artists in Fall 2011. In association with Shunpike, Anchor Art Space is able to seek funding as a non-profit organization.
Anchor Art Space pursues quality exhibitions, events and community-based educational projects to a growing local and regional audience.
For the last several years, I’ve wanted to visit SE Asia. I’ve already been to Japan, and absolutely loved that. However, things just fell right into place and I’m headed off to Bangkok. That will be my ‘homebase’ as I travel to other locations. One of those locations is the Plain of Jars in Laos, read a bit here. See some pix here. So, I’m packing up my still camera, panoramic equipment, a camcorder, and what seems to be way too much audio equipment.
More on this in the next few months. I’ve purchased a one-way ticket, so I’m not sure when I’ll be back…
If you happen to be around Anacortes, WA, tonight, come to Anchor Art Space for their Second Annual Auction. I have one of my Botanica Obcura Plywerk prints there, with 100% going to the Anchor. It’s a great little space, check ’em out on Facebook.
I generally don’t review suppliers unless I really feel it worthwhile, but in this case it is really warranted. I’ve been buying inkjet ink from atlex.com for at least a decade simply since they always had the best price. But recently I’ve purchased two printers from them, and had some serious issues with one of them. Of course this was a few weeks before I was due to hang two shows of my Botanica Obscura printsâcan you say stressed? At that point I decided I’d really had enough with the inkjet manufacturer that I’d been using since 2001, and went with a new manufacturerâand the biggest printer I’ve ever owned, the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6300. I’ve never had a better printer. I won’t gush over it now (although I may in a future post).
If you are interested in one of my 16″ Botanica Obscura Plywerk Mounted prints and want to help the North Puget Cancer Center, you only have until December 1st! Read on and take a look at the video:
Launching the store has been exciting (and a lot of work!). And I realized that there is nothing like some video to make clearer what exactly is offered in the store. So, here we go, online store product videos! First is a down and dirty video about the free PDF Folio and the Print Folio (the Print Folio has an introductory sale price until January 1st, 2013). You will probably want to click on the gear icon in the lower right corner of the YouTube window and select one of the HD versions:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWsQ0xLTXpc
Next is a the video showing the Plywerk-mounted images and explaining the unmounted versions. You can get any of the nine Botanica Obscura images mounted either way:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAL67Z5TD6k
Thanks again for looking. Please share these links around, and if you recommend this on Facebook, I’ll buy you a beer the next time I see you! (I’ve only been taken up on this once so far… c’mon, free beer!!)
I’m happy to announce that my online store is open! Please take a look around. I have four items in different configurations available. These are all items related to the Botanica Obscura series of images.
The first is a free (freeeeeee!) sixteen page interactive PDF. Download it, download it now! Here’s the catch: you must use Adobe Reader for the interactivity to function. Sorry, technical limitation.
Here’s a nice little handy link to the PDF. And here is the first page:
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Next up is the Botanica Obscura Print Folio. This I’m super excited aboutâI had a lot of fun making these, and I’m quite proud of them. The folio is made up of the following:
Embossed Fine Art Paper Cover
4 Page Signed And Numbered Text Signature
Image Index
9 prints of the Botanica Obscura Series
And, until the 1st of January, 2013, the folio is on sale for $75â$15 off the regular price of $90! Sale! Give some art this holiday! Here is a link to the folio, with more images and a longer description. Oh, what the heck, here are a couple of images of said folio:
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Next up… prints! I love prints. Something about holding a piece of art in your hands that just can’t be replicated in the online world. There is texture, there is heft, there is no need for batteries, cords, cables-bells-whistles, hurrah! Can you tell I like prints? I like to make them, I like to give them away, I like to sell them, and I like to pull them out and look at them. Ok, ok, enough.
I’m offering the Botanica Obscura prints in two signed and numbered versions:
Mounted on Plywerk’s Sustainably Harvested Bamboo Panels
Unmounted, so you can frame yourself for your home’s or office’s decor
Here’s an all swanky image with Michael Jackson cotton gloves. Yes, a pair of the gloves are included. Why? Well, when you unpack the print, you can remove it from the packing and hold it without getting fingerprints on it (even though all prints are coated with four coats of UV protectant spray that happens to help with fingerprints). And, you can always hang your new print and dance around to Beat It. Or not. Here’s a link to the Plywerk prints in the store. Here’s a link to the unmounted prints.
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And another dark and moody installation pic (sorry for the shadows, I was shooting in customer’s house, after all):
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I’m very happy to be able to offer this work for sale. The work has been in a well-received exhibit earlier this fall, video here, and is still hanging at the North Puget Cancer Center to help raise funds for a permanent art collection for the Center. Read more here and here (you can get prints for less if you purchase them through the hospitalâbut only until December 1st!). I’ll have a short video up soon showing me hanging art on the not-so-interesting walls of the hallway to the Cancer Center. Hey, that’s what the project is all about… making the center a little more pleasant for the people that don’t want to be there.
I’ll also have a couple of videos up showing the folios and printsâit is a little easier to get a sense of what they truly look like in a video. YouTube and Vimeo willing, they should be up later today (those links are my channels on the respective video hosts).
Thanks for looking. Feel free to spread this around on all your favorite social media sites. Or just sit there and enjoy it all to yourself!Â
I’ve been working on a project related to my Botanica Obscura images. And I’m really excited about it… Something about crafting something with your hands in this digital age that is quite satisfying. No, I’m not going to let the cat out of the bag, but if you stay tuned here, there will be what I think is a very cool announcement soon…
I’ve always been a huge fan of Panoramic photography, and I really like to engage in it when I travel. I captured the image above at Multnomah Falls just outside of Portland, Oregon. No, no Photoshop, it actually was that green there.
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This panorama was taken out of the window of a friend’s apartment in Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. That gorgeous red building in the foreground was a brewery at one time and is now a cultural center. I only spent three days in Berlin after a week working in Oberkochen and Munich, and would really like to go back.
