Artscape Hustle

1. "Sitting among my upholstery and button jewelry projects as I inflate balloons to refresh my sculpture that's in the satellite Artscape exhibit, Sanguine Dreams at the Creative Alliance."- TigerLillyShop

2. "It's terrible to be a procrastinator and work in a medium that absolutely must be finished at least a week before you need it. But, wow, I love the way clay takes it shape in my hands! Just a few more slabs rolled out and a few more images painted and my cups will be ready for Artscape."- VWStudios

3. "I've been spending days in piles of yarn and fluff and actually fell asleep knitting the other night, and somehow woke up with the piece I was working on AND both my eyes still intact. Will there be KNITIMALS at Artscape? Oh yes... there will be Knitimals."- GreenStarStudio


4. "The things we do to our hands! But it's so worth it to see finished work piled high after a sewing marathon! OK, several sewing marathons."- SweetPepita

5. "In this photo, I am trimming the edges of some canvas, under the direct supervision of my studio manager/guard dog, Guisseppe!"- JenyGwen


6. "Me getting ready to score cards on my press."- BowerBoxPress

7. "yep, this is what it's like - the picture is blurry for a reason. the last few weeks my work space is anywhere i am at the moment. and please notice that my daughter is sewing too, and by sewing, i mean grabbing handfuls of embroidery thread and tangling them beyond recognition."- JenMenkhaus

today!

complete info here. see you today!!!

Bastille Day

The owner of Ma Petite Shoe in Hampden is brilliant. Who could ask for a better marketing plan then fabulous shoes and gourmet chocolates? It's a woman's dream-shop right? So what's even better, is their Bastille Day Celebration.


On Monday, July 14th from 5-8pm, a guest chef from Sofi's Crepes will be in the shop creating customizable crepe's with your favorite Ma Petite Shoe Chocolate! Enjoy delectable deserts from the shop's new neighbors, Puffs & Pastries. Also, taste gourmet chocolates and a champagne treat! Preview the new fall styles and shop the store's sale. What could be better???? Chocolate, crepes, pastries, champagne AND shoes??? I'm in heaven!

Ma Petite Shoe
832 West 36th Street, Baltimore MD 21211
(410) 235 – 3442
www.mapetiteshoe.com

Post written by DandelionBlu

The Thriftstore Mystery Paintings

If you are at all involved in the Baltimore Art scene, you’ve probably heard "Blaster" Al Ackerman read from one of several of his books at the 14Kt Cabaret. He is a master of finding hilarity in the mundane, and a most amazing storyteller.


Pretty Hat Club 2005

So when you look at his works in acrylic, you shouldn’t be surprised to experience, once again, a compilation of tales, both beautiful and Baltimore-extraordinary. The Thriftstore Mystery Paintings is a collection of painted album covers with titles equally as interesting as the works themselves. Of course they would be.

Opening reception is Sunday, July 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 410-532-5582 or log onto www.ndm.edu/gormleygallery

check us out!!!

did you catch us in the storque? we're not models, we just play them on etsy!

pictured, l - r: curiouszoo, tigerlillyshop, sweetpepita, jenmenkhaus, jennyjen42, dandelionblu, vwstudios, spatherapy, elisasherejewelry, blockpartypress, thebrokenplate, and jillpopowichdesigns

photo by tya anthony of eyeni photography

Friday Finds- Trunk Show edition

enamel "fleur" necklace by DandelionBlu

feather and flower brooch by JenMenkhaus

"little miss sunshine" necklace by ElisaShereJewelry

scroll broken plate necklace by TheBrokenPlate

yummy blueberry soap by SpaTherapy

cute birdie eyeglass case by JennyJen42

hand-forged bangle set by JillPopowichDesigns

kimono button bracelet by TigerLillyShop

"pine needle" necklace by BethPohlman

Stop by Double Dutch between 11am and 5pm on Sunday, July 13th, meet BEST members, have a snack, and do some shopping. Also, enter to win a $50 gift certificate to Double Dutch for a future shopping spree! (Winner will be notified via email on July 14th, 2008.)

See you there! Click here for more info.

Twenty Things - Sweet Pepita

1. My husband called me Little Chrissy when we first met because I ate that much candy.

2. Even though I have 2 cats (who I love), I’m really a dog person.

3. I don’t wear a wedding ring.

4. Even if I won the lottery, I wouldn’t want to move. I love our little house.

5. I speak Spanish, although it’s not as good as it used to be.

6. There are ghosts in the past 2 houses I’ve lived in.

7. If I had given birth to a boy, and not a girl, I would have named him Link Emiliano. (Link, after Link Wray and Emiliano, after Emiliano Zapata.

8. I’m superstitious. Very, very superstitious.

9. My memory of things that have happened is so much better than my ability to remember to do things.

10. I come from a long line of psychic women.

11. Marigolds are my favorite flowers. Some people think they’re pedestrian, but I think they’re magnificent.

12. I love feeling the warmth of the sun shining through a glass window in the wintertime.

13. If I have to spend any time in Hell, I’ll probably be removing wallpaper. While on a treadmill.

14. I could eat tamales every day.

15. My mom has tried several times to teach me how to make tortillas, but I can not.

16. Steve Buscemi is my big movie star crush.

17. We still don’t have cable television, but I wish we did.

18. I like baking because it’s scientific and makes me feel smarter than I actually am.

19. I like vacuuming.

20. Nothing grosses me out more than mayonnaise. I don’t care what fancy name they give it, it’s still nasty.

Would you like to be featured? Email your twenty things (keep it clean, please!) to baltimoreetsy (at) gmail (dot) com. Be sure to include your name and URL.

Saavy Print Shopping Part 1

Are you confused and intimidated by searching for prints on Etsy? Here's a quick guide to the types of prints- ranging from limited edition, hand-pulled originals to quick copies. Narrowing down your search by specifying the type of print you want can help you find what you're really looking for.


image by Bowerbox Press

A "Print" implies that there is more than one copy of an artwork. There are 2 very different types of prints that are often referred to in the same way- reproductions and originals.

A REPRODUCTION print is simply a copy of an original work. This can be a high-quality inkjet print, or GICLEE, usually printed on a soft acid-free paper. This is a good way to purchase an image of an original artwork you may not be able to afford, or a digital image. Be sure to ask the seller about the archival quality of the inks and paper- some inks are guaranteed to be fade-proof for over a hundred years! The quality of giclee printing just keeps getting better. COLOR LASER prints are also becoming better and better, and are used to make copies of artworks for greeting cards and longer, uneditioned runs of copies. DIGITALLY PRINTED PHOTOS are also great quality, usually printed by an inkjet printer on special photo paper. Paper choices can range from glossy to satin to matte finish. Photos can be adjusted for color, resized, and cropped on the computer before printing. A PHOTOGRAPHIC print is made from a negative, and printed on light sensitive paper. (Remember getting your vacation photos back as a kid, on the paper with "Kodak" all over the back?) Photographic prints can cost a little more than digital prints, because of the cost of the paper and developing chemicals. The artist has more of an opportunity to control the exposure and colors in the developing process, which can create unique effects and one-of-a-kind prints.

The other type of print is sometimes referred to as a "FINE ART PRINT", although some apply this label to reproductions as well. A print can be made from any number of traditional printmaking processes. Usually the image is pulled (printed) in a limited edition of exactly the same print, along with a few artist's proofs, and numbered and signed. The plate that it was printed from is sometimes destroyed to insure that no more copies will be printed. A signed print may read, 4/50- which means, this is the 4th print pulled in an edition of 50. The title and artist's signature accompany the number, usually underneath the printed image.
Types of hand-pulled prints include: Screenprint, Etching, Woodcut or Linocut, Monoprint, Lithograph, Letterpress, and Engraving.

A SCREENPRINT is made by creating a stencil on a fine mesh screen. The screen is placed over the paper to be printed, and ink is pulled across the surface. Screenprints are flat on the paper, and can be many layers of color. Also called a SERIGRAPH. A GOCCO print is very similar to a screenprint, on a very small scale.


image by Alyoisiusspyker silkscreened prints

Enjoy browsing the world of prints on Etsy with your newfound print knowledge!

Val Lucas is the owner of Bowerbox Press and is a printmaker working in woodcut, linocut and letterpress.

BEST membership update

For those of you who have contacted BEST to become a member, we wanted to let you know that you will hear back from us on August 4th. Please stay tuned - as you can tell by our blog, the next few weeks will be busy!

You are always welcome to come meet and chat either this Sunday at our first trunk show or at Artscape the 18th - 20th. Thanks, and we look forward to meeting you!

image by goosegrease

Sanguine Dreams

In the days before the New Hampshire primary, former president Bill Clinton (from a town called Hope, of all places) mocked the Obama campaign as a fairy tale, implying that an optimistic view is not enough to mend our current state. As the title of this exhibition suggests, painter/curator Paul Jeanes gathers artists in a range of media that evoke a spirit of rosy optimism, utopia and/or dreaminess, asking the question “can hope be enough?”

"Allison Fomich, aka tigerlillyshop, will have one of her aging time based inflatable sculptures on display at the Creative Alliance in Sanguine Dreams, a satellite exhibition of Art Scape. " -from the Creative Alliance website


rosula form by allison fomich -inflated latex


miss congeniality is by hooper turner -oil on canvas


untitled is by lauren boilini- oil on canvas

The opening reception is Friday, July 11th from 6-8pm. Sanguine Dreams will be on exhibit from July 2nd through July 19th, 2008 and features work from Lauren Boilini, Clarissa Gregory, Susannah Gust, Allison Fomich, Kim Manfredi and Hooper Turner.

Post written by tigerlillyshop