This is a view into my sculpture at Firehouse Gallery. It's up and running!
From the outside it looks like this:
(who is that weirdo?)
One of the "windows" into the wall which I think looks awesome with the next image:
This is a "found abstraction" that I photographed last week in Chelsea on a walk between many many closed galleries (this week's and next week's openings are highly anticipated in our household!) I know I've only been here for a week but this is what I've noticed about New York City compared to Tokyo. NY is what I like to call (at least for now) the city of texture. NY hides its pop-sass colors that Tokyo wears like a costume. There are colors and graphic pizazz for sure (I believe more and more each day that NY has everything in the universe within it's city limits), it's just much more subtle and sneaky here. Instead I find myself looking at cracked paint on fire escapes, infinite brick-shaped brown hues, and faded, patched awnings. I guess I'm still in love with more pop color so I've been eyeing religious statuary like it's the next cool thing. I can't help but see torn posters as abstract paintings (here's another):
But I also can't help but long for less-abstract imagery like this sweet poster:
Is that not the cutest shark bird (shird?) in sneakers?
More photos from my walks to come.
For now:
Welcome to our "breakfast nook." It's actually our general dining nook. This is the first picture I'm posting of our amazing new apartment in Brooklyn. I totally love it. Mikel scored when he found this one. We've been unpacking and doing various things to fix the joint up like making tables for our studio and curtains. I'll post more pictures soon (once it's more presentable).
I just can't believe how lucky I am that I don't have to have a job outside our apartment (at least for now, fingers crossed!) and I realized that this is the best time for me to really dig in and get Beaded Weeds rockin'. This is sort of a declaration e-mail: I declare that I will work "full-time" to make a living with my hands on my own clock and I'll let you know, blog entry by blog entry, how I do it. Today, I have Handmade for Profit! by Barbara Brabec, a notebook, a cup of coffee, a pen , a napkin (excellent for making lists on while I sit here at Tiny Cup using their Wifi) and good energy. Here I go!
A brief note about daily battle plans before I end this ridiculously long blog entry:
My friend, Brooklyn neighbor and craft buddy, Alison, asked me last night if I have a sort of battle plan for my days. This is a very important question for anyone thinking of being a full-time artist. My immediate answer was no, but a couple seconds later I totally changed my mind. I realized that I totally have a game plan each day, it just usually fits with my day's natural flow so I don't notice that I am working hard. My game plan usually goes something like this:
-breakfast with Mikey until he leaves for work.
-take my coffee to the studio and get crackin' on whatever I left off on the day before (today I finished our curtains and painted my new beading/sewing table we made from found materials) (BTW, I am once again listening to the Twilight series for a little audio candy and fun. Twilight fans, check out Midnight Sun-- trust me on this.)
-Lunch.
-yoga
-Walk to Tiny Cup coffee shop an get down to business.
** The rest of the day is still open. I'll probably be here until Mikel is off work and then new adventures begin.
I also have short-term battle plans (post new earrings asapple, make new business cards, finish beading/sewing table, etc.)
And longer-term battle plans (Rock out on the business side of Beaded Weeds and non-Beaded Weeds art- apply for grants, write a business plan, etc.)
I'm sure my daily schedule will change as I get more settled in here. I'll let you know how that goes! Happy Tuesday :-)
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