StumpTown Comic Festival this weekend!

Hi Everyone!
I will be a part of StumpTown Comic Festival this weekend in Portland Oregon.
I’m bringing all my hand made books that I’ve been working on at the silkscreen studio since January and also some hand made products!

I have a booth sharing it with Sara Varon and Jen Tong. Two of my favorite comic artists!
So come down and say hello to us!!!

The 9th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest
April 28 & 29, 2012 • Oregon Convention Center
Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-6 • Buy Tickets Now! at TicketsWest

More info: http://www.stumptowncomics.com/comics-fest/

Here are some toto bags that I made for the festival!
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Front image is two Kokeshi chan
And the back is mixed and match Kokeshi chan.

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“Playsam 500″ at Super7 SF

Hello,
There is a Charity Show this weekend at SF, Please come if you are in the area!
The Charity for the Playsam 500 goes to The World Childhood Foundation
https://www.childhood-usa.org/

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Super7 is proud to announce Playsam 500, a Custom Toy Show featuring 59 different artists from 5 different nations, decorating and customizing the iconic Playsam Streamliner Car to benefit charity.

Join us Saturday, April 28th at 7PM Pacific to check out all the custom

Streamliner Cars Featuring:
Andrew Bell, Arbito, Clayton Bailey, Dacosta!, Super Cooper Berella, Beast Brothers, Betso, Kat Brunegraff, 64 Colors, Carson Catlin, DrilOne, Tristan Eaton, Brian Flynn, George Gaspar, Paul Greenwood, Gary Ham, Nathan Hamill, Jay222, Walter “Chauskoskis” Jacott, Jryu, Jeremiah Ketner, Paul Kaiju, Aya Kakeda, Frank Kozik, Josh Herbolsheimer, Travis Lampe, Matthew Langille, Josh Mayhem, Sarah “Lunabee” Miskelly, Frank Mysterio, Motorbot, Ritzy Periwinkle, Plaseebo, Patricio Oliver, Task One, Dave Pressler, Reactor 88, Jason “Aka Big Money” Rodan, Jermaine Rogers, Cris Rose, Scribe, Rsin Art, Ardabus Rubber, Skinner, Bwana Spoons, John “Spanky” Stokes, Steve Talkowski, Cameron Tiede, Scott Tolleson, Vise One, Angie Vtec, Ben Walker, Adam Washburn, The Air Rat, Julie West, Kevin Winnik, Nicholas Woodworth

Playsam 500 Custom Toy Show
Saturday, April 28th @ 7PM Pacific
Super7 Store
1427 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-553-6155
www.super7store.com

 

Summer in NY

Summer is Here in NY. Few weeks ago this tree in front of my house had few leaves but now it’s very much in full green!
Just on time for summer, Kokeshi chan bikini version came out from the kiln.
Ready for a beach!!!

Group Show in Singapore

Me and many of my friends are in this group show which takes place in Singapore next week! So far away but I will close my eyes and pretend that I’m at the opening. Maybe I can find a girl in Singapore to pose as me! hehe

Print Shop Today

Busy day at Print shop today.
I did a drawing on a blank note book and I wanted to make it in color by silkscreen. It was so hard because the book wasn’t flat. but eventually I got it.
fewwww there is always something new to learn.
Original Drawing

Silkscreen Version, the color is hard to tell in the photo but it’s a nice hot pink in real life.

Also the project that I was putting off from January…I finally printed out the cover of my new accordion book “Snow Day.”

Starting out with white.
Front and the back cover. second color black.
I like how it came out! Looks like a wall paper all together.
Last color, only the front cover has gradation snow pattern. There are pink version and purple version.

Long Long day but productive, covered in paint.

Hampshire College and pretty towns in Massachusetts

I was visiting Hampshire College this week to talk at Andrea Dezso’s class.
Andrea is one of my favorite artist so I was very happy to go up and visit her and her class!  Here you can see her amazing art work! —-> http://www.andreadezso.com/

Her husband Adam took me around and show me some small town around the college. It was beautiful!
Thank you so much Andrea and Adum!

(Some Photo from the college)
(This is part of their campus with Apple trees! so pretty!)
(Some student works, Papier-mâché Masks)
(poster made by Andrea!)

(Cows!!! so Cute!  This is an amazing ice cream store, you can meet the cows who makes the milk for ice cream in their back yard.)
(They had a baby cows in little huts)
(Awwwww ♥）
(Small towns around the school.)
(There was a canal running across the town. The stream was pretty strong.)
(Spring is just arriving to Massachusetts, flowers are starting to bloom everywhere, so pretty!)It was such a treat to be in a beautiful nature.

Tonight at silkscreen studio

I worked on covers for my new silkscreen book “BOX” tonight.
(First Color for the front cover)
(Second Color —- BOX!)
(And this is my back cover— Empty box, where did the character go???)
(Then I was playing with the ceramic figure that I made which goes with this book)
(Mmmmmm…… ESCAPE!)
I had a little time left at the studio, I printed some characters on Matches. ( well it looks like matches but actually sticky notes inside. Nice product idea, I got them at an art store in Baltimore, I should have gotten more!)
Done for Today!
Good Night.

What comes out from an orange egg???

It’s Easter weekend.
Who is peeking out from an orange egg???
It’s Cheburashka!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucky Toma who found Cheburashka Egg!