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Archive for February, 2008
MY WORLD IS FLAT at gallery hanahou
Feb 28th
If you’re in the New York area and looking for something to do tonight, drop by gallery hanahou (my day job) for MY WORLD IS FLAT, a solo show of work by character artist SUPERDEUX.
Vinyl toy fans may recognize this artist for his Dunny designs (he has one in the new French series, which will be available tonight at the show)—SUPERDEUX also has his own toy series, STEREOTYPE and SHIKITO, in addition to the commissioned work he’s done creating logos and animations for MTV, Sony, and other top brands.
The show tonight, opening 6-9 pm and then running through April 2nd, features extremely rare custom toys, limited-edition prints, t-shirts, wall stickers, and more. Check out these hand-sewn plush STEROTYPE toys!
Or if plastic poop is more your thing:
The artist will also be at the opening party tonight, so you can meet the man behind the vinyl. And I’ll be there too, of course!
MY WORLD IS FLAT
February 28 – April 2 / Opening Party Feb. 28, 6-9 pm
gallery hanahou
611 Broadway, Suite 730 NYC
[7th floor of the Cable Building, NW corner of Broadway and Houston]
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Feb 27th
Just a little experiment with mattress stitch combined with some sewing for a silly mouth.
By the way, I’ll be posting a toy-specific tutorial on mattress stitch soon—stay tuned!
Video of Me on Martha Stewart
Feb 26th
My amazing husband John was able to transfer a clip of my Martha Stewart appearance from our DVR to YouTube. So if you missed it on TV, here it is! (I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, considering that I was nervous-to-numb at the time.)
Watch The Martha Stewart Show on Monday
Feb 22nd
Why? Because I’m going to be on it!
I’m totally serious. The taping of Martha’s knitting and crochet episode was on Wednesday, and I went to be in the audience with my darling mother-in-law. (It was all her idea, so I have her to thank for the experience.)
The show had asked everyone to bring their favorite knitted objects, so I brought along a few toys. After waiting out in 34-degree weather for an hour and a half, the audience was ushered into the holding room, served oatmeal cookies (very Martha), and asked to show what we all brought. My toys were picked out, so they seated me in the front row, put a mike on me, and I got to tell Martha Stewart about my toys on camera! I’m basically the first thing that happens in the show, so be sure to tune in on Monday.
It was completely surreal to speak to Martha Stewart on her show—I remember pretty much nothing about the moment itself, so I’m just hoping that I don’t look like an idiot. What I do remember is how great it was to meet the other audience members (I actually know very few knitters in New York) and talk with some of Martha’s production crew, who were all very nice.
On the show, Martha will make “Sock and Glove” stuffed animals and other fun projects that knitters and non-knitters alike can do. (The audience all received copies of Sock and Glove as a parting gift.) I hope you’ll all try to catch the show and see the television debut of my silly knitted toys!
(This is the photo I quickly took from my seat at the end of the taping)
Some Hatching Chickens
Feb 21st
Do you hear that? It’s the first chicks of spring starting to hatch!
Dknits got great results from Which Came First?, though it seems that we still don’t have an answer.
This egg from Kate found itself hatching in the grocery store!
Fortunately, the chick has found a new home. (Let’s just hope he’s not for dinner.)
Is this chick a little confused?
Or maybe she’s just the class clown… from ax174.
If you make any toys from Mochimochi Land patterns, please upload them to the Flickr group for all to see!
