i’m particularly pleased with vending at this con again because last year was its first year, which was an excellent if exhausting time, and this year is shaping up to be even better, so yay on justin and katie for making it happen again!
for those of you just joining the show, i’m your host ‘trie (sounds like “tree”), and i’m a mixed media, conceptual artist and writer who has recently become a con-kid/exhibitor, doesn’t like capitalization, and lives in the backwoods of wisconsin.
which makes being a con-kid and an artist a little bit difficult.
at least the trees recognize me as one of their own.
So, I asked y’all for your suggestions about what I should print for the upcoming Definitely DePere–which, by-the-by, I’m going to be at Polito’s Pizza on May 9th if y’all wanna come see me–and here were the final decisions.
If your faves didn’t make the cut this time, DO NOT DESPAIR! They’ll be in the next batch. I swear.
And, because–omg–busy week was busy, here’s my new display at the ARTgarage:
left to right: abacus-map, gilt hive, and Medusa
And, projecTransparency videos because I have been doing them! I just got behind last week (in a fit of the anxieties about ordering prints, actually), so didn’t do a dedicated blog post.
I’ve been working on a commission all week and getting ready to teach at SAW for the next couple of weeks (It’s not too late! You can still sign up for classes! There are adult ones too!) and with the writing for The Rainbow Hub (I’m Trie over there. And did I mention that my BAMF Women Superheroes series has been extended and now has it’s own drop-down menu? Tell me that isn’t seriously awesome. And–if that isn’t all amazing enough–Kelly Sue DeConnickliked my Captain Marvel article. Take that, snarky voices!), so yeah, I’ve been busy.
This guy’s almost 2′ tall (he’s 22″). He took like 30-40 hours to make, and he has a huge washer in his bottom (*snicker* bottom) with magnets so that he sits all proper-like.
…he also came out more Tom Servo that my drawing but whatever.
He was a pain to sew, ngl.
I’ve also gotten hooked on Welcome to Night Vale and have committed fanart–after a fashion:
All Hail the Glow Cloud! 2013 digital painting Katrina (‘Trie) Blasingame
Basically, he’s the Glow Cloud from Welcome to Night Vale but in the style of my unnamed friends series.
So, “fanart” in the same way that At-At is a Star Wars fanart or God-Emperor is a Dune fanart? Like, only if you squint?
Really, honestly, it’s been going on since I got up ridiculously late today.
And, yeah, y’all did read art!hangover. I get hangovers from strange things (e.g., arting, people, people), but interestingly, I don’t get normal hangovers from drinking. Mostly, because I have a ludicrously high tolerance so that it takes so long to get me even going on a good buzz that I get bored with drinking and I find something else to do. Or the party ends. Whichever comes first.
So, yeah, the art!hangover has to do with the change of quarter at the ARTgararge combined with a massive funk that took up most of the last two months, so the last week has been a Case of the Amazing Arting Squid (coming soon to a theatre near you).
installation view of new works from spindle’s work, Zellandine’s denouementspindle’s work, Zellandine’s denouement: the ur-Prince 2012 electronics wire, jewelry wirespindle’s work, Zellandine’s denouement: before there was Ariel 2012 handmade flax paper, ink, copper wire, handspun yarn (from a Hello Purl art batt), commercial yarn
The L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E poetry/Word Art part of it reads:
a little sea-woman (not really, just a stupid girl)
I don’t have anything done from it yet (actually, I’m kinda still incubating it a bit), but I think I might be ready to talk a little bit more about it.
So, for those of you playing the Home Game, once upon a time, I was a dyed-in-the-wool academic.
Still am, actually; I just do art-y things now that write papers or present at conference mostly.
And, if you’ve heard this all before, please feel free to skip to the end. Just like in Princess Bride. I promise there will be no damaging of perfect breasts in this. No breasts were remotely harmed in the making of this post. Swear.
But, yeah, academic, and I don’t fanart well because, while I’m an artist, I’m not really a draw-people type artist. I’m conceptual and mixed media with sculptural tendencies and a hankering (sic) for fiber. So–drawing, not really part of my wheel-house except when we’re talking about things like my unnamed friends or the beast series.
It’s just how I roll: fast and outta control.
I’m also post-postmodern (or quixotic postmodern or conscientious postmodern–something of that nature), which means that I deconstruct, analyze (and is it just me that “analyze” is kinda a pervy word?), meta, reconstruct, and meta some more.
Again, this is why popular culture/Visual Culture, fairytales, and mythology are like my THING. They’re inherently meta, and I can just fiddle meta about.
What I’m planning is kinda a two (maybe three?) pronged series where bits and pieces of fanfic are going to be translated into embroidered pieces and/or giant Word Art (because Word Art was always one of those things I enjoyed playing with and working on, but I really haven’t had anything Word Art-y in the process since I left Art School because it always seems to take up so much space and there’s already a space issue in my studio because old art hasn’t sold or hasn’t been boxed properly to be sent to storage), and there’ll be sculptural not-installations that are meta character studies like I’m totally cos-playing evil-werewolf!Stiles from Dogs of War by Saucery and this image by creature13 and have plans to install the costume as an art piece with these sources cited. And I have ideas for semi-Cubist metal sculptures/wall pieces that are, like, gestural experiences of certain characters or moments from fandom and stuff with exquisite-corpse-esque interpretations of media.
So, yeah, it’s gonna be fanart, but it’s gonna be fanart in that was that isn’t in a traditionally-fanart way.
…I’m likely to end up being really unpopular everywhere? Maybe?
I’m very good at citation. I swear.
And, because I know most people don’t read my blog for me being all wordy and blathery and stuff, here’s some yarn (imaged as a process) that I just finished up.
Also, since we’re here and talking about yarn and fiber and things, I’m going to be at ArtStreet off and on all weekend with the Traveling Treadlers. Also, I have my class information, if people are interested in classing with me:
“Give Spinning a Whirl.”: An Introduction to Spinning Yarn <–Sorry bad!title is bad. We tried “Spinning, yo.”, but I didn’t want a Knitta-Please-level of awfulness; the only other thing we were coming up with was “You spin me right ’round, baby, right ’round.”, but we figured it was wrong for the demographics.
When: Thursday, September 13th 4 – 6p.m.
Saturday, September 29th 10a.m. – 12p.m.
Tuesday, November 13th 4-6
Where: the ARTgarage
Cost: $50–includes drop spindle and roving
6-in-6: Six Books Types in Six Hours
When: Saturday, November 10th 1-4
Sunday, November 11th 1-4
Where: the ARTgarage
Cost: $60–includes materials
Additionally, Gallery Nite is coming up on Sept 20th. I’ll be there demo-ing and trying to be charming.
Questions, comments, concerns? What to ask me what I’m thinking with this fandom stuff? Go for it! I do enjoy chatting about this stuff.