the dream of comics is alive in portland

I just got back from Portland, Oregon where I spent the last five days looking at comic books. In my travels to Floating World Comics, Future Dreams Books, and Stumptown Comics Fest, I've acquired a TON of stuff, which is awesome, because my collection of comic books is minimal at best. So here is a look at what I brought back with me.

First Column: Camelot 3000; The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior; A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran; William Shatner's Tek World; Spider-Man Fever by Brendan McCarthy, and Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld. Second Column: Trigger #1 by Mike Bertino; a few books from Raw Fun Press, Other Side of Town #1 and #2 and Rapt in Fear by Alex Delaney; and Nazi Knife 5. Third Column: Layered Jacket #2 by Corey Lewis; Pillow Fight by Brandon Graham; Video Tonfa; and next to that is The Scout by Malachi Ward. Fourth Column: Snake Bomb Comix #1 from Jack Hayden; Labanotation: The Center of Weight by Sean Christensen and Amy Kuttab; Play Overlord by Sean Christensen, Amy Kuttab, and Theo Ellsworth; The Virtuous: The Rise of the Matriarchy by Fiona Smyth. Fifth Column: Dan Quayl; Tom Neely's Henry & Glenn Forever; and The Yankee by Jason Leivian and William McEwan. Sixth Column: I Heart The Golden Girls by Jacqueline Kari Bos; Junqueland #1 from Studio JFish; and a greeting card of a sexy space girl called The Mother Ship by Olivia de Berardinis.

Coming Soon...

Close Encounters - Closing Reception

(via openculture.com)

The scifi-themed group show I'm participating in is closing next week. The Arts Guild of New Jersey is having a closing reception and listening party on March 3, 2011. They will be playing the original radio broadcast of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. It's a great opportunity to check out the show before it ends if you haven't already! More info here.

gems of fashion: Pamela Love

New York Fashion Week usually means a barrage of runway images and news feeds exploding with designer names and blog posts. It's rare that I come across an image that grabs me for a moment before I quickly try to ignore it as to avoid a mind clouded with trends. The above image from Pamela Love's Fall 2011 collection, which premiered at Milk Studios on Saturday, was the one that stopped me in my web-wandering tracks.

 

Chunky. Crystalline. Iridescent. What's not to love? I've always admired Pamela Love's work, even though some of it is too bohemian for my style (or too insanely expensive for my bank account). The pieces in this new collection, however, are like magical pendants of some science fiction goddess. They look weighty and strict in their geometry, but are also colorful and fun. The collection doesn't take itself too seriously, which is exactly what good jewelry should do. There is a union of heaven and earth that is so sweetly expressed in these pieces. Wearing a medallion of prismatic minerals, I imagine I'd be transported to another realm where glowing crystals are shooting stars and alien planets are ruled by celestial beings.

The installation that was behind the models during the show is also quite nice.

(images via HERE'S THE DEAL and Milk Made Live.)

JOYdropper covers Close Encounters

My friend Mark wrote a great piece for JOYdropper about Close Encounters. He said some really cool stuff about my Space Rocks!! Check it out here.

Up Close & Personal with Space Rocks

This weekend at the reception for Close Encounters, my sister took some nice detailed shots of a few of my sculptures. Thanks to everyone who came to the opening! If you missed it, the show is up until March 4th!

Close Encounters

My installation Space Rocks: A Look at Far-Out Minerals will be in a group show this month at the Arts Guild of New Jersey.

Science fiction has always been a touch point for the imagination. Whether the colonization of other planets, artificial intelligence, alien life forms, space travel, flying saucers, or area 51, the unknown, fantastical and weird act as inspiration to artists across the world. These topics have been explored in countless forms - writing, films, artwork and stories of all kinds. Eight artists working within this theme have been selected for Close Encounters. In addition, we are pleased to present the original radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds  from October 30, 1938, as part of the exhibition.