Teenage Lunch

 

On top is my painting of Lydia, on the bottom is a poster from Black Box. I just so happened to stumble upon a CD of some old art of mine Frances had put together. I honestly never thought I'd see this again. It's not the greatest image, but it works. I gave it to some friends some time ago.

SEVEN FRAGMENTS

Black and Brown Vintage Clothing Store located in sunny San Jose California just had their seventh year anniversary. Congratulations! A lot of mom and pops don't make it in the Silicon Valley area. More known for it's status driven, high techie devoid-ism culture, some might be surprised that San Jose actually has it's gems of people and odd things happening for those who want a little more. The owners Moe and Irene came up with the brilliant idea to celebrate their seventh with an art show. The theme was to showcase artists they previously featured from the last seven years, with the theme being 7. I decided to turn the flier I made from our show into something new. I wanted to represent how much could change and evolve in 7 years. The flier is two nuns facing each other entitled "Face to Face". I decided to make over-exaggerated jewelry based on the piece. How to display it was tricky.
I bought a used mutilated mannequin torso and re created one of the nuns from the flier into a 3-D display. I gave her back her dignity. Her previous owner cut her breasts off!
For the jewelry, I transferred the image onto metal, then cut it into shapes. I cut pieces of mirror into these shapes, then attached the metal to the mirrors. I wanted it to resemble an Egyptian Menat with an art deco emphesis. The Menat was meant to ensure good luck and fortune and protect against evil spirits (that voodoo that you do). It was also worn for protection in the afterlife and is often found buried with the dead. Worn by women, it was expected to foster fruitfulness and good health, while among men it signified virility.

Here is a before and after of the end result. The show is up for a month, anyone in the area should check it out. Some amazing works came out of the show!

EnDanger

Our art show is up through March 1st at On the Corner Record Shop in Campbell Ca.

Condor

I'm drawn to Condors. To me this endangered creature is more reminiscent of a dinosaur than a vulture, so statuesque and grand. Here is a Condor I've been working on for months now. I've been stuck on it but I'm determined to have it complete in time for the EnDanger show. I kind of like the way it is now half done, it looks as though he's fading into extinction.

Interesting facts: The California Condor is one of the most endangered birds, the population steadily declined to less than 25 in the late 1980's. This is mainly due to shooting and poisoning, the remainder were captured for captive breeding programs. Many cattle ranchers would shoot the birds thinking they were "killing" their livestock when in fact condor's live off already dead animals. By 1992, the first captive bred California Condors were reintroduced in the state.

Measurements: The California Condor has a body length of 43-52 inches, a wingspan up to 9 1/2 feet and weighs 18-23 pounds

EnDanger

EnDanger - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.
Art Show coming up at On The Corner Music January 27th, 2012
Featuring work by:

Tracie Elliott
Anabella Pinon
Shannon Amidon
Ally Karn
Rachel Wright
Frances Marin
Veronica Graham
Kim Christman
KOOK Teflon

Interview

My interview with San Jose Creatives.

http://sanjosecreatives.blogspot.com/2011/10/kim-christman.html

Mouse Trap