The design blogging lovely that we all know and love is another year wiser today! Happy Birthday, Grace! She’s had quite a year, what with that gorgeous wedding in Savannah and all, and being wed to a dapper, “makes me laugh ALL the time” husband. Here’s to you, and to all you have done for MANY designers, artsits and crafty folk over the years (including myself). We’re raising a glass to you in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m sure others are as well, all over the globe. xo
Now, on with the show! Another fine opening I attended last Friday was at Grass Hut. I LOVE this place. And not just because they ask me to be part of a lot of their group shows, like this one, or because Scrappers’ new son has the same name as my cat ("Camper")… How can you not love a gallery and shop with this much color, everywhere?
The current show is titled "WARMHOLES". It’s a cosmic adventure, dudes and dudettes. I have to say, my favorite piece was the brilliant use of the classic ‘Boston’ and ‘ELO’ album cover spaceships, depicted in delicious battle, by Shawn Wolfe. Title: "Don’t Look Back". Priceless.
Another fave was the series by my good pal Scott Patt. This man’s work needs to be in every top Biennial known to man, people. His series of a conversation bewteen Space and Time made me laugh out loud. He lives in the Boston area, doing something with Converse, if I’m not mistaken… Just kidding. He’s the "Global Director of Visual Arts" at Converse. A mouthful? It should be. The 1HUND(RED) project was his baby (they used to have this great link to all 100 artists’ shoe designs, but I see it has left the building). Those were some fine shoes, if I do say so myself!
The entire body of work gracing the turquoise walls can be viewed here. I highly suggest perusing it all… Not as much fun as being physically at the opening, but there will always be more you can attend in the future.
At least go to Grass Hut to meet these guys below: Bwana Spoons and Scrappers (holding Camper). I don’t have any pictures of them that aren’t blurry for they rarely hold still. But that’s a good thing.
