Navigating the shitstorm that is spring in NYC

Oi! After having a nice, quiet weekend to myself after MoCCA's madness, I'm flung face first back into the craziness of art-making and hand-shaking.

Lots to tell you about- so let's get on it, shall we?



FINALLY finished my Misfits piece, which was a burr on my butt for the better part of a month n' a half. I did this specifically for The "B" in BK Doll Show, which I did the flyer for and will have a small table where I'll be selling prints and signing copies of the flyer. Should be interesting, as a doll show/expo I'd imagine to have a different sort of crowd from my usual comic cons. But yeah, if you're planning on attending the "B" in BK show, please note that THE DATE HAS CHANGED TO JUNE 12-13th! It is no longer in May, please mark your calendars accordingly! Since I've got a little extra time between now and then, I'm gonna try and do something else doll-related for the show if time allows.




Check out the show site here!

In other news, I've got a couple projects cooking away on the front burners that due in about month or so. One of them is a body (boobie) cast I get to decorate and embellish with the Paigeyness, for my jewelry-making pals over at Fancy Sexy Me's launch party next month.




The bodycast is of erotic writer Rachel Kramer Bussel. What I figured I would do, since I had to incorporate Rachel, Fancy Sexy Me and Shag (the venue) into the design, is I'd make them all old-school style tattoos. Then I can have several different subjects going on while working in the composition of the human body. Blah, blah, blah, art jargon, art jargon. I also love tattoos. Plus it's a total happy coincidence that Sailor Jerry Rum is a sponsor- really works with the motif. :)



So yeah, I kinda REALLY HATE PAINTING. To fix this problem, all the tattoos for the bodycast that I put on are going to be drawn out on paper and colored on photoshop and printed out and decoupaged onto the cast. So the entire body will be covered in Paigey artwork unique to only this project.



Here's the first tattoo I've drawn up- Rachel's that will go on the shoulder. Fancy Sexy Me's will be a chest piece and Shag's logo will go across the stomach. I'm gonna throw various other tattoos in there as well, including one of myself as a pinup that I'm thinking will go on the wrist.
This is a pretty fun project so far. I hope it works out, as I've never really decoupaged anything before, let alone something with as many slopes and curves and crannies as a human body. Finger crossed, guys.

Space girl necklaces at the Oscars and the "B" in BK flyer!

So I have some pretty big news- my Spacegirl necklaces are going to be in a sampler bag for the OSCARS! Yeah, like the statue! I hope they get noticed/checked out y some influential peeps, or at least people who have an interest in the art come to my blog and see everything else I do. Eeee! If you're a crafty-type person I highly suggest checking out The Sampler- it's a company that makes monthly sampler packages for blogs, boutiques, magazines and lovers of DIY/craft culture to subscribe to, and they also make bags for events like the Golden Globes, the Oscars and the AMA's. It's a great way to get your product out there if you're looking to expand your customer base. I plan on sending in 95 of them, so far I have 30 of them in various stages of completion.



Once I get them all sent out I'm going into overdrive with getting my etsy store up and running. I know, I've been saying that for awhile but THIS TIME I MEAN IT! I really do.

Also! I finally finished my flyer for The "B" in BK fashion doll expo in Brooklyn, NY. Put on by the same swell folks who do King Con Brooklyn, "B" in BK will feature 60+ vendors of fashion dolls, photo exhibition of the Disco World of Darci, a 25th birthday celebration for Jem and the Holograms and a bunch of other fun happenings. I'll be there signing copies of my flyer, and will hopefully have some sort of show-specific pin-up for sale by the time it rolls around. I'm gunning for a Jem/Misfits piece.