Christmas Markets are coming!

Look out for up coming Christmas events! The Winged Beast will be bringing the swank, awesome screen printed clothing just in time to help out a mythic Santa!

Christmas Makers Market
Saturday, December 6, 2008
10:00am - 3:00pm
indoors at historic Christ's Church Cathedral
252 James St. N.
Hamilton, ON
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Made in Windsor
Sunday, December 7, 2008
10-5pm
Nancy Johns Gallery(and Vince Franzoi's gallery across the street)
4755 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, Ontario

Point by Points Northward Again

Hello,
After some successful shilling in Windsor and Toronto, I'm currently working on a wicked run of clothes and more to take to sunny summery Steeltown. That's right Hamilton on July 19th at the welcoming and generous Makers Market! You'll be able to find me under a tent at Christ’s Church Cathedral (252 James St. N.). I'm excited.

Here's what the Makers Market has to say for themselves:

Downtown Hamilton’s only outdoor market returns for another season in 2008. The Makers’ Market brings life, activity and renewed hope that a community can be revived through social interaction, creative thinking and a distinctly local focus.

Makers of all kinds come together this Summer and Fall to Cultureful James North and King East’s International Village to show just how great local economy, creativity and food can be!

Launched in June 2007, the Makers’ Market turned an underused public space in front of historic Christ’s Church Cathedral on James Street North into a bustling and enhanced community hub. A collaborative effort organized and run by members of Christ’s Church Cathedral and the James North arts community, the Makers’ Market gives the surrounding downtown neighbourhood and all of Hamilton the opportunity to experience local culture at its best. Explore our eclectic outdoor market to find organic farm-fresh foods, unique art and handmade items from local artists, vintage and gently-used treasures and even get your bike tuned-up by one of our friendly volunteers. The Makers’ Market is all about interacting with your neighbours, running into old friends, meeting new friends and supporting local makers of all kinds in a fun and friendly urban setting.
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2008 Makers' Market Season

James North • Courtyard of Christ’s Church Cathedral (252 James St. N.)
Saturdays - May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18 • 10am - 3pm

New second location!
International Village • Ferguson Station Pavillion (corner of King St. E. & Ferguson)
Saturdays - June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4 • 10am - 3pm


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New Website

That's right! I have cobbled together what HTML game I have to build a new website. This one as the capacity, and the will, to amaze with it's drama and style and totally cool rollover options! Please yourself by visiting the new www.wingedbeastoutfitters.com!

Toronto EVENTTTTT!T!T! Toronto 12pm-5pm Sat June 7

Check it out!
This is going to be first opportunity for Winged Beast Outfitters to BREAK OUT of Windsor and EXPLODE across the world. In this case, Toronto at the Toronto Small Press Book Fair. It's a great event that will mix thoroughly literature crafts and other amazing things to produce excellence!! So come out to the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Avenue, Toronto from 12pm-5pm on Sat, June 7.
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New Prints... Little by little

Hello!New items have been posted. I'm gradually working on putting up some back stock of digital prints that I've been sitting on.In other news, I've got supplies and the will, and I'm working on a new run of clothing! Stay tuned for the deets (details?)!




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Brick by Bricolage

A lot of what I do involves working with visual sources I appropriate from all over the place. Because I make t-shirts, the only constraint I have is that I can only use one tone (largely because hand screening makes two-tones shirts hard and costly). This isn't a bad thing, and I feel it's a sort of homage to seventies magazine and newspaper ads.

This is a real photo of Pierre Trudeau and Castro kicking it. It sort of shouts out to his stepping down.








Living in Windsor Ontario Canada, I listen to a lot of Detroit's National Public Radio station, WDET. The other day they had a fellow on who was talking about the Russian economic threat to the West. The above quote is from that interview. It rings true in any context.

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Web Presence

This here will be the site of the Winged Beast Outfitters blog. It is intended to a) let me post new ideas, up-coming designs and other fun stuff, b) let me announce events and stuff like that, and c) help me to get hits on google.
So check this site out! Up-a-datin' coming soon!