Ravenswing Meets Winged Beast -- This SUNDAY!

Winged Beast Outfitters is coming out this Sunday to be part of the Ravenswing D-I-Y Fair.

It's outdoors, in a park... and hopefully weather permitting an AWESOME DAY for seeing the new shirts and fashion stylings I'm rolling out. Including a new powerful print! And what? CARDIGANS! Not to mention the return of an old favourite! Also, other great artists and makers will be there!

Detials about the event are:

Ottawa's Do-It-Yourself Fair is back and better than ever!

Ravenswing brings you a spectacular + affordable craft and zine fair, skill-sharing workshops (brought to you by the Les Ateliers gals) and lovely music from local bands and artists.

Ravenswing D-I-Y Fair is proudly held in collaboration with The Clothesline Project, a feminist initiative that combats violence against women and children and promotes healing through public art. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115894728423532


Band lineup:

11:00 THE MUDPLOTS http://www.myspace.com/themudplots
11:45 THE UNCLES http://www.myspace.com/theunclessweat
1:00 WINCHESTER WARM http://www.winchesterwarm.ca/
2:00 SARAH HALLMAN http://www.sarahhallman.com/
2:55 ADAM SAIKALEY http://www.adamsaikaley.com/
3:50 NEW TEETH http://www.myspace.com/newteethband


Workshops (presented by Les Ateliers!):

12:30 - 1:00 SPROUTING with Will Schiestel
Jar sprouting is an inexpensive and rewarding way to grow your own produce. And it takes up almost no space! Participants will learn the nutritional benefits of sprouting, how to prepare their seeds for sprouting and the various types of sprouts that can be grown.
Workshop is all ages.
WHAT TO BRING: a 500 ml – 1 litre mason jar with a lid. All other materials will be supplied.

1:35 - 2:00 STENCIL PRINTING with Rachel Stone & Lauren Potosky
Learn to silk screen on the cheap! Participants will cut their own stencils and print them, learning about various printing techniques and surfaces that can be used for creating your own t-shirts, fine art prints, totes and much more!
Workshop is 13+ unless accompanied by a parent.
WHAT TO BRING: an item to stencil on (t-shirt, tote bag, pillowcase, fabric, artists canvas etc.) and a high contrast image (ie. Black and white picture with minimal detail) that can be cut up. All other materials will be supplied.

3:25 - 3:50 BEATBOXING with Matt Gilmour
Come learn the art of beat boxing! Participants will be encouraged to explore the possibilities of making music with their voice and learn to replicate the sounds of music. Truly DIY music!
Workshop is all ages.

Curious about Les Ateliers? Check 'em out of facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54954388994


Vendors:

* Amazon Creations
* Apt 5 Distro
* Beat Greens Seeds
* Beautiful Mess Perzine
* Colin White Comix
* coNartist
* Dark Potion Designs
* Drakestail Handmande Jewellery
* The Drama Queen
* E John Orbit Bainbridge
* Exile Infoshop
* Haley Richards
* Indie*Go Jewellery
* Jaded Raven Creations
* Laura Stephen Pottery
* Mabel and Jules Design
* Magic Forest Arts and Crafts Collective
* Maiden Star Jewelry
* Mandy's Panties
* Niama Goat Soap
* Skoser Clothing
* Terri Anne Ryerson Pottery
* Urbanite Jewelry
* Winged Beast Outfitters
.... AND MORE!!!


There will also be a SILENT ART AUCTION at the fair this year! Not to be missed!

Admission: FREE!
Please note: Our rain location is the Montgomery Legion Hall (330 Kent St).

For more info on Ravenswing, visit http://www.ravenswingottawa.ca/

New Watercolours

I've been rocking my dollar store watercolour set (and the dollar store notebook) again. These are some recent creations. It was raining... and well.. space men are cool.

Posters for the Fall!

New poster for the BookThug publisher people! Check out their event!
BookThug BookLaunch
May 27th from 6-8:30pm w/ music to follow
Held at the Supermarket in Kensington
268 Augusta Avenue
feat. readings by Cara Benson, Mark Laliberte, Mark Goldstein, Jason Dickson. Andrew Hughes

Also, check out the boss cover illustration I added to Andrew Hughes's upcoming book!

Sprites with Kilts

A journalist I know asked me to do some artwork for a piece she was doing on green energy in Scotland (I'll update with a link when it's posted). These are the pieces I came up with. The idea was to create a retro video game feel, a la old Space Quest. I think it owes a little something to the Superbrothers' recent manifesto for a native language of video games, too. Beep boop...

Fun with Watercolours

I've been interested in watercolours for a while. It's mostly this book that really lodged the medium in my brain.


Graham Roumieu's Bigfoot books are creepy, simple, and dark... and about some of the funniest stuff I've seen. So this fine Easter Monday, I broke out the dollarstore paint set I bought around x-mas. These are my little tests. One robot, one rabbit. But apparently, painting skills points cost spelling skills points... oh, art.

Winged Beast Outfitters Spings Upon Thaw

Everyone!
Winged Beast Outfitters is making its Ottawa debut.
Next Sunday, March 28 at Routhier Community Centre.
172 Guiges Ave.
(Just North of the Byward Market)
Free parking on site.
$2 entrance fee for a chance to win a gift basket of crafts from all artists!
Door prizes drawn every hour.
That's not such a bad deal.
Cheers!

The Art, Mechanical

Paul Chatem has come up with a new, oddly simple take on animated live art. Combining gears and idiosyncratic paintings somewhere between Hieronymus Bosch and El Día de los Muertos, Paul has come up with some creepy and interactive art pieces.
Check out this video:


Something about Paul's work makes me think of those weird paintings at Owen Wilson's house in The Royal Tenenebaums. Anyways, check out Paul Chatem's website for more.