gather your thoughts for the zine fair ....WE have a table ...whaddya gonna bring to it ?

may you realise that which is in your heart...

pencil gouache ink on paper

2011

super chuffed that my drawing was selected for the upcoming edish of carpaccio magazine.

Check the site for submission guidelines etc.

Hi guys , hope ye are all well (enough)

as emma mentioned a while back we that is the tinderbox community have secured a stall at the dublin zine and artists book fair to be held in the ranelagh arts centre 12-5 saturday 27th august.

more info

I have a seperate stall with a friend and it is next to the tinderbox stall.....but I do hope there will be lots of tinderbox people able to be there too.

please add a comment if you can make it.

Any ideas folks as what to display on our collective stall, other than the already made tinderbox zines , YOU are totally encouraged to bring your zine\book based art along .....can you ? will you ?.....do do do do.

Damo larging it up papercutting in a canadian bed !

As you may know mr d.martin is at present gadding about over in the land of the maple leaf......but for those of you missing him (lots are, believe me)

here is a super image of him.

Only thing is I think he has aged an awful lot and his work seems to be going down hill....I mean Damo , where exactly is your x-acto knife, cutting board etc....it all seems a little too casual ?

on the other hand this image could possible be some upstart artiste name of h.matisse , presently to be seen , his work , not him here.

Midsummer Fete - NUIG Galway Sunday 24th From 1pm

Hi all,

Me and my scissor happy girl Caitriona Chesser are making clothes & accessories for a stall this Sunday at Cope & NUIG Midsummer fete.

There will be lots of reconstructed t-shirts, funky hoods and jewellery!

Lots of fringing and embellishment!!!!!!!!

Prices will range from 3e to 30e

Come along for music, food, stalls, bargains and a chilled out atmosphere in aid of COPE.

ARTWORK WANTED!

ARTISTS! SUBMIT YOUR WORK!

Merrion School of Music in Dublin 2 is opening it's doors for the first time this September. The school is calling for artwork in all styles with the themes "I love music" or "animals playing instruments". Submitted artworks will be mounted on the school walls and will be up for sale to visitors. The very final closing date for submissions is September 10th. Artists submitting work for sale are encouraged to submit in good time before the closing date. For more information contact info@merrionschoolofmusic.com

Gods and Monsters of Tomorrow - DEADLINE EXTENSION!

Very brief update on the zine 6,
Gods and Monsters of Tomorrow:

Deadline extension for all slow things, including editors.
Keep drawing and watch this space.

And many, many thanks to all those who already submitted! Great work.
More, soon.
:] elida (one of two slow editors)

Photography stall at Blackrock market, our zines will be there!

Hi guys! Going to do a stall at Blackrock market with my photographs this coming Saturday (16th). Here are some of the prints I'll have on display. Will be there from 11 to 5.30, so if any of you are around I'd love you to pay me a visit! Elida is bringing me some of the old zines, so I'll have them on display also and any money from them will go towards the 'Gods and Monsters' project.

Cy Twombly - RIP

Famed American painter Cy Twombly, who first found the limelight with his calligraphic paintings in the late 1950s, has died in Rome aged 83.

The US artist was widely known for abstract works that used oil paint, pencil and crayon to create repetitive lines and scribbles on canvas.

‘It Does Not Illustrate’

In the only written statement Mr. Twombly ever made about his work, a short essay in an Italian art journal in 1957, he tried to make clear that his intentions were not subversive but elementally human. Each line he made, he said, was “the actual experience” of making the line, adding: “It does not illustrate. It is the sensation of its own realization.” Years later, he described this more plainly. “It’s more like I’m having an experience than making a picture,” he said. The process stood in stark contrast to the detached, effete image that often clung to Mr. Twombly. After completing a work, in a kind of ecstatic state, it was as if the painting existed but he himself barely did anymore: “I usually have to go to bed for a couple of days,” he said.

New York Times

On yer bike!

A nice little comp with a great Dutch bike up for grabs, lets hope the sun keeps shinin'...

http://www.bear-bicycles.com/content/21-summer