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artists and fashion designers pair up and create.

and oh yeah, me and trista’s piece is badass.

thanks to the lovely guy and dolls of adapta project, my dame and i are participating in the upcoming thread show on august 17th. i’m designing, she’s making. pictures in 2 weeks!

last weekend was really fun. it was comic-con, i was part of a cool group art show, i had friends in from out of town, i had 4 days off from work, i got to meet and be semi-insulted (all in fun) by ashley wood while he signed my poster and gave me a custom sketch, and i got to watch my lady be a star for a day while she walked around comic-con in her ironman costume that she made from scratch! here she is posing with the “real” ironman:

here she is during one of her many “paparazzi moments”:

eventually she hooked up with some fellow avengers - captain america (that girl was tiny. her and trista entered the marvel costume contest together and got into the finals but didn’t win), and nick fury:

speaking of hand made clothing. here’s trista and i the night of the art show - she’s wearing a skirt that she made just 2 days before.

the art show went relatively well. three pieces sold, although unfortunately mine wasn’t one of them. still, it was fun. plus the show will be up for another month, so who knows, maybe it’ll sell.

i was originally told that this was a comic book themed show, although it turned out to be not so comic book related. nevertheless, i adapted my style to the comic book theme. the piece is a diptych titled “Metrotham” - 48″ X 37″, spray paint and paint marker on 18g steel. The word metrotham is a combination of metropolis (as in the city of superman) and gotham city (where batman fights crime). i used relatively the same drawing for both cities with subtle differences. the idea being that metropolis and gotham city are both based on the same city, NYC. the one on the left is metropolis - red, yellow, and blue are to represent superman. that red streak in the clouds is superman taking off from the daily planet building. the right then is obviously gotham city. it’s black and gray, the colors of batman. the design has changed slightly by omitting the daily planet and adding smoke stacks, a bat signal moon, and a W to the top of wayne tower. in both pieces there are subtle differences in gloss, satin and flat colors that are almost impossible to photograph. for instance the background of metrolpolis has 3 different whites of varying textures and gotham’s background has 3 different blacks. you can only really tell in person….so go see it. it’s up til sept 15th.

i had done 2 pieces prior to this on aluminum but this was my first on steel**. i had a 1″ square steel tube frame welded for the back of the steel sheet so that i could hang them without outside frames. i JB Welded the tube-frames to the sheet and painted the back white:

here’s a shot of the back signed, titled, and dated. “metrotham: metropolis” and “metrotham: gotham city”

**i’ll be working on steel from now on. it just fits better into the whole arrowchitectural decograf concept. graffiti was painted on steel trains, skyscrapers are built of steel, and so on.

as per my september 27th post, on oct. 4th my dame was in a fashion show at the museum of contemporary art san diego.

here’s a video of what happened:

my dame trista has a fashion show tomorrow, so i’m up late designing a business card for her to pass out at the show. here it is:

a simple design that also corresponds with the blog header i made for her.

so, MY DAME is gonna have some of her designs in a FASHION SHOW at the museum of contemporary art on oct. 4th. the theme is music and technology. her 3 designs are based on 3 eras of vinyl records - 40’s/78rpm, 50’s/33 1/3rpm, 60’s/45rpm.

here’s the 40’s design to represent the 78rpm record. modeled by GUBBA.

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the black part of the dress is supposed to be the black vinyl of a record, with the white of the collar being the label of the record.

there will also be hats and handbags made of actual records that match each models dress!

you’ll just have to come to the show to see the rest:

yes, it’s free

when: thursday, october 4, 2007
time: 7pm-10pm (the fashion show will run twice, one at 7:30, and one at 8:30)
where: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 1100 Kettner Blvd, Downtown (attached to the santa fe train depot)