The Holy Grail of British Humor

Monty Python now has a YouTube channel with tons of their videos for free! Huzzah! In exchange, they are encouraging people to buy the videos and movies. (And, it's working...Amazon sales for Monty Python has increased by 23,000 % since the channel opened....crazy)

Forgive me:


Go there, and enjoy.

A process, a prayer.

I am currently packing for the east coast. I bought a pair of red long-johns (complete with butt-flap) and a Holden Caulfield hunting hat in an effort to set my mind to adventure and rid my stomach of anxiety. I found myself thinking of a gag gift I saw in my boss's shop: a statuette called St. Anne, Patron Saint of Lost Stuff. St. Anne came equipped with a silly prayer for the consumer to speak to her, written in Old Testament prose with a bit of contemporary sarcasm. Now I am thinking of you all, and also thinking of prayer. The act of prayer has seemed to be faithful to some of us while causing others to question; I think both situations are good. For me, prayer (i.e. confiding in or asking things of God) is a subject matter I struggle with; however, I feel absolutely comfortable throwing out this weird, somewhat cheese-ball, little thought to nesbit- to you guys (and the internet).

A process, a prayer:

Let me have courage.
To have Libby's compassion for people and propensity toward beauty.
To have Lauren's agile-appetite for learning and her gift of clear, fluid speech.
Sydney's ability to figure shit out, to adventure and her valor of inquiry.
And lastly, Eleanor's ability to lift herself from the conforms of what is already known- and go.

upcoming show

I'm Going Back.

Invading!!!

Bwahaha. This is Laurel, and I'm invading nesbit. Fear not! I'm invading with a benevolent purpose! I thought it would be an interesting experiment to submit a theme to various artist-types, see what each would create in response, and then have an exhibit of all the pieces together. Since I think all of you are amazing, talented, thoughtful artists, I would love to see what you might come up with. *ehem* So, the theme I had in mind:

"a woman's work is never done"

Let me know if you're interested, or if you have a piece that you've already made that you think would fit. If you can think of other artists who would enjoy participating, the more the merrier! My email: laurel.a.wilson@gmail.com

Thanks for letting me invade!

best job ever.

bad pictures- new work

oddly enough my work is scraping at the figurative...



also...I was wondering if you guys could collect produce twist ties for me...I'll give a prize to whoever collects the most...

Sydney so far has the lead but Libby does work in a super market.... I'm just saying. Thank you.

Manu-fractured

I just bought a beautiful book called Manufractured. It is full of amazing images of art that makes me want to just die. Gorgeous pieces made from everyday objects. Sculptures of combs stitched together, carefully cut-out plastic bottle skeletons and dresses construction from bobbins of thread.

The major chapter headings contain these key words:

Dissection
Fabrication
Accretion
Fusion
Provocation
Subversion
Infection
Variation
Manipulation
Ornamentation
Perception

Each chapter then highlights a different artist.



I'm having a hard time not drooling all over each and every page.

YGG Inspirations

Mostly this is for Jamie, but anyone else interested in Yo Gabba Gabba or children's shows in general should check this out. It's crazy!

"Kure Kure Takora" Japanese kid's show from the 70's

Can you say major inspiration piece?

studio

elly asked me to post images of my studio. so there you have it!

Photoshoot with the Red Starbucks Table Sweater

You may recognize this sweater-like thing if you work at Starbucks. Kate brought it home for me to play with. And so I played: