I’m trying do at least one creative thing each day. To keep on target with this goal, I’m taking a photo for proof and continued motivation. As for my efforts, some days are more creative than others. Not sure what happened on Wednesday?!?
Links glued for Art-o-mat
Finished bracelet-added latch
Bracelet revision-longer and latch
Another bracelet revision-added latch
Special request (contact from Hatch Show)
Spoken’–bike spoke earrings
Here’s a close up of the Art-O-Mat in Boston. These machine are art in themselves.
Boston Art-o-mat @Whole Foods
We hit the road (drove to the airport) and made our way to Boston. What a great town. We checked out the Contemporary Museum and the Harvard Art Gallery-both every nice. The highlight for me was the new Whole Foods grocery store where there is a most lovely yellow Art-o-mat machine. Again my wares where nowhere to be found but that was because I SOLD OUT!!!!! I did make a purchase from my friend Victoria Brown, who hosts the “mats” in in New Mexico. And a few days after we got back home, my inventory card arrived with my stats from Boston–yippee! Now back to work.
Whole Foods Art-o-mat Boston
Art-o-mat inventory card
Back in May I became obsessed with the Art-o-mat project–
http://www.artomat.org/
I did get accepted–yippee! and in Nov, I received my first check–yippee again. I am not looking to make a ton of money from these sales but I have joyed my interactions with the machines. The whole concept is fun for the artist and recipient of the art. I am blown away by being included in the “mat” at the SMITHSONIAN!!!!
Art-o-mat locations/inventory list
I have made a point to check out the “mats” when on the road. So far, my path has not crossed a machine containing with my work but I am nothing if not persistent! Here are the “mats” I’ve visited in 2014:
Mulvane Gallery Topeka KS
“Cave-mat” Santa Fe, NM
Community Convention Center
“Mat-hilda” at El Centro Santa Fe, NM
WOW! What a fun show. This was amazing on lots of levels. I was accepted to event in the first place was wonderful then to make it out to Santa Fe and back to Kansas City without too much difficulty in my 2005 “Clown Car” (with newly installed cruise control) was equally astounding. This is the first time we’ve been to New Mexico in Dec–beautiful weather except fog in Texas (aren’t they having a drought?!?!) I found out at my booth space would be bigger than expected, so that required a bigger setup than I had planned. Like some crazy game of “Tetris” in the back end of my hatchback, the car was loaded AND we could see out of the rear window, mostly. In Santa Fe and at the event I met up with some friends and met new vendors and customers who were delightful. At one point all the people at my booth had a Kansas City connection! Here’s the summery in photos.
Trunk with booth set up
Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic
Booth display