Gluttony tip of the day!

This past week I've been using powdered strawberry mix instead of sugar in my coffee. And Boy, is it tasty! (rubbing belly)

Behold the 2-d zoo!

Loookkkkkiee!!! The zoo fabric from my boots!!! I wish they had it in black so I could make matching accessories!! Here is the linkage.

Pippi Octopus

For the fair this Saturday, I am going to try to have at least 5 different ones to sell. Now who wants to come over and make softies in my non-sweaty sweatshop? Anyone? Do I see a hand raised in the back of the room?

Madrid Timmie finds his monster brother!

Check it out!

I must reproduce!

I definitely need to have kids so I can make them go around with hats like this!

Right now I am listening to Russian hip-hop (i think it's russian) and working on octopi for the fair.

ART FAIR!

ART FAIR!, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

My first art fair! Mark your calendar kids and come on down! I will be sharing a table with The Adventures of Bio Boy creator Sal Cipriano at the Pratt Art Fair this upcoming Saturday!
I will be selling my crochet toys and maybe some small softies portraits. I am so horribly unprepared! EEK!


Here is the info:

SPEND THE DAY IN FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL

DON'T MISS THE 2ND ANNUAL PRATT ART FAIR AND THE EXCITING MYRTLE MAIN STREET FESTIVAL!

OCTOBER 15, 2005
10AM to 6PM
HALL STREET BETWEEN DEKALB AND WILLOUGHBY STREET
BROOKLYN, NY!

CELEBRATE THE FANTASTIC ARTISTS FOUND IN BROOKLYN, THE UNIQUE MERCHANTS FOUND ON MYRTLE AVENUE, ENTERTAINERS, KIDDIE RIDES, RESTAURANTS TASTINGS AND MORE!!!

More Info at: http://www.pratt.edu/artfair2005/

Illustration Friday- "LOST"

Illustration Friday- "LOST", originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Nothing breaks my heart more in the winter than to see lost gloves on the sidewalk. So I was thinking if I ever become mayor of NYC I would have the NYGRU- New York Glove Recovery Unit. Found gloves would be tagged and filed according to location found. If you lose one of your gloves you just head down to the G.R.U. and see if someone has returned it. Also if I was mayor, I would hire homeless people to work at visitor info kiosks. Who would know the streets any better then them?

Oh, you are sooo fine......art.

Here is the work of Malcolm "Skip" T. Liepke , one of my art heroes! I can't get enough of his work, and they sell like hot cakes. Is a hot cake a pancake? Why don't they say they sell like pancakes? And who knew pancakes were so popular? I guess they are because we have an international house of them. In any case I love this guy's work. check it out!

I want to try this so bad!

Printing directly on to fabric!

I can't wait to buy all the stuff and try it!

violet octopus

violet octopus, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Here is my new accountant. She is a very hands/tentacles on kinda octopus.

Bob the Angry Sixtopus

Bob the Angry Sixtopus, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Star Magnolia asked me a few weeks back to crochet her character Bob the Angry Sixtopus, so here he is in all his orange glory! I hope you like it Amy!

Illustration Friday - "Float"

Illustration Friday - "Float", originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Timmie regretted buying the balloon...

Object Image Gallery

A few of my 4 by 6 still-lifes are for sale at Object Image Gallery in Park Slope- 91 5th avenue, Brooklyn, New York . So if anyone is in the area and bored, go check it out!

Also if you are in Manhattan around 57th street go to the Art Students League on 57th street between 7th and Broadway to visit the "THEN and NOW" exhibition on the 2nd floor. One of my pieces that I created a few years back is in the show. (it is of a guy with a black hat with a bright baby blue background) Also in the show is a piece from Norman Rockwell and Georgia O'Keefe!

If anyone goes, let me know what you think...

Cimba's Buttons!

This was my favorite part of the package!

Package from Italy!

Cimba sent me all this fun stuff! She is so crazy generous, look at all this! (click to enlarge)

Here's what's in it :

- Decorative stickers for windows/glass
- frog washing mit
- a carrot sponge
- a twisty pencil that really works
- an ostrich pen (it's called a punk pen)
- a sack of buttons
- a sack of ribbons from the 1950's
- vintage fabrics
- notebook
- a squirrel keychain/bottle opener
- tic tacs
- hello kitty hair clips

Thanks Cimba you were so good to me! I love it all! My internet friends definitely know my taste better than the people I am surrounded with every day! You rock internet friends!!

"belongings" for drawn together group

"belongings" for drawn together group, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

This is for the Drawn Together group on Flickr.

This guy is embarrassed for his obsession with collecting storage.

Look what bloodybunny made!

cherrys on back, originally uploaded by bloodybunny.

I love it! You go BB!

Freshmint Bunny is moving to Montreal!

She is pictured here brushing up on her Francais while she sips on her faux coffee!

mushroom cap dude

mushroom cap dude, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Here he is!

The tip of the day: wait for varnish to cure before playing. I went to take mushroom dude out of the bottle and a piece of his face scraped off. arrgh. I have no patience for waiting for things to dry.

Watercolor Studies

watercolor studies from Sept., originally uploaded by m patrizio.

From this month's painting sessions. Each painting is done in 2 sittings of 3 hours each. The one on the left is from Week 2 and the one on the right is from Week 4. What happened to week 3's painting you might ponder? Well, that week I completely forgot how to paint and draw and came home with a painting that was complete poo which I immediately gessoed over in hopes of at least salvaging the paper.

mushroom sculpture

mushroom sculpture, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

As per bloodybunny's suggestion to quit your droolin' and make your own stuff. I started making this mushroom. Right now I am waiting for the paint to dry so I can varnish this sucker and add it as a cap to a bottle I have laying around. I will post that pic as soon as it is done. I am sure you won't be able to sleep tonight in utter anticipation. Right? ;)

Added to the shop!

candy cane girl- For sale at www.mpatrizio.etsy.com, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

I've just added Candy Cane Girl to the shop!

Dear shiny rounded red objects,

wooden coin banks, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

I love you.


Sincerely,
m.p.

Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.

These fine objects are wooden coin banks from France made by the company VILAC. Check out their website, all their work is amazing!

Meet Candy Cane Girl!

candy cane girl, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

I stayed up till 6 a.m. this morning finishing this chica. I think she came out sweet. I originally made the long striped legs for her, but when i tested them out it looked really bad. So I decided to go with the short stumpy striped legs instead.

More droolables!

Other than the elusive cram cream items, I go crazy over decole stuff. I've been collecting images of all the stuff I would want if someone in America ever decided to import them. Hello retailers! Wake up and smell the cold hard cash of cute addicts!

Here are my only U.S. cram cream resources
giantrobot
fredflare

And Some Decole links - Japanese sites
Here
And here

Now if I only knew how to read Japanese, life would be grand.

Lopsided Larry featured on ETSY!

I just noticed Lopsided Larry is a featured item on Etsy this week. How exciting! I hope the fame doesn't go to his head!

I must possess this elephant tape!

If anyone knows how I can get my paws on this tape let me know. :)

Happy Birthday Olivia!

One of my Bunny Satchels is going to Olivia for her 9th birthday from her sweet aunt Jen. Happy Birthday Olivia! I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Illustration Friday's theme "fresh"

This is what happens when baked goods get fresh.

My chubby goth girl finished

Olivia, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Here she is. Her hair was inspired by 'Amelie' and her outfit from an actual outfit I saw a girl wearing at a bar.