Just a quick note to let you know that my “San Francisco is for Carnivores” poster is now available in my esty shop for $25.
I’m super proud of this design. I drew a map of all the San Francisco neighborhoods and fit that within the shape of a pig, making it into a butchery diagram (complete with labels for ham, hock, and jowl)!
It was super well received at Indie Mart and I’m really happy that it’s now up in the shop! I’ll be posting the grey version later today.
The supplies are limited for now, because I’m printing them at home with my super serious archival pigment ink Epson R2400 printer. The ink requires a 24 hour drying time, and for now I don’t have the physical space to make tons of them. I’m in the process of finding a local printer (offset or screen printer) to make them in slightly larger quantities.
**** UPDATE – as of December 2010, posters are offset print by Pinball, using soy inks on 100% recycled paper. They are AMAZING. The only difference in the new prints is that I got rid of the white border. And because they are offset print, some slight imperfections occur .. like a teeny tiny dot here and there, which is par for the course with offset printing, and make the posters look even more awesome.****
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hello! I feel like I’ve been away for awhile, with all the IndieMart prep (and subsequent recovery!) This was my first craft show ever as a vendor, and it was ridiculously fun and a huge success.
Thanks to all my friends who came out to support me, the friends that they brought along, and all the attendees at the Indie Mart. A special thanks to Kelly and Monica, the organizers behind IndieMart, who recruited me and made the Indie Mart so awesome! The event went by so fast, mostly I think because our booth was busy almost the whole time.
I was excited to do an event like this but didn’t anticipate how fun it would be to actually interact with folks and see their reactions to my art. There was a lot of laughing and expressions of meat love. It was pretty gratifying, especially since I work in a bubble, and mostly just make things that get me or Steve to laugh. It was nice that other folks found me funny too.
It was also interesting to see which were the big sellers (“really fucking good pig“, “rainbow vomit“, and my brand spankin’ new “SF is for Carnivores” poster) and which ones surprisingly weren’t (the hot dog and artichoke heart, two of my favorites!)
And…. good news everyone! I’ll be participating in next month’s Indie Mart too – Sunday July 18th, same location!
next post …. lessons learned at my first craft show.
Whew! I’ve been a busy bee, wrapping up some final pieces for Indie-Mart on Sunday. I’m excited to offer a larger print of “Ghost Meat” in 13×19 that frankly, looks amazing. There will also be tons of prints, mostly in the 5×7 range along with some pig butchery figurines and even some originals.
The whole event should be blast, with live music, cheap beer, food, DIY terrariums, and puppies(!)
If you’re in the area, come on by and check it out! I’ll be smack dab in the middle of everything.
Indie Mart
Wisconsin, between 16th and 17th
San Francisco
12pm to 6pm
Sunday, June 6th
