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I’m a renegade. No wait, I’m AT Renegade

Written on December 18, 2010 by alyson in craft show

Or will be tomorrow. And Sunday.

I kind of can’t believe it. Last week was a banner week here at Drywell headquarters, with three days of incredibly exciting and successful shows. Too much for words to describe, so I’ll show some pics of the Indie Mart at Academy of Sciences and Bazaar Bizarre SF holiday show.

drywell booth @ Indie Mart Academy of Sciences

my mom and I at Bazaar Bizarre SF Holiday

It was so amazing to see people have a double take with my “Meat My City” posters, laugh at my weird art, and tell me that they were buying prints to give as gifts! And I met SO many people who said that they already owned some of my art! That was crazy. crazy awesome, right?

Anyways, I’m busy gearing up for Renegade tomorrow and Sunday, but took a little time off to make 2 dozen meat ornaments. Maybe not the most productive use of my time, but totally worth it.

If you’re in San Francisco, I really hope to see you this weekend at Renegade. The line up is awesome, and you can get your holiday shopping done in one fell swoop. And maybe you can snag a print of my newest little blocky piece!

Renegade Holiday Fair: 11am to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday, at the Concourse East hall, 7th & Brannan

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Tonight TONIGHT!

Written on December 2, 2010 by alyson in craft show

Busy busy here, scurrying to get ready for the Indie Craft Fundraiser, TONIGHT at Hotel Rex in San Francisco. It should be tons of fun and I’m excited to reveal a lot of new items, including holiday cards! (woo!) I’ll post some pics later today if I get a second.

If you’re local, I’d love to see you there!

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i was so afraid of the beard that i forgot to blog

Written on November 5, 2010 by alyson in craft show, my artsy stuff

Insanity over here folks! October was an epic-ly awesome month of travel, fun and socializing (East Coast wedding, reunion with high school pals in TX, Oktoberfest, an amazing beach wedding weekend involving s’mores, masks, and beer drinking in the ocean, and yeah, some World Series celebrating). Which means there wasn’t quite as much work being done as I’d like. So November has been dubbed “Nofunvember” in out house. At least no non-arty fun!!

Why the lock down? Well, Drywell Art will be in FOUR, yes FOUR craft shows this December.* And holy crap, they are going to be awesome. So I’m a busy bee right now, developing new arty goodness, taking over every available space in our tiny one bedroom apartment, and avoiding being buried under a sea of supplies.

The goal is to have some festive holiday cards, a full line of “Meat My City” posters (like the “San Francisco is for Carnivores” one), some fab originals, and some new tshirts. Another goal is to be posting some little glimpses into the insanity that is a holiday season for art folks on the craft circuit. I’m getting pretty excited!

*Want to know the line up?? Well, they are all in San Francisco

Thursday, December 2nd :: Handcrafted Holidays at Hotel Rex (late afternoon to evening)
Thursday, December 8th :: IndieMart at the California Academy of Sciences (evening)
Saturday and Sunday, December 10th and 11th :: Bazaar Bizarre at Fort Mason. (all day)
Saturday and Sunday, December 18th and 19th :: Renegade Holiday at the Concourse in Golden Gate Park. (all day)

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more indie marting!

Written on July 16, 2010 by alyson in craft show, meat sections, my artsy stuff

Wow. It’s apparently been a month since I’ve posted. Which means I’ve been busy, which is good, but I’m going to make an effort to post here a bit more regularly.

Part of the business has been prepping for my second Indie-Mart, this Sunday July 18th in San Francisco. I’m adding a fair number of new prints, mostly from my daily art project MEAT SECTIONS. The project has been getting a lot of good attention lately, including a big feature over at Serious Eats, one of my favorite food blogs.

So I’ve been busy posting there every day, and I feel like little Blocky might be feeling neglected. But he always feels kind of bad….

Any who, if you are in the San Francisco area, come by and say hello at Indie Mart! I’ll be right by the entrance, at 17th and Wisconsin. It’s a great event, with really tasty food (including tater tots!) and some amazing vendors.

IndieMart Street Fair
Sunday July 18th
Thee Parkside : Wisconsin, between 16th and 17th
San Francisco
12pm to 6pm
$3

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Indie Mart wrap-up

Written on June 16, 2010 by alyson in craft show, meat sections, my artsy stuff

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.

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