Here’s a preview of the latest project- we’re printing coasters!
This set is 4 woodblocks- this is a scan of the actual blocks, carved and ready for proofing.
Coasters
There will also be a set of ocean coasters designed by Chad Clikeman! Come see these at the Charles Village Festival, June 5th at the corner of Charles and 29th!
Bowerbox Press will also be showing at the Pile of Craft and Artscape- check back for more details soon.
Bowerbox Press will be taking part in the
thrown by Saramar Studios (connection: my middle school art teacher is one-half of Patrinkets Jewelry!)
PATRINKETS and SARAMAR STUDIOS present
AFFORDABLE FINE ART GIFT SHOW
Local Artists share their works with easy price points for the Holiday Season
OPEN HOUSE RECEPTION
FRI NOV 6TH 6-9PM and SAT NOV 7TH 1-5PM
Shop in the privacy and comfort of our home studio, Refreshments and lite fare provided.
Available works from your favorite local Artists:
Val Lucas - Roger Miller - Mary Walsh Reynolds - Cathy Leaycraft
Carol Jean Bertsch - Theresa Novak - Katie Fisher
Michelle Dwyer - Thea Osato - Ben Ruble
Frank H. Simmonds IV - Patti Battaglia - Sara Murphy
Saramar Studios is located at:
3371 Saint Benedict Street
Baltimore Maryland 21229
(Directly behind Rheb’s Candies)
It’s November, which means it’s time for craft shows and holiday shopping. The first show on the list is the Charm City Craft Mafia’s Holiday Heap, held on November 15, indoors at St. John’s Church located at 2640 St. Paul St, Baltimore from 10AM - 5PM (at the corner of 27th and St. Paul Streets in beautiful Charles Village). There will be over 50 vendors from Baltimore and across the country, music, yummy food and great people.
More information is available at the CCCM site here.
This is open to everyone, and is free! So please bring your family and friends for a fun day of the best craft Baltimore has to offer.
Applications for the Charm City Craft Mafia’s annual Holiday Heap craft fair are up now!
Click here for a link to apply.
Sometime in the near future, I will be making the trek to Nebraska, to drive my geriatric artcar to Carhenge, where it will live out its days quietly rusting away. On a whim, I emailed and asked if they would be interested in it for their sculpture park. Meanwhile I had posted it on Craigslist, much to the amusement of Baltimore- who sent me messages like, LOL you’re funny, and insincerely offered ridiculous amounts of money. The re-registration deadline is also looming, so I was pretty close to scrapping it. But, Carhenge wants it, as long as I get it out there. (Nebraska is awfully far away. And Carhenge is on the *other* side of Nebraska.)
So, possibly next month, my mom and I will drive out there, fingers crossed that nothing breaks on the way (at least nothing essential to driving,) and park the car at its final home! If you see an artcar headed west, wave!
I will be unveiling my new line of letterpressed cards in 2 weeks at the Pile of Craft fair in Baltimore!
4 colors of birthday cards and 2 new colors of thank you cards.
here’s a peek: 
Some upcoming events for the summer:
June 21, Pile of Craft at 2640 St Paul St - I will have a table, come see what’s new!
July 17, Opening of Penned show at Artscape
July 18-20, ARTSCAPE! 3 days of art- I will have my artcar on display, and will be selling in the DIY tent.
My piece Since Moving to Charles Village is on view at the MICA 15×15 Alumni Exhibition. And it’s for sale too- help me and the scholarship fund at the same time! The show is up until June 22, and you can see my piece and others here. (listed alphabetically)
chad and i went to see radiohead last night at nissan pavilion.
and by see, i mean:
drive from ellicott city to rt 66 via the beltway in pouring rain and stop-and-go traffic,
take the wrong exit on 66 due to poor directions and dial-up navigation via phone,
stop at gas station #1 and get urged to follow stoned guy to the concert,
ditch him when he makes a seemingly suicidal almost-turn going the wrong way on the highway,
stop at gas station #2 and learn that we were going the right way before but just not far enough,
drive through flooded battlefields and worry about the car stopping in 6 inches of water,
finally see a sign for nissan and turn left to join a huge queue of cars,
inch along another few miles,
get directed into the farthest parking lot,
suit up in raincoats and boots to walk 10 minutes to the pavilion,
(did i mention it’s still pouring rain?)
find an empty almost overflowing portapotty but use it anyway,
enter the venue and climb massive stairs to the lawn area,
see RADIOHEAD!
stand in the rain for an hour,
leave before the 2 (!) encores,
get back to the car and sort of dry off,
proceed to move 10 feet and stop,
try going the other way out of the parking lot,
stop again and then sit in the car for two and a half hours,
doze off while chad sleeps and people around us honk and wait,
finally begin to move and notice that all the other cars are somehow gone ahead of us,
maneuver thru the almost empty parking lot,
re-enter the one road that leads to the place,
inch along some more,
finally reach the highway,
and return to baltimore at 3:45 AM, unable to sleep.
total time elapsed- 10 hours. time spent in car- 8.5 hours. time spent seeing radiohead- 1 hour. maybe.
i will never go to nissan pavilion again. but i hear that we were the lucky ones- by coming that back way we avoided the detour that people from rt 66 were led on, which lasted 2 hours and ended up with most of the people being turned away without ever seeing the parking lots. there are some angry, sad radiohead fans today.
http://consumerist.com/5008714/radiohead-flooding-forces-fans-to-circle-parking-lot-for-3-hours
