COMMISSIONED WORK AND OTHER EPHEMERA
Loosing oneself into a character is a truly liberating experience for an artist- Under the self imposed guise of an alternate reality I find myself creating and envisioning things through their imagined eyes, they tend to get away a whole lot more than I do.
The object of Too Many Chefs is to create a full day of delectable meals from ingredient cards including dessert and midnight snack. You can expand your own recipes or play off your opponents designing signature dishes for more points. Be the 1st player to reach 100 to win or be voted to head chef by fellow foodies and you win. Too Many Chefs challenges players to get creative with their ingredients and with luck game play translates back into the kitchen inspiring real life menu and recipe design.
Awhile back I had a delightful correspondence with one of my Etsy customers- she was looking to purchase several of the invisible ink kits which I carry in my shop and were featured in my Criminal Crafts book, she was wanting to purchase the kits to draft press releases for the video gam ...
We don't send out cards every year, there is so much going on including two December birthdays. Our buddy Rob Sams took the pictures- We love these so much, we're probably just send this card out every year or at least until the kids are old enough to watch Life Aquatic...
In late July this summer I asked my friends, “what was your breaking point” then added their words and images to custom made plates and shipped them around the country. My friends were tasked with breaking the china, returning it to me and adding their own documentation. I repaired these to the best of my ability, with the visible mends declaring, “by our actions, we are transformed”.