It's still a month away.....

It's still a month away, but the Deja Vu show featuring arts and crafts from recycled materials is one of my favorites, so I had to start writing about it now. In the works are some great "born again" pieces. Updates to follow.

Feline Groovy!

We're headed to Nashville, Tn this weekend for the TACA Fall Art Festival.  It's been awhile since we've been to the music city, but good friends and great art show beckon our return.  The Tennessee Association of Craft Artists produces a three day fair, held in Centennial Park featuring 200 artists.  

Usually during our van-packing we are joined by Gita, our Siamese who thinks she should travel whenever the van doors are open.  Many times we've discovered her a few miles down the road on our way to a show.  Packed in the van this time (in place of Gita) will be "Feline Groovy" our latest kit and kaboodle sculpture created using recycled materials.  This piece stands almost 3 feet tall and collecting all the "stuff" used in it's creation took some time. Many pieces on this work are courtesy of Martina Celerin.  Martina is an exceptional artist who spends almost as many hours scouring the recycling centers as well creating beautiful dimensional weavings.  We're happy she thinks of us!  Check out her latest work here: martinacelerin.blogspot.com/

We hope some of you will be able to join us in Nashville!  

Ringo Flamingo

9/09/09 is here!  The re-mastered version of the Beatles catalogue is released, and Ringo Flamingo is loaded in the van for a debut at the Penrod Art Fair this weekend in Indianapolis.  Strictly a coincidence, or cosmic convergence?

Check out Ringo and all the other fab mosaics at Moe's Ache Studio's booth (Green 86) at The Penrod Art Fair this Saturday, September 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  www.penrod.org/artsfair.html

Fourth Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts!!

With great weather predicted, a new show layout and lots of wacky work from Moe's Ache Studio, this year's Fourth Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts is destined to be one of the best!   

All artists will now be on 4th Street thanks to an addition of a new block from Dunn to Indiana.  This expansion includes lots of walkways between booths, giving patrons a better opportunity to browse without the crowds.  Cooler temps and great art under shady trees should further enhance the Fourth Street experience.  

Moe's Ache Studio will be moving "up street" in a double booth #97-98 (closer to Dunn Street).  

Look for our giant mosaic fish, "Marlon Grando" and an oversized mixed media pumpkin, currently referred to as the "Big A-- Pumpkin" and you'll know you are in the right booth!  

'Looking forward to seeing you there!

Show hours are Saturday, September 5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, September 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

More info about the festival at:  http://4th.street.festival.googlepages.com/

Awesome Artist Yard Sale A Success!

Beautiful, cool August temps. and crowds of people looking for art, bargains and "stuff" made for a great sale this past Friday and Saturday.  All the artists were tired, but happy to have cleared their studios and closets and put a few dollars in their pockets as a result.

Now it's back to the studio to get some pieces finished for the 34th Fourth Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts.  I only hope Labor Day weekend will be as beautiful as this past one.  What a crazy August! 

July is going too fast!

We just returned from Krasl Art Fair in St. Joe, Michigan.   With perfect weather, great crowds and a double booth to show off all the pieces we've been working on, it was a good show.

Now it's back to the studio to get ready for two of our favorite shows.

The Fourth Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts, Labor Day weekend, and Penrod the following weekend.  It sounds like a long way off, but the way July has slipped by, they both will be here before I'm ready.

I'm in the process of cleaning out the studio for the first annual "Artists' Yard Sale" to take place August 21-22.  I know this will be a great sale, because artists always have the best "stuff".  More info to come, but be prepared for a great yard sale!

More "Fowl" Art

A soggy Fourth is behind us, and we're looking forward to a great weekend in Saint Joe, Michigan for the Krasl Art Fair.  Set on a bluff, overlooking Lake Michigan, it's a perfect setting for an art show.  Great work, cool breezes and hopefully, cooperative weather both days.  

Even though we've been concentrating on making garden pieces for this show, I couldn't resist finishing up "Wired Rooster".  He's actually an indoor piece.  A mosaic, beaded rooster set in a chicken wire frame....more "Fowl Art".