Yesterday I passed a lady riding a pony cart on the sidewalk of North Lombard street. The lady and the pony went by with a friendly smile as I stood there and marveled. (Marveled for long enough that I completely missed the chance to take a photo). Perhaps the lady had decided it was cheaper (or more fun) to drive the pony to the store to get ( Read more... )

No Harry Potter for me until my half-day off tomorrow. But I am actually enjoying maskmaking again. Especially in my shiny, clean studio ( Read more... )

Oh my god, cleaning the studio feels SO GOOD!!!!!! Finally got word about the 300 mask project, it will actually just be 100-200 masks, and I will be meeting with the one of the client's people tomorrow. Studio has been a dump for about 6 months--we have had about 10 projects in a row without a free moment to CLEAN, CLEAN CLEAN! So now that I have ( Read more... )

Eat, (when I remember)

sleep, (fitfully)

and make masks.

Attempt fruitlessly to please the client.

Is this what I want out of life?

50 mask order, 5 days worked so far:

2 finished masks (from existing inventory)
23 detail-painted masks awaiting finishing steps (i.e. feathers, beaded trim, lining, ribbons etc)
4 crackle-painted masks awaiting detail painting
10 primed masks awaiting crackle paint application
11 trimmed masks awaiting paint of any kind.

I have been meaning to post a report from Orycon for the past few days, but have been (as usual) terribly busy.

( Orycon report!!! )

Suprise cello concert from Zoe Keating (Rasputina) tomorrow in Portland, she is opening for Savage Republic:

Thur Nov. 10
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, Oregon
$10
More info here, except, Aaargh! they don't say what time it is at!

Zoe will also be playing in Seattle on Friday November 11th as part of the Rockrgrl Conference.Then on ( Read more... )

Uh oh. I just checked the Orycon website and discovered I am supossed to set up my display panel in the Art Show tonight (between 4pm and 11pm), rather than tomorrow morning. I could have sworn I have always set up my art on Friday Mornings at Orycon in the past! Now, I have plenty of masks ready to hang, but I'm not sure if I will be able to ( Read more... )

Here is a remarkable article I stumbled across describing Kali Puja celebrations for Divali in Calcutta.

I also just found out that the oldest Kali Temple in the USA is right here in Portland, OR.

I just noticed this in Neil Gaman's journal from yesterday:

"Maddy, currently a demon-child in a red dress, red make-up and some nifty red horns I was given while on tour..."Yes, that would be one of the three sets of horns I presented him with last month. The red ones I included were the really tall, curvy red and black style, and I had a feeling ( Read more... )