Winning

I won the RNEST team September Challenge! The theme was "vampires" and I carved a cool classic image of the godfather of goth, Dracula, as represented by the face of Bela Lugosi for my rubber stamp. I can see this stamp used on trick or treat bags, Halloween postcards, on envelopes of Halloween cards, party favors, or all over a blood stained t-shirt (no, haven't tried this one myself).


I had some gory competition from FrancescaDeCaire and Sculptress Link but I will admit I really wanted to have my monster stamps at the top of the RNEST blog for the month of October. So what do you do when you want something? You call up your friends. So I harassed my letterboxing comrades and they responded in droves! Thank you my inky brethren!

Hope you have fun this Halloween season, and be sure to check out all my Halloween themed stamps at my etsy shop!

Drinking Blood

I have been working on some stamps for Halloween.  I am very attracted to the classic movie monsters.  I think these are so iconic that people know right away who they are!  Here is Dracula, as portrayed by Bela Lugosi.  I entered it in our RNEST Challenge for September with was themed "vampires."  Voting is going on now.  If I win the vote I get the prime parking space on the RNEST blog for my etsy shop mini.  That would be cool going into October, because I'm adding new monster stamps each day.

Artist Row 2011

I'll have my stamps at Artist Row again this year! This is an AWESOME event. Over 150 artists with wonderful arts and crafts. It all goes down at the Public Market in Rochester on Sunday, September 18th from 10-4. I'll be in booth A37. My father-in-law Dick Beery will have his incredible photography across the isle from me. Some other folks from my RNEST group too! See you there!

P.S. I will have some limited edition "Greetings from Rochester" hand stamped postcards as a giveaway when you make a purchase!

Staff Infection 7

At the University of Rochester, they have had a gallery show called "Staff Infection" for six years for the staff of the IT Center and Rush Rhees Library. This year, they opened to all staff university wide. I submitted my "Rochester in Rubber" exhibit that I premiered at ArtAwake this year, and I'm proud to say it was accepted. The showing opened today (8/8/11) and continues through the end ofAugust.

The gallery is in the Art and Music library on the ground floor of Rush Rhees library (in what we call the Tunnel Level). There will be a closing reception on August 30th from 4-7 pm.

As part of my exhibit, you can make a postcard with my stamp that says, "Greetings from Rochester".

I hope you can drop by and see Staff Infection 7.

Mayday Underground April 30th

This will be my third "Mayday Underground" event! The first two have been smashing successes that I am really looking forward to this one. It's April 30th, from 10 am - 4 pm.

What I love best about this arts and crafts show, is the wide variety of artisans at the show, and the knowledgeable crowd that frequents it. Amanda and Casey do an incredible job organizing and executing this show, and this time around we will be at the Main St. Armory at 900 E. Main, Rochester, NY.

I have lots of my usual correspondence stamps (Air Mail, Snail Mail, Owl Mail), as well as some of my "LOL stamps" (brb, h8r, omg, etc.), "man stamps" (tools, westerns, beer), horror/goth stamps (Vincent Price, zombie, Creature, Godzilla, etc.), as well as a big selection of bird stamps.

Did I mention this is going to be the biggest Mayday yet? Around 90 vendors! I doubt it will be this big again. This is going to be a fun day of shopping. I'm going to have a hard time not trading all my stamps away for other great art!

See you all there!