This belt series starts with natural vegetable tanned raw leather which is hand-screened, hand-dyed and hand-set with steel or brass rivets. The dying process involves custom tinting eco-friendly dye and applying it over a period of several hours in order to get rich and lavish tones. The belts are then hand polished to a high [...]
It takes confidence and cheek to do a long steady slow funk beat, fill it with the odd grunt and swoosh that promises to break it all down, and then not, and then not, and then not again; but somehow it has built quietly all the way through while you were looking elsewhere and you’re [...]
Sweet Reese from San Francisco indie electro players (possibly playas) Butterfly Bones sent us an MP3 from their album Pretty Feelings, a collection of “stuff we’ve been working on in our co-op basement;” which suggests a shockingly hot basement, because their tracks make me want to jerk my spine and shoulders in bizarre but satisfying [...]
Seven MFA candidates from San Francisco’s Academy of Art University were chosen to show their collections at New York fashion week 2009. Here are my personal favorites, sampled from the Swellelife, check out her post in full for more.
it’s refreshing to see each of these student designers doing something distinctly different from one [...]
Every city has these, buildings emptied out long ago and stuck for decades in bureaucratic limbo, claimed by countless people who are happy to make use of them. Seems like these would be good starting points for community run spaces, art galleries and safe sleeps and more, non? In honour of the kids who left [...]
Hello lovers of happy colorfull art. Here just ta let ya know of some group art shows Im participating these days.
Check it out if your in the area!
SAN FRANCISCO- “Suite Jesus”, November 21st, at Mina Gallery (111 Mina)
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Hello today, wassap? I should be back in Montreal very soon, for less than a week, so if you’d like to see me or one of my latest drawings, please come and join us at a Group Skart show, organised by Artis clothing. Happens this June 20th at 2817 Ontario Est. Wish I had a [...]
Well, if you’re a Canadian kid seeking the indie music in your town, chances are good you know or need to know Stillepost – a moderator-coordinated forum of show listings from all the dark lovely holes in the walls of towns across the nation, which also plays host to some rebel yells, and fights and [...]
High, this is my first blog on Indyish so Im sorta nervous, but i wanted to let ya know of a couple of group shows I will be participating in the next week.
The first one is called “La Paria” and is organized by our local skateboard scene. This is our 3rd year showing the artwork [...]
We may be in mid November…but Halloween is still fresh in my mind.
Anyone who’s lived in San Francisco is well aware of Dolores Park in the Mission district. Similar to Mount Royal on a Sunday, Dolores Park has an eclectic mix of people chilling on the side of its slope, overlooking the beautiful SF skyline. [...]