Posted on February 23, 2008 by lovekillmonster
Am currently hiding on the top floor of Top Pot Doughnuts and experiencing the ephemeral quality of bliss. Drinking a 12-oz Americano and noshing a plain cake donut. All this bliss for only $3.00? Ah, the perfections of simplicity. By day am working nonstop on spring collection–reading, reading, reading, designing, designing, designing. By night am [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2008 by lovekillmonster
Lacquered coffee beads, originally uploaded by alexispl.
It started last summer. I was eating a muffin and I noticed how sticky it was. I have a theory that anything that is or can be made sticky can be made into a bead. (I love beadmaking). So, I smashed the muffin into a tiny bead.
I [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2008 by lovekillmonster
The Love Kill Monster Studios are relocating to an exciting new space, and I am preparing for 2008 exhibits, so I will be on hiatus, and I will not be posting any new blog posts until March 2008. Until then, best wishes for an artful and joyous life experience.
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Posted on February 4, 2008 by lovekillmonster
Ferklempt would be the word to describe my unusual inability to articulate my reaction to a work of art. Yet ferklempt I am after examining the work of jewelry artist Nick Cave whose Sound Suits adorn the recent edition of Ornament Magazine. Whenever I read a book or article about art, I first look at [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2008 by lovekillmonster
Having finished Cheryl Mendelson’s Anything for Jane, my appetite was whetted for more, especially since I discovered that the book was part of a trilogy, which I was reading out of order. I read the first book in the trilogy, Morningside Heights then went to the third book, Anything for Jane, and I [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2008 by lovekillmonster
One of the places I like to hide in the city is this quirky coffee house in Belltown where, today, a guy named Ryan gave me the Best! Venti! Soy! Caffe Viennese! Ever! (I didn’t sleep well last night, so I’m a little punchy). This coffee house, Uptown Espresso, is known as the “Home of [...]
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