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Posts from — June 2008

Lustlab Ad of the Week: 6/19

Yes, those are balls. Look at a photo!!
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LUST, the “Lustlab Ad of the Week” book collection, is out and on the shelves! You can order it here directly from the Fantagraphics web-catalog. “Lustlab Ad of the Week” is a comic adaptation of one of the week’s kinky personal ads in Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, and I post them here every Wednesday(ish).

June 19, 2008   No Comments

Public Art Is Different From Regular Art

Last Wednesday’s public meeting about Mike Ross’s and my art for the Capitol Hill Sound Transit Station went great, really great. Standing room only, and a very thoughtful, positive discussion.

So here’s my proposal!! Two, actually: two murals. “Crossed Pinkies,” the mural for the (main) North Entry, is about 45′ long and 13′ high.

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From the corner of Broadway and John:

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Here’s a neat-o InSketch movie of what it might look like to walk into the station, thanks to Hewitt Architects:

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“Walking Fingers,” the mural for the West Entry, is 28′ wide by 20′ high.

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The view from the east side of Broadway, looking west:

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Neat-o InSketch movie:

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More about the project….

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June 17, 2008   2 Comments

Lustlab Ad of the Week: 6/12

“G showers” is golden showers – which is kind of poetic actually, no?

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LUST, the “Lustlab Ad of the Week” book collection, is out and on the shelves! You can order it here directly from the Fantagraphics web-catalog. “Lustlab Ad of the Week” is a comic adaptation of one of the week’s kinky personal ads in Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, and I post them here every Wednesday(ish).

June 13, 2008   No Comments

Sound Transit ‘N’ Me, Update

Be square! Or be there! I will unveil my proposal to the public for the first time! Mike’s piece has been super-controversial, so expect some excitement! Regina Hackett, the art critic for the Seattle P-I, blogged about the hoo-ha and had some nice things to say about me:

Ross will be in town June 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m. to try to sell himself to the wary: Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave. Helping him go over will be Seattle graphic art star Ellen Forney, tapped to do murals in the station.

(I want the station to have her hands. Love the hands.)

On Capitol Hill, Forney’s a rock star.

(Regina: guess what? You will get your hands!)

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June 5, 2008   No Comments

Post #2: Lustlab Ad of the Week x2

Two for the price of one! (Oops!)

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LUST, the “Lustlab Ad of the Week” book collection, is out and on the shelves! You can order it here directly from the Fantagraphics web-catalog. “Lustlab Ad of the Week” is a comic adaptation of one of the week’s kinky personal ads in Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, and I post them here every Wednesday(ish).

June 5, 2008   No Comments