shelter, swelter or soak.

Those were the primary options over the weekend, but we had a good one of it anyway. A roving wander took us through Vinegar Hill , DUMBO and into the Heights on Saturday, finally trapped in air conditioning with beer and a Mets game as the torrents began in earnest. Tasted and bought some delicious things at the New Amsterdam Market on Sunday before being caught in another downpour on Mott street.

I've been missing Pi lately. Being a cold water fish, he never did care much for summer (I sometimes put ice cubes in his tank to melt and give him some relief from fish soup conditions). Oddly enough, he's still in the freezer, awaiting a proper burial. At Coney, later in the year, I think-- where Tres was also ceremonially laid to rest.

the Solstice has come and gone

Thanks to all who made their way out to Red Hook last week, whether for the opening or since. The collection from the opening (minus the pieces that have sold, of course) are still at Metal and Thread, along with myriad other lovely things, so do stop by if you haven't yet.

It's dark dark dark in Brooklyn today, and it puts me in mind of Winter days. This year, I shall be looking forward to the month of November, if for only one reason: a strange thing called NaNoWriMo. I've signed up already and it certainly sounds like heady fun.

digital

The problem of email (how or if it will be manipulated back into Pandora's box, or at least made to fit in one's Inbox); Texting; the omnipresence and simultaneous nonexistence of Blogs; IKEA: "if you build it and provide transport, they will come"; an hallucinatory human-sized bird cage; horse-porn as a tool in an Election year;

Moreover:
(from previous asides)
Were the Hulk's pants similarly affected by radiation, for there is otherwise no passable reason for "suspension of disbelief" (an ongoing problem still not tackled in 2008)--
and
How, in the future (read: now) everything is affordable, excepting the cost of living (eg: furniture; air conditioners; hi-def anything; iPhones; and external hard drives-- nearly free).

electroweb

The new electrofork site is launched.
Photos and Fine art missing, but soon to re-emerge (with much more than was on electrofork) at elizabethdaggar.com

In other news, some of my artwork may be appearing in the apartment of the young and the Real on a cable network near you before long, so keep an eye here for further details. See you at Metal and Thread in Red Hook this Thursday!

Of summer and a small island off the coast

A quick mid-morning missive, from an air conditioned perch in a small office building in Manhattan; I'm covering for a friend while he takes a long weekend. I woke later than planned, and had to rush but caught the N just as i descended the staircase at Atlantic, so I arrived on time.

I woke late on account, mainly, of having been up late working. Not working on what I should have been, but working (as I have been, obsessively) on the new electrofork site. It's nearly finished! The jewelry section is proving time-consuming, but nearly there, nearly there. (Honestly, it has been stealing time from other projects!) It's so close that it's just killing me to have to take time away from it lately to do "real" work.

I'm sure this is all very exciting to read. Back to work.

Electrofork at Metal & Thread

Selected new works in sterling and silverplate featuring my photographs will be featured at a wine reception on the evening of June 19th, at a lovely shop/gallery in Red Hook. Come on down after work and say hello, maybe see the sun set over the harbor or show off your new art-bling at one of the local bars or eateries...

Thursday June 19th 6pm-8pm
Metal and Thread
398 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn

Art and things that start with A

Amsterdam III (above) was a selected piece in Artlog's studio for this past weekend's Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, in Brooklyn. It has now been selected to go on to the Affordable Art Fair in Manhattan.