No Mellow in My Yellow
Hi all! Happy July! Went to the BUST magazine “Craftacular” here in Los Angeles. There were many beautiful handmade items to be gazed upon, a flower-crown making table, a DIY nail bar, and lots of lovely ladies enjoying the afternoon.
The delicious treats by Laura Ann’s Jams were simply marvelous. The blood orange! The blood orange! She even has cocktail recipes on her site.
I loved the table of hand-painted, customized bike helmets from Belle Helmets.
FUNCHICKEN! (ran by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson) had a selection of zines and indie press goodies available, and I picked one up called “Beauty Across America”, which was compiled after driving across the United States with their friend Martha Rich, taking photos and interviewing people about their thoughts on beauty.
Played in a travel trailer with vintage store babes Erin from The Loved One and Rebecca Emily Darling of Rococo Vintage. Met up with HEARTSREVOLUTION babydoll Leyla (and her elephant) at her swarovski-covered ice cream truck for a popsicle. Bracelet from Paola Loves to Shop.
One of my favorite artists Yoshi Sodeoka made a new video for My Panda Shall Fly- “Rainfall”. It premiered on The Creators Project and Dazed Magazine. I can’t deal with how wild his work is. Blows me away.
While rummaging through the lovely writer Kate Durbin’s home sanctuary, I came across a pastel-plastic cake with a 50′s-kitsch elephant on top. Clearly, this was my favorite object I’ve seen in recent days and I went scouring the the internet for more of these creations. I learned that Phoenix-based artist Beatrice Moore has a shop called KookyCrafts where she sells her handmade and assembled magic. She uses doll parts, animal eyes, cake decorations, pom poms and other found materials.
I’ve been obsessed with the artist Oliver Hibert’s instagram. His amazing print called “Psychic Pspace Psex” is available through Poster Child Prints and is a six-color fluorescent ink silkscreen on Stonehenge Rag, 100% cotton archival paper. Each limited edition print is signed, numbered and embossed for authenticity.
Speaking of trippy and otherworldly, I had the pleasure of seeing Alejandro Jodorowsky’s latest film The Dance of Reality- his first film in 23 years. It combines his personal history with metaphors, mythology and poetry, and reflects his philosophy that reality is not objective but rather a “dance” created by our own imaginations. The imagery and my gut reactions have stayed with me.
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