Art Trek Tryon 2012

Titus and Annie are just not cooperating.  I am too far behind in my work to slip away to Tryon this weekend for Art Trek 2012.

Pooh.

This is a great event.  I go every year to help my mother and sister.  Not only do you get to drive around and see some remarkable work spaces, you also get to meet interesting artists and fellow art enthusiasts.

2012 promises to be the best Art Trek yet because they have moved the event from sweltering July to this new more temperate time in May.

Tryon, Saluda, Columbus and Landrum are some really cute little towns.  If you are in Upstate South Carolina, pack your car with friends and check this out.

Start with the Upstairs Gallery in Down Town Tryon where you can see a sampling of work from the participating artists:  http://www.upstairsartspace.org/

Walk down to La Bouteille and get some libations:  http://www.labouteille.net/
They are the home of local brewer Bottle Tree Beer:  http://www.bottletree.net/

Plot your course through the studios.  Make sure you stop by Warrior Drive and say hello to my mother, Diana Gurri, my sister Catherine Gurri, and our friend Bob Neely.  Three very different artists.  Lots of great work.

Head up towards Saluda and stop by the Purple Onion:  http://www.purpleonionsaluda.com/

If I won the lottery, I would live in Saluda.  I would also make sure I could walk to (and home) from the Purple Onion.  The taps are as exciting as the food.

Have a great weekend and send me pictures please.

More Custom Kubbs: Purple!

This set of kubbs went to my sister Catherine.  An artist friend of ours made a king for her so she requested some purple kubbs to match.  

My daughter was not satisfied with plain purple kubbs.  Too boring for her Auntie.  So I let her work in our artist friend's folk art pointilism style using different sized dowels dipped in paint.  This technique let a 7 year old turn out a pretty good looking end product.  

Once again, all the fun paint colors and clear top coat came from the recycling center.  If you live in the Fort Mill area, holler before you project.  I love finding the right home for stuff.  

Vi the supervisor. 

Custom Kubb Sets

This is the first in a series of custom kubb sets.  Catherine was going to visit a good friend of ours and requested a cow spot set.  

Here is where I get to brag a bit.  The clear coat varnish, primer and all the paints for this set were snatched from the jaws of the landfill at my local recycling center.   The king came from the cull bin at Home Depot.  So this set is tons of fun with a bit of good karma mixed in.  

My mistake or learning point in this project was using high gloss enamel latex paint for the base coat.  This meant that it took four coats of black high gloss to fill in the spots.