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This is the video piece from my recent gallery installation at WorkSound. It’s a comedic stop-motion involving my other metal sculpture pieces. Enjoy.

Okay, so although I’ve only played bike polo once before, it has become a rather frequent topic around recently. I look forward to playing many rounds this summer and decided today that I should fabricate a mallet. As explained on Hardcourt Bike Polo’s site ( http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/?page_id=6 ) these is a very practical method of constructing a mallet with an old ski pole and some piping. This seems to be a pretty solid method.

However, I thought it would be nice to sport an all wooden mallet….for kicks.

So here it is.

2 hours later…..I named it Zarathustra. And if you get it (besides that it’s a novel character), then…well I want to make love on your face.

What?

Worksound present a gallery of video and sculpture accompanied by music.
(Come check out dabblings in both and have a great SE time)

When?

Opening - Friday 4/4/2008, 6pm

Who?

Artists: Max Kirchoff (Max is NOW!), Allan Bailey, Misia Pitkin, Shannon McClure, April Dawn, Ryan Dunn, Cain Hendricks, Celso, and sound installation by Phillip Kruse & Alex Smith

Opening Night Music: Better Home and Gardens, Da’rel Junior, and Shaped Like Sharks

I’ll buy you a beer for every friend you bring! maybe.

Giving my most recent findings in the pursuit of the perfect messenger bag (now the perfect backpack), I felt the need to enlist an active backpack for service.

Introducing FRANKY (short for Frankenstein), my first manifestation of backpackness.

(see slideshow below & please note my friggin sweet new Mark “The Gonz” Gonzales kicks.)

FRANKY is a mash-up of a large Parcel tote I’ve had for some time and a few modifications I added, including shoulder straps, thus dubbing him a “backpack”. After studying the needs I had, both for wear and for function, I realized that my best bet would be to try out design by adapting a rugged graduate from my bag collection. In FRANKY’s previous life, he lugged photography equipment, raw metals, tools, clothes, and went on many desert adventures. This made him the perfect fit for my experiment. Add a couple custom-made shoulderstraps, a sternum strap, some more add-ons, and we have my first backpack DIY creation.

For my next bag I will venture into a solid construction from raw fabric. But this will require a pattern. I have found some inspiration at http://lemolobags.wordpress.com, but obviously don’t want to rip off his design. I just thought it was good to study the techniques of a more advanced back maker. I will continue to study the design of others and the functionality in my own FRANKY.

Until then, I hope FRANKY holds his own.

LARGE VERSION - link

I’ve been trying to draw up a pattern for a while now based on my most recent findings. This isn’t necessarily the best version, but it includes the features I’m looking for in my next run. It looks like a big project.

Maybe the pattern can help out any other would-be bag makers as well.

Love, peace, and pizza.

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A little something I put together for my messenger bag making. I actually just got the idea from the photos Jon shot of me earlier today. It’s bits and pieces from video I had taken months ago, photos of me by Jon, and photos I shot of the new bag today.

Thanks to: JonnyPockets (photos) and MSTRKRFT (Bloc Party Remix Beats)

Holla.

Random fun with Cole Gamble. I can’t figure out if I like him more with or without the settings. You decide which is more awesome.

Thanks for tuning in.

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This bag is not yet completed. I didn’t have the correct web strapping handy, so it will have to wait until tomorrow. The features on this bag definatley surpass any of my previous creations. And although some of the bag I am not happy with, it is a step onto a whole new realm. More to come when I am completed with it.

• I will update the photography of the past two years worth.
• I will add content to the interactive page.
• I will upload Jon’s Llama bag I made.
• I will be happy.

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Like most things, about a girl.