Amazing Bird Houses From Luke Bartels + Jeff Canham

  Artists Jeff Canham and Luke Bartels have been working on a group of bird houses for their upcoming show 'For the Birds' at The Curiosity Shoppe which opens on Friday April 9th. Jeff and Luke share with us step by step the process of building the birdhouses.

An establishing shot of my studio where the birdhousing is going down.

A corner of Luke Bartels' woodshop where the two of us do most of the building and assembling. Rather that's where Luke does most of the building and assembling and I make witty comments while he's working.

Some of the elements (rooftops, vents, etc.) that will go on the finished birdhouses. You can see a couple of the blank boxes at the end of the shelf.

Blanks.

Bad cell phone photo of the painted blanks.

Bail Bonds work in progress.

Security cameras. Luke's a genius. Not only did he whip out all these great little cameras, he also built this stand so they could dry after they're painted. You are being watched!

More work in progress. It's kind of exciting seeing them lined up like this and looking like a neighborhood.

Madame Cuckoo, Psychic. Painting these tiny letters is kind of a pain in the ass, but it's all worth it when you see the smiles on the bird's faces.

Luke and I are both especially proud of the empty beer bottle on top of the recycling bin (lower right).

Billboard."Sale!" was added and then it was installed on the side of the Bail Bonds place.

Luke during a birdhouse photo shoot. He kept saying "More emotion!"

Seedy's Liquors.

Detail with one-legged bird. Sounds like a Tom Robbins novel.

Hawk's Pawn Shop. Cheep!

Finished products.

Finished products.



Tim Doyle 'The Coming Storms' Print Available

Because YOU demanded it...

Artist Tim Doyle recently opened up his personal Vaults and sold out of his pre-Nakatomi prints, and ONE IN PARTICULAR evaporated instantly, and we got quite a few emails asking for a re-print.  WELL- that’s the point of a gigposter, you can’t reprint it…it’s for THAT gig.  But, since the art stands just fine on it’s own…no reason not to make some happy peoples out there. At half the size of the original, this print is surprisingly twice as nice!  The detail tightens up quite nicely- and Doyle even got to do a little bit of clean-up on the art

'The Coming Storms' is a 2 colour 18 × 24 inch screenprint with an edition size of 150, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $25 each.

Check it out HERE

(Don’t forget the next 400 or so poster orders come with a FREE new mini-print)

You MAY have noticed but we here at Nakatomi like giving you guys things... FREE things. The nice bit about owning a print shop is whatever crazy thing we want to make…it’s done faster than it probably should be…not giving us adequate time to think things through. Sigh. We try to put an exclusive mini-print or handbill in w/ each order, just recently we had the test print 'Sid and Nancy Reagan' and we JUST ran out of the not-advertised or even written about Blade Runner portrait ‘quick study’ set. So, here’s a Handbill edition of ‘All My Dreams Come True’ FREE with every order!

Available in 3 wicked colour ways, we’ll put one in every tube going out the door while supplies last.

Each one is signed and numbered by the artist 12 × 12 inches 3 editions

Orange /94, Blue /80 + Green /214 = 388 total edition size

Don’t say we never gave ya nothin!

Check it out HERE

Fantome 'Warrior', 'Warrior Black', 'Fantome Kid A', 'Fantome Kid B' + 'Pony X' One Off Hand Detailed Prints Available



Some really cool one off's available from one of my favourite artists Fantome, these are available through his website. These are all 1 colour 42 x 59.4cm screenprints with hand detailing, they come signed and numbered by the artist for £125 each. I highly recommend this dude, his art is sick and he stuffs your tube full of treats when you order from him.

Check it out HERE

Awesome Handiedan Originals Release Info + Show Details

NEWS

The Off the Hook III art show

Saturday April 3rd at 2100 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, from 7-10pm

For this show I created a new piece called Anime No.2. this will be viewable and available online Sunday the 4th at www.phoneboothgallery.com and my website. Check out also Anime No.3, a nice small framed piece, also viewable on Sunday at Handiedan.com

NOW RUNNING: HANDIEDAN x Electrik Sheep
- from May 2010
Available @ Electrik Sheep: Vanitas No.5

Mixed media print with collage, paint & pen on old zinc
18.3 x 26 inches in size for £1,850
2010
For more information contact me or go to http://www.electriksheep.co.uk.

UPCOMING: Anime No.1 Art print
- from 4 April 2010

Anime No.1
27.6 x 35.4 inches in size
Unframed or framed on aluminium and 2mm epoxy (resin)coating.
Signed and numbered, edition size of 3

Get also ready for a new giglee print release at Phone Booth Gallery
in April! More information will follow soon. Or contact the gallery.

UPCOMING SHOWS:
- May & June 2010

‘Chica's del Polder’
RAS Gallery Actar, Ficomic 2010
Barcelona, Spain
group show
6 May - 6 June 2010
'RETROISM'
Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
group show
21 May - 7 June 2010

PREVIEW: New artworks for the 'Chicas del Polder' show @ Ras Gallery
- May & June 2010

For this show I created two big pieces. One piece on old zinc and one on paper in an old frame from the early 20th century. Check out some close up images of the new artworks here:

Poker Paradise No.10 & Vanitas No.6.

And I also uploaded some close ups of the other two artworks that will going to join this show:

One No.2 & Jane Stone No.5.

I hope you'll enjoy this selection of art!

For more information about this show and the artworks, contact me!

UPCOMING:

Interview with DPI Magazine, Taiwan
- May 2010

NEWS:

Translucent No.1 screen print sold out in just a few hours!
- April 2010

Many thanks and congrats to all who picked one up!

Sorry for the ones who missed it. Big cheers for all the great responses!

Translucent No.1

12 colored screen print with hand embellished doodles,
so every print is unique!
All signed and numbered.
Edition of 100.
SOLD OUT

"At this moment I am cutting, pasting, printing, painting, drawing, sawing, glueing and building my ass of to get all the artworks ready in time for the 'Retroism' show in Byron Bay, Australia. Get ready for some previews soon! Thanks for your time, I hope you enjoyed it all! Big cheers" - HANDIEDAN 

Funny Photo From Tara McPherson's Twitpic Page

From artist Tara McPherson's TwitPic page, hahahahaha.

Check it out HERE

BIG Art Asylum Boston Announcement

Teamed together through the art of graffiti, Mike Baca aka 2ESAE & Fernando Romero aka SKI joined forces with the intentions to learn and grow as artists.

Prior to the thought of ever making a living from creating art, "We were forcing people to view our work around the city, illegally..." They spent years painting the streets and dealing with the repercussions of the law until they decided to do something positive with their talents by forming a collective. They have since put together nearly 50 shows /events both here in the U.S and Internationally. The collective is based on the philosophy of creation through destruction! Transforming the street graffiti perception into positive urban-industrial art.



All members of the collective are based out of New York. They primarily began doing art on the streets and subway systems of the city before ever touching a canvas. Collectively, each member adds not only a long history of graffiti based experience but within their works you will also find different styles, tools and creative elements implemented into their creative process through life experience and personal perspective . These guy's are artists in the truest sense of the word as they combine the use of photography (in which they are the photographer), paint(s), silk-screen, graphic design, illustrations, rust oxidation & collage to their works making the end result an array of visual aesthetic and beauty. For more information and to view additional works by these cats.

Check it out HERE

Absolutely Beautiful Greg 'Craola' Simkins Original Art Available

Here are some stunners from artist Greg 'Craola' Simkins, these are available through Mondo Bizarro in Rome, Italy. I love 'The Whale Goblin' piece, the colour choices are perfect for the subject matter.

Check it out HERE

Night's Hand

Acrylic on canvas (framed)

20 x 16 inches ~ $7,000

 Pollenate

Acrylic on canvas (framed)

24 x 18 inches ~ $6,000 

 

The Goblin Whale

Acrylic on canvas (framed)

24 x 18 inches ~ $7,500

  

 The Wilder Beast

Acrylic on canvas (framed)

20 x 30 Inches ~ $9,000 



Punchgut 'Fishes & Me' Print +++ Available

Here is a fun print from the cats at PunchGut Studios. This is often how I feel when I am fishing! This piece is called 'Fishes & Me' and it is a 4 colour 20 x 16 inch screenprint with an edition size of 86, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $50 each. FYI, these are print by Burlesque Of North America. Damn fine printers!! There are also some other awesome NEW Punchgut pieces available.

Check it out HERE

Mark Warren Jacques 'Love Is Like A Blanket That Protects And Projects' Print Available

This wicked print called 'Love Is Like A Blanket That Protects And Projects' by artist Mark Warren Jacques is a 4 colour screenprint on 260 GSM Strathmore paper with an edition size of 50, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $50 each. This is available through White Walls Gallery in L.A.

Check it out HERE

Wicked Banksy Poster For 'Exit Through The Gift Shop'

I love the Elton John sunglasses on the rat. Here is the new and improved Banksy poster advertising 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' release across the U.S.A. Here is a list of the confirmed cities so far...

On Friday April 16th:

New York: Sunshine Theater
New York: Lincoln Plaza,
Los Angeles: The Landmark
Los Angeles: Arclight, Hollywood
San Francisco: Embarcadero
Berkeley: Shattuck
San Rafael: Rafael
Palo Alto: Aquarius,

On Friday April 23rd:

Philadelphia: Ritz 5
Chicago: Century
Seattle: Harvard Exit,
Boston: Kendall Square

On Friday April 30th:

Minneapolis: Lagoon
Washington DC; E Street
Baltimore: Harbor
Atlanta: Midtown Art
Denver: Mayan
San Diego: Hillcrest

On Friday May 7th:

Detroit: Maple Art
Houston: River Oaks
Dallas: Angelika
Milwaukee: Downer
Providennce: Avon

On Friday May 14th:

St Louis: Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis

Check it out HERE