LUV-ABLE & HUG-ABLE INFO

Here's the press release for the Luv-able & Hug-able show. There are some awesome people in this show!!

gallery hanahou presents an encore of last year's successful plush show!

Luv-able and Hug-able 2

December 4 - January 7
Opening party: December 4, 6-9 pm

gallery hanahou / 611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC / galleryhanahou.com

For the second year in a row, gallery hanahou is pleased to present Luv-able and Hug-able, in infectiously affectionate plush show! The 2007 show had everyone from Time Out New York to Craft magazine buzzing with plush-mania. There will be even more to love in the 2008 show! This year, the gallery is adding luv-able plushes by many new artists, including eight specially introduced by Plush You (plushyou.blogspot.com), the annual plush show in Seattle hosted by Schmancy. Like last year, gallery hanahou is also presenting plushes by a selection of Japanese artists whose work is rarely seen outside of Japan. In addition, plushes by many of last year's participants are coming back: one-of-a-kind work by Christina Gordon of JamFancy, Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane, Anna Chambers, Blythe Church, and many more! Plushes will be available for purchase and immediate take-home at the opening party on December 4, 6-9 pm. Come early to nab an armful, or order from galleryhanahou.com for your hug-able holiday gifts!

Participating artists

Anna Chambers + Anna Hrachovec + Betz White + Blythe Church + Christina Gordon + Corinne Dean + Doinky Doodles + Eloole + Girl Savage + Heide Murray + Heidi Kenney + Hello Brute + Katie Park + Kup Kup Land + Lexi Franks + Lizette Greco + Lynda Lye + Nicole Gastonguay + Weebco

From Japan!
Ayumi Sato/Junie Moon + The Ossu! Syugeibu + rei☆komurasaki + IMAI SAYAKA + SPOOKS by Kobayashi Mayu + Yuko Hara + Yuriko Sera

Plush You Recommendations!
Ariana Marienelli + Coco Howard + Flying Star Toys by Florence Forrest + Hansigurumi + Jenny Harada + Made By Moxie + Robyn Fabsits + SOWA

LUV-ABLE & HUG-ABLE

I've been feverishly trying to finish all my plushies for the upcoming fall shows. I recently finished these three birds for the Luv-able & Hug-able show coming up in NY at Gallery Hanahou Dec 4- Jan 7. I LOVE how these turned out and I'll be sorry to see them go. I'll just have to make myself a few. Because I'm crunched for time I was unable to take any pics of the birdies in progress. Maybe next time. The last pieces I need to make are for the plush show at Double Punch in San Fransisco. My goal is to have all my work done by the end of the month so that I can focus on Halloween. Halloween is our FAVORITE holiday. I can't stress FAVORITE enough. We put up a big display in our front yard, decorate the house, and make costumes. Every year we add a little more to our outside display so I'll be posting pics of what we're up to. Stay tuned for some Halloween goodness.

THEY FINALLY ARRIVED!

My custom shoes from Keds/Zazzle have finally arrived. I will say that if you're thinking about ordering custom shoes, it is taking much much longer than the 2 weeks the website says it gonna take to get them. It took a little over a month. However they did overnight them to me when they were complete. I have a feeling they are just swamped with the amount of orders coming in. But I was patient. I love'em!

FISHY #2

Here's the last fish. This guy only measures about 9" across. Again I used the same template for this as I did for the grey fish. Here are some pics of him in the process of being made.

PLUSH-IT!

A while ago I was contacted by Serena Kuhl to participate in Plush-It. What's cool about this show is that everyone was given a template to work from. You can see the template in the background in the first picture. I really wanted to do something different with the template. And after staring at it for a long time I noticed that when the template was turned it kind of looked like a fish. So that's how that came to be. Here's some pictures of the process.




This guy measures about 12" across. I decided after he was complete that he needed to be displayed upright so I made the stand and added some plush seaweed. I wish I had some video of his tail moving back in forth because it really looks like he could swim.
I've got one more fish guy I'll post later.