my typepad subscription is due to expire soon and I have decided not to renew for another year. I have, however, set up a new domain... www.zippypops.com
I am working on the design and will have everything up and running in no time...
dolls for sale, blog, design and illustration portfolio.
in the meantime, take care my internet friends!
and have a lovely holiday.
that the economy is steamrolling straight to hell in a hand basket and focus instead on happier thoughts like my favorite compound of junk shops! located in Auburn, NY, situated next door to Auburn Prison, the site of the first execution via electric chair (a Stickley by the way).
shall we then?
the beautiful facade...
the old, leaky, creaky, and stinky former factory building houses 3 separate businesses filling 3 floors. inside you will find anything and I mean anything (including the kitchen sink) in various stages of decay and disrepair; lamps, luggage, chairs, clothes... etc. and everything seems to be priced either $15 or $20.
and the ugliest/comfiest couch EVAH!
the place is run by a collection of rough and scruffy gentlemen who might cause a fright, but in actuality are quite sweet and accommodating.
behind and to the right of this building, nestled snug up against the prison's outer wall, is another shop, this one classified "antiques." it basically has the same selection as the other shops, just slightly less decrepit and slightly more expensive.
so, irregardless of our country's finances, places like this will still exist and I will still be shopping there.
unpack the down comforters and the thick books, autumn approaches. (finally tackling Ulysses. if not now, when?)
after several previous false starts, my web design night class is in full swing. I've actually had coding dreams! honestly, dreams in which I am writing html code. how geeky is that? (and none too interesting!)
because there is no obvious visual to go with this riveting post... my kid and my cat...
she is still growing in the fur that was shaved for her emergency thread-extraction surgery, but it is growing in white! (can you see?) why is that?
how strange.
and yes, that is how she likes to be carried and held.
like a baby.
I've been toiling away and have re-done the clay doll's head twice, but I think I've finally had a break through. (I am to shy to post photos yet, still more work needed) I flipped through some doll books in an attempt to remind myself what I respond to — a more stylized head.
inspiration...
all of this happy work is accompanied by one of my favorite composers, Yann Tiersen, who has a new album out. I snapped it right up, it's lovely. you can listen to a couple of the tracks here.
rubble.
(sniff)
well....
this is definitely out of my comfort zone!
I want a more stylized head, but the damn art school training keeps kicking in!
I am just going to put it away and come back to it tomorrow.
besides, every 10 minutes someone needs something or wants something or is having a meltdown over homework .... (now I hear tears in the next room)
on a quest for a new doll I googled "mohair ny" (hoping to find a local supplier) and LOOK at what I found!
http://www.whendisbears.com/
absolutely beautiful work by Wendy Meagher who lives in Constantia, NY
I loves it!
(I hope she doesn't mind me posting the photo... it's from her site)
