#TwitterArtShow (working title)

#Swineflu is Born! 2009


I've decided to join the #TwitterArtShow (working title).

For like Sheree Rensel (aka wizzlewolf):-

"I am an artist. I use Twitter to follow other artists. There are many fantastic artists using Twitter. I thought it would be a grand idea if we joined together to create a Twitter Art Show group. Our mission is to write a proposal, submit our plan to art venues, and create an exhibition that can travel the world!"

I like the idea of it being inspired, rather than 'themed', by #hashtags on twitter.

I'm using the hashtag #swineflu.

I poured #Swineflu is Born! on Sunday, and spent yesterday afternoon removing an encasing eggshell-like fin. I got to the point shown in the photo and realised he was #swineflu and he was born.

I'm also discovering that taking sharp images of shiny pewter figures is very hard to do. May have to go back to the old camera.

Interview on Art-Resource

I've been interviewed by Steve Gray on Art-Resource about my sculpture.

Map of Tasmania Consort, added to Saatchi-Online

Well, belatedly, I've discovered Saatchi-Online Gallery. It's got too much, from crits to book promotion, a gazillion adds, three columns twenty feet deep. It's like myspace for art, i.e. messy reloading shit, but I do have a presence there now with the Map of Tassie consort (above), and the Deep-toed Consort. (Saatchi-Online's thumb nail generator is very annoying, particularly with my images, as the statuette photos have such strong lines.)

Rate this Consort at the Saatchi Showdown.

Some Consorts Available at artflock.com

I've put up for sale some of the bronze consorts on artflock.com.

My profile page is http://www.artflock.com/artist/meika.

Spacehead, Bunny Boots: Consort to the Mountain Goddess

Ram Daggerman, Consort to the Mountain Goddess

Sunhead Consort to the Mountain Goddess

Sigi's 70th birthday Present.

The Sunhead Consort is based on the Spacehead.

In turn, the Spacehead Consort was inspired by an early Cretan Consort to the Mountain Goddess.

Described as

MINOAN SMALL BRONZE VOTIVE MALE, Worshipper wearing loin-cloth, right hand upraised to his head. Crete, Late Minoan I, ca. 1600-1500 BC Height 6.3 cm.