Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value 
that we forget that the inner value, 
the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it's all about." 


- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Inspiration For the week: Artist & Instructor; .....Mr. Ben Venom

Mr. Ben Venom hard at the needle.
Hand-made Quilt, Heavy Metal T-Shirts, Fabric, Batting, Thread
































Artist Statement:
I'm interested in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with one of the more extreme musical genres, Heavy Metal. My work can be described as a collision of Iron Maiden Metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. Serious, yet attempting to take on a B movie Horror film style where even the beasts of Metal need a warm blanket to sleep with. The question remains… Can I play with madness?