Saturday, March 29, 2008

Karen Found It


"Karen Found It " is a fantastic antique shop located in Mirvish Village right across from the Victory Cafe
and only steps away from The Beguiling and Suspect Video . If you are looking for incredibly well priced vintage home decor and accoutrements you can't go wrong here
You especially can't go wrong because for the next couple of months Karen Found It will have lots of paintings of antique toys, letter sets and such, courtesy of the madcraftshoppe. This summer we will also participate in car free Sundays in Mirvish Village via Karen Found It, where we will sell STACKS of letter sets.
She was also telling me that she may get a fishtank full of fish so the kids have something to look at whilst you browse for yourselves. I can't stress how cool the stuff she has at the store is folks.
Dates for Car Free will get listed here at a later date. Oops! Here they are in me moleskine , so it must be a later Date right now.
MIRVISH VILLAGE PEDESTRIAN SUNDAYS
June 8th, July 13th,Aug 10th. please forget to bring your car or people will look at you funny.
Karen Found It Wed-Sat 11-6, Sun 12-6

OOOH Here is the Final Design and it is boss

The first in the madcraftshoppe's {that's where you are now} clothing line. This is a exclusive limited run that is getting printed so I don't starve this month and must be reserved via email.
T Shirt is avail. in men's large or women's medium,
White shirt with navy ink, twenty dollars each
Currently reading, "Blood Kin" by Ceridwen Dovey, which is a South African, Afrikaner name I assume, her name is the most beautiful new word I've ever hurt my mouth trying to say. I would name my daughter Ceridwen but if I was calling her name across a field by the time I figured out how to say it right, she'd already have joined the circus. The book is painfully human and simple, my favourite style.

The Canadian Girl project continues


Canadian Girl six SOLD and seven
twelve x twelve inches,acrlyic on canvas
SOLD
Or subscribe to Canadian Girl monthly and I'll send you four {that's one a month for four months} for three hundred dollars. Return to this post at a later date as I've collected dozens of quotes from people about how the Canadian Girl makes them feel, imagine that Walrus magazine.
Here are a few to get us started...
J.P wrote
Good boots for standing on an east coast beach. No way would I think that was the Pacific - although I'm not sure why I'm so certain.

D M wrote
I've always felt that this picture conveys the same feeling of other Canadian icons like the railroad trilogy, The Rheo's Northern Wish...comfortable in the face of a giant chunk of land

K P wrote
if walrus publishes, will canadian girl be worth millions?? because there's a version of her in my living room right now, and i could stand to be a millionaire. it's the east coast for me, too. the wind is brisk and probably stings. her hands are tucked in firm and close, and her eyes are a little watery. cheeks and nose rosy, but they go with the outfit. those are posh gum boots for a 7-to-12-year-old. waiting for something... a sign or a mood to pass. lonely. but the kind one seeks out.

R I wrote
This makes me think of the shores of Lake Ontario. Not far from me, down the hill towards the Beaches.On the small crest of sand; a foot or two high, above the shoreline, looking out across the vastness of water. Wearing her flag, facing the U.S. to the immediate southeast.

K P wrote
funny - with my east coast setting, i was just thinking, "is she looking for england?"
D A wrote
I bet she's playing some mean-ass recorder on the other side - probably the theme to friendly giant....although its obviously to windy for anyone to really tell...

P F wrote
I am really loving how the bottom of the flag aligns with the horizon of the ocean...this piece makes me feel rather wistful myself.

A Y wrote
A delicate ballance between arty and party - perhaps a comment on federalism. With the beret and red party boots she has a Montrealer's fashion sense, but tellingly she is wrapped in the Canadian flag.

A P wrote
She looks as though she's waiting for someone to come home.

D A wrote
Maybe its a boy in girl's boots who's taking a wiz off of the clif. What would that say about federal politics????

A S C wrote
I think it is a lake.And the flag seems to smother her ,rather than comfort.Is it holding her back?Is she free to move her arms?A northern lake,above the tree line.I hope the flag gives her warmth.
Currently reading "Angle of Repose" Wallace Stegner, one of the best books ever, the ending is a wee cheap, all is forgiven in the writing though.
Send your thoughts on the Canadian Girl to me via emal at madcraftshoppe@live.com or leave a comment here, God only knows we haven't had a comment in a long while, but we do get lots of email, we'll do a mailbag section next month so send us your thoughts. {Lord that sounds lame}
A.S Hahn

A-E Alpha Dragons

Top Red Dragon A-E, Green Dragon A-E
approx Twelve inches x Thirty inches
acrlyic on canvas w/frame
Two Hundred Dollars each

Gathering from the response over at Facebook, where I sell lots of work to lots of people all over Canada, if you want one for your child or a child's friend , or anyone else under three foot tall, you should get in touch with Shay very soon. My email is all over this place.

madcraftshoppe@live.com