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Just realized that I neglected to shine a proper spotlight on this illustrious piece of artwork earlier. There is so much egg on my face right now that I could make twos and threes of omelets. But never mind the egg face omelets. I have these sweet and salty pictures to satiate your eyes instead!

When I woke up today, I found something truly terrifying happening in my hamster Jennifer's cage. I've recreated what transpired using pictures* with Chewbacca standing in for Jennifer.  *Some of these pictures depict events which may have transpired only in my mind's eye.

The Ham Ba Ga Show opened this past weekend at Q Pop. If you missed it, don't fret! All of the art will be on display through July 8th. I was putting the finishing touches on my piece up to 30 minutes before the show began (I'm not proud of this). My initial idea was a hamburger attacking a heart. Squeezing the life out of the poor thing. But then I thought it would be more amusing if the heart was attacking the hamburger instead. That's why this happened. It is called: Heart Attack.

After an uncharacteristically long hiatus I have returned to the business of making plush. All of the plush mates below were crafted for Q Pop . Go there and snag one!  weird sassquid  a Ghost Willard Ivan Twinkle Benjamin Acorn

The bulk of my weekend was spent feverishly sewing felt plushies while watching the oddest assortment of movies I could find. I had a happy time!  cactus Straw Berry Bluebeard

Last night was a rousing success! The place was crowded from the get go and remained so until I left at 10:00pm. I saw two of my plush pieces purchased and before I'd left a third had sold as well. I'm gonna have to make more plush to restock soon! If you couldn't make it last night you still have time to stop by and see the art. Everything's going to be on display until February 11th. Head over there and check the place out. There are loads of cool items and Chris and Miki (the proprieters) are splendid people. You will not be disappointed. The very last picture below is of the piece I made for the event. It is entitled "Q is for Quiller."

Q Pop's grand opening party is tonight from 7-11pm! If you are as radical as me you will be there. This is the invitation - Q Pop Grand Opening Invite . The previous lot of plush I'd taken over to the store is sold out! But I made some more just in time for the grand opening. I also made a piece of art for the opening show which I'm not gonna post a picture of just yet as I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone heading there tonight! These are the plush persons and things I made for the store. Some of these guys have been up on my Etsy shop before and some are new. Pinks Beanie Quatropus boots Quatropus in boots

On one occasion during my childhood, I attempted to construct a tin can robot. Radio Shack supplied me with all the electrical components I needed: two small white light bulbs for robot eyes, a red bulb for the nose, electrical wire, and a switcher to turn the bulbs on/off. After poking holes in the tin can head and affixing the light bulbs, I managed to get everything to light up before quitting the project altogether when I realized that was the extent of my mechanical know-how. Sadly, my little tin can robot never gained sentience. Back in present times, my friend and musician Brett Algera commissioned me to make him a robot (this one in felt) with the intention of having our other friend and photographer Luke Eshleman photograph it for the cover of Brett's newest album. I leapt with leopard like grace into the task at hand! Designing the robot was easy. From the episode of Gumby where he gets robots to do his chores for him to banking with Robie the coin eating robot - I spen...

My friend, Chris Mitchell, recently opened an awesome store in Little Tokyo called Q Pop . If you like cool things like Thai T-shirts screen printed by hand or Japanese vinyl toys you should go to this place where you'll find those and more. The address is as follows: 128 Astronaut E S Onizuka St Los Angeles , CA , 90012 Chris asked me to make some plush for the store so I made variations of old characters as well as brand new Q Pop exclusives! Here are pictures of the bulk of them. gray-ish sassquid bearded slug Franklin Straps Trumpet Floyd