Post #802949 by little lost tiki on Sat, Apr 16, 2022 8:57 PM

So.... What's New?

Oh! Doug Horne,BigToe,McBif,and Myself designed a NightMarchers bowl! it was supposed to be for last May's "Seven Voyages of the Gargantuas" exhibition. Part of the annual Gargantua shows we've been doing since forever ago..... Actually ALMOST ten years but we're not quite arrived at 10 shows yet... Some shows need to brew longer than others' guess!

Anyways... here's my pieces for that show I got the Wild card category this year and chose..... STILL LIFE! "the Hidden Alcove" 16 x 20" Acrylic on Black Suede matboard https://www.kinnyruzic.com/gallery/7th-voyage-of-the-gargantuas-art-exhibit-may-15-29-2021 and the other boys posted their pieces here! https://www.facebook.com/GargantuasArtCollective So that was the show in a nutshell... An Incredible Night with wonderful people.... and some really Stellar paintings from these Bozos! (I'll do a whole post about that show later....) But for NOOOOOooooOOOOw...... NightMarchers bowl! This is a tribute to the fabled and fearsome Nightmarchers of Hawaii. to save me typing ,here's some info... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmarchers We had the Legendary Thor sculpt it from our sketches! and got Bauer pottery to produce it! We each got a corner post and the bowl itself was a pyramidical volcano with some lava spilling over. Here's the initial first casting... Kinny's Nightmarcher corner post BigToe's Nightmarcher corner post Doug Horne's Nightmarcher corner post and McBiff's Nightmarcher corner post Four different takes on this legend from us four! Anyways.... next we tried some glaze options... AND THE FINAL ONE! and Finally, Nine Months after the Exhibit,the Bowls were READY! Every Bowl was lovingly looked over ,signed, numbered, and carefully packed into our custom printed boxes. (Toe did the awesome graphic) And each box was numbered to match the bowl. After all that, we packed up the boxes into vehicles and staged them at the studio in anticipation of
the Bowl Release at the Bamboo Ben built Bamboo Club in Long Beach! aaaaand each Bowl came with a card with the secret recipe of the night marchers cocktail concocted by the multi-talented Damien Montanille! Then we Promo-ed the Funk out of the Social Medias... We also had a nice Family shot for a Flier! And my Personal Favorite Promotional Flier for this exhibit.... Here's one by Doug which shows our original concept drawings for the posts! And the Bowl Release! Here we are with Damien! The Four Gargantuas after selling a LOT of Nightmarchers (and a few Cocktails!) Even BooBen showed up! He just got back from his Globe-Hopping that night! We even had a lil pop up Nightmarchers show where we displayed art concerning this Ghostly legend... I brought two! "the Night Marchers" 16 x 20" Acrylic on wood "The Procession" 16 x 20" Acrylic on wood Very Fun and So many People! We felt very Special and Thankful....and a lil Buzzed! Kudos the Bamboo Club for hosting us and this event! Give them a visit if you're in the area! https://www.bambooclublb.com And in addition to BooBen's incredibly designed environment.... In the backroom there's murals by Toe,Doug,and myself! I got to paint the wainscoting area!

Oops! Got distracted! As soon as we started offering the remaining Nightmarchers bowls, I was keen on Custom painting a few.... because....that's something I LOVE to do! Burnished and Bruised Edition

Midnight Volcano Edition

Golden Glow Edition UV activated!

Blue Hawaii Edition UV activated!

Moonlight Staccato Edition UV activated!

There still may be some available on my KenRuzicStudio page on Etsy if'n you just gotta adopt one!

Well, that's about it for this post... Who Knows what the next post will Cover? So much Art to catch up on!

Aloha until LATER! :)

[ Edited by little lost tiki on 2022-04-16 21:01:21 ]