Never Cry Wolf

Last night was the As Much As Possible/Free North Press show at Minnow & Bass gallery. Nice space, saw a lot of old familiar faces. The boys of FNP had their work in the main gallery, a selection of lino and woodcut prints. One of the walls was covered in the lino/fibreboard/wood blocks used for printing. Which was interesting because although they’re essentially tools for making the final art print, they’re quite beautiful on their own.

In the smaller gallery was the show organized by the ABRAWD girls in which we had our prints and a personal piece I submitted. The walls were covered with works from ceiling to floor, there was so much to look at. I took in as much as I could before a crowded-and-rubbing-against-strangers-bodies induced art-show-anxiety-attack could take hold.

Can you spot the crywolf?

bzzzzzz bzzZZz:

Eventually we want to do more editions of art prints of our designs. But right now I must attend to some pressing issues ie. cutting my jeans into shorts because it’s THAT HOT OUT right now. partay!

printing

Here’s a little preview of some art prints we made for an upcoming show! We won’t give too much away until after the opening but we did a series of 3 prints (approx 4.5 x 4.5″) in editions of 3, based on an existing shirt design.

Sneak peek:

If you’re in Toronto you should come check out the show this Friday (April 24!)

check out the purdy letterpress invite!

See you there, buttercups!

A certain lil woofer (see below) had to go for a potty break and at the perfect moment because I needed a quick break from the computer too.

squinty

This is the cute hand-built, hand-painted bird house that my parents bought at the OOAK. I can see it from my window but so far, no action.

home tweet home

The size of the hole affects which type of birds can house in it. This one is for bluebirds, swallows and sparrows. I’ll try to blog about any tweeters that decide to move in!

Speaking of tweeters, our LTD edition To Kill a Rockin’ Bird tee for guys and gals is available only until the end of April. Grab yours while you still can!

In other crywolf news: our secret collaboration project is currently underway! It’s gonna be rad. It’ll be ready for the Toronto Clothing Show (May 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Check out the EVENTS section on our site for more details.

This past week/weekend was our first time participating in the renowned One of a Kind show in Toronto. We had planned on doing a time lapse video of our setup but it ended up only taking a few photos. We will have to try that again next time!

Steph placing the planks

almost complete

applying our foamcore sign to our self-built collapsable counter! awesome text decal made for us by Vanessa.

The final set-up:

one of our best looking set-ups to date.

Some bonuses to the show were that there was free coffee and tea for all the vendors each day (the mornings were cut-throat, people got vicious), a sleeping room equipped with cots (we didn’t take advantage but would have if it were the CNE) and coming in to a breakfast bag on one of the mornings. Not seeing anyone wearing crocs.. lol.

courtesy of google images

Overall we had a great time, met some cool designers, and hopefully gained a few new fans.

There were a few downfalls, like missing the free breakfast (I saw pictures and it was grand…) because I slept in,

courtesy of the ooak flickr group

but most most most of all we must blog about this devastation called SCAPA TAPE! Steph took the time to read all the fine print for the show so the day of set up we went out of our way to go get this SCAPA tape.

 
We layed the flooring down (faux wood laminate slats) and put down a strip of this 2″ tape on the front end of our floor. During takedown we packed up our stuff in about 30 minutes. We came back for one last round to clear up the flooring and a few boxes. We get to the last row of flooring that is taped down and I try to pull it and I tell Steph it won’t budge. She tries to pull it, and we try to pull it together..nothing. We eventually shimmied the dolly underneath to use it as a lever. CRACK! the board breaks. Eventually we realized that breaking the boards was the only way, but even so it took us 3 hours of sawing, using a hammer and screwdriver as a chisel, and literally shaving this tape off the cement floor millimetre by millimetre to take off 15 ft of the tape.

15 ft never felt so long

Many of our neighbours saw us and felt sorry for us and kindly let us borrow their tools. After 5 long days, to have to deal with that at the very end was devastating. We urge everyone to use Scapa tape with caution! One square inch at a time not at all for any hard flooring!!!

just getting started

oh mon dieu

hammer and a screwdriver

about 2 hours into it, feelin' defeated.

the last of the last

That’s about it. Thanks to those who came out! Despite the downfalls, it was definitely the classiest show we’ve ever done.
Keep checking back here for more crywolf adventures!

♥
R & S