Exciting plans for November show at HELD Vegan Belts!

Hi!

I am really excited, I talked to my friend Micah today, who’s just opened a new store…

So! In November you will be able to visit a new installation of my crochet reclaimed plastic sculptures at the fabulous new & wonderful HELD Vegan Belts – that’s 3033 NE Alberta. Come over to see the art after the 6th. Please come visit this wonderful new store, and see my sculptures up close! HELD has belts and such made of reclaimed material! Very vegan & no carbon footprint! They are the coolest belts ever, and some of the best people you will ever meet. Please come support them and me by coming by the store!

On Friday November 6th there will be a fundraiser event for one of the folks who started HELD. He recently had a cancerous tumor removed from his head – which was, of course, very expensive. The fundraiser will help him pay for some of these crazy expensive bills. This super fabulous event will include music, a raffle (with rad prizes), and lots of other fun things. My art will be up too, and if you buy a piece of my art during the event a percentage of my sales will also go to his medical bills. If you want more information about this event please contact me and I will give you details. Here is the HELD website so you can see the coolest belts ever: http://m3house.org/HELD/

I will have a closing event for my show at HELD too, for Last Thursday, November 26th. I will update you about this closer to the event itself.

Thanks for your support!

Best,

Katie

10/25/09 Plastic Bag Drive at ‘Our Own Jungle’, Tyson Gallery

Hi!

I’m having a plastic bag drive and closing event for my show, Our Own Jungle, at the Tyson Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The address is a bit misleading, it’s 625 NW Everett (it’s part of the Everett Station Lofts), but the actual space is on the Broadway side. The address of the gallery itself is 116. You will find it, it’s on NW Broadway, between Everett and Flanders.

The gallery will be open on Sunday October 25th, from 3 pm to 6 pm, come on by! If you haven’t seen the installation yet, this is your last chance! I’ll be disassembling it right after the event!

If you haven’t heard about it already… I make these intricate and organic sculptures entirely out of recycled plastic grocery and other bags. I do all of this myself, mostly by crocheting. I do sew a bit, and bunch the plastic up too. They are very hard to describe. The sculptures are abstract, but based on plantlife and many other things. Each person who views them has a different experience and interpretation. I’ve also painted some of the walls.

Come see, if you can!

Also please bring me your used (not moldy please) plastic grocery bags! I really like the light brown ones (ie Freddies), and any bright color that you have! Any color at all, it doesn’t have to be bright. I’m really excited about different bag colors! Purple? Gold? Turquoise? Red? I will happily use them up! I am, however, not as excited about the white ones (ie Safeway) but I’ll take them off your hands for sure! I will turn them into art! Or I will take them to be recycled.

You will see some examples, and you may have already seen some! Here are a couple of photos of part of the installation. Come by to see more! Ge up close to these intensely complex gorgeous 100% recycled sculptures.

I hope to see you there!

Best,

Katie Simpson Spain