Engine Works

Hi Ya'll,
Hope you are having a great day!


I've been doing little details and made
some sort of an engine


The gold levers were legs off a toy.


See if you can find the little metal rings that come off bic lighters.

peace and love
Haint

Hi ya'll,
Hope the sun is shining in your world.


I use all sorts of odd shapes - this is another batch ready to be installed.



I have added the nozzle thingy at the top.



Now I'm moving along with more forms.

Have a great weekend. Go to the FolkFest in Atlanta this weekend and see this stuff in person.

peace and love
Haint

Made in China

Hello people,
Great day to all! Be sure to stop by Rising Fawn Folk art at the Slotin Folkfest if you are in Atlanta this weekend. Some of my recent pieces will be there. Lots of great art and great folks! Sorry I can't be there this year.


I finished cutting and pasting the toy gun. And painted it.


Now it is installed in the factory.



I am always going back into spots and adding new details.

See ya later.
peace and love
Haint

Grill 'n Stuff

Hi ya'll
Hope all is well in your world.



I made a fan to go behind that big square grill.



It is hard to tell in the pictures, you can hardly see the fan but it keeps the box from looking empty.



This is the kind of things that I use to get some of the weird forms, it is a broken miniature plastic watergun. I plan to cut and paste it into something for this spot.

have a great weekend.
The two latest pieces - Mantra Flower and Chewed Up and Spit Out
will be joining my other works at the Slotin Folkfest in Gwinnette Georgia this week.
peace and love
Haint

Taking Time to Visit with Folks

This show was all so big and busy with so many people - but we took some time out to chill and visit with the guests.
We met many interesting people - (and took pictures of some of them).


Shane Campbell with Randall Lott and Jim Browne. Shane ended up in a lot of our pictures - maybe because he wasn't in any shape to run away from us!


Shane's son and his friend dropped by to visit.




And for last - 'Bebo' - cool guy (and fellow artist who was staying at the same hotel)- along with Paul Flack - taking a break after a long day.
Many thanks to all the other new friends that we met and we look forward to seeing you all again

Back to work
See ya soon
Peace and love
Haint

Meet the Happy New Owners

Haint with Jim and Lynne Browne. I had blogged earlier about her article about my work in the latest edition of the Folk Art Messenger. She broought me a personalized copy of the magazine, she had signed - how cool was that!? The Brownes already had a piece of my work that they had acquired last year and took home a companion mandala piece from this year's Folkfest. Thanks Jim and Lynne - Peace and Love


Lynne with the artist and her new love!


Eric Moeller also came back for more this year. In this photo he is enchanted by the 'Sorceror's Industrial Abomination' - the latest addition to his collection.

Keepin it cool . .

Peace and love
Haint

Artists and art dealers at FolkFest 2009

Today we are posting some pictures of some of our neighbors from the show.


This is Ginger Young's booth. They had a lot of colorful butterfly works and a set of very intriguing wood carvings in flowing organic shapes.


Shane Campbell with 'Devil Jim' and his crow trees on the table. Shane paid us a brief visit in his Ninja Turtle suit, before returning to Chattanooga to recover from back surgery. Get well soon, Shane.


Mickey Beth was our neighbor on the other side. Her booth was chock full of Americana and folk art treasures.

Stay tuned tomorrow when we will visit with the enthusiastic buyers who scored a piece of my work at the show.

Peace and love
Haint

More Folkfest 2009 - the booth

Hello all,
I have gone back to work on my latest piece, but haven't done enough for pictures yet. But in the mean while -
here are some photos from the FolkFest in Atlanta last week.
These are some shots of the Rising Fawn Folk Art booth at the show.


Bessie Harvey's large work made a nice centerpiece on the table amid collectible pottery.


Herbert Badgett's Family Tree was an eyecatcher in the corner. 'Superfluous' and 'Pleroma' are on the back wall.



All finished and ready to work. 'Sorceror's Industrial Abomination', Festive Circle Carnival' and 'Family of Circles Having Fun . . ' are behind us. The wood carving beside us is Sun Ford Thomas by Jimmy Hedges and is made from one solid chunk of cedar.

More from the show tomorrow

Peace and Love
Haint and Littia

After FolkFest #16 for August 2009

Hi everybody,
Hope you had a great weekend! And thanks to all who came by and visited us during the FolkFest in Atlanta this weekend.
We had a great time and met lots of nice friendly folks. Folk Art people are the nicest folks!
We are still getting pictures put together - but here are some of the first ones - more to come later.


Here I am talking with folk artists Shane Campbell and George Borum at the Rising Fawn Folk Art booth at the opening Friday night.
Shane is the 'Ninja Turtle' - recovering from back surgery- he toughed out his pain and came down to the show Friday. His compulsive and creative crow trees were sought after items at the show.
This was the first time for me to meet George Borum 'Murob' with Possum County Folk Art Gallery, though I had seen some of his works before. Great art and a real pleasure to meet him.



We had a chance to walk around and see some of the other set-ups. Here I am talking with (I didn't remember his name) a guy from Art Core. There were so many things to see that we could not take it all in. It was overwhelming and Littia was too distracted to take very many pictures.



Here's a picture of me with Adam Newman - 'borg/steampunk'. I liked his outfit so much that I chased him down to get a picture of him. It was too hot for his full outfit, so we will post some pictures of that later.
And in addition to making a cool suit - Adam has some nice and imaginative art in his Newmanic Tribe gallery. He takes glass things and fills them up and weaves copper baskets around them to make creatures, fan pulls, suncatchers or just fun things to hangup or set around. Cool and unique work

We will post more in a couple of days. Catching up on everything that we didn't do while gone - so the latest WIP is on hold for now, but I'm looking forward to getting back to work soon .
Thanks to all - you know who you are
Peace and love
Haint and Littia