Ice Cream Dreams
Sometime in March I visited a cute Japanese culture inspired shop called, JapanLA. My friend, amazing artist JSalvador, recommended it to me and I just thought it was so adorable. I ended up talking to the sweetest worker there who invited me to their Japan Benefit Art Show they were having in a couple days, and suggested I bring some of my Leesasaur products to show. At the time I was unsure of how long I would be staying in LA due to an unforeseen obstacle, but I managed to stay a while and was glad I attended the show. It was pretty wild in there and I briefly met with the shop owner, Jamie, who took my French Toast and sample business card. To be honest, I didn't think I would get a response from her, but a week later she emailed me asking to be apart of their upcoming Kittens and Ice Cream Show!
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It was so bizarre because I happened to be making my Banana Split piece just then! My mindset was in the ice cream and I didn't really put much thought into implementing a kitty because I wanted to keep things simple and focused. At first I was going to do a bowl of different ice creams. I started with vanilla, green tea and chocolate, and was even going to do mint chocolate chip, but I was so in love with my Banana Split, that I wanted to make a larger scaled one for the show. This is only my second piece that is a set-scene concept, so I spent hours upon hours on not only the individual pieces, but the whole compilation, to make sure everything fit perfectly together, aesthetically and physically (the bowl was really difficult).
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The show also sparked the execution my long awaited Chill Pops, so I thought it'd be great to add them along with my piece since Jamie mentioned she would like me to make my ornaments or whatever else I think of that would be cute in the show.
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The show also sparked the execution my long awaited Chill Pops, so I thought it'd be great to add them along with my piece since Jamie mentioned she would like me to make my ornaments or whatever else I think of that would be cute in the show.
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The day I packed and shipped them off, I felt a deep sadness. They are very special to me and I just hope many people will enjoy them as much as I do. This is my first ever art show and I actually won't even be able to attend the awesome opening for it! If you happen to find yourself in Los Angeles and are in the mood for smiles, I hope you can make it to the show or just the shop itself!
Congrats! Your work is amazing! ^ - ^ And SUPER CUTE!
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet! Thank you so much!
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