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five, mid-march

Just five of the cigar-tin stories that are currently in the gallery. 

the fall that keeps on falling

Fall is by far the busiest time of the year; there is always some point where I have to write the words SLOW DOWN in my appointment book. Because almost all the appointments are with myself, and deadlines are often as much imagined as real. At the same, it's distressing to go through notebooks where I find myself making plans about plans.

So what am I working on?

Artstream is having a GRID show this winter – affordable artworks in 6 x 6-inch format, in whatever array or series the artist chooses. I'm making four pieces, in various media, on cradled wood board, based on stories from my new book, Dark All Day.

But since I can't work small all the time, I've just finished a large (don't have the measurements in front of me, but roughly the size of a coffee table) painting on board about 1984. Don't even ask. And the trouble with saying "finished" is that it never applies to just the artwork itself – I have this fixation with 'complete' work, so I always have to write a story or essay about it, and make an audio recording, and print some kind of booklet for it. Anyway, I'll post more about this next week.

And I'm trying to have a whack of work ready for the upcoming Fat Goose Craft Fair. I only have a half table but I intend to cram it with lovely tchotchkes – cigar-tin stories, drawings, books, illuminated cards, prints, bookmarks – all of it original and handmade.

And then there's still Christmas. Looming.

fall circular

Sending out the Fall circular for cigar-tin stories today, after a frustrating morning constructing links (and their content), and negotiating with the internet, as it twitched and coughed away. At any rate, this one has a story about a gangster.

some people notice

A very nice little article about cigar-tins stories appears in the current issue of Broken Pencil magazine.

cigar-tin story #97

Cigar-tin story #97. I now have a wee Etsy shop for these (and other things). You can find it here.

cigar-tin stories #78 to #87, inclusive

This was a special set, done for a collector in Toronto. As such they are *sold*.

#67-71

Cigar-tin stories #67 to 71. *Sold*

#61-66

Cigar-tin stories 61 to 66. *Sold*

new cigar-tin stories

Some new cigar-tin stories; you can see the set here. I'll be posting them individually in the days to come.

all the rest for now

From bottom to top, cigar-tin stories #51 to 61, inclusive. All cigar-tin stories are now sold except for #33 (girl with glasses), #50 (Shakespearean playwright) and #52 (artsy/angsty girl in turtleneck, slightly comic book).

cigar-tin stories at novel idea

My cigar-tin stories will be available at Novel Idea for the month of December.

Cigar-tin stories are intended as tchotchkes: to decorate bookshelves, end tables, mantles, desks, etc. They are one-of-a-kind curiosity items, much like pretty girls.

tchotchke / pronounced chotch-kuh /
(also tsatske)
noun informal
1. a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket.
2. a pretty girl or woman
ORIGIN 1960's, Yiddish

All cigar-tin stories have an original painting on the cover, varnished and protected, and a booklet with a story inside (usually previously published -- my work has appeared in magazines in Canada, the US and UK).

Cigar-tin stories are only $20 each. They make great gifts!

cigar-tin stories are unique

Cigar-tin stories are intended as tchotchkes: meant to decorate bookshelves, end tables, mantles, desks, etc. They are one-of-a-kind curiosity items, much like pretty girls. 



tchotchke / pronounced chotch-kuh /



(also tsatske)



noun informal




1. a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket.



2. a pretty girl or woman




ORIGIN 1960's, Yiddish





All cigar-tin stories have an original painting on the cover, varnished and protected, and a booklet with a published story inside.





They are $22 each (includes postage).



Please email me at cigartinstories@yahoo.com; the arrangements are simple (believe me; I've mailed artwork all over the world).



You can see more of my work at:

www.red-handed.blogspot.com

cigar-tin story #20

*Sold*.

cigar-tin story #19

*Sold*.

cigar-tin story #18

*Sold*.

cigar-tin story #17

*Sold*.

cigar-tin story #16

*Sold*.

cigar-tin story #15

*Gifted*.

cigar-tin story #14