January 2010

These are pictures of two custom buoys done to benefit The Cape Ann Art Haven of Gloucester . I know it is another star wars custom thing. I feel like a broken record sometimes but I think that it came out great. The birdcage buoy is a design that my wife Tammy thought up. She did all the paper cutting and layering and I did the wire and copper work. It is a true jam piece and we had a lot of fun doing it. Swing by the event meet some people and buy some art! It’s this Friday night starting at 6pm at the Cruiseport in Gloucester. Click the website for more info.

www.arthaven.org

Art Haven is having its annual Buoy Auction fundraiser this Friday January 29th from 6-9pm at the Cruiseport Gloucester (6 Rowe Sq.)  Hand-painted buoys from the Lobster Trap Christmas Tree will be auctioned off to raise funds for Art Haven’s programing. *Plus ten Hive artists have donated 10 buoys to the silent auction. (see Will Mean’s Buoy above) If you find yourself in Gloucester Friday, come down to enjoy tons of food from local restaurants and support a great cause.

Admission is $10 for adults, $5 students  and free for children under 12

Karen and I just got back from Mexico where we shared a house with one of the creators of Dear and Yonder, Andria Lessner. After much anticipation our copy of the DVD arrived the other day and the movie is one of the best efforts I have seen in a long time. Really inspiring short bios on women who are representing surfing in a positive way. Hoping to find a venue for surf movie night so we can show this.

Over 10 Hive Artists painted buoys for the silent auction.  Should be a good time with lots of food and all proceeds to benefit Art Haven programming. Come down.

this blog is chock full of profiles of the people who make surfing the magic that it is.  Check it out here http://www.liquidsaltmag.com/

pretty good article in the recent Surfers Journal about California artist Mike Shine. Click the picture to check out his Website

Well I’m not a blockhead but rather it is the title of my new piece .This is a kit bash sculpture I did from an old school mpc vader tie model kit and some other plastic stuff I had. Kit bash are fancy words for using parts from lots of model kits and throwing out the instruction sheet. It combines two of my childhood loves Star Wars and Charlie Brown. He is such a blockhead that it just had to be the name for it.

(c) Tom Torrey     2010

I wish Gloucester had a budget for public art like this. The late great Margaret Kilgallen, a fellow CC graduate.

check out his new blog http://www.soulkontroll.blogspot.com/

I got word from a friend that the Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming to the Regent Theater in Arlington Feb 22-24.  This is always a great night and getting to see some inspiring films is always good for the middle the of winter..

http://www.banffcentre.ca/MountainCulture/Tour/listings/cities.aspx?cat=NA&num=33&location=us&region=MA