Visiting Mochimochi Land

I went to the opening of the Greetings from Mochimochi show at Gallery Hanahou (as I said I would) on Thursday and it was really great. I have just a few photos to share:

There were fat little unicorns prancing up onto a rainbow and getting eaten by big purple guys, and ghosts in a graveyard, a rat-infested city, and a god with an Elvis-stule pompadour sitting on a cloud. There was also a train with a knit cover that would randomly begin whizzing around the track and which made me slightly (and perhaps unreasonably) giddy every time it started up again.

I made a super short video if you'd like to see the train in action.

It has been estimated that everything in the show took 200 balls of yarn and over a million stitches to complete. I think those numbers almost put the enormous amount of work in perspective (but just almost). I strongly suggest that you see this show if you can. It will be on display until October 29. More info is here.

Greetings from Mochimochi!

What are you doing tomorrow evening?

If you're in the New York area you should be going to the Greetings from Mochimochi show at Gallery Hanahou.

Here's how the show is described on Gallery Hanahou's website:

"In her first solo show, craft artist Anna Hrachovec stretches the possibilities of knitting as a medium to create an expansive and wacky landscape installation. Crash-landed aliens, rat-infested skyscrapers, giant ants, and everything else that comprises the 8-foot installation is entirely hand-knitted by the artist, who used 200 balls of yarn and more than a million stitches to make it all come to life. And just for fun, the piece includes a working model train – converted into a silly knitted monster, of course!"

Fun stuff! You can find our more about Anna Hrachovec at Mochimochiland.com where she also maintains a great blog. The opening party is tomorrow from 7-9 pm and I've really been looking forward to it. Openings at Hanahou are always really casual and fun and there's usually a very nice amount of champagne...

Hope to see you there!

Lost at Sea

Hey!

If you live in the New York area you should really consider going to the opening of the Lost at Sea show at Gallery Hanahou tonight. Tons of different fiber and plush artists have contributed to the show and I think it's going to be really inspiring and fun.

The opening reception is from 7-9 and if it's like the other openings I've been to at Hanahou, the work will be amazing and the free champagne will be flowing. See you there!

Luv-able & Hug-able

Last night I went to the Luv-able and Hug-able show at Gallery Hanahou. This is the third year they've done this show and I think I've been to every one. It's so much fun to see what all these different people have imagined up.

I really fell in love with the work of Hine Mizushima. I took a couple photos of her awesome felt octopi. You can see more of her amazing work here. Seriously, go look at her stuff.

And, if you can, go see this show!