Liz McGrath's limited edition Saint Patrick's Day collectibles
Elizabeth McGrath, the incredible sculptor-of-the-strange who I interviewed for BBtv late last year, has created two new limited edition creepycrafts in honor of Saint Patrick's Day. The green bat pin, named Seamus O'Shay, is $35 and comes in a hand-sketched box. The lucky rabbit knife and green mouse butcher knife (mouse size, in fact) are $25 and meant to "cut all the bad luck out of your life." Link
Previously on BB:
• Liz McGrath, creator of creepy creatures, on BBtv Link
• Liz McGrath show in Los Angeles Link
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Collectible? Limited edition? I'm underwhelmed. It isn't awful, it just isn't killer.
Why not just make your own stuff?
If you've some artsy background, grand. If not, well, you're folks, aren't ya? Make folk art. Do it yourself. Don't buy crafts stuff to do it. Use what is kicking around the house. Riffle through piles of bulk trash waiting for pick-up. Re-purpose.
Do it. More fun than buying it.
@PIPENTA (#2), I agree with encouraging people to make stuff themselves. That said, Liz McGrath's large sculptures sell out for thousands of dollars before her gallery shows even open. For fans of her art who would like an original piece but can't afford those prices, these items are greatly appreciated.
David,
In that context I kind of get it. But these little pieces don't really capture the feel of her larger work. They look more like something you'd find at a Kingdom of Loathing convention.
But yeah, I've half a dozen Michael Corney skull cups that I really treasure. But I think they stand alone very well and are also more representative of his larger pieces.
It is just that our lives are filled with stuff. I've been watching people pare down the stuff in their lives a lot lately for all kinds of reasons: they've moved, they're putting their house on the market and need to strip down the clutter, a death of a spouse, the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, a baby along the way...
All kinds of life changes happening to many of my friends and family and common theme is dealing with stuff. Look around you are ask yourself, what would make the cut, your cut, if you have to have a lighter load for some reasons.
Helping friends downsize, organize, pack up, move, mourn, maintain, prepare, I'm torn. I'm a visual person. I collect things. I've also become more and more gypsy-like over the years. I've hung on to those cups, to a number of prints and a few molas. I have some natural history items, some lovely shells, an old scuba backpack from the 1960's that looks like modernist sculpture and I use it as such. But other than that, I am down to functional things. And books. I have a lot of books. Not as many as I used to, but still way too many, probably.
It's just such an American thing or a a modern thing, to amass all this stuff. I'm thinking it does't help. I'm thinking it is much more satisfying to go to the gallery and see McGrath's more serious work. Because then you are doing something. And no, seeing it is not like the owning of it. But maybe, it turns out, it is better.