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Wow, how time does fly! We hope you guys were able to enjoy some time off, party with friends, see your families, or maybe just drink alone by the fireplace - whatever makes tick or tock, we hope you had a chance to do it! We have returned from our Christmas vacations revived and with creative neurons sparking! We are looking forward to creating more things in 2011, including booking more shows and getting back into doing neighborhood Art Walks here in SeaTown. Thanks for your continued support - no matter how poorly we are at updating this website!
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Happy November, Monofreens! It's been awhile hasn't it? Fall is here, Halloween come and gone, and here we are staring the Holidays right in the kisser!   We recently put up a small show at the Itty Bitty Buzz Cafe in Port Angeles, WA -- hometown to Monocol's very own Tom Eykemans . The show is called WANDERLUST and its all about traveling all around the world and back again.   It will be at The 'Buzz through the beginning of December so check it out on your way to the Twilight Tour in Forks, WA (please feel free to ask Tom all sorts of Twilight releated questions, he is soooo Team Jacob ... or something). To see more images of the Wanderlust show, please check out our Flickr. New Monocol holiday cards and goodies will be available on our Etsy next week, so stay tuned to this bat(pig) channel. Is it too early to make New Year's Resolutions? Cos our first one would be to rehaul this blog and actually update this sucker! We'll write it down for January ....
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So what have the Monokids been up to this past few weeks? Creating a Digital Harinezumi Short, of course! Many thanks to our pawesome friends Cody and Morgan - Cody wrote an awesome score for our short in two nights and Morgan agreeably walked into the 40 degree waters of the Puget Sound. We hope you like it!
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 We are excited to show you our Monocol Badkamer Birthday Calendars! We've updated our Etsy with these little calendars - each month features a painting from the Same Difference series. You may be wondering what a Badkamer Birthday Calender entails and how it may differ from other birthday calendars. Well to begin, badkamer is Dutch for bathroom, so really it's a Monocol Bathroom Birthday Calendar. Oh dear, we really should explain ourselves better.  This little calendar is named in honor of the Dutch tradition of hanging birthday calenders (verjaardagskalender) in the bathroom. Speculation on the origins of this tradition vary, but perhaps it's because it is the one place all guests probably visit in your house and the one place you probably go every day (the Dutch are very practical people). Birthday calendars only have numbered dates without the accompanying days so that you can use it year after year (see? practical). You don't even have to keep it in the bathroom, but 16.4 million Dutch people do.
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  Thanks to everyone who came out to our little show last Saturday! We haven't had a new art show up in a long time, and its always great to see everyone, eat Doritos, and drink beer! Of course many thanks and bags of candy should be sent to Amy and Keri at Sugartown Vintage - they are some of the most pawesome gals in business here in Ballard. We can't say enough good things about them, their store, and their high tolerance for Tom's musical picks for the evening (including R.Kelly's entire "Trapped in the Closet" album).   Our Same Difference paintings will be at Sugartown for the rest of the month! We will also be updating the Etsy with a few little surprises, including prints of the original pieces. Mono-over and out!! See more Same Differences at our Flickr |
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... That's the sound of a little bird getting ready to spill the beans (or is it the sound of da police? men working on the chain gang? ... where were we going with this?) ... We are hard at work on a show that will open next month -- this Feburary will mark the 2nd Year Anniversary of the first Monocol show ("Woodgills!") evarrr! We aren't much for anniversaries, but its been a great adventure so far. More details and sneak peeks to follow! Here is an unrelated picture that will not be in our show:  |
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Holly jolly, MonoCompatriots! We can hardly believe it is December! However, Gwynne has played her Charlie Brown Christmas Album approximately 120 times already since Thanksgiving.
Sketches for our Lincoln-Leopard documentary animation A cause for much rumupus was the felicitous happenstance of Tom's birthday!! A joint celebration was held with MonoFreen Emily for a Team Tom vs Team Emily Whirlyball extravaganza. Whirlyball is the lovechild of bumpercars and lacrosse with the ultimate promise of spine cracking whiplash. Gwynne made up some cupcake toppers and team t-shirts to commemorate the ocassion.
  We've also updated our Etsy with new photo prints of some of your favorite Woodgills!! We gots your Bogbots, your Hobo Pengies, your Robots in Ponds, your Sasquatches. Go check it out! 9 out of 9 wombats agree that Monocol provisions are excellent holiday gifts!   WHEW! We've got even more things to put on our list and check off twice, so more updates soon! Now seriously, what is figgy puddin?
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