Ramblin Worker

FREE! Fog & Laser Christmas Party

2011-12-06T14:11:00.000-08:00

FREE! Fog & Laser Christmas Party Sunday Night Dec 11 Makeout Room San Francisco!
RSVP
http://www.facebook.com/events/124226587692362/

Swipple Art Show, One For The Road!

2011-10-12T17:01:00.001-07:00

Swipple Art Show, One For The Road!, a photo by ! ramblinworker on Flickr.

Swipple Group Show, One For The Road

Max Fish
178 Ludlow Street
New York, New York

Sunday, October 16 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Swipple brings it back to Max Fish for one more (final??) extravaganza of aesthetic goodness!
Free Camp Swipple beer koozies to all while supplies last, so get there early!!!

Thanks,
Hank Swipple
www.swipple.com

Jeff Cashvan, Ryan Groendyk, Steve MacDonald, Gregg Woolard, Matt Crane, Jocko Weyland, John Drury, Lucy Wright-Rivers, Jake Klotz, Jason Wright, Andrea Aimi, Banks Clayton, Jim Damron, David Skinner, Rob Kolomyski, John Hoder, Ky Anderson, Dennis Kernohan, Justin Pollmann, Zach Erickson and more!

! ramblinworker's photostream

2011-10-10T14:23:00.001-07:00

! ramblinworker's photostream on Flickr.

Just uploaded some photos. First time in a long time

Fog & Laser #3 - San Francisco, CA - on Mon Oct 31 at Makeout Room | SanFrancisco.com

2011-10-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

Fog & Laser #3 - San Francisco, CA - on Mon Oct 31 at Makeout Room | SanFrancisco.com

Fog & Laser 3 - Halloween Spectacular!

2011-10-08T13:50:00.000-07:00

Monday, October 31 at 9:00pm - November 1 at 2:00am

The Makeout Room

3225 22nd Street

San Francisco, CA

Fog & Laser 3 "Halloween Spectacular"

Indie/Electro Dance Party & Costume Extravaganza

Monday, October 31st, 9pm - 2am, $7, 21+

w/ host DJs RamblinWorker & EmDee

Visuals by Xavier

Facebook Fog & Laser RSVP

Daft Punk covers by Fog and Laser

2011-08-08T21:39:00.000-07:00

I just finished this mix of Daft Punk covers.
http://soundcloud.com/fog-and-laser/daft-punk-covers-fog-and-laser

You can download the 320 mix here!
http://www.ramblinworker.com/daft_punk_covers.zip

Fog & Laser #2 w/ Special Guest 'Little Wings'

2011-07-07T12:55:00.000-07:00

Fog & Laser #2 w/ Special Guest 'Little Wings'

Join us for Fog & Laser #2! An indie/electro dance party extravaganza powered by fog machines and laser beams! Visuals by Xavier! + Laser Portraits and more!

Special electro/solo set by Little Wings, which is a musical project started in 1998 by Kyle Field. Over time, he's been joined by assorted musicians for six records, and has also played in The Microphones and Devendra Banhart’s band. "Fused a postmodern Beach Boys ideology with warm alt-country." --AllMusic.com

w/ host dj's ramblinworker & emdee

All Ages!
$7 for 21+ / $10 for under 21

$7 Pre-sale tickets available at:
www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/44257?utm_medium=bks

10pm-2am

Check out the Fog & Laser video!!!

50% off all my Esty stuff!!!

2011-05-10T22:13:00.000-07:00

I am trying to rise money to get a new sewing machine.

So, everything in my esty shop is 50% off!!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ramblinworker

If you see something you like just email me to get 50% off!!!

Thanks!

Steve

Part 2 Deep In da fog Live Mix

2011-05-09T16:38:00.001-07:00

Part 2 Deep In da fog Live Mix by ramblinworker

Fog and Laser

2011-04-10T21:09:00.000-07:00

Fog & Laser’s first ever official kick-off extravaganza will take place on Saturday,
April 23rd, 2011 at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, CA. In a nutshell,
the party will be just that: A large club/dance floor + fog machines + lasers + great music!
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When: Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 155 Fell Street - SF, CA 94102
Where: Rickshaw Stop
Time: 9-2am
Cost: an economical $7
additonal details and to RSVP: www.facebook.com/fogandlaser

Fog & Laser #1 @ Rickshaw Stop SF!

2011-03-14T00:17:00.000-07:00

Fog & Laser!

DJs EmDee & RamblinWorker host an anything-goes, genre-free dance party extravaganza powered by fog machines and lasers turned up to 2011. Drink specials, laser portraits and more to be announced!

Sat, April 23, 2011
9:00 pm
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco, CA
$7.00

Link to, Fog & Laser Facebook page

Venue Information:
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco, CA
155 Fell St
http://rickshawstop.com

Fog & Laser, Deep In The Dark Mix

Link To Mix, http://www.ramblinworker.com/foglaser_mix.zip

NT Keys for a Behringer keyboard controller

2011-03-06T00:24:00.000-08:00

General Information

When I came up with the NT MIDI keyboard controller it was simply a case of my necessity becoming the mother of an invention. It wasn't until I showed it to others that I was encouraged to go public with it. After applying for a utility patent (which covers the key layout and NT music scoring) I began to realize what an impossible task making a marketable product was for someone already working 40 hours a week. I still don't have the capitol or connections to go into manufacturing MIDI keyboard controllers but; I now have molds for producing high pressure injected ABS plastic NT keys that are suitable for retrofitting any of Behringer's latest MIDI keyboard controllers. With little modification my new NT keys will fit any Behringer UMX 61or UMX 610 61-key MIDI keyboard controller.

So people not suffering from ineptitude aren't punished I'm initially selling the NT keys in 34 key sets so people with a UMX 61 or UMX 610 can watch my "NT Key Installation Procedure" video (or just read the pdf) and install their own NT keys. Those who find such tools as a screwdriver, needle nose pliers, and a hacksaw blade too difficult to use or obtain will simply have to wait and see if this concept ever goes main stream. Seriously if retrofitting your UMX 61 or UMX 610 looks too difficult for you then show my video to the teenagers next door and get them to do it for you. Anyone who knows how to use a Phillips head screwdriver, a pair of needle nose pliers, and a hacksaw blade should be able to get the job done in less than an hour.

Since two OEM white keys and all 25 OEM black keys are used in the new NT configuration, 29 white NT keys and five additional black keys are required to make up a full set of NT keys. A UMX 61 or UMX 610 outfitted with NT keys will have 30 black keys and 31 white keys for a total of 61.To make the NT keys even affordable (to me) a simpler than OEM mold had to be devised which unfortunately leaves no provision for adding weights to the black keys I had made. I provide the black keys only because it is cheaper than robbing them from another board. When installing them I recommend placing one in each octave to use as a reference. The weights in the white OEM keys can be removed and glued into the new NT keys but; so far I've found no way to remove the weights without destroying the white OEM keys in the process and I personally don't think it's worth the effort.

To date 2/27/11 I have paid for the tooling and have had the molds for the new NT keys produced but; now (after paying my patent attorney) I don't have enough capitol left to purchase a large enough bulk of keys to get a price break. I need to sell a min. of 70 sets @ $100.00 ea. (plus postage) before I can order a large enough bulk to make them that affordable. That being the case I'm presently taking e-mails to find out how many people would like a set before I install Paypal. I'll make the first order as soon as I get enough commitments but; there's a 10-business day turn around before I can get them and ship them. Let's see what happens.

The Behringer UMX 61 comes in 2 colors silver & red

For more info
http://ntkeys.com/

Skate Ramp Alphabet by Steve MacDonald aka RamblinWorker

2010-08-02T12:51:00.000-07:00

Target ripped off my art!

2010-06-21T00:55:00.000-07:00

Room Essentials Style TARGET copied
my art from the Bicycle
Film Festival JOYRIDE art show from last year.

Steve MacDonald "The Last Dragon" @ Fuse Gallery New York

2010-04-27T10:23:00.000-07:00

Steve MacDonald "The Last Dragon" @ Fuse Gallery New York

2010-03-22T00:34:00.000-07:00

Steve MacDonald
"The Last Dragon"
Exhibition: April 24 through May 15, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 24th, 7 to 10 pm
http://www.fusegallerynyc.com/

Merging classic sewing craftsmanship with an urban edge, San Francisco
based artist Steve MacDonald (aka Ramblin Worker), creates pieces that redefine the concept of fiber art. The humble craft of embroidery synthesized with vibrant color and a Pop aesthetic result in whimsical yet graphically bold imagery. MacDonald combines various concepts, mediums and a fresh perspective to present unique works that stretch the boundaries of contemporary craftsmanship.

Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Steve MacDonald now lives and works in the art hub of San Francisco. He received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the University of California, Berkeley. His work has been mentioned and reviewed in various media outlets including Nylon and Interview Magazines. MacDonald’s work turned heads all over Manhattan during the 2006 Deitch Parade when a tank he had crafted was towed across the city. His work has been shown in major cities all over the US and internationally including the Max Fish Gallery in New York and Gallery Three in San Francisco.

“The Last Dragon,” artwork by Steve Macdonald runs April 24th through May 15, 2010, at Fuse Gallery, 93 2nd Ave (between 5th & 6th Sts, 2nd Ave stop on the F), NYC, NY. The opening reception, on Saturday April 24th, from 7 to 10 pm, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Fuse Gallery at 212.777.7988 or fusegall@fusegallerynyc.com.

Cool little write up on Printeresting.

2010-03-02T13:24:00.000-08:00

http://www.printeresting.org/2010/03/02/ramblin-worker/

Swipple Artists Land on the Left Coast

2009-11-26T00:49:00.000-08:00

Swipple Artists Land on the Left Coast

Ever Gold Gallery
441 O'Farrell St. San Francisco, CA
Opening Reception: Thursday, Dec. 10th 6-10pm
http://evergoldgallery.blogspot.com/

Through December
http://www.swipple.com

The Swipple artists’ collaborative takes the show on the road to San Francisco at Ever Gold Gallery. For the month of December, works by twenty-one artists representing a colorful cross-section of humanity will exhibit unique and touching works of rare aesthetic dexterity.

Swipple: Ever Gold 2009 features a diverse group of artists ranging from young to old, free to incarcerated, traditionally educated to those pursuing an artistic evolution entirely on their own terms. All however share a unique commitment to their craft and particular vision. The common thread that gathers these artists is not so much one of form but one of sensibility, an ephemeral yet stubborn insistence that the work needs to be taken on its own terms, rather than in contexts foreign to its source.

Swipple is a collaborative network of artists who exhibit artwork online through the Swipple.com website, an “island of lost toys” for artists, a flickering beacon located somewhere in the distant outskirts of the art-world proper. Swipple presents a diverse and idiosyncratic spectrum of artists both online and in roaming exhibits across the country. Founded in 2003 by experimentalist Hank Swipple, Swipple has consistently impressed folks of varied backgrounds by featuring artists whose work is insistent and self-assured, and resistant to easy categorization. All are unique individuals marching to their own internal logic, each wandering along at their own pace upon paths of aesthetic enlightenment, elaborating enduring and authentic personal visions.

Swipple: Ever Gold 2009 follows in this proud tradition, and for anyone looking for something that is both different and worthwhile, this show will not disappoint.

Swipple: Ever Gold 2009 Artists:
Andrea Aimi, Ky Anderson, Canton Belanger, Tim Clinton, Matt Crane, Jim Damron, Frankie Davis, John Drury, Brigitte Engler, Ryan Groendyk, John Hoder, Meredith Heuer, Dennis Kernohan, Jake Klotz, Rob Kolomyski, Steve MacDonald, Justin Pollmann, Lucy Wright Rivers, Wynn Satterlee, Dave Skinner, Jerry Smith, Treatzone, Gregg Woolard, Jason Wright.

See more art at http://www.swipple.com

Alphabet Skate Park Zine

2009-11-02T21:16:00.000-08:00

Andrew McClintock helped me put together my first zine.
We made a LTD run of 100.
4in x 4in zine.
The cover is silk screened.
The inside was printed on thick paper with a color copier.

To buy,
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33522802

Steve MacDonald, "Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens," Gallery Three

2009-09-22T22:31:00.000-07:00

Gallery Three is proud to present “Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens,” a new body of work by Steve MacDonald. Intermixing gold, silver and explosive colors, MacDonald creates enchanting worlds made of thread and paint. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday October 10 from 7-11 pm.

Steve MacDonald is no stranger to the art community. Known as a jack of all trades, master of one, he finds his own unique niche in sewing. His artwork has paved the way for a number of creative ventures including designs for Modest Mouse, PUMA, MASH and most recently Huf SF.

Steve MacDonald's embroidery embraces alternative forms of visual expression by diverging from domestic and industrial traditions of sewing. With an obvious attempt to use less paint than thread, he creates images that command fine craft and a still hand. His process begins by cutting up painter’s canvases and re-sewing them like patchwork to achieve an unorthodox template. He then maps out a rough sketch on the canvas and traces an outline with his Singer 503a. His vibrant colors of thread obtrude from the canvas with overlapping patterns, creating a contoured surface. Inspired by the urban and natural landscapes of the Bay Area, his multicolored clouds of smoke stream from the city skyline sewn with gold, red and blue threads. The combination of pattern and contrasting colors tend to create optical allusions, guiding the eye back and forth across the canvas, entrancing the viewer.

Ramblin Worker is a San Francisco based artist. He began his formal art education at the Kansas City Art Institute where he earned a BFA in sculpture. He later went on to earn a MFA at UC Berkeley. In addition to his solo art projects, he’s been engaged in a number of collaborative endeavors across the country and around the world.

Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens
By Ramblin Worker / Steve MacDonald

Opening Reception:
Saturday October 10th, 2009 from
7-11pm
Show runs through: November 7th,
2009

Gallery Three
835 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
94109

Gallery Three is located in the upstairs for White Walls gallery

Bicycle Film Festival / HUF Shirt, by Steve MacDonald

2009-07-21T13:02:00.000-07:00

I made this shirt for the Bicycle Film Festival / HUF.
You can get one at HUF.

Thanks, Matthew for helping me out with the shirts.

www.ramblinworker.com

Bicycle Film Festival window at HUF made by the artist Steve MacDonald Ramblin Worker

2009-07-13T00:41:00.001-07:00

Photo by Matthew Davis
www.treatzone.com
and
Kirsten of
www.whitewallssf.com

Ramblin Worker / HUF / Bicycle Film Festival

www.ramblinworker.com/
www.hufsf.com/
www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/

Treatzone at Renegade SF

2009-07-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

My friends Matthew and Sandy (aka Treatzone) are going to be at Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco on 7/18-7/19.

This is there website.
http://www.treatzone.com/

Ps, check out there photos on flickr/treatzone

2009-07-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

I just this old school video I was in on DVD.
Rollin' With the Z-Boyz (1989)

Nollie over a skateboard on it's side!

Steve MacDonald in Rollin' With the Z-Boyz

2009-06-30T11:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckIc2wrnBxk

Art For Sale

2009-04-22T01:24:00.000-07:00

I have some art for sale!

For a limited time I am selling my art direct from my studio to you.
I don't have a gallery that represents me right now. Buy it now, before everything goes through the gallery again only.
Feel free to email me.
Steve@ramblinworker.com
Thanks,
Steve

Embroidered Mountain

Cargo Ship.
Sold

and
this is a small cargo ship
8 1/2 x 8 1/2in
Sold

Tiger and Flowers

White Snow Clock
Sold

Gold Wings Clock
Sold

Cuckoo Bird Clock
SOLD

Flower

Mission Card Board Truck
8 1/2 x 8 1/2in
Sold

skateboard alphabet

Mountain with Fog

Mountain with Fog 2

Rainbow_skulls
Sold

There is more art on my website.
http://www.ramblinworker.com/art.html

Modern Seamster Magazine

2009-02-12T23:04:00.000-08:00

A Thin Red Line

Text; Linda Lagunas

Photos; Angela Scrivani

Interview with Steve MacDonald of Ramblin Worker

To read
A Thin Red Line

Swipple 5nd year anniversary commemorative "music" CD

2008-11-19T12:19:00.000-08:00

Tracks by Ramblin Worker, Reuben Sohl, La Lus, Dirtclod, Three Faggits Suck, Precious Monkey, Wooden Nickel, and more!

To Buy
http://www.swipple.com/shopitem.php?id=143

Stumble It!

Winter Fest 13th Annual 2008 San Francisco CA

2008-11-18T22:34:00.000-08:00

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition 13th Annual Winterfest member party on Sunday, December 7th. More than 1,000 SF bicycling advocates of all stripes — SFBC members, commuters, corporate sponsors, artists, and local politicians — will celebrate the growth of San Francisco bicycling at this annual member party, auction and fundraiser. Evening activities include a live auction, silent auction and art show featuring brand new bikes, cool gear, unique art and gift certificates from local favorites. Proceeds from the Winterfest fundraiser will go directly toward improving biking conditions in San Francisco so all cyclists have a comfortable, safe and dignified ride about town. Check out the Winterfest Auction Catalog as it grows and grows, preview the 60+ local artists in the Art Show and take a peek at the first ever SFBC Bike Quilt composed by 30 local crafters.

www.sfbike.org/?winterfest

JOY RIDE MILANO

2008-11-18T22:31:00.000-08:00

Sto volando a Milano per il festival di pellicola della bicicletta. Ciao, Steve

SUPERSTUDIO PIÙ, VIA TORTONA 27

NAUGURAZIONE ALLE 19, APERTA FINO AL 30 NOVEMBRE DALLE 11 ALLE 20

Collettiva a tappe che riunisce opere di artisti affermati e nuovi talenti. Partita da New York nel 2007, è già passata per Parigi, Londra, San Francisco, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Toronto.

NAUGURAZIONE ALLE 19, APERTA FINO AL 30 NOVEMBRE DALLE 11 ALLE 20

ARTISTI
Kareem Black
Julia Chiang
Matteo Di Nisio
Camilla Candida Donzella
Stefano Dragonetti
Cheryl Dunn
Jessica Findley
Massan Fluker
Erik Foss
Michel Gondry
Jason Goods
Rich Jacobs
Taliah Lempert
Daniele De Lonti
Andrew McClintock
Steve MacDonald
James Newman
Wolfgang Paperchase
Tahiti pehrson
Andrea "Hekto" Schilirò
Tod Seelie
Peter Sutherland
John-Taki Theodoracopulus
Swoon

bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/milano/

Steve MacDonald by Nick Golebiewski

2008-10-01T14:58:00.001-07:00

ART-I-SODE #1 Steve MacDonald from Nick Golebiewski on Vimeo.

Swipple: Max Fish 2008!!!

2008-09-25T01:06:00.000-07:00

Swipple at Max Fish 2008

www.Swipple.com

works by affiliates of the Swipple artist collective

Swipple is a collaborative network of artists who exhibit artwork online through
the Swipple.com website. The primary motivation behind

the Swipple project is simple: to provide a forum and exhibit space for

high-quality artwork, in a setting that is broad enough in scope to

reflect a wide range of artists and practices, and yet is limited enough

to retain a sense of intimacy and cohesion among the artists.

Swipple is committed to uncovering and presenting artwork from the vast

pool of little known artists plugging away at the periphery of the

art-world proper, but exhibits the artwork of emerging and mid-career

artists as well. The aesthetic direction is dictated largely by chance,

and of course nepotism, and while in that way it parallels the art world,

we hope that it does so in its own unique and interesting way.

Visitors to the website are not required to have any background in the arts,

and are welcome to make their own decisions about what they like.

We suggest only that artists be taken as much as possible on their own terms.

Andrea Aimi, Brion Nuda Rosch, Canton Belanger,

Dennis Kernohan,Gregg Woolard, Hank Swipple,

Jake Klotz, Jason Wright, Jeff Cashvan,

Jim Damron, Jocko Weyland, John Drury,

John Hoder, Joseph Nechvatal, Justin Pollmann,

Ky Anderson, Matt Crane, Ned Gedney, Rob Kolomyski,

Steve MacDonald, Tim Clinton, Zach Erickson, Ryan Groendyk and more.

www.swipple.com at Max Fish

DONT

MISS

THE

BIG

SWIPPLE!

5nd Annual Swipple art show

Oct. 14 - June Nov. 12

2008

Max Fish NYC

178 Ludlow St.

NY, NY

Opening reception Oct. 14, 6pm

http://www.swipple.com/

Joy Ride SF Opening Thursday July 24, 2008

2008-07-21T15:20:00.000-07:00

Thursday July 24 - Joy Ride Opening 6-10 PM

JOYRIDE

Curated by Brendt Barbur

Bottlecapp Gallery

180 CAPP St. 3rd FLR

Opening 6-10

BICYCLE VALET PARKING PROVIDED BY SFBC

Afterparty TBA

Gallery open

Friday and Saturday

2-10pm

PATRICK TREFZ

MICHEL GONDRY

STEVE MACDONALD

CHERYL DUNN

ANDREW MCCLINTOCK

JULIA CHIANG

ERIK FOSS

TAKUYA SAKAMOTO

PETER SUTHERLAND

LAUREN SILBERMAN

CYCLECIDE

JASON CHASTE

KAREEM BLACK

RAY LEWIS

TAHITI PEHRSON

JASON GOODS

CONRAD CARLSON

WOLFGANG PAPERCHASE

JESSICA FINDLEY

ERIN NICOLE BROWN

AMY BOLGER

PAUL CALVER

ASHIRA SIEGEL

FAST EDDIE WILLIAMS

DAVE ORTIZ

MASSAN FLUKER

MAX KNIGHT

RICH JACOBS

CHRIS BRENNAN

TARA FOLEY

TALIAH LEMPERT

JAMES NEWMAN

CHRIS WILLMORE

RamblinWorker + Treatzone = LittleZero @ Echo Curio

2008-07-10T11:49:00.000-07:00

San Francisco-based artist Steve MacDonald creates embroidered paintings on gilded canvases. His work draws inspiration from an eclectic array of sources including Japanese nature scenes, folk art, fantasy, mythology and elements from the urban experience. Taken together, his compositions provoke a variety of spontaneous references through the depiction of fantastical landscapes. A variety of images including tigers, rainbows, cityscapes, skulls and shipping containers act out elaborate stories against the backdrop of a traditional Japanese print form.

Matthew Davis is an artist and web-designer currently living in San Francisco. In 2002 he founded Treatzone.com, and this year he and his wife Sandy launched a full line of paper goods and art prints under the same name. Their collaborative work is inspired by vintage materials and imagery, and they strive to use repurposed and recycled materials whenever possible. Matthew's recent solo projects highlight his skills as an illustrator, and include everything from a series of narrative cat drawings called Cat Tales, to fanciful creature alphabets and whimsical landscapes full of talking pyramids.

MacDonald and Davis met while students at the Kansas City Art Institute and both made their way to the Bay Area independently. There they renewed their friendship and started collaborating on various projects, including t-shirt designs for Modest Mouse, Puma, and DC Shoes, as well as a float for the 2006 Deitch Parade. When friend and fellow KCAI alum Tim Clinton recommended they go into business for themselves, Little Zero was born. We are happy to be featuring both artists' unique work as well as selling their brand new t-shirt line along with this show.

Both artists will be joining us from San Francisco. Please join us opening night, Saturday August 9th 8-Midnight!

Echo Curio
Saturday August 9th 8-Midnight!
Echo Curio 1519 Sunset Echo Park, CA 90026

RamblinWorker + Treatzone = LittleZero @ Echo Curio

Little Zero, Summer Line!

2008-05-10T22:12:00.000-07:00

LittleZero is a collaboration between Steve MacDonald (ramblinworker.com), Matthew Davis (treatzone.com) & Tim Clinton (Dawson-Clinton.com). The first project together as Little Zero was a new T-shirt for the SF track bike production "MASH" (mashsf.com).

+++++++++++++++++++

Steve and Matthew have made t-shirts for

Puma, DC Shoes, Bicycle Film Festival and Modest Mouse. After 3 years we have come out with a line for summer!!!

To Buy!

www.littlezero.net

Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art

2008-04-28T11:04:00.000-07:00

From the loom to the white cube, textiles have been making waves on the fine art scene in greater and greater measure over the last fifty years. Beautifully illustrated, Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art is a stunning and comprehensive look at emerging artists from one of the most exciting mediums in the fine art world today, that profiles some of the most daring and innovative examples of textiles in fine art.

Drawing on the rich history of textiles as craft-art, Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art charts the medium's evolution through to contemporary fine art practices, with essays by Janis Jefferies and Bradley Quinn, a foreword by acclaimed artist Jann Haworth and profiles of over sixty groundbreaking textile artists.

Featured artists include, among many others, Matthew Barney, Maria Pineres, Jennifer Angus, Elaine Reichek, Jessica Rankin, Rosemarie Trockel, Yinka Shonibare, Tilleke Schwarz, Cosima von Bonin, Ghada Amer, Annette Messager, Mike Kelley, and Christo and Jeanne Claude. Contemporary Textiles culminates in an inspiring survey of the most important work taking place in the field today. The artists profiles are highly illustrated with photographs and examples of work portrayed making this an invaluable book for anyone interested in contemporary fabrics, art and design.

I am in this book.
It is coming out May 20, 2008
Thanks,
Steve

Paperback
192 pages
300 b/w and colour ills
25.0 x 21.0 cm
9.5 x 8.5 in

To buy

Steve MacDonald & Rachel Budde

2008-04-24T15:33:00.000-07:00

April 24th, 2008
For immediate release:

Paper Boat Gallery
2375 S. Howell Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53207
414. 483. 8462
www.paperboatboutique.com

Work by Steve MacDonald (San Francisco, CA)
& Rachel Budde (Brooklyn, NY)

May 2nd- 31st 2008
Curated by Faythe Levine

Steven MacDonald, Cargo Ship 1, 2008
Canvas, Gesso, Thread 2' x 3'

Please join us for the opening reception May 2nd 7-10pm
Both artists will be in attendance from their respective coast!

Attached print ready images include:
Steve MacDonald, Cargo Ship 1
Rachel Budde, Eagle Pigeon Head
* For additional information & further print images please contact Faythe Levine

Curator's Statement:
I can't remember when I first came across the stitchery of San Francisco based artist Steve MacDonald, however, once I saw it, the bold lines and imagery was burned in my brain. MacDonald has shown his machine stitched wall based work in gallery's around the world, from Tokyo to Jerusalem and I am very pleased to bring his work to the walls of Milwaukee. Aside from his machine stitched gallery work, MacDonald has a creative resume that extends into all mediums and methods from film and music to fashion, including design work for Modest Mouse, Timbuk2 to name a few, of many, impressive clients. Since Paper Boat loves artists who cross the lines of the creative world we are happy to be selling a brand new line of MacDonald's t-shirts along with his show.

Along with MacDonald's wall based work will be the mixed media work of Brooklyn based artist Rachel Budde. Budde has recently been published in two books "Graffiti Women" by Nicholas Ganz and "Stencil Pirates" by Josh Macphee and has also assisted street artist SWOON from 2004-2007. For her upcoming exhibition at Paper Boat she will be installing a collection of her paintings in a way that references shrine building. Budde says "I hope to take the viewer into the paintings while also calling attention to the everyday objects outside of the paintings, creating a juxtaposition and a dialogue."

The combination of MacDonald and Budde's work will bring attention to urban landscapes, over-looked objects, and detail's of the handmade in innovative presentation and form. Both artists will be joining us from their respective coasts, please join us opening night, Friday May 2nd 7-10pm.

Steve MacDonald Artist Statement:
www.ramblinworker.com

Characteristic of Steve MacDonald's work is crimson thread, making its way across a sea of golden canvas and arriving at surreal destinations. A close-up examination of the red stitching is required in order to understand the laborious and compulsive nature of the process employed by nothing more than hands, paint and an old Singer sewing machine driving its red thread. The mood of the stitching varies from one painting to the next and many times within a single painting, describing the texture and lines of any given element; whether it be foliage, water, the grooves carved into a mountainside or lineament of buildings. Tailored patches of peaks, fog, superstructure and shrubbery adorn these unusually luminous vistas, a perfect backdrop for myth and magic.

Read an interview with Steve MacDonald on Razor Apple HERE

Rachel Budde Artist Statement:

In my work, I am attempting to express (through a multiplicity of symbolic images) a relationship between the ethereal and the mundane, the sacred and the profane. An individual's physical orientation can contradict that individual's ideological, spiritual or political orientation, one is able to exist on many levels within one space. I am interested in the places where art and the everyday meet, whether it be through adornment of a car, or through creating religious shrines in a home. Adornment and ritual infuse banality with a sense of transcendence. Symbols in our churches or on our billboards are a part of a continuum of evolving ancient symbols; symbols that maybe profane in a contemporary context may have at one time been sacred. Symbols flip and flop, and I am interested in a symbols ability to carry historical residue with it, creating vast complexities within each given symbol. My aim is to take my own interpretation and experience with a number of given symbols and activate them, adding yet another layer to a symbolic history.

Devotion To Thread

2008-04-14T23:30:00.000-07:00

Devotion To Thread
May 17- June 14, 2008
Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee WI
Curated by Faythe Levine
Participating Artists:

Chris Niver, Milwaukee, WI
Diem Chau, Seattle, WA
Emily Eibel, Brooklyn, NY
Jenny Hart, Austin, TX
Kate Bingman-Burt, Mississippi State, MS
Kristin Loffer Theiss, Mount Vernon, WA
Lisa Solomon, Oakland, CA
Melissa Woods, N/A
Merrliee Challis, Birmingham, AL
Orly Cogan, N/A
Pippi Zornoza, Providence, RI
Rebecca Schoenecker, Chicago, IL
Shannon Rankin, Maine
Steve Macdonald, San Francisco, CA
Xander Marro, Providence, RI

www.devotiontothread.blogspot.com

Is it a Fiber Show?

2007-12-22T11:50:00.000-08:00

Is it a Fiber Show?
a group show..New West Coast Design
January 4-February 16,2008
January 4, 6-8 pm reception for the artists..
Bucheon is pleased to participate in the city wide celebration for the

100th anniversary of CCA and New West Coast Design...Our participation
will be focused on Fiber art but as a fine art gallery, we’re
interested in showing artists that push the material and are intent on
making challenging work..
The show opens Friday January 4, 2008 with a reception for the artists

from 6-8pm and runs through February 16,2008
Artists who sew, paint, and build with non traditional materials yet
fit into the fiber world. Several artists will create installations
like Seattle based Mandy Greer who presents elusive interior
narratives using every possible material, including feathers, felt,
cotton and others..San Francisco based artist Rebecca Szeto experiments

with rust and brillo pad and Martha Sue Phillips likes the corners of
space and explores inhabiting these forgotten regions.
Steve MacDonald has discovered sewing and with help of an old sewing
machine has created colorful landscapes, inventive narratives and has
participated in the famous Dietch Parade in Manhattan with a giant
sewn tank.
There will be colorful and exciting work from west coast artists who
will celebrate New West Coast Design.
Artists invited so far include...
Steve MacDonald, Misako Inaoka, Rebecca Szeto
Mandy Greer, Robin Margerin Martha Sue Harris
Benjamin Whalen Nanilee Robarge Karen Olsen- Dunn
David Gremard Romero Ray Materson

www.bucheon.com

Bucheon Gallery 389 Grove St.,San Francisco,CA. 94102

Winterfest Show Art SF CA

2007-12-02T14:10:00.001-08:00

Poster art by Hugh D'Andrade. Download below.

It's our 12th Annual Auction, Art Show, Party & Fundraiser! Sunday, December 2

Note to members: Bring your membership card for quicker entry!

Join us at Winterfest, presented by Rickshaw Bagworks and the SFBC

The biggest and baddest bike party of the year brings you sweet items to bid on and buy -- from bags and bikes to restaurant gift certificates and dates with local celebrities. In addition, 60 pieces of incredible local art will be up for sale!

Where: SOMArts Gallery (Brannan @ 8th St)
When: Dec. 2nd from 6-10:30pm
SFBC members: $10+/Sliding scale
Non-SFBC members: $25 (includes new SFBC membership!)

Note to members: Bring your membership card for quicker entry!

But, Winterfest is not just an auction fundraiser, y'know. It's much, much more!

Winterfest is the full-blown SFBC member party with all your favorite, bike-lovin' pals, complete with New Belgium Brewery beer, snacks, and, this year, entertainment by the Extra Action Marching Band! Drum roll, please!

Proceeds from our fundraiser go directly toward improving biking conditions in San Francisco so all cyclists have a comfortable, safe and dignified ride about town.

To make Winterfest a hell of a great party, we need you! SFBC is seeking 100+ volunteers--there's something for everyone. Sign up to volunteer today.

http://www.sfbike.org/?winterfest

Cultivated Art Show Saturday Oct 6 @ Mars Bar San Francisco

2007-10-02T22:14:00.001-07:00

Bay Area artist & architects to showcase the emergent culture between art and

landscape architecture/design, as a parallel event to the ASLA conference

landing this year in san francisco. The event will bring to light creations by
design professionals, artists and people involved in creating space.

The featured artists are: Adam Cruces, Astrid Diehl, Bryan Schutmaat,

Carolina Covers, Christina Lemon, Cyrus Tabar, Daniel Newman,

John Baran, Laura Bauer, Mike Likosky, Megan Roberts, Metagardens,

Rusty Lamer, Steve MacDonald, Steven Muzik, Swetha Gowri,

Terri Loewenthal, Wayward Plants, Willett Moss, Zach Tanner.

8 to 10Pm
@
Mars Bar
798 Brannan St @ 7th
San Francisco, CA

www.cultivatedevent.com

Not Your Grandpa's Embroidery

2007-07-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

Modern men enjoy a craft that wasn't always thought of as "women's work."

Craftzine Volume 04:
Coming soon! On newsstands August 7!
http://craftzine.com/magazine/

MASH-SF / Honeyee Blog

2007-07-16T16:16:00.000-07:00

Mike put up some of my new bags on the Honeyee Blog.

MASH-SF / Honeyee Blog>>>

Bicycle Film Festival, Joy Ride Paris 2007

2007-07-15T11:19:00.000-07:00

JOY RIDE AT COLETTE

2 JUILLET - 1 SEPTEMBRE

Une exposition inspirée par l'émergence du v élo en milieu urbain.
Présentée par Brendt Barbur
en association avec colette

Vernissage | JEUDI 26 JUILLET | 18h00-20h00

colette 213 rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris

THREAD, Art Show @ Johansson Projects

2007-07-14T11:36:00.000-07:00

Johansson Projects Presents Thread, an Art Show Exploring Raw Materials
and Loomed Refinements From Talking Textiles to 500 Magnified Thread
Spools Suspended from the Ceiling.

Featuring Works by:

Kathryn Spence

Tucker Schwarz

Christy Matson

Steve MacDonald

Devorah Sperber

Katie Lewis

Alex Case

Lia Cook

Opens Thurs, July 19th, 6 to 9, with an Encore for Art Murmur on August 3rd, 5 to 9.

Johansson Projects announces Thread, a survey of sewn, stitched and
woven works whose common thread is the media, not the medium. By
re-exploring the functional avenues of textiles and materials, these
eight artists begin to converse in a neo-craft dialect which diverges
greatly from its domestic and industrial traditions. Pins are
re-invented as figurative joinery, refuse amassed to render owls,
interactive fabric measures changes in electro-magnetic frequencies,
making the outcome from these dexterous hands undeniably rare.

The show draws from the prolific work of eight local and
internationally shown artists. Celebrated New York artist and lecturer,
Devorah Sperber is coming straight from a solo show at the Brooklyn
Museum to the corner of 23rd and Telegraph. She navigates the terrain
between low and high tech, sculpting with hundreds of thread spools to
compose what at first appears to be a colorful abstraction of the raw
material, but when viewed through an acrylic globe is suddenly a
perfectly rendered image, condensed and rotated. Katie Lewis elegantly
documents her physical sensations by pinning tightly gathered then
sprawling red pigmented webs of thread across the gallery walls.
University of California Berkeley alumni Steve MacDonald, just back
from Deitch Art Parade, constructs urban and natural scapes from his
old singer sewing machine on painted gold canvas with crimson thread
embroidery, while Alex Case’s plummeting industrial stitched creations
produce and unproduce themselves. Kathryn Spence, courtesy of Stephen
Wirtz Gallery, is collected by multiple museums including the de Young,
Oakland Museum, and SFMOMA, amasses scrap fabrics from clothing and
disassembled stuffed animals to delicately re-render the distinctive
features of an owl species. Tucker Schwarz, courtesy of Gregory Lind
Gallery, whose work appears in By Hand: The use of craft in
contemporary art, sews evaporative drawings with threads dangling from
her canvas to match her dreamlike recollection of middle class
neighborhoods.

Two artists work from the loom. Lia Cook, collected by the Cleveland
Museum, de Young, The Met, and NYMOMA and her former student, Christy
Matson, who currently lectures at The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, both utilize Jacquard weaving looms though their kinship
divides from there: Matson’s interactive woven audio cloth relays the
constant human flux of the very space Cook’s pointillist portraiture
hopes to hold in a single woven moment.

Johansson Projects is an art gallery located on 2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA (510) 444-9140

Exhibition runs July 19th-Aug 25th.

Open: Thurs-Sun 12-6 and by appointment.

http://johanssonprojects.com/

THREAD, Art Show @ Mollusk Surf Shop Williamsburg, Brooklyn

2007-07-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

Join us for the opening of Mollusk Surf Shop NYC with the premiere of “Thread”, a film by Patrick Trefz, and “Shipworm and Gribble”, a group show of aquatic minded artists from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Artists include: Joe Curren, Andy Davis, Steve MacDonald, Art Brewer and many more. Party starts at 8:30pm on the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and River Street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

http://mollusksurfshopnyc.com/

http://www.threadthefilm.com/thread.html

Thread Patrick Trefz

2007-06-24T20:03:00.000-07:00

THREAD, Curated by Patrick Trefz

Studio 411

Live Music by Ray Barbee and the Matson 2

Featured Artists:
Art Brewer, Jim Denevan, Thomas Campbell, Joe Curren,
Rob Larson, Campbell Brothers, Craig Fineman, Steve MacDonald, Patrick Trefz

STUDIO 411>>

Friday June 22

Venice Beach, CA

Upcoming news!!!

2007-06-17T01:39:00.000-07:00

A new Japanese magazine dedicated to fixed gear bike riding Check out the Ramblin Worker interview in

Fixed Gear Bible">>>

Keep your eyes out for my new interview in the upcoming issue of Craft Magazine

Craft Magazine>>>

Interview up on Razor Apple

www.RazorApple.com>>>

Matthew Davis and I just finshed a new tour shirt for

Modest Mouse>>>

Matthew and I aslo made a shirt for the bicycle film festival / Puma

Joy Ride T-shirt>>>

upcoming RamblinWorker Shows:

THREAD, Curated by Patrick Trefz

Venice Beach, CA

Firiday June 22

STUDIO 411>>>

Johansson Projects

Oakland, CA

Thursday July 19

Johansson Projects>>>

Bicycle Film Festival:Art Show Paris
JOY RIDE, starts July 2

I will be in Paris from June 27 to July 3

Colette Paris >>

For more info go to my website

www.RamblinWorker.com >>>

Bicycle Film Festival, Joy Ride NYC 2007

2007-05-08T21:07:00.000-07:00

MAY 17 | Thursday

JOY RIDE an art show inspired by the bicycle

Curated by Brendt Barbur

Hosted by Fountainhead Films

Opening Thursday May 17 6-12, May 17-21 Open 12-7
33 West 17th st. near 5th Ave.

Swoon

Phil Frost

Amy Franceschini

ESPO

Michel Gondry

Steve MacDonald (AKA The Ramblin' Worker)

David Namaiki

Shepard Fairey

DAZE

Peter Sutherland

Julia Chiang

Ryuta Nakajima

Massan

Kareem Black

Brian Vernor

Benny Zenga

Fast Eddie Williams

Cheryl Dunn

Takuya Sakamoto

Madsaki

Erik Zo

Ko Masuda

Gina Marie Scardino

Erin Nicole Brown

Taliah Lempert

Amy Bolger

Steve Crandall

Tod Seelie

Daniel Leeb

Goods

Joseph Becker

Conrad Carlson

Erik Foss

Greg Ugalde

Yohei Hanazawa

Loren Purcel

Natascha Unkart

Ellis Gallagher AKA © Ellis G.

Jason Chaste

Dr. JPL

Ryan Doyle (BLBC)

Wolfgang Paperchase

Chris McNally

Mike Martin and John Stewart

Gabe Morford (M.A.S.H.)

Bradley Baker and Patty Bowman

Andrew McClintock

David Mashburn and Ginny Hwang

Yatika Starr Fields

John Furgason

After Party HOME SWEET HOME

Steve Powers "ESPO" and Daniel Leeb

Cloud Transformer Animation

2007-04-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

The art of Jesse Small

The Swipple Has Landed! at Max Fish

2007-04-09T00:31:00.000-07:00

works by affiliates of the Swipple artist collective

Swipple is a collaborative network of artists who exhibit artwork online through the Swipple.com website. The primary motivation behind the Swipple project is simple: to provide a forum and exhibit space for high-quality artwork, in a setting that is broad enough in scope to reflect a wide range of artists and practices, and yet is limited enough to retain a sense of intimacy and cohesion among the artists. Swipple is committed to uncovering and presenting artwork from the vast pool of little known artists plugging away at the periphery of the art-world proper, but exhibits the artwork of emerging and mid-career artists as well. The aesthetic direction is dictated largely by chance, and of course nepotism, and while in that way it parallels the art world, we hope that it does so in its own unique and interesting way. Visitors to the website are not required to have any background in the arts, and are welcome to make their own decisions about what they like. We suggest only that artists be taken as much as possible on their own terms.

Andrea Aimi, Brion Nuda Rosch, Canton Belanger, Dennis Kernohan,
Gregg Woolard, Hank Swipple, Jake Klotz, Jason Wright, Jeff Cashvan,
Jim Damron, Jocko Weyland, John Drury, John Hoder, Joseph Nechvatal,
Justin Pollmann, Ky Anderson, Matt Crane, Ned Gedney, Rob Kolomyski,
Steve MacDonald, Tim Clinton, Zach Erickson and more.

3nd Annual Swipple art show
May 2nd - June 2nd
2007

Max Fish
178 Ludlow St.
NY, NY

Opening reception Wednesday, May 2nd, 6pm

Razor Apple

2007-04-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

Steve MacDonald is the Ramblin Worker

NEW,Interview up on Razor Apple

www.razorapple.com

Modest Mouse T-shirt

2007-03-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

Matthew Davis and I just finshed a new tour shirt for Modest Mouse
Thanks,
Steve MacDonald

2 buy, here is the link

Modest Mouse T-shirt

Embroidered skateboard decks

2007-02-07T01:01:00.000-08:00

Ramblin Worker Bike Bag Speakers

2007-01-29T10:10:00.000-08:00

RAMBLIN WORKER コンパクトスピーカーホルダー

www.w-base.com

RAMBLIN WOKERの新製品。コンパクトスピーカーホルダー（audio

technica最大出力320wスピーカー付）が登場。自転車に乗りながらのイヤホ

ンは周囲の情報をさえぎり命取り。バッグのショルダー部にストラップでア

ジャストしてスピーカーで音楽鑑賞。

＊audio technica最大出力320wスピーカー付での販売です。

友人に知らせる

SwipPle, Ill Fitting (27 Sizes) Ann Arbor, MI

2007-01-05T22:39:00.000-08:00

Residential College Art Gallery

701 East University Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI

In the upcoming exhibit, Ill Fitting (27 Sizes), Swipple continues its

mission of bringing together a diverse blend of artists who span a

broad cross-section of art-making in the US today. From the highly

trained to the self-taught, from young to old, from art-world insiders

to relative unknowns, Swipple looks first to the artwork, seeking out a

resonance among artists not so much in style but in sensibility.

Here you’ll find photography from widely exhibited New York based

writer/publisher/skater Jocko Weyland next to visionary airplane

designs from Canton Belanger, whose work is rarely seen outside his

attic studio. Work from mail art pioneer and all around madman E.F.

Higgins III will hang next to the wacky conceptualism of San Francisco

based Brion Nuda Rosch. Russian born Chicago artist Julia Kuhl checks

in with her delicate and lovely watercolors, Los Angeles landscapist

David Skinner contributes secret vistas, & Florida born Steve MacDonald

rounds out our geographic claim to the lower 48 with his unbelievable

hand-stitched glitter flecked panoramas. Silvio Barille, fresh from a

recent feature in Raw Vision, has promised to loan us whatever size

concrete sculpture we can lift, and Jim Damron continues to cement his

status as a true American master with his recent oil paintings and

light sculptures.

Participating Artists:

Andrea Aimi

Ky Anderson

Silvio Barile

Canton Belanger

Jeff Cashvan

Jeff Clark

Tim Clinton

Matt Crane

Jim Damron

John Drury

Meredith Heuer

E. F. Higgins III

John Hoder

Christine Hume

Jake Klotz

Rob Kolomyski

Julia Kuhl

Steve MacDonald

Karin LunerJames Marks

Ruth Marks

Lucy Wright Rivers

Brion Nuda Rosch

David Skinner

Jocko Weyland

Gregg Woolard

Jason Wright

Kent Zuber

www.SwipPle.com

Destroy Everything

2006-12-17T15:43:00.000-08:00

Faster Louder! presents 'Destroy Everything,' a bicoastal art show

featuring artists from New York and San Francisco. The exhibit

includes an eclectic blend of urban art...from bikes to grafitti to

found objects, the stuff of our cities are made of. Join us for the

opening and celebrate the one year anniversary of King Kog. The

opening reception will be on December 29th at 7 pm at the Dam

Stuhltrager Gallery (conveniently located next to King Kog),

38 Marcy Ave. Brooklyn NY. 'Destroy Everything,'

will be on exhibit from

December 29th to January 13.

SF Artists:

Monica Canilao

Massan Fluker

Tara Foley

Sara Grierson

Steve MacDonald

Frankie Rose

Silver Warner

NY Artists:

Conrad Carlson

Camilla Donzella

Yatika Fields

Chad Halstead

Gina Marie

Omar Parker

Porkchop

Jade Townsend

http://www.kingkog.com/

Robert Divers Herrick II, Photography Exhibition

2006-12-08T15:16:00.000-08:00

ACETYLENE

an exhibition of recent photography by
Robert Divers Herrick II

Dec 14-Jan 30.

Reception Thurs. 14 Dec. 6-8PM

Swallowtail
2217 Polk St.
San Francisco
94109
(415) 567-1555

http://rdhrdh.com/

'Gray Area Gallery Presents: "SUGAR SUGAR" Winter Installation!'

2006-11-26T19:50:00.000-08:00

For There is something about December. Something about the crisp air and something about the warm feelings it conjures up. December becomes that heartbeat we feel while walking down a cold and windy street and makes us feel at home, even while so many are so far from it…

This December 8th the Gray Area Gallery welcomes you into our home to celebrate December and our interpretation on the nostalgia of winter. Curator Catherine Kaleel invites you to gather around the fire and witness the tales of her favorite San Francisco artists. An emphasis on textile and fiber art, embroidery, appliqué, and even stuffed animals will take the stage created by a myriad of urban contemporary mixed media artists. Decoupage, illustration, and installation also provide stark landscapes that mimic what the weather brings to our artists along with the warmth of their winter shelters and fuzzy sweaters.

Katja Ollendorff

A resident artist at Beholder Art she will show her handcrafted minimalist embroidery using mixed media and wires.

Website: www.beholder-art.com

Relax:330

Acrylic painted on wood skateboard decks

Website: www.myspace.com/relax330

Kylea Borges

Showing sugar whipped cocoon installations, mixed media and decoupage art.

Hannah Stouffer

Showing her latex paintings and hand illustrated modern designs with a classic feel.

Website: www.grandarray.com

Steven MacDonald

Just back from touring with the bike film fest in Japan,

Steven works with the medium of embroidery.

Website: www.ramblinworker.com

(Recently featured in Deitch Projects Art Parade 2006.)

Stephanie Choo

Showing her Circle Series made of silk thread, satin, and wax inside shadow boxes.

Check her work out at: www.stephaniechoo.com

Scott Barry

Works in a wide variety of mediums and will feature a winter “shrine” installation.

Website: www.birdstand.com

Manuel "Gonzo" Gonzales

Shows his one of a kind stuffed animals of imaginary creatures with most sculptures including stereo speakers. He will also include 2-D textile paintings.

Website: www.straightstitchco.com

Visual Projection by Chris Golden

Taking a break from some of San Francisco’s hottest nightclubs, Golden will be projecting specific shapes and color onto a painted screen.

At 9pm Black William will be performing live with “sound you can

feel” as accompaniment to opening.

Performance by: Kid606 http://www.tigerbeat6.com

Djs: OonceOonce, PeePlay, and PickPocket will keep everyone moving.

As always the Gray Area studios will be open for viewing new work from the GAG Artists in Residence: Bradley Platz (www.ModernEden.com), Michael Ryan (www.MichaelRyanArt.com), Sarah Loomis, and Elizabeth Kleene.

Gray Area Gallery is a burgeoning urban contemporary art gallery and Artist in Residence program launched on November 4th, 2006 by the founders of the Hear Gallery LA. Each curator at GAG has license to completely transform the 2,000 square foot space each month, creating a entirely new experience for the urban art collector and aficionado to savor upon return. After a smash inaugural opening, Gray Area Gallery warmly invites you to their winter opening.

“Sugar Sugar”

Opening reception: December 8th, 2006

Art Reception 6PM –10PM

Music and After party 10PM – Late

21+ at 10pm

www.GrayAreaGallery.com

371 11th St. @ Harrison

2nd floor above Bowzer’s Pizzeria

San Francisco, CA 94103

Closing reception: January 14, 2007

Red Ink Studios "PEEP!" San Francisco

2006-11-18T14:34:00.000-08:00

PEEP! a show for emerging bay area artists
OPENING SAT. November 18th, 8PM-MIDNIGHT

One evening dedicated to taking a good peep at some of
the Bay Area's best up and coming
artists, bands, and Djs while supporting
Red Ink Studios and helping them in their mission
to get art back into the classrooms of San Francisco.

Jake Messing
Josh Hershmann
Aaron De La Cruz
Derek Weisberg
Jesse Parrotti
Aly Borst
Steve Macdonald
Sarah Spitler
Loren Purcell
Kevin Earl Taylor
Emily Wright
Hugh Leeman
Aliea Wallace
Michael Mellon
Kate Philips
Video By Maggie Simpson
Installation by Jasper Wong and
Samuel Rodriguez

Music
Social Studies
Dreamdate
Little Teeth
DJ Anansi
DJ Funksidious Rex

1035 Market Street 'tween 6th and 7th
with an entrance on Stevenson Street, San Francisco

Red Ink Studios

bicycle film festival 2006 Trip

2006-11-15T13:57:00.000-08:00

Art Show 'JOY RIDE'

■11/12(日)

STUDIO BEE (代官山)

渋谷区猿楽町11-8 2F

TEL 03-5456-5600

スケジュール

12:00 open

19:00 close

<キュレーター> Ryuta Nakajima, MADSAKI, and Brendt Barbur

<参加アーティスト>

Taliah Lempert, 　Peter Sutherland, 　Swoon, 　Julia Chiang, 　Daniel Leeb,
　 Michel Gondry, 　Kareem Black,　 Tod Seelie, 　Steve Macdonald,
　
Fast Eddie Williams, 　Ryuta Nakajima, 　Massan, 　 Erik Zo, 　 Mike Martin,

Yohei, 　Joseph Becker, 　Shepard Fairey, 　Silver Warner, 　ESOW,

RYUHADOO, 　KO, 　MADSAKI, Hiroshi Fujiwara, and 　 KJ

bicycle film festival Tokyo

Deitch Art Parade 2006

2006-09-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

Tim Clinton and I have been working like crazy for the Deitch Art Parade.
We are making a golden tank/chariot,
called "Impotent Bully Smothered in Rouge."
Materials: wood covered with golden canvas embroidered with red thread
Other Credits: Matthew Davis, Sandy Castleberry, Rebecca (thanks for the amazing burlap costumes) & Paul Dawson, Jake Klotz, Matt Crane, www.swipple.com, Bucheon Gallery SF, and Bill Sommers.

San Francisco Bay Crossing

2006-08-24T13:45:00.000-07:00

Citations & Relocations, NEEDLES & PENS, Art Show

2006-06-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

Saturday, June 24th, 2006
6 to 9PM

Featuring these fine folks: David Benzler, Mat O'Brien, C. Ryder Cooley, Alika Cooper, Brook Dillon, Chris Duncan, Sacha Eckes, Jeremy Fish, Tara Lisa Foley, Matt Furie, Daniel Anthony St. George, Jay Howell, Sahar Khoury, Steve MacDonald, Jay Nelson, Casey O'Connel, Will McCurtin, Ray Potes, Dave Potes, Ted Pushinsky, Kyle Ranson, Brion Nuda Rosch, Orion Sheperd, Jovi Schnell, Christine Shields, Stefan Simikich, Jen Smith, Miriam Stahl, Rachel Sumpter, Mike Taylor, Zefrey Throwell, Sara Thustra, Paul Urich, Lena Wolff, ...and Many More!!

(All art for the show ha been donated by the artists and proceeds go to pay off a fine the city of SF laid on N+P for art show flyering.)

PS - Ryder Cooley's going to do a little accordian playin' too.

NEEDLES & PENS
3253 16th Street
(btwn Guerrero & Dolores)
San Francisco, CA., 94103
www.needles-pens.com

Bicycle Film Festival Art Show LA, Joy Ride

2006-06-24T00:42:00.000-07:00

JOY RIDE
Curated by Elizabeth Ai and Brendt Barbur

SWOON
MICHEL GONDRY
SHEPARD FAIREY
DAVID CHOE
MIDNIGHT RIDAZZ INSTALLATION
TALIAH LEMPERT
KAREEM BLACK
PETER SUTHERLAND
JULIA CHIANG
TOD SEELIE
FAST EDDIE WILLIAMS
RYUTA NAKAJIMA
STEVE MACDONALD
DANIEL LEEB
ERIK ZO
GOODS
MIKE MARTIN
MASSAN
SILVER WARNER
YOHEI
JOSEPH BECKER
CHRIS RUSSELL
ASHIRA SIEGEL
GARRET CHOW
CACHE
DOUG MURPHY
MADSAKI
BOB OSBORN
MEAR ONE
ANNA SUMMA
DINO DINCO
LOREN PURCELL

Valet bicycle parking provided by Bikestation Coalition
Don O'Melveny Gallery
5472 Wilshire Blvd. Near La Brea
June 21, 2006
6 PM - MIDNIGHT
Los Angeles, California

gooDs

Midnight Ridazz

Chris Russell

SILVER WARNER

EDDIE WILLIAMS

Taliah Lempert

ERIK ZO

Steve MacDonald

Peter sutherland

SHEPARD FAIREY

Kareem Black

CACHE

SWOON

MICHEL GONDRY

Tod Seelie

RYUTA NAKAJIMA

Plastic God

Anna Summa

Joseph Becker

Lisa Anne Auerbach

Ashira Siegel

Yohei Hanazawa

DINO DINCO

DANIEL LEEB

MASSAN

LOREN PURCELL

DAVID CHOE

SEVEN IN JUNE at Outrageous Look Gallery

2006-05-23T00:33:00.000-07:00

Outrageous Look is pleased to present a
varied multidisciplinary group show of some of the
most proming artist submissions from our first
season, as well as new work by Diane Dwyer whose
second solo show at Outrageous Look is slated for
Spring 2007. Works shown include tapestry, collage,
painting, site-specific sculpture, and assemblage.

PAT ARNAO will be showing a series of 2" x
2" miniature oil paintings of landscapes with fires or
explosions.

KATE CHILKO's sculptural and illustrative
works use images and writings to deal with themes
of the context of the self, family and society.

DIANE DWYER had her first solo show at
Outrageous Look in November 2005. Her deep and
delicate oil paintings capture images of the "intersec-
tion of divine and the banal".

RYAN KITSON's site-specific piece for the
OL windows will be a re-working of a "J-Lo" man-
nequin type store display.

STEVE MacDONALD's tapestries and con-
structions use sewing and carpentry to create beau-
tiful iconic landscapes of golden dreamscapes.

JASON WRIGHT has been working for years
reconstructing his own paintings as a form of assem-
blage and recycling -- the pieces for this show are
seen at once two and three-dimensional works on
the wall.

ANDREW ZAROU works with collage,
painting and drawing to chart an intuitive and lyrical
flow of form and reference in his delicate works on
paper.

June 7 - July 6, 2006
Opening Reception
Wednesday June 7, 2006 7-9pm

103 broadway btn. Bedford & Berry
Williamburg, Brooklyn 11211
(718)218-7656
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Monday 12-6
www.OutrageousLook.com

STEVE MacDONALD
Embroidered Cityscape
2005
embroidery
36 x 48 inches

JASON WRIGHT
star
2005
4 x 4 feet

ANDREW ZAROU
Visiting the Pigeon House
2006

Kara Maria, Art Show

2006-05-12T13:03:00.000-07:00

Kara Maria’s “Zig Zag”
The exhibit will be on display at Arts Visalia,
214 E. Oak, Visalia,
from May 9 to June 10.
There will be an artist’s reception on
May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Check out Kara Maria's
website www.karamaria.com
kara maria is also in a goup show @
Conflict and Art at the Cantor Arts Center,
Stanford University
(a group exhibition including one of my monoprints)
June 7 to August 27, 2006 the Cantor Arts Center is located
on the Stanford University campus
650-723-4177
www.museum.stanford.edu

ky Anderson, Art Show

2006-05-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

HOLIDAY
118 Powers st
Brooklyn, NY
Fri-Sun 1-6Pm
Ky Anderson
Works on Paper
May 13-June 11

reception: Sat. May 13 4-7pm

www.kyanderson.com

AN ACCIDENT OF FREE WILL, Art by Steve MacDonald / Jake Klotz

2006-03-15T11:19:00.000-08:00

AN ACCIDENT OF FREE WILL

Art by

Jake Klotz/ Steve MacDonald

Reception

Friday April 7, 2006 7-9pm

Exhibition

April 7- May 10, 2006

Bucheon Gallery

389 Grove St. San Francisco CA

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm

(415)863-2891

email:bucheon@earthlink.net

http://www.swipple.com/exhibit.php?id=100
Steve MacDonald art work link

http://www.swipple.com/exhibit.php?id=89
Jake Klotz art work link

2nd Annual Swipple Art Show @ Max Fish

2006-01-04T23:11:00.000-08:00

Swipple is an online gallery that exhibits original artwork, photography, and other stuff that comes up. Our curatorial direction reflects the wide ranging though perhaps somewhat ideosyncratic aesthetic tastes of the founder, artist and casual person, Hank Swipple.

Swipple artists, Jake Klotz, Jason Wright, Jim Damron, Ned Gedney, Rob Kolomyski, John Hoder, Steve MacDonald / Ramblin Worker. The show will be at Max Fish (Ludlow and Houston) through the month of February. Swing by the opening on February 1st, 2006 and experience these curious and eclectic works in person..and have a drink or two while you're at it!

In the meantime, get a sneak peek at...
www.swipple.com

RamblinWorker Bike Stuff

2005-12-18T13:28:00.000-08:00

My artist bag I made for Timbuk2 see more artist bags at
http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/retail/catalog.htm?categoryId=1&skusetId=102

RamblinWorker

2005-12-12T15:14:00.000-08:00

Rambiln

Worker

http://www.ramblinworker.com/

Artwork by Steve MacDonald

Ramblin Worker

FREE! Fog & Laser Christmas Party

Swipple Art Show, One For The Road!

! ramblinworker's photostream

Fog & Laser #3 - San Francisco, CA - on Mon Oct 31 at Makeout Room | SanFrancisco.com

Fog & Laser 3 - Halloween Spectacular!

Daft Punk covers by Fog and Laser

Fog & Laser #2 w/ Special Guest 'Little Wings'

50% off all my Esty stuff!!!

Part 2 Deep In da fog Live Mix

Fog and Laser

Fog & Laser #1 @ Rickshaw Stop SF!

DJs EmDee & RamblinWorker host an anything-goes, genre-free dance party extravaganza powered by fog machines and lasers turned up to 2011. Drink specials, laser portraits and more to be announced!

Sat, April 23, 2011 9:00 pm Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA$7.00

Link to, Fog & Laser Facebook page

Venue Information:Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA 155 Fell Sthttp://rickshawstop.com

Fog & Laser, Deep In The Dark Mix

Link To Mix, http://www.ramblinworker.com/foglaser_mix.zip

NT Keys for a Behringer keyboard controller

Skate Ramp Alphabet by Steve MacDonald aka RamblinWorker

Target ripped off my art!

Room Essentials Style TARGET copied my art from the Bicycle Film Festival JOYRIDE art show from last year.

Steve MacDonald "The Last Dragon" @ Fuse Gallery New York

Steve MacDonald "The Last Dragon" @ Fuse Gallery New York

Cool little write up on Printeresting.

Swipple Artists Land on the Left Coast

Alphabet Skate Park Zine

Steve MacDonald, "Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens," Gallery Three

Bicycle Film Festival / HUF Shirt, by Steve MacDonald

Bicycle Film Festival window at HUF made by the artist Steve MacDonald Ramblin Worker

Treatzone at Renegade SF

Steve MacDonald in Rollin' With the Z-Boyz

Art For Sale

Modern Seamster Magazine

Swipple 5nd year anniversary commemorative "music" CD

Winter Fest 13th Annual 2008 San Francisco CA

JOY RIDE MILANO

Steve MacDonald by Nick Golebiewski

Swipple: Max Fish 2008!!!

Joy Ride SF Opening Thursday July 24, 2008

Thursday July 24 - Joy Ride Opening 6-10 PM

RamblinWorker + Treatzone = LittleZero @ Echo Curio

Little Zero, Summer Line!

Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art

Steve MacDonald & Rachel Budde

Devotion To Thread

Is it a Fiber Show?

Winterfest Show Art SF CA

It's our 12th Annual Auction, Art Show, Party & Fundraiser! Sunday, December 2

Cultivated Art Show Saturday Oct 6 @ Mars Bar San Francisco

Not Your Grandpa's Embroidery

MASH-SF / Honeyee Blog

Bicycle Film Festival, Joy Ride Paris 2007

JOY RIDE AT COLETTE 2 JUILLET - 1 SEPTEMBRE

THREAD, Art Show @ Johansson Projects

THREAD, Art Show @ Mollusk Surf Shop Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Thread Patrick Trefz

Upcoming news!!!

Bicycle Film Festival, Joy Ride NYC 2007

MAY 17 | Thursday

Cloud Transformer Animation

The Swipple Has Landed! at Max Fish

Razor Apple

Modest Mouse T-shirt

Embroidered skateboard decks

Ramblin Worker Bike Bag Speakers

SwipPle, Ill Fitting (27 Sizes) Ann Arbor, MI

Destroy Everything

Robert Divers Herrick II, Photography Exhibition

'Gray Area Gallery Presents: "SUGAR SUGAR" Winter Installation!'

Red Ink Studios "PEEP!" San Francisco

bicycle film festival 2006 Trip

Deitch Art Parade 2006

San Francisco Bay Crossing

Citations & Relocations, NEEDLES & PENS, Art Show

Bicycle Film Festival Art Show LA, Joy Ride

SEVEN IN JUNE at Outrageous Look Gallery

Kara Maria, Art Show

ky Anderson, Art Show

AN ACCIDENT OF FREE WILL, Art by Steve MacDonald / Jake Klotz

Sat, April 23, 2011
9:00 pm
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco, CA
$7.00

Venue Information:
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco, CA
155 Fell St
http://rickshawstop.com

Room Essentials Style TARGET copied
my art from the Bicycle
Film Festival JOYRIDE art show from last year.

JOY RIDE AT COLETTE

2 JUILLET - 1 SEPTEMBRE