General Strike
Last month, I got chosen as a Canson Brand Ambassedor, which is a really sweet way of saying that, since then, Canson has been lavishly providing me with most of my art dork needs. I’ve been getting Arches field notebooks, (my new favorite thing to do watercolour washes on) Canson mixed media pads, Royal Talens [...]
Entries from August 31st, 2011
Week in Hell
August 25th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Art
In June, I decided to do something crazy. For my birthday, I would lock myself in a hotel room, cover the walls with paper, and cover the paper with art. Fingers crossed, I put the project on Kickstarter. In two weeks, I had raised $25,000, and gotten press on CNN, Mashable and Wired. I [...]
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Coilhouse Poster
August 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Art
Happy Fourth Birthday Coilhouse! East coast comrades, come and help celebrate on the 21st Posters will be hand silkscreened by Melissa Dowell at Bushwick Print Lab, and available for sale soon
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Talking Kickstarter on CNN
August 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Press
Me and Kim Boekbinder talk about using Kickstarter to fund our art on CNN money
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Kim Boekbinder’s Pre-Sold Tour
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Events
Musician Kim Boekbinder is redefining the concept of touring with her pre-sold tour, but she needs you to back it! As a bonus, I’ll be doing a unique poster for every city on the tour that’s successfully funded, so backers get exciting new Molly Art Seriously, Kim is a genius rockstar and one of my [...]
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Saints and Sinners
August 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Art
Since the Sixty Six Project ended, I felt a hole in my heart that only compulsive graphomania could fill. So I started Molly Crabapple’s Saints and Sinners, portraits of whores, scoundrels, scammers and heroes from history, all of whom I like, whether or not they deserve it. width=”500″> The project includes Josephine Baker, Hassan-i-Sabbah, Andy [...]
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PEN Mini Doc
August 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Press
Molly Crabapple at the PEN Literary Festival from molly crabapple on Vimeo. Filmmaker Shahrir Shadab did a wonderful short documentary about the art installation I did at the Standard Hotel for the PEN Literary Festival.
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Moleskine Hack
August 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Art
Draw a profile on the first page of your moleskine. Cut around it. To make it stiff, you can cover it with matte medium You now have a sketchbook imp!
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