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Did you had a good Easter weekend? I did and I think this was my first Easter with snow... Yes, yesterday there was snow falling in NY. Today the sun is shining again... a little.

Stage two of the Potato ring is taking much longer than expected, maybe I am to careful or not such a rough person. i don't know... I am even thinking of asking someone as a try-out person. One who is very rough and wears it day and night... Well, as soon as it is showing I will post it here!

I am painting together with Poes (she loves to watch me and follow me around with every step I take. She is so funny... ) the last big painting is going to be finished this week and then there are some smaller ones that I try to do in between. The cards are being printed and will ship out soon by my friend Verena who is coordinating everything in Hamburg. Many thanks Verena!! I am already looking forward to the dinner! :)

Here is the invitation of the show. If you are around Hamburg, be sure to come by!

Back to painting again...

weekend

Last weekend was a nice one! I went to the Armory show on Pier 94. When I arrived there to meet up with friends the line was sooo long that there was a moment I thought I didn't wanna go in. I had this image in my mind of the Friday nights at the MoMa... 'cause it is free on Friday nights, everybody goes. So, yes there were far too many people but it was nice. I saw a few interesting pieces and a lot of interesting people :)

Sunday my neighbor took me to a restaurant in Korea town (or street) called HanGawi. I loved the interior. You sit at tables that are almost floor height and the 'poor' servers (who walk around in some kind of pyjama, very sweet) need to bend down each time they bring you something new. We drank Rose-bud tea and milky rice wine, a whole new experience! I love sake but this is very different. And we ate a lot of fried stuff with a thick sweet and sour sauce.

Furthermore I did some painting and stretching the canvas... Show time is coming closer and closer!

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Yeh! time warner finally managed to fix my internet after 6 appointment, 3 weeks and too many cable guys later! My neighbor got her new connection setup the next day... so much for costumer service :p

Anyway, now I am fully online again which means I am able to skype, internet, email, download, you name it!

Thank you so much for all your nice reactions on the knitted ring! It is so good to hear and I really appreciate it :)

My friends left the city :( but one is coming back to stay!!! and very soon I hope... We went to see Ron Mueck at the Brooklyn Museum - this was very cool. The sculptures look so real, you want to touch them. The looks he creates are unbelievable... Then did some gallery hopping, very crowded and I just saw 1 nice golden picture of an artist I can't remember the name of. I know, that is bad.

gold knitted ring

Time Warner S*KS! My Internet is running, but not all the time, and they can't figure out why! Very annoying!

Anyway, live goes on and I have some new stuff to show you. This is a gold version of the Knitted ring. This is the Yellow version, but it is available in Red and White Gold too. Soon I hope to show you more different kinds. The knitted ring is a one of a kind ring. It was a collaboration between Tessa and me, she made the rings in wool and I came up with the idea to make them in metal, silver and gold.

You have to see these small clips made by my friend Rogier Wieland! They are so COOL! So hop over to Youtube and rate them 5 stars :)

It is cold in the city, there was some snow but not the sticky kind... hope we have some of that soon. The winter can't just pass without a snow storm, can it? Well, back to painting! Have a great Monday!!

another update

Hi Friends... can you believe this, it took me for ever to write another post. To much going on in live beyond the computer. I have been busy painting the mural for a baby room which I soon hope to show you after making some photo's. Rings are ready to send out and I am still working on some paintings. There are some orders on the Knitted rings which will be heading to happy receivers hopefully before the holidays. This time we are going to explore them in different shades of Gold.

I managed to update my website with more images of the Layers paintings and my friend Verena has her new website running - for a while already :), have a look at her jewelry.

Also a while ago Wendy came with two friends to have dinner at my place. We had a great time, lots of talking about art and other stuff. She left alone and her friends live in my room now, happy me :) I am sad Wendy leaves to LA, but I am very curious about her word project!

And I was one of the happy people to receive one of Mav's cards. I love it! As I do her holiday gift guide. Lots of nice stuff!

I am off to see Casino Royal...hope it is better than Babel, that sucked!