JOYENGINE: cause sharing is cool

Yep.  We’re doin’ it.  SBD and I.  Ridin’ fixed gears to Lefavor’s to celebrate our independence - from oil, or something like that…  This may be my last blog post.  So, Happy 4th!!!  If we make it… we’ll be meetin’ up with Alex and Mr. Shaeffer and takin’ in 7 cities worth of fireworks from Scot’s roooftop deck, Hopefully… droppin’ in on DJ Z Trip, hittin’ up Shitty’s show at The Shoppe, poppin’ in on Andenken, kickin’ Saturday at the “Super Fresh Block Party” - and gettin’ all arty with Lefavor and friends. Independence Day… hmm…

Celeste Prevost, aka designisfine, recently asked me to design a tattoo for her. I just finished up the first mock up last night. Lets see what she thinks!

For someone not even yet old enough to drink, SBD sure can crush the shit out of most 30+ year old graphic desginers.  Happy Birthday from your partners you cocky little…

Our “man,” Anthony Hull dropped some new Alife’s off at the shop for a little customization. SBD got all over a pair of Chaser’s with his signature “BABY-EATER” pattern and some custom “Eat Babies” type set in his very own typeface, SBD001. We’re assuming Ant’s gonna be stoked to “crush the streets” in these sukkkkahs! Nasty.

Brian “Big” Wood of Tee & Cakes and side b apparel proposed the idea of a “BabyEater” installation in his and Kim’s bakery/boutique to SBD a few months ago. Lucian brainstormed for a good bit and came up with some ideas for the creation of a pattern to adorn one of the walls. He wanted it BabyEater-centric, but also aimed to keep it relevant to Brian and Kim’s concept. BabyEaters, he decided would be accompanied by tea and/or coffee and cakes, cupcakes to be specific.  The pattern was certainly tricky given the space in which it was to live, but SBD nailed it and got after the installation.  He wrapped it up late last night. We think its awesome. Check it out.

Just finished up my piece for The Shoppe’s opening show. Like TEEBEE said, I’m submerged in cupcakes right now and it’s awesome! I’ll hopefully get started on my Tee & Cakes install soon and get some photos up. And for the record, it’s true, my Mother always eats her dessert first and I do my best to follow in her footsteps.

Cupcakes and art make good pals. While both have been around for some time, it’s the cupcakes that seem to be taking our local creative world by storm . Our good friends at TEE & CAKES in Downtown Boulder have been crankin’ ‘em out along with all sorts of other baked and wearable (Side B Apparel) goodness for a bit now. The latest addition to the cupcake alliance is The Shoppe (cereal and cupcake bar), from the founders of Denver’s Fabric Lab. Along with cereal and cupcakes The Shoppe is gonna be stocked with your favorite cereals of old and new and a slew of design books. Long story short, due to his sweet tooth (he grew up eating dessert before his meals?) and affinity for creating super cute little characters, small-but-dangerous has been overwhelmed, making cupcake focused art for both TEE & CAKES and The Shoppe. The painting below oughtta be super “fresh” by days end!!!

First off we’d like to say congrats to Markham “Shitty Kitten” Maes and Shantell for their new child, and welcome to Johan Markham Maes! Shitty dropped by the office last night to pick up some old pieces that he’s going to rework for an upcoming show. SBD snagged the Liono piece from his Sight Beyond Sight show in return for his “Somebody Else Ate Your Baby” piece from Nockteral Mockerty 6. TEEBEE threw in his piece from the Randall Scott opening as a birthday present to Jonah. All said and done, it was a very satisfying arty night.

Lucian Foehr, aka “small-but-dangerous“, perhaps better known for his signature “BabyEaters” has elaborated upon a rather brilliant idea initially spawned by his close friend Kristian Kluver. For Lucian’s last birthday Kluver designed him a one off, super custom, BabyEater belt buckle. With the help of Kristian and Joseph Shaeffer, Lucian has gone into production on a limited run of 99 BabyEater buckles. Both the bodies and faces were recently waterjet cut from black and white Delrin respectively. Kluver has been busy prototyping fastener and closure specifics and based on what we saw today things should really start movin’. Stay tuned for more… we can’t wait to see what SBD comes up with for a packaging solution!

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We’re honored to have Jason Thielke’s Young Dudes series, including portaits of TEEBEE, Scot Lefavor, and SBD now hanging in our hybrid studio/gallery space. They’re huge, the photos hardly do them justice, so we highly suggest you come check them out in person. Thielke has what could and should be his biggest solo show to date coming up at Limited Addiction Gallery in January and it seems appropriate to provide him a little additional exposure on the run in.

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Jason Thielke | TEEBEE | Scot Lefavor | small-but-dangerous

We whipped up this art bike for Randall Scott last week to be displayed at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMOCA) on Friday, August 27th. The bike was raffled off to some lucky individual and Randall walked home with the accompanying piece. The bike was a team effort by the likes of Lucian “small BUT dangerous” Foehr, Scot “FAIVES” Lefavor, Rob “Lifter Baron” Angermuller, Alex “JR” Henry, and me, T.B.

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The title of this post is a little misleading, the only “x” regarding me would be my arm. I’ve admired Tado for years now and they’ve been a huge influence on my work. I recently approached Mike and Katie with an idea for a tattoo. To my glee, they accepted and have been working something up. I received the final design today and promptly ran down to Bolder Ink to schedule my appointment. Well Boulder Ink is closed on mondays, so that was a let down, but tomorrow it’s on. Of course we’ll document the tattoo as it comes along, stay tuned.

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