8x8 Show extended!

The Glovebox 8x8 Show is now up for 2 weeks (July 27-August 9th) at Goody Glovers in the North End, Boston.

The opening is tonight from 7-9 pm!

See you there.

A rose by any other name

Juliet
from the Carte Postale Series
4 x 6.5
gouache and block-printing on vintage paper with hand-stitching

copyright Kate Castelli 2008

Half Penny Seahorse

Half Penny Seahorse
sketchbook page (left-over from Carte Postale series)
ink and bleach on vintage postcard with hand-stitching
approx. 3.5 x 5 "

You can get dried seahorses at apothecary shops in Chinatown. They are ghostly white and very fragile. I have no idea what they are really used for (in a medicinal sense) but I find them very beautiful.

copyright Kate Castelli 2008

British Goods Are Best

British Goods Are Best
from the Carte Postale series
5 x 7
gouache and cyanotype on vintage paper with handstitching

of course copyright Kate Castelli 2008

www.katecastelli.com

A drum-roll please...

I am pleased to announce that www.katecastelli.com has finally launched.

I invite you to check out my portfolio site for a glimpse into my sketchbooks, illustrations, and other assorted whatnot!

8x8 Show

For more information click on the link!
Glovebox 8x8 Show

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing
gouache, ink, block-printing, and a cyanotype on vintage paper with hand-stitching
8x8"

One of two pieces for the upcoming Glovebox 8x8 Show.

of course copyright Kate Castelli 2008

Petite moi

Long hair, cowboy boots, and a sketchbook.

I was in second grade (that's when I got the boots) and I am sitting on a rock at one of my favorite spots of childhood. It's a natural swimming hole we affectionately called "The Bathtubs" near my grandparents house in the Catskill Mountains.

Pulp Fiction and Penny Candy

So my life has been a mess lately...but the universe ploughs on.

Congratulations to Ann Kirchner on a wonderful opening of her show "Portraits and Pages"at the Brookline Arts Center. Go check out Ann's exquisite pastels and sewn pages.

I spent a wonderful weekend with Amanda and explored a great used bookstore in Sudbury, MA called Bearly Read Books. The delightful pulp fiction novel seen above was found there. I can't keep a straight face or keep from laughing when reading the backs of those books. This particular gem involved rival doctors, a violet-eyed nurse and an atomic research project. What's not to love?

I am currently working on my pieces for the upcoming Glovebox 8x8 Show and the Enormous Tiny Art Show at Nahcotta in Portsmouth, NH. I need to get back in the studio and get back into a creative rhythm. I've replenished some of my ephemera with some excellent vintage postcards and flea market finds. New work will be posted soon!

And finally, go see Disney/Pixar's Wall-E. You'll fall head over heels in love.