Catchup and Mustard with John Orth

By Cinders | Published: October 26, 2011

Lovely, multi talented Floridian artist John Orth took the time to answer some questions for us. Thanks John. We are so excited for all these projects. Tight flow is here for you…

CINDERS: What are you currently working on?
JOHN: Everything I am working on right now is Holopaw related. We recorded a new record a few months back at a beach house in St. Augustine. We are mixing next month with Brooklyn’s own, Jeremy Scott at Civil Defense. In anticipation of an early Spring release, I am assembling some our beloved to work up some remixes for a mix tape that will coincide. (Light Hits? dubknowdub? Soft Circle? Where you at?) We are also putting together a show at Oleno State Park on the Santa Fe River near Gainesville. We rented the entire park over a weekend in December. The rental includes a lodge built by the CCC in the 30′s and 15 cabins. The lodge where we will play is amazing. The walls are adorned with totem poles and each end of the room is anchored by a limestone fireplace. You should come!

C: Winter plans?
J: This summer I built an outdoor shower behind my house. I am eying a spot behind a stand of bamboo for the accompanying tub. I would like to have it ready for the winter months. I am also working on a video for which ove the past week I have purchased wooden clogs, a red patent leather belt, pink goose feathers, and a blond wig. The video is in gestation but will likely me have canoeing the Suwanee River and camping along the banks…all the while dressed as, what I imagine might be, the drag version of Jessie Rose Vala.

C: What are you worried about?
J: Aside from the withering soul of America and potential global annihilation ( I really liked Melancholia by the way), I am a bit worried about getting all of the above done. Oh, yeah and I am helping set up an art space in Gainesville. It is in an old Woolworths building and will have an apartment and a work space upstairs. I will be inviting some of Cinders luminaries to contribute. Come winter with me in Florida. Again, I got some work to do.

C: What are you happy about?
J: All of my winter plans that, if planned and executed well, should set up an exciting year in which i hang out and collaborate with the most remarkable people and take restorative soaks in a claw foot tub under the sway of bamboo.

C: What are you reading?
J: Just read the first volume of CF’s Power Masters. Just ordered the second volume today.



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Catchup and Mustard with Allyson Mellberg

By Cinders | Published: October 24, 2011

Allyson is one of the first artists we showed at Cinders back in 2004 and has stayed a constant contributor and large staple of the cinders crew. She makes grotesque yet incredibly beautiful drawings of deformed ladies. Its always an inspiration to see what she is working on for us. We are currently trying to eat the largest yam ever that she recently gave to us from her garden in Virginia.

CINDERS: What are you currently working on?
ALLYSON: Currently I am working on a body of drawings/paintings for my show at Galerie LJ next fall, a show with Jeremy this spring of collaborative sewn drawings made with dyes from our garden, and a collaborative zine for Pictoplasma this November.

CINDERS: Winter plans?
ALLYSON: Continuing to work on both shows and our other book project. Spending time with family at the beach.

C: What are you worried about?
A: The preservation of nature and education and our fucked up political situation.

C: What are you happy about?
A: Growing things and the people I love.

C: What are you reading?
A: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke & The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke (weird just noticed the Clarke’s – not intentional!) Eagerly awaiting my pre-ordered 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, which should arrive in a couple of weeks.



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Catchup and Mustard with Nick Kuszyk

By Cinders | Published: October 21, 2011

Ok, so Nick is actually back from Oklahoma where he did a sick show at Wayne Coyne’s new gallery. He is working on big paintings upstate in a barn right now staring up at all the fall leaves while smoking a cigarette while riding a bike with no hands, smiling.

Cinders: what are you currently working on?
Nick: Im working on a mural and installation at the womb gallery in Oklahoma city and a handful of commissions… And to be all that I can be.

C: Winter plans?
N: I’m going somewhere warm this winter to work. LA, South America, Africa?? I have no idea. Warm.

C: What are you worried about?
N: I’m worried about finding a parking space at this mall in Oklahoma!!!

C: What are you happy about?
N: I’m pretty happy about a ton of shit. Life.

C: What are you reading right now?
N: I’m reading… Uhhh… Nothing right now. I want to read my friend Quentin’s spy novel called Spy Safari!!!!



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Technology Melt Down

By Cinders | Published: October 20, 2011


Tech Meltdown, Drawing of the day by Brian Chippendale



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We can only go outside when it’s gray

By Cinders | Published: October 19, 2011


We can only go outside when its gray, Drawing of the day by Allyson Mellberg



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Catchup and Mustard with Kevin Hooyman

By Cinders | Published: October 19, 2011

Super detailed and very prolific drawer, Kevin Hooyman sent us this email from up north to let us know what he is up to. We miss seeing Kevin around NYC but I hear Providence takes very good care of him. Plus he has a sailboat, a lady, a house and a cute dog. Go Kevin.

CINDERS: What are you currently working on?
KEVIN: I’m editing a book that is just now two years old. I mean, I
started drawing it two years ago. And drawing new stuff for who knows
what…a book in two years?

C: Winter plans?
K: Nothing big. In fact, almost no plans at all. Stay in Providence
mostly I guess.

C: What are you worried about?
K: All of the little things in my own life. And also the state of the
world. I don’t know. I can worry about anything and everything. Even
the good things, I worry they are going to end.

C: What are you happy about?
K: Fall. Some drawings. My girlfriend and our dogs. Different projects
I’ve got going. Octoberfest beer, which I’ve never before been into.

C: What are you reading?
K: No time for reading with all the TV I wanna watch! (only kind of
kidding. I cant really say I’m reading anything right now. It is a
similar activity to drawing for me and the space for it in my life is
pretty full. I do sometimes watch tv and movies before I go to bed.
Just watched season one of Bored to Death. Funny. I liked it.)



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Cinders Projects Update: Its A Doggy Dog Whirled

By Cinders | Published: October 19, 2011


We have some exciting Cinders-related news…Firstly we have become a 501c-3 non-profit organization this month! Woohoo. We are now accepting tax-deductable donations as we prepare to get a new space. We are entering a new era of Cinders and have some exciting projects in the works that we will keep you posted on in the very near future. In the meantime, we are looking for the right place to call a home or temporary home-please email us if you have any leads or suggestions.

In other news, Cinders Artists are keeping busy…

October 27 – December 2nd
Sto is in a 2 person exhibition of works on paper with Jee Young Sim called We Are the Whirl at Wayfarers (1109 Dekalb Ave btwn Malcolm x and Broadway) in Brooklyn on October 27th. Live performances by Sto and Jee in response to each other’s work: Friday, November 18th 8pm. Sto’s band, Dubknowdub, and Jee’s band, Boveda, play live at the closing: Friday, December 2nd. 8pm


November 3rd – 25th
Jessie Rose Vala opens a new exhibition called Future Tellers at Ever Gold Galleryin San Francisco on November 3rd. It runs until the 25th and will be amazing, so go check it out if you are over there.


Saturday November 5th 3pm-5pm
Allyson Mellberg is one of the featured guest speakers at The 2 day Pictoplasma NYC 2011 Conference at the Tishman Auditorium of Parsons. The New School for Design is packed with inspiring talks and presentations focusing on contemporary character culture and cover a wide range of media and disciplines, such as illustration, graphic design, game design, fashion, art and robotics.



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Tighten the blindfold please

By Cinders | Published: October 18, 2011

Taste and see I Quartz, Drawing of the Day by Molly Goldstrom



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Catchup and Mustard with Tod Seelie

By Cinders | Published: October 17, 2011

This is our fourth installment of the series Catchup and Mustard with your favorite artists. So far we have featured Hisham Bharoocha, Kyle Field and Jessie Rose Vala. Today we bring you the prolific photographer Tod Seelie. We have seen Tod at amazing events for as long as we can remember. He is a huge part of the creative community in New York City and this is what he is up to-

CINDERS: What are you currently working on?
TOD: I just finished three months in Philadelphia working on a large and
multi-faceted art project for the Philadelphia Art Alliance as part of
the Miss Rockaway Armada. The final installation will be up through
the end of the year, and you can see all the different parts of the
project (art rafts, parades, performances, etc) on our website:
http://rockawayatpaa.com
I also just finished shooting my first ad campaign for the NYC Opera.

CINDERS: Winter plans?
TOD: Work on a book.

C: What are you worried about?
T: The future.

C What are you happy about?
T: To be recovering from the summer on the beach in New Bedford, MA.

C: what are you reading?
T: Mostly True by Bill Daniel



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And the leaves are already turning

By Cinders | Published: October 17, 2011

Andes 1, Drawing of the Day by Elisita Punto



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Sunday Preyers

By Cinders | Published: October 16, 2011

>Predators, Drawing of the Day by Hisham Bharoocha



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Dew a solvent of gold…

By Cinders | Published: October 15, 2011

Protoplanetary Disc 2, Drawing of the Day by Brendan Monroe



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Catchup and Mustard with Jessie Rose Vala

By Cinders | Published: October 14, 2011

This is the third installment of our Catchup and Mustard Series with Cinders Artists. Please stay tuned for more. Everyone is working on amazing projects. GO TEAM!

CINDERS: what are you currently working on?
JESSIE: I am working on a sculptural installation. The show is called Future Tellers, and will be exhibited at Ever Gold Gallery in San Francisco this November.
This work is a Mythology, the drawings and the installation relate and support each other. This show is inspired by a personal investigation of the fall from paradise, and how this myth has affected and partly created our present cultural paradigm. I play off the key symbols of this story, rearranging and creating an alternate reality. On a base level this work is an exploration in materials and space. Every piece in this show is built by a meticulous layering of materials. This layering of cut paper, glass, nails, tacks, pins and rocks will create the pattern of the bark, the pattern of a dress, or the ground on which these sculptures stand. Some elements are laden with graphite, bringing a rich heaviness to the pieces.

C: Winter plans?
J: My winter plans, there are many ideas brewing, so far I am not sure what the future holds.

C: What are you worried about?
J: I am worried about hydrofracking, nuclear energy and its waste, oil pipelines and drilling, clean coal (hahaha), all and all globalization and its affects on the environment. I worry for all the humans caught in war zones, I hope we choose our humanity over destruction sooner then later.

C: What are you happy about?
J: I am very happy about occupy wall street. It is truly inspiring.

C: What are you reading?
J: I am reading Androgyny, Toward a new theory of sexuality by June Singer and THE SONG OF HEYOEHKAH by Hyemeyohsts Storm.

WORKS IN PROGRESS



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Foggy love eyes

By Cinders | Published: October 14, 2011

Love Part 1, Drawing of the Day by Jessie Rose Vala



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Zine Partay at the Whitney

By Cinders | Published: October 13, 2011


Hey Check it out! STO will have a table at this fun “Zine Party” at the Whitney Museum this Saturday. He’ll have brand new zines for sale and for your viewing pleasure. Its a family affair so feel free to bring the little ones too. Thanks to the bestest local comic shop Desert Island for curating.
See You There…



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Everyday is a present.

By Cinders | Published: October 13, 2011

It’s Christmas, Drawing of the Day by Nadia Moss



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Take it back.

By Cinders | Published: October 12, 2011


Choke Soak, Drawing of the Day by Kyle Field



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We Are the 99%

By Cinders | Published: October 12, 2011

Cinders has been going down to Wall Street when we can and our excitement continues to grow as more and more people are showing up, speaking out, and occupying in solidarity in other cities across the country. We’ve never witnessed anything like this and it is a truly revolutionary and historical moment. The internet has enabled us to organize and spread information so much faster and the impact is evident in the large amount of Occupy protests all over the nation. The immediacy of you tube videos and live streaming has reached millions in a matter of minutes and much like when the household TV first aired the atrocities of the Vietnam War, it is creating a fast growing movement like we’ve never seen before.. Its truly a new era of the people’s voice. Here are some of our favorite videos and news coverage…

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges shuts down CBC commentator Kevin O’Leary as they discuss Wall Street protests

Professor Cornell West at Occupy Wall St.

Naomi Klein, syndicated columnist for The Nation and The Guardian and author of The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, a seminal text for the anti-corporate globalization movement, talks about why she’s in town to support the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Amazing rant from Dylan Ratigan on the economic conundrum we have found ourselves in



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Catchup and Mustard with Kyle Field

By Cinders | Published: October 12, 2011

Cinders: What are you currently working on?
KF: A new album of songs and new drawings. and a trip east in november,i will be in new york at some point,the 16th or the 21st, playing music.

C: Winter plans?
KF: Not exactly,i think i get to go to spain and play music in february but that is still pending. regional touring and…

C: What are you worried about?
KF: That the state of the world seems so nuts. i worry and wonder about the future, mine and others.

C: What are you happy about?
KF: That i have great people in my life and that i am able to survive by practicing art and music.

C: What are you reading?
KF: “the diary of a sea captain’s wife” by margaret h. eaton,”the colossus of maroussi” by henry miller,”alive!” by piers paul reid.



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Keep Running Forward…

By Cinders | Published: October 11, 2011

…Even if you don’t have your pants on.

Drawing of the Day by Matthew Feyld



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