November 2011

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2012年切絵カレンダー販売キャンペーン

November 15, 2011 in Japan, News | Add your comment

アップデート — 2012年切絵カレンダーご購入頂けます！カレンダーのショップからご閲覧・ご購入頂けます。

2012年切絵カレンダーの販売を・・・・いつもと違うやり方で試み中！

本当に販売できるかどうかは皆さんのご協力にかかっています。11月22日までに「キックスターター・ドットコム」という、こちらのサイトから事前注文してください！カレンダーや切絵の魅惑のビデオ説明付き！
☞ 2012年切絵カレンダー販売キャンペーン

「いつもと違うやり方」はどういうことかというと、これまで米国のこちらのサイトからカレンダーを作成・販売していたのですが、今年は日本の地元印刷屋さん（ポストカードの印刷をお願いしている）でカレンダーを作ってもらいたい！と思っているのです。ただ、最小ロットが100部なのです。

キックスターター・ドットコムでは事前に注文してくれる（あるいは、資金を募金してあげようという素敵な）ファンを募り、事前注文の額が一定のレベルに到達できたら、カレンダーやその他作品の実際の印刷にこぎ着ける仕組みになっています。私の場合、世界各地のお客様100人分のカレンダーを印刷しお届けするには少なくとも2,200米ドル（約20万円）必要ですが、それを事前に募りたいのです！11月22日までに2,200米ドル 募れなければ、このプロジェクトは不発に終わります。2,200米ドル以上募ることができれば、事前注文頂いた皆さんから事前にお支払頂き、2012年カレンダーを印刷してお届けします！キックスターター・ドットコムでは、下記のようにカレンダーの事前注文（30米ドル − INOSHISHIカテゴリー）だけでなく、その他販売物の事前注文や、ただの支援金！も受付けています！ Read the rest of this entry »

Media Blitzeroo and an Interview Too

November 14, 2011 in News | 2 comments

Having lived with myself for as long as I can remember, I have to admit that, even to this day, I am constantly fascinated by the enigma that is myself. Then, on other days, I find myself about as exciting as dry toast. If you are also in this latter group and would prefer not to know anything more about Patrick Gannon, artist person, you need not read any further.

On the other hand, if you think that reading me chattering on about paper and life would enrich your day, then I heartily welcome you to dive in!

Gratifications
First, I need to thank a couple websites for thinking my work was kinda neat, and telling folks about it:
The good folks at Visual News started the lovefest. (Thanks!)
TrendHunter kept it going. (cheers!)
and Neatorama brought it home. (ありがとう!)

Exhortations
No blog posting this month would be complete without a touch of shameless self promotion. If you have somehow escaped my haranguings thus far, your luck has just run out. Hop on over and check out The 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar campaign (or read about it on PaperCuts).

Confabulations
Now we get to the meat of the matter and suck the marrow of the broken metaphor. Spanish newspaper and website 20minutos.es were gracious enough to interview me. Topics covered include paper, Japan, the groping of artwork, and analog versus digital. Presented in Spanish.

I took 5 years of Spanish in school. Sadly, the moment I jammed a few Japanese words into my noggin, all the Spanish came spilling out. For those of you, like myself, who are liguistically-challenged, I present the questions and answers in their original, unedited maximum verbosity.

At the time, this article was on my mind. Read the rest of this entry »

A Multimedia Extravaganza

November 13, 2011 in Exhibitions & Events, News, W.I.P.s | Add your comment

cut paper art calendar campaign on Kickstarter.com
For the first time since I turned fourteen, I am starring in a video. Unlike those videos of yore, there is no music, nor am I flailing away on old plastic barn-paint bins pretending I was playing the drums. Also unlike those ancient moving images, the modern variant is neither on VHS nor mortifyingly embarrassing. At least not yet. Ask me again in ten years.
cut paper art calendar campaign on Kickstarter.com
This video was made to support my Kickstarter campaign for The 2012 Cut paper Art Calendar. I admit to feeling a bit silly talking to my computer. Also, I think I sound a little like a late-night infomercial. On the plus side, the video does give a brief glimpse into the process that went into making a piece that nobody who doesn’t live with me has ever seen. One day, that piece (see the sketches!) will grow up into the great and powerful dragon which will represent the entire Zodiac for 2012… not to mention January in the calendar.

You will also get to see my face. Check out the video.

The campaign itself is going fairly well. With 9 days to go, we’ve raised almost half the funds we need to print the calendar. If you’ve been holding off, yes, your support is still needed. My appreciation goes out to everyone who has pledged, commented, or emailed. Thank you!

Join the 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar Campaign (updated)

November 1, 2011 in Exhibitions & Events, Japan, News | 5 comments

cut paper art calendar campaign on Kickstarter.com

update — The 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar is now available for purchase. Please check the Calendar Shop for a preview and to order. 2012年切絵カレンダーご購入頂けます！カレンダーのショップからご閲覧・ご購入頂けます。

There’s a long, long, sometimes tedious story behind this post, and I still haven’t decided how much to tell, and which details will only bore the pants off of you. So, lets begin with the pizzaz!

The 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar is now available!…sort of. This year, I’m printing the calendar myself, using local printers here in Japan (the same folks who do such a great job on my postcards!). To do that, I’m going to need a bit of a hand from all you guys. And when I say “hand”, I mean the one reaching for your wallet. So, please hop on over to my Kickstarter project and pre-order a calendar. Or two. Or a baker’s dozen. While you’re there, bask in the glorious rewards I am offering (ps: they are named after the animals of the Japanese Zodiac).

update: I forgot one of the most important points! Like all kickstarter campaigns, the 2012 Cut paper Art Calendar is an all-or-nothing affair. Money only changes hands (and rewards only rewarded) if I reach my goal of $2200. Kickstarter collects the money after the campaign ends on November 22nd, 2011. Thanks!

After that, go forth and share this happy news with your friends and relatives, neighbors, arch-enemies, pets, beautiful strangers whose eyes catch yours on the street, and the other 7,000,000,000 people in the world.

About the calendar
For the next twelve months, you will find yourself in a strange, familiarly alien world. It is a world of shadowy forests and living stone. A world where the sea and the wind wear faces; where great and eternal animals converse with colorful spirits. Where, in 2012, a dragon is the waterfall it bursts from.

Mostly, it is a world of paper.

2012 is the Year of the Dragon, and that brand new image (my first ever cut-paper dragon, and the first drake I’ve drawn since middle school) graces January. The other 11 months each feature one of my favorite pieces from the last couple years. This year, I’m planning on rotating in two new pieces for February and March, so let me know if you have any favorites!

Hopes, Dreams, and monotonous tedium under the fold. Read the rest of this entry »