Happy Holidays to All!

Wishing for all 
a healthy, peaceful and beautiful Holiday!

Callie

www.CallieArt.com

Aurelia, La création du monde – 2012 CD Artwork by Callie Hirsch

From Belgium:
Aurelie Dorzee, Tom Theuns and Sergne CM Gueye.
www.aurelia-feria.com
CD released 2012
To see some fun videos!
Artwork: Treo of Trees, Callie Hirsch

About a year ago, Tom Theuns from a band by the name of Aurelia emailed me to ask if he could use one of my paintings, Treo of Trees, for his CD art.  I said sure!  Just give me credit and list my website.  I figured that it would give me some nice exposure and help out muscians in need of colorful art!  I received this in the mail today, direct from Belgium.  How exciting it is to see your art as part of another artform.

Mungbeing on-line zine inclusion

Hidden Societies, 2012
Included in Mungbeing on-line magazine

The Giant Octopus, Spain

This photo was taken at an aquarium in La Coruna, Spain.  They had this amazing tank outside with maybe six giant octopuses swooshing around.  I could have stayed there forever, in awe of their every movement.  My travel mates, not so much, they were anxious to move on.  We had much to see, land to travel across.

More photos from this octopus series can be seen on my site

We started in La Coruna and traveled North to San Sebastian, land of many tapas "pintxos"bars.  Located in Spanish Basque Country.  Simply a delicious place to unwind and make new discoveries.

To view more photos of this fantastical journey.

Traveling is so very different from my 9-5 work life.  It is incredibly wonderful to have the opportunity to get away and explore how others live, experience the many different cultures, and learn to depend on yourself and others for survival.

Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn

Pierogi 2000 Gallery

Flat Files inclusion at Pierogi Gallery 2000 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is a great honor.  The files are curated by the owner Joe Amrhein.  He also recently opened another gallery down the street called The Boiler.  They  have ten art pieces of mine in the files.  

What are flat files in a gallery you may ask?  People do ask this.  Art can not be up on the walls all the time, so they keep smaller pieces in a flat file system that anyone can come in and view.  You simply ask them to show you the file of an artist that they represent, and they will bring out there work for you to go through.  You then put on white gloves, hopefully, and get to thumb through the actual artwork available for purchase.  So go visit Peierogi and ask to see the file of: Callie Hirsch.  

While in Williamsburg also visit the Artists & Fleas, a fantasticly artistic fleamarket.

Pierogi

177 North 9th Street  Brooklyn, NY 11211
9th and Bedford, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L or M  to Bedford

The Boiler
191 N. 14th St. Brooklyn

Back to Creating Textiles

Squid Scarf, 2012

How does a designer get picked up by a textile company, like, say Hermes?!  Ok, I am reaching high, but I would love to design organic images for there products.  I have been to there stores, in both NYC and London.  I think I have an understanding of what they are about, the quality and prestige they present. 

But whom do you send your portfolio to?  I know there are shows in NYC where buyers come to see designers work, but are there other ways? What other companies use freelance designers?  Anyone out there with experience doing this and an understanding of how it works?  Please, share.

My textile page

A is for Australia

Sound of the Didgeridoo

A continent infused with 30,000 years of history, a mysterious land of inhospitable landscapes and deadly creatures roaming by the thousands. It is the only place with kangaroos, the koala and most other marsupials of the world. Australia has both of the world's monotremes (egg-laying mammals), the platypus and the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii), also known as spiny anteaters.  The Aboriginals are most famous for their "dot paintings" and didgeridoo playing.  Aboriginal art is one of the oldest art forms in the world.

Some creatures are deadly to the touch, can kill you upon ingestion, or can grab you out of nowhere, and without any warning, for you to never be seen again.  These things do happen; they are not just what movies are made of, but they happen infrequently.  Let us take the creatures of Australia as an example of some of the natural dangers in the world today.

Here are just six of the deadliest creatures living today in Australia, the box jellyfish, the taipan snake, the salt-water crocodile, the blue ring octopus, the stonefish (possibly the most deadliest fish in the world), and the red back spider. 

Australia has about twenty of the top most venomous snakes in the world.  The amount of poisonous spiders ranks pretty high as well, but with the invention of antivenin, people no longer die from these bites if treated right away.  Even the platypus has a barb above it’s rear feet, used by the male during mating season to fight off other males. 

Now back to the sea and it’s magnificent ways of enticing humans to enter it.  We look at the crystal blue calm waters off of Australia’s beaches and the desire to take a swim overwhelms us.  But if these waters have no large reefs present, then the currents can be deadly to swimmers. Powerful rip currents, rip tides and shore breaks can quickly bring you out to deeper waters, or create panic in a swimmer when fighting against them.  Now what if it is box jellyfish mating season? The Australian Box Jellyfish, scientifically known as the Chironex fleckeri, and ranked among the most venomous creatures in the world.

Shark attacks on the rise in areas that used to be safe to swim, why this occurrence?  This is due to the break down of the marine ecosystem that used to provide food for these creatures.  So they follow the food closer to the shores.

But a visit to Australia is a must, for with proper precautions; you can see the greatness and beauty of this infamous Island without so much as a scratch.  Box jellyfish season is Oct. thru April, where they move to calm waters for feeding.  Crocodiles do not like to hang with humans, stay out of the mangroves.  Most creatures, unless provoked, will avoid you.  As far as sharks are concerned, follow some basic rules, do not swim at night, while you are bleeding, do not feed any animal, and follow all warning signs posted.