Billy in Banff
BABEL, BABBLE, RABBLE : On Language and Art
is where I'll be for a bit.
As of May 14,
the posting here will slow to a standstill as i forget about the internet and rediscover people, mountains and art.
Thank you for your comprehension.
is where I'll be for a bit.
As of May 14,
the posting here will slow to a standstill as i forget about the internet and rediscover people, mountains and art.
Thank you for your comprehension.
Beauty Is A Liar
is the title of the new book by my good friend Valerie Joy Kalynchuk. If you were fortunate enough to read her amazing All Day Breakfast, be sure not to miss this one!
Both are available from the always exciting conundrum press which will soon celebrate their 10 year anniversary.
Thank You For Your Support
Thanks to everyone who came out to my show and bought tickets and art and had fun and mingled and all that.
I really appreciate the support you all showed me.
I really appreciate the support you all showed me.
Art for Articule Auction
I just made this thing. It's one of my hand carved stamps all over various details from event and art flyers.
I made it as part of a stuffed envelope to be auctioned off as a fundraiser for Articule.
Bunnies @ Boa
I'm having a show of fresh prints at a fresh bar.
The goal is to raise funds to help pay my way
to an artist's residency that I was invited to in Banff, Alberta
So....come on down !
Enjoy art, see friends, have fun!
BUNNIES AT BOA
NEW MONOPRINTS BY BILLY MAVREAS
FUNDRAISING VERNISSAGE
THURSDAY 27 APRIL 2006, 8 PM
5301 ST-LAURENT
exhibition up 27/28.29 april only!
Another Noisy Booklet
Lately, when I find myself at the copyshop running some graphic errand, I either fish into the recycling bins for fodder or hopelessly remix whatever images I am carrying and whip off an edition of ten of some weird little noise book. Here is one, dated the 18th of January, 2006. I end up mailing these things out to whoever I happen to be artistically enamoured with at the moment. This one seems to be composed of two drawings, overlapped and remixed, that I drew for Warren Hill's zine "2$ (Comes With Mix Tape)"
Barcode
These anomalous barcodes were created by trying to print the regular beastly type onto waxy paper. Enlarged and enhanced, of course.
How To Study
Here are two fun cartoons from the How To Study booklet put out by Careers, Inc. sometime in the hoary past.
Cartoonist(s) uncredited.
Space Creature Duplicating Masters
I lucked out when my friend Ian, an educator, handed me a bushel of old teaching aids. In that pile was this gem, Space Creature Word Slides (Teaching Stuff, USA, 1979, #TS601).
From the copy:
I didn't bother scanning in the word slides.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SPACE CREATURES !
Can you smell the purple ??
Space Creature 1
(Space creatures illustrated by Bron Smith)
Punched Pennies
A while ago I learned how to use the Addressograph I scored from a folded local paper.
It's a machine that presses characters (addresses) into dog tag like bits of metal that are then put into another machine that prints out the labels for magazine/newspaper subscriptions.
I make 'lucky' pennies, pressing four letter words into pennies for a small fee.
Scanning the pennies, though, is tricky...the words are sunken not raised AND they look way better than this in real life.
Place your orders today!
Who Knew ?
In the story "Heads I Win" from Archie's Double Digest # 140 it is revealed that
Riverdales' favorite two-timing klutz, Archie Andrews
not only is into 'The Boss !' but also has a CRASS poster up on his wall AND reads MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL.
Jim et Jean-Paul on vacation
Caption reads:
Jim et Jean-Paul portent un toast.
Caption reads:
Une scène typique des Tropiques.
Caption reads:
Les Chaises Longues
de l'Halcyon Days Hotel,
par Jean-paul et Jim
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