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I http://kjaller.com/2010/12/selling-to-doctors-2/ http://kjaller.com/2010/12/selling-to-doctors-2/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:37:44 +0000 admin http://kjaller.com/?p=688 I love it when a healthcare professional buys my stuff, even though it kind of scares me. I fear being approached at craft fairs by doctors, nurses, or physical therapists  because I expect them to point out anatomical inaccuracies. Luckily they are usually just tickled. I’ve sold digestive system t-shirts to GI doctors, uterus t-shirts to midwives, scapula t-shirts to physical therapists.

I knew that it would be a sciencey crowd at the California Academy of Sciences Indie Mart, so I prepped my organ jewelry while trotting out the new pretty stuff I’ve been working on. I sold more of the pretty, but it was super satisfying to match up buyers with my “not for everyone” pieces.

The woman on the left is a blood doctor, and couldn’t believe how perfect the piece was for her. She couldn’t wait to show the folks at work.

The girl on the right just really loved the lung necklace.

These are my kind of people, and thanks to this grin-inducing evening, I feel back in the craft game. It’s hard to keep doing any job when you are removed from the people you are serving. Thrilled by the momentary closing of that gap.

Blood Doc and Lung Fan

My table at the event. I was by the igloo.

The fantastic ad for indie mart. Prominently features the white alligator, which I walked by when I wheeled my supplies out. “Hey buddy.”

]]> http://kjaller.com/2010/12/selling-to-doctors-2/feed/ 0 Black Lungs in a Museum Store http://kjaller.com/2010/08/black-lungs-in-a-museum-store/ http://kjaller.com/2010/08/black-lungs-in-a-museum-store/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:31:28 +0000 admin http://kjaller.com/?p=640 The Mutter Museum Store agreed to carry my Black Lung necklaces on consignment! It’s an amazing and creepy institution in Philadelphia, and the perfect location for my ickier concoctions.

The opportunity gave me cause to create a one-sheet with my work that was a good exercise in self-promotion.

]]> http://kjaller.com/2010/08/black-lungs-in-a-museum-store/feed/ 1 Intestinal Tesselation http://kjaller.com/2010/05/intestinal-tesselation/ http://kjaller.com/2010/05/intestinal-tesselation/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 01:44:12 +0000 admin http://kjaller.com/?p=612 Latest tries at playing with Gray’s anatomy to find some ornamental bits and pieces. Sounds morbid, is super fun.

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After a break, I’m back to playing with anatomy in time to coincide with a resurgence of anatomical activity in my life–MRIs, colonoscopies, the works. Using a facsimile of Gray’s Anatomy, I am choosing the most ornamental of illustrations for possible jewelry or screen prints.

Whenever I work from the anatomical interpretations of a skilled illustrator, I’m always aware that I’m at least one visual filter removed from the actual “giblets” (to use the charming Maria Bamford term). I can’t imagine having it any other way, having far to weak a stomach to endure even the birth videos in Family Life and Human Reproduction 101. I need the selective attention of an illustrator to even introduce me to the subject matter, removing the bits of gag inducing information and focusing on the functioning and majesty of nature parts.

I’m hoping to get access to the imaging that they are doing of my insides, which have the non-subjective filters of technological capacity standing between me and any gag inducing realism. I suppose all of my work is playing with the puke reflex to some extent. In philanthropic work, folks work against empathic barriers based on distance. It’s interesting to think that barriers to unfathomable realities are also also present in physically proximal entities, our bodies.

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Some mocks for the identity of an exhibition of work on the subject of domestic violence.

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]]> http://kjaller.com/2009/12/under-the-microscope/feed/ 0 Scapula Shirt in a Video Game http://kjaller.com/2009/08/scapula-shirt-in-a-video-game/ http://kjaller.com/2009/08/scapula-shirt-in-a-video-game/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:41:00 +0000 admin http://kjaller.com/?p=56

Look closely, and you can see the scapula shirt in action on shirt wear-er Dan. This icon will be in the game “Taxiball”, available on an iphone near you.

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]]> http://kjaller.com/2009/03/ive-got-the-black-lung-pa/feed/ 1 Ribcage/Butterfly? Take 2 http://kjaller.com/2009/03/ribcagebutterfly-take-2/ http://kjaller.com/2009/03/ribcagebutterfly-take-2/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:58:00 +0000 admin http://kjaller.com/?p=54

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]]> http://kjaller.com/2009/03/red-blood-cell-necklace/feed/ 0 Back of the Vasectomy T-shirt http://kjaller.com/2008/12/back-of-the-vasectomy-t-shirt/ http://kjaller.com/2008/12/back-of-the-vasectomy-t-shirt/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:46:00 +0000 admin http://kjaller.com/?p=49
With text culled from a vasectomy chat group.

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