Tomrrow (First Thursday) is gowanmetal's show at Vorpal Space! She has made lots of beautiful things for all your holiday shopping needs. The opening will feature wine and handmade artisan chocolate by our friends at Sweet Masterpiece. It promises to be a great event.

"Animorphology" new paintings by Robert Fayze Pellicer Opening Reception, 9.6.07 @ Vorpal Space, Portland, Oregonlocated on the corner of Broadway and Flanders-VORPAL SPACE presents "Animorphology" Pa...

If you're interested in any of the pieces listed here, please contact David Heifetz, david@vorpalspace.com "Animorphology" @ Vorpal Space, 9.6.2007:  ...

As part of Portland's monthly First Thursday festivities, Matthew Clark has a show opening tonight at Vorpal Space entitled "Sketches from Hell." Last month Jim Valentino had a show at Sequential Art Gallery and he posted a virtual tour of it. The First Thursday before that, Paul Guinan had a one-man exhibit called "Multimedia Man." Periscopians [...]

So, many of you know me as a tea geek, a label I will not deny. However I'm also a liquor geek, as well as a juice and coffee geek. Bottom line is I'm pretty obsessed with drinkable liquids. Over the last few days I have indulged a long standing obsession with perhaps the original steampunk kitchen accessory - -the La Pavoni Europiccola. First designed in the 1950s, this machine has been the gold standard ever since, and remains in production with only minor modifications.

Basically, it is a chromed solid cast brass boiler, with only the very minimum of modern accouterments attached. It is both refined and primitive -- when it is warming up, jets of steam shoot out of the release valves. I first became aware of this machine during my first throes of coffee obsession in Seattle in the late 90s. Anyway, as of a few days back, I finally own one. It is one of the new millennium models with a nifty automatic pressure regulator and the larger group head than the older models. The consensus on Coffee Geek is that my obsession is justified.

In other news, Vorpal Space Has had a couple of excellent months. This month Vorpal Space has featured "Sketches of Hell," a series conceptual design sketches by my Friend and neighbor Matthew Clark...

So, gowanmetal and I leave for Burning Man very very soon. We are on the early arrival list for Kamp Suckie Fuckaye (located at 4:30 & Bonneville this year), and will be departing sometime tomorrow evening or Saturday morning. Yay. As I speak, gowanmetal is pounding sheets of metal into armor for our Playa Battle Gear. My armor is Aluminum (the better to match my motorcycle) and her's is Copper. in addition to my standard attire of kimonos, conical sun hats, boxing wraps and and armored boots, I scored an amazing faux fur coat at a thrift store last night -- it is high-visibility white and hangs past my knees. It must have been cut for a very large woman. as it fits over my shoulders. It should be both warm and pimptastic.

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To those few benighted individuals who still read my increasingly irrelevant blog, I offer the following excuse for my neglect: I have been busy.

Among other things, there have been a series of great shows at Vorpal Space, with more greatness to come this summer season. Also Vorpal Space has partnered with Gowan Metalworks, who has set up a small but full featured Goldsmithing and Silversmithing operation in what used to be the bar area of the gallery. Gowan makes amazing traditional jewelry, and the highest quality body jewelry which I have ever seen. Check out her work here: www.gowanmetal.com.

I have been doing a surprising amount of antique weapons dealing out of the display cases in Vorpal Space (I like to keep sharp things on hand, not only due to my own proclivities, but also as a connection to the name and Jabberwocky poem. Some of them are damn cool looking:

I love buying and selling sharp pretty things. . .

I am part of a proposal for a Major Consulting Project...

Today has thus far been fantastic. Te celebrate the gorgeous Portland spring weather I spent some time luxuriating in the beautiful urban oasis of the Portland Japanese Garden, after an invigorating ride on the vintage cycle. In fact, as of today, the '66 Dream is my primary motorcycle - I canceled the insurance on the 1982 Twinstar this morning and have put it up for sale -- when I looked this morning the seat had dust on it, which is as telling a sign as any. If anyone is looking for a fantastic small cafe style motorcycle I'll give you a great deal on my Twinstar. . . after all I can't ride 'em both at the same time. . .

In other news I have spent a lot of time preparing my art gallery, Vorpal Space, for the spring/summer season. First Thursday last week was the opening reception for Sleeper Cells paintings by Peter Archer. It is a fantastic show, and we sold 4 paintings at the reception [!!!]. Also, after a year of procrastinating, Vorpal Space now has a MySpace page, so for all you MySpace should add Vorpal Space to your friends list for invitations to receptions and parties and stuff.

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