National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show did a little piece on Botanicalls today. They made a genuine effort to be charming so give Steve Inskeep’s piece a nice listen. Thanks again to Josh for lending his voice to the Fiddle Leaf Fig.
Archive for July, 2007
Spent the weekend with friends in San Francisco who are building an art car out of an Chevrolet El Camino. I helped design circuits for nighttime running lights and spent several laborious hours tweezing tiny beads onto the adhesive-slathered hood. The front of the car will be such varied designs of tiny colorful glass beads that I couldn’t stop taking macro shots. The back will be four treelike structures with mushroom tops that support a canvas shade structure. I’ve been a fan of art cars since seeing Harrod Blank’s brilliant documentary “Wild Wheels” at the Red Vic art house in San Francisco, so I’m glad to finally lend one a hand.
Reuters did a lovely piece on Botanicalls this week. I was out of town so you won’t see me in it. Kate and Rebecca made agile and articulate appearances. Kati’s description of being drunk-dialed by the Cuban Oregano deserves many more public airings. I seem to recall that the following morning, all the other Botanicalls plants were laughing their roots off.
