Saturday, January 8, 2022

Weekend Roundup

Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

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ALONE - chosen by Tom

TATS and TOTES

I'm going to feature the many Toronto tattoo and cannabis outlets that are proliferating around the city.


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ABSOLUTE ARTS Tattoo


FAVOURITE

ART

Fort Smith AK

Portuguese artist Bordalo II begins each of his animal sculptures in a grimy hunt for raw materials in junk yards or abandoned factories. Car bumpers, tires, door panels, mountains of malleable plastic bumpers, and even entire vehicles are stacked and bolted to the sides of buildings to resemble everything from pelicans to foxes and tiny rodents. The pieces grow on-site, taking form as he interprets the available materials. As a final detail each animal is finished with a flourish of spray paint that bestows a near lifelike quality.

Through his art, Bordalo II hopes to draw attention to our culture’s uncontrollable production of waste.

 








ALONE

Spadina subway station Toronto ON


FRINGE BENEFIT
Will attempt to feature a mural. 

ANCHOR Bar Buffalo NY



6 comments:

  1. ...tattoo shops ARE ALL AROUND here, but not cannabis shops.
    ...Portuguese ARTIST Bordalo II did AN AMAZING job.
    ...nice ALONE.
    ...I haven't been to the ANCHOR Bar since the pandemic hit.
    Thanks Jackie, take care and stay well.

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  2. I love your Junk Art section; "The Cat" is my favorite.
    I stole it, if it's okay with you I may use it on my poem page.
    If I do I will give you credit.
    I have visited a Tattoo Shop once in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
    If I get me a tattoo I was thinking a Butter. Mrs. Jim says
    that would be too feminine. Depends on where it goes I guess.
    ..

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  3. I love your Junk Art section; "The Cat" is my favorite.
    I stole it, if it's okay with you I may use it on my poem page.
    If I do I will give you credit.
    I have visited a Tattoo Shop once in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
    If I get me a tattoo I was thinking a Butter. Mrs. Jim says
    that would be too feminine. Depends on where it goes I guess.
    ..

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  4. You always come up with the best pictures. The junk art is awesome! Happy Sunday!

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