Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A Week of Tea and Cup Art in the Prow


I embarked on Week One of Hypergraphia at the Flatiron on a sun-filled Tuesday morning. The weather is still hot and muggy for September. Coffee cups floated by outside the windows as the foot traffic eddied around the Prow, many people passing from Argo Café just next door.

Cups of the Day #88
Morning at the Flatiron

Wednesday and Thursday were filled with visitors. I was delighted when Scott Kahn, painter, and Dilys Winegrad, curator, both University of Pennsylvania connections, stopped in and lightened my drawing hours.

The street views in every direction intrigue me - up and down Fifth and Broadway, across into Madison Square Park, both ways on 23rd Street. I can see everywhere, the grid exploded in crazy cubist angles. What a vantage point!

I am getting the measure of the space as a studio, enjoying the light-filled circles of the display platform. I spread out my pens - a welcome donation from Faber-Castell. I discovered their Pitt brush pens with their saturated light-fast colored India Ink several years ago and have used them ever since. They give just the right balance of line and brush mark.

Thursday it poured cats and dogs and cups. Rain lashed the Prow and I felt indeed as if I were abroad ship, riding on waves of umbrellas.

Saturday the sun broke through in time for our reception in the Prow Art Space. I shared my art pens with visitors who tried their hand at upcycling their own coffee cups.

Heat built up inside, but we were kept afloat by a vat of iced Hibiscus tea with lemonade courtesy of Argo Tea. Argo Tea has certainly fueled all of Week One. I have thoroughly enjoyed each perfectly brewed cup - no tea bags there.


Week Two is upon me and I am heading out the door for another drawing session in the window studio. You will see me there Tuesdays - Saturdays 11 am - 2 pm, pen in one hand, cup in the other.

4 comments:

  1. I can see your drawings in the first photo and they look gorgeous! Each one is so unique.

    What a beautiful space to exhibit your cups. My favorite so far. I'd come visit but I live in France.

    F.C. PITT pens! Ha, I've been using them everyday in my drawings. I bought them in Chelsea during art school and they are still in wonderful shape, unlike my other markers. & they don't bleed! I wonder if I can find them over here.

    Congrats to you!
    Dana

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  2. love the show! what a delight to happen upon it. sorry i missed the get together -
    i caught it on tuesday and i've posted about it on my blog: http://magpiesbeads.blogspot.com/

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  3. It looks like cups caught in a strong gust of wind. Pretty cool.

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