Cowbella is everywhere!

Cowbella is in Time Out NY- the one about 'Cheap Eats'. (thanks to my wonderful friend Ismoyo for sending me this last week)




... and Cowbella has also made her way into The China Press! (thank you Jun for sending this to me)






... and the cover of the Flushing Times! (although I think I look like more of a cow than Cowbella does- oh well! :)
(thanks to Chee for letting me know about this!)

... and this great article about the Cows in the Queens Chronicle


... and the Queens Tribune!


... AND in this video on Sinovision! (video will play after the short advertisement) Thank you Frank & Vivian for sending this to me!
more press coming soon...

CowParade Carnival!

Yesterday was the CowParade Carnival in Flushing, Queens. It was a gorgeous day! So many wonderful people came to see the cows which were scattered throughout the Queens Crossing building and plaza. There was live music and games and then an opening reception for the '09 Oh Cow!' exhibit in the Crossing Art gallery. Thank you to all my friends and family who came.
Click HERE to view all the photos!

NY1

some press coverage of the Flushing CowParade by our local news channel, NY1! Hopefully it will bring lots of people to Flushing tomorrow for the Cow Carnival!
Watch the video here: http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=102426&ap=1&Flash

CowParade Carnival, this Saturday!

Dear friends, family, young & old, cow-lovers, art-lovers, music-lovers & free-drink-lovers:
Come to Flushing this Saturday, July 18th and see the Flushing CowParade Cows and "'09' Oh Cow!"- an exhibit featuring artwork about cows. Listen to live music, enjoy free drinks and more! There's something for all of you!
Click here for full details of Saturday's event.

Date/Time	July 18, 2009 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue	Queens Crossing
Address	38-21 Main Street Flushing, New York 11354

making Cowbella, day 34- THE LAST DAY!

These are just some of the photos from the last official day of the Open Studio (see all the photos here)... the last day of an incredible journey which began on May 9th through June 28th and transported me from Main Street, Dumbo to Main Street, Flushing. It introduced me to a new culture, new people, new art, and inspired me beyond words. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity to work with such special people on such a fun project! I am looking forward to July 18th when the 'Unveiling of the Cows' will take place at Queen Crossing. I will post when I have more information- everyone is welcome to come!

making Cowbella, day 33

On the 33rd day I coated the wings several times in 'interference' colors to give an iridescent look when the light hits them. I circled the cow doing touch-ups and tiny additions. I could hear the rain pelting down outside but luckily when I left to go home, it had stopped and the sky was filled with apocalypse mushroom puffs!

making Cowbella, day 32

Day 32 was a complete roller coaster of emotions! I was trying to figure out what to do on Cowbella's forehead because I knew it needed some design element. I sketched out some ideas and Jun, my favourite photographer, picked the winning one.
I was happily working away but then heard some news that broke my heart... Christina (my little sidekick 'sister') would not be making the daily appearances at the mall anymore. Her mother sold the shop basically overnight, so there would be no more visits from Christina- I was gutted and worried that I'd never see her again. Then I got a text from Margot Miller, my source that keeps me informed of anything important now that we have no television, that Michael Jackson died and I was shocked!
At 7pm I wrapped up work at the mall for the night and headed over to Mudan for a wonderful evening of dancing and eating, meeting new wonderful people thanks to my host Qingyun. I left the party so happy but wondered how it's possible to feel so crushed and so elated in the space of the same day.

making Cowbella, day 31

Day 31 was all about building up layers of paste and filler to seal the gaps between the edge of the cow and the wings. Whilst those layers were drying I added glitter to the eyeshadow, the nostrils, added more lashes, and am trying to figure out what to do on the forehead! I will keep you posted. Thank you to everyone for all of your support through this wonderful project. I will be so sad to see it come to an end in about 4 days time!

making Cowbella, day 30

On day 30 a lovely couple, Karen and Pohl, came by to see the progress on Cowbella and give me a little cow broach they had bought for me. Can you guess which cow it was? That's right, cow fans... Angelicow! And they bought it without realizing that I had made it! That really blew me away. It was another day of hard work- sorting out the wings and making sure they fit properly. It was great to see Leslie again too.

making Cowbella, day 29

On the 29th day I carved bits of the wings off so they would sit flush on the cow, and I added more gems. I had another visit from Ginger! She was excited to see my Angelicow lamp... I was too actually. That was the first time I had ever seen one in person.
There was a "health care" seminar in the mall which gave away free Cotton Candy- yikes!!! Christina and Wendy were happy about that. You can see more photos here.

Open Studio- the final days...

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday (June 26, 27, 28) are the final days of the Open Studio in the Flushing Mall, where we've been working on our cows for the Flushing CowParade. Come see us! We're there all day from 11am - 7pm.
Huge thanks to all the wonderful visitors who've come to see us so far. I know it's what has kept me going since the first Open Studio day on May 9th! Thank you so much!!!
(if you need directions or have questions, just send me an email:)

making Cowbella, day 28

Day 28 was so exciting! It started with a visit from Jun Liu who posed for a photo with Cowbella...

more gems were added to the shapes on Cowbella...

I got to sneak a peak at an enormous painting that Wei Kang had done whilst he was in NY...


Peiliang Jin, the lovely and amazingly talented landscape artist working next to me, pulled off layers of tape from his cow (I snapped this as he pulled off the last 2") revealing perfect lines of colour...






and Chick Lam of "Flowers on Stage" fame (which has the most gorgeous flowers and plants and is like an oasis in the mall) was excited about his special delivery from Hawaii- Hawaiian Volcano Plants!