The Show Recap

View pics from the show (flickr).

We will be uploading individual pics of each piece soon and into that flickr set as well as posting an updated inventory on what's still for sale!

We have so many people to thank for such an amazing opening night for our first solo show. The night was a blur as we jumped from person to person, walking them through the story, talking to people who bought pieces, seeing family and friends, and enjoying the vibe. It was a crowded opening all night and most of the art sold, too!

Jolby would like to thank: Dolls for Friends for their incredible work and amazing additions to our show and story, Andy Roush for the music, Keegan and Katy from Keegan Meegan Press & Bindry for the amazing screen prints, Chris Forrette for our rad website, Merrick, the crew at Tangible Worldwide, Greg at In to Ink, Bobby @ Kitsune Noir, Brian Willette for printing our show you saved our lives, San Diego Reader & City Beat, k10k.net and the Cuban Council Crew, Don/Dylan/Amy/George/Subtext for their amazingness and helping this all come together, everyone who bought a piece of art at the show we are so grateful, Monica Moon, Brian Haas for the frames and delicious beer/fuel, everyone that posted any word/sentence/picture/link including: Will @ its nice that, QBN, Little Chimp Society, Josh Spear, Drawn!, Dustin Ortiz, Kitsune Noir, and each and everyone for coming out, everyone that has supported us over the last couple of months we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts.

Josh would like to thank: My lovely wife Shannon for all of her support, my dad for making all our boards, my mom who is sick and couldn’t make the show, my family, Merrick & Tangible, Colby for the inspiration and drive to be a better artist, Subtext, Everyone that drove down for the show, Tem’s BBQ.

Colby would like to thank: Abby Rynko for her undying love/patience/honesty, Josh Kenyon for liking sports and for collaborating/pushing/pulling on a life-changing project like this, Josh's dad for his wood-working brilliance, Merrick & Tangible, everyone at Subtext, My Ma/Sis/Bro for the support and for the hospitality while staying in San Diego, the City of Portland, Anathallo, Fleet Foxes, Shannon Kenyon for her writings, Corey Warning for all his kindness, Tom Okerlund, Ideaworks Advertising for their support.

The day is here:

The Day is here! Above are the ridiculously under-priced hand-made plush dolls contributed by Dolls for Friends of the main characters in our story. We have almost 50 pieces on display tonight. Get there early so we can walk you through the show's story before the gallery gets over-run with attendees. We'll have paintings, prints, screen prints, plush dolls, and some painted found-objects too! See you there!

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Home Is Where You Make It: New Works by Jolby

February 21st-March 22nd, 2009

Opening Reception with the Artists: This Saturday, February 21st, 6-10pm Subtext Gallery, San Diego, CA

2479 KETTNER BLVD. SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 : 619 546 8800

9 Days Remain: Dolls For Friends Sneak Peak

We got these awesome shots in the e-mails today from our collabers Dolls for Friends of the dolls they are creating for "Home is Where You Make it." This is just a peak at only three of the dolls they are hand-crafting based on our characters we use to tell the show's story. We are so excited to see the characters in plush form and to see them come to life!

18 Days Left: Dolls For Friends

We are collaborating with the amazingly talented team that is Erin & Jill Lynch who are better known as Dolls for Friends. They are a husband and wife design team who work as collaborators on a wide variety of art-based projects and have joined us to sew some custom dolls of our characters and objects as one-off art pieces for the show. They are two of the nicest people I've met in the NW and they are a blast to work with. Check out their awesome work and don't forget to visit their Etsy store.

(Note: the dolls below are not from our show, but are Erin & Jill's original creations).