In accordance with Dirty Linen Night in the 1/4. Schiros Cafe will be hosting their Lighter Look at Post Katrina Art at the delightful Schiros Cafe in the Marign…er, the Bywa…er, that strange area that nobody can say is the Marigny or Bywater.
See flyer for details! Varg will be showing his piece “Old Soul” made from a cabinet door along with (weather permitting) several more pieces on the balcony! Come! Enjoy! Rejoice!

Don’t forget: www.leveeland.com

The show is from 1 p.m. until…

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Skull made carved from salvaged plywood and hung with twine. The words mean “spare me.” As a plea to death. The piece was inspired by the song, “O’ Death”

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I happened into a number of these cabinet doors. The wood is really great stuff. I carved the heart out of 3/4″ plwyood and painted and stained it. Then I stitched it onto the wood with yarn. The yarn is the only thing attaching it to the wood. The bottom plate has a leopard print background. “Bon ame” means “good soul.”

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His eyes are made from a Krewe du Vieux wooden doubloon and a piece of bell that flew off a tamborine during the Tuba Fats tribute show at 2008 Jazzfest. He is carved from wood and stitched with yarn to the background. He is hung with salvage twine.

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I forget where I picked up this piece of laminate. I think it’s the back of a dresser or something. But it’s a thin piece of wood with a painted vision of a voodoo doll on it. A twine hanger has been provided. People seem to love it.

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One of my favorites. As usual, the wood did a lot of the work. It was a great solid wood cabinet door that didn’t need much work. The heart was carved from discarded plywood and stitched with think yarn to the door. The stitching is the only thing that attaches the heart to the door, though it is a firm hold. The plate under it reads “vieux ame” French for “old soul.” Some of us consider ourselves old souls. Some of us know someone who is one. Some of us live in a city with an old soul.

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This was an old kitchen cabinet door. The voodoo doll is seeing stars after one too many pulls on a bottle of the enigmatic liquor Chartreuse. His mouth is stapled cotton wiring. A fun piece to paint.

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A fun item to make. Who doesn’t love purple and orange? The doll’s face and background are discarded plywood. The eyes are carnival doubloons. The mouth is copper wiring. He has yarn for hair/stuffing and a small Mardi Gras bead heart for a nose. Across the top and bottom, very small, are carved the words “do whatcha wanna,” a popular Rebirth Brass Band song.

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I was listening to the song “O’ Death” and did a piece inspired by it. It’s got a French twist since we are so close to Acadiana. The frame was salvaged from a home in New Orleans East and the wood is discarded plywood and a small piece of lattice.

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This is a piece made from a nice solid wood cabinet door. A voodoo doll was carved out of discarded plywood and mounted with nails on the door. He has yarn coming out the top of his head to simulate the stuffing that protrudes from the top of the dolls’ heads. It can also be hair if you want it to. The original handle for the door is still on it.

It has twine to hang it on or you can just use the two holes in the top corners and drive nails through them. Either way, like all my other stuff, it’s ready to hang, no expensive framing required.

I named this one “Scrap Dog” because that seems like an appropriate name.