tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34187412879221535882024-03-16T00:08:15.322-07:00meat sections : hot meat illustrations delivered dailyalysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-79059503994872923512011-10-25T13:44:00.000-07:002015-09-09T16:21:05.781-07:00Where's the beef?And the pork? And chicken? And the art?<br />
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<i>Know Your Beer - 13 x 19 print available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83668056/detailed-beer-diagram-know-what-you?ref=v1_other_2">here</a>. </i></div>
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Things have been quiet here on MEAT SECTIONS, but not for me. MEAT SECTIONS began as a daily art project in 2010, and was intended for nothing more than to keep my sanity and to be creative while I was unemployed and "on sabbatical."<br />
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<i>Use Every Part - Chicken 13 x 19 available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83670036/detailed-chicken-butcher-diagram-use">here</a>.</i></div>
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I never expected to turn the art from this blog into a full-time business, but I am proud and excited every day that it did. So first of all, thank you, sincerely, to everyone who has come to the blog, left a comment, or even purchased their own print. You've allowed me to make a career out of selling meat art, which really really <i>really</i> few people can say. <br />
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But since this has grown from a daily art blog into a full-on <i>business</i>, from here forward, I'll be posting only on my main blog,<a href="http://www.drywellart.com/blog"> drywell art - the blog</a>. (I know. Clever title). There will still be meat art galore, as well as recipes, advice for creative biz, and behind-the-scenes stuff. Oh, and a lot about food.<br />
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So change your RSS feeds, adjust your following, and come over to <a href="http://www.drywellart.com/blog">drywell art - the blog</a>.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-8078241331510356712011-08-24T12:03:00.000-07:002011-08-24T12:04:21.874-07:00McNugget "Meat"<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/6075208729/" title="McNugget "Meat" butchery diagram by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6075208729_593f692cfd.jpg" width="500" height="378" alt="McNugget "Meat" butchery diagram"></a><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">A couple of days ago, I started researching retail cuts of chicken, to make a "Use Every Part of the Chicken" piece, to go with the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78880213/detailed-lamb-butcher-diagram-use-every">lamb</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78673146/detailed-pig-butcher-diagram-use-every">pig</a>, and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78739920/detailed-cow-butcher-diagram-use-every">cow</a> in the series. In doing this, I thought it might be funny to include a "nugget" part of the chicken, so I quickly became sidetracked in trying to figure out the age-old question of "What part of the chicken DOES the nugget come from?" Of course, this question inevitably leads to the grandaddy of the nugget, the McDonald's Chicken McNugget.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">There was a <a href="http://www.makeupyourownmind.co.uk/reports/charlotte-haile-s-visit-to-a-chicken-mcnugget-supplier.html">report from inside</a> the McDonald's McNugget factory. Information about the four (and yes, only four) <a href="http://patrickspokemonpalace.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/">shapes of the nugget</a>. (That's the "bone", "ball", "boot" and "bell" if you're playing along at home.) Pictures of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakeisbadman/3721610125/in/faves-drywell/">McExtruder</a>. The now debunked posts that Mcnuggets came from <a href="http://daddytypes.com/2010/10/12/it_appears_that_chicken_mcnuggets_are_not_exactly_hot_dogs_but_neither_are_hot_dogs.php">mechanically separated chicken parts</a>. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingpowercinema/89053033/">Dramatic</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingpowercinema/89053032/">standing</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingpowercinema/89053031/">McNuggets</a>. Quite <a href="http://www.mikethepod.com/mcnugget.jpg">funny illustrations</a> of a "McNugget" animal.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And most useful for me, information about the many <a href="http://www.organicauthority.com/foodie-buzz/what-is-in-fast-food-chicken-hint-its-not-chicken.html">MANY</a> <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/full_menu/chicken/mcnuggets.html">ingredients</a> in a McNugget. Yes, yes, there is real white meat chicken in there. But that's not all. Not even close.<br />
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The troubling ingredient list has been explored in Michael Pollan's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/ref=ed_oe_p/105-3265745-3987666/alnyethelawye-20">The Omnivore's Dilemma</a>. Things like <a href="http://www.alnyethelawyerguy.com/al_nye_the_lawyer_guy/2007/03/so_what_really_.html">thirteen corn-based ingredients</a> in a bite-sized chunk of chicken. Or tertiarybutylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a petroleum-based product, <span id="goog_1310672936"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">similar to <i>butane(!)</i></a><span id="goog_1310672937"></span>, and used to preserve freshness. Or that the dimethylpolysiloxane, added to the frying oil to prevent foaming, is a silicone-based ingredient <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_McNuggets">commonly found in make-up and Silly Putty</a>. <br />
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But don't they look delicious? </div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-38357987069930719722011-08-10T18:30:00.000-07:002011-08-10T18:30:37.061-07:00mimosa<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Mimosas are pretty delicious. <i>especially if you hold the oj. </i><br />
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Print available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79533671/mimosa-cocktail-art-print">here</a>. (because i know you have to have some mimosa in your life.)<br />
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alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-16871491482820597022011-07-23T13:03:00.000-07:002011-07-23T13:03:58.079-07:00Drywell at Indie Mart - TOMORROW!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30844328@N05/5938249533/" title="INDIE MART JULY FRONT FLIER FRONT FINAL by indiemart, on Flickr"><img alt="INDIE MART JULY FRONT FLIER FRONT FINAL" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5938249533_c3cfe23e9b.jpg" /></a></div><br />
If you didn't get a chance to say hi or snag some meat art of your own at <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/san-francisco">Renegade SF</a> a couple weeks ago, tomorrow is your chance. I'll be selling my artwork, as featured on <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/07/alyson-thomass-whimsical-must-love-butchery-diagrams/242377/">The Atlantic</a> (I tried to mention that super casually. Did it work?) and hanging out with my partner in crime, Steve. Much of my new work is not available online yet, but it will be available tomorrow at <a href="http://www.indie-mart.com/">Indie Mart</a>. Come on by and say hello. I'm friendly.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>INDIE MART </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Sunday July 24, 12pm to 6pm</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thee Parkside</b> (16th and Wisconsin)</div><div style="text-align: center;">There will be food and drinks and music and blood. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wait, there might not be blood. But you can make your own succulent pot. </div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-81233848472540609202011-07-14T12:53:00.000-07:002011-08-13T11:24:20.970-07:00Los Angeles is for Meat Eaters<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5937970950/" title="LA is for Meat Eaters by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="LA is for Meat Eaters" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5937970950_9a94b15079.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><br />
<i>***UPDATE: Poster now available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77799170/los-angeles-is-for-meat-eaters-pig-meat">here</a>!***</i><br />
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I'm crazy excited to announce the newest city in the "Meat My City" poster series: Los Angeles!<br />
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The boobs there may be fake, but the meat, it's all natural, baby. Whether at a Hollywood steakhouse where the elite meat, at a sustainable butcher shop where your pork was the one on an organic diet, or inside your taco, Los Angeles is for meat eaters. <br />
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This 13x19 poster is of a hand-drawn map of the MANY neighborhoods of Los Angeles, in the form of a pig butchery diagram. In addition to the neighborhoods, there are some pig parts diagrammed, like hocks, ham, ear, etc. Oh, and cities within LA county, yet not in LA proper get their own special meaty treatment. ("Cleaver City" anyone?)<br />
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This poster makes it grand debut at the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/los-angeles">Renegade Craft show</a> in Los Angeles, <b style="color: #cc0000;">this weekend</b>, at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Come see me in booth 29, right outside the large central tent. <br />
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As with all my "Meat My City" posters, I'll be donating 10% of the sales price of each poster sold to a local food bank. For Los Angeles, the money will go to the <a href="http://www.lafoodbank.org/">Los Angeles Regional Food Bank,</a> where each dollar donated allows them to distribute $5 worth of food. That means when you buy a LA poster for $25, the LA Regional Food Bank will be able to distribute $12.50 worth of food. Amazing, right?<br />
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I can't wait for the LA show, and I hope to see you there.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-47665985435607981612011-06-28T14:11:00.000-07:002011-06-28T14:19:45.565-07:00T-Bone Grid<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5882452192/" title="grid tbone by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5882452192_14a31aeb44.jpg" alt="grid tbone" height="500" width="363" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">original graphite drawing of T-bone<br />9x 12 $75<br /></div><br /><br />I love love loved making this one! I took my only art class ever last January at <a href="http://www.rootdivision.org/adulted_current.html">Root Division </a>from the very talented <a href="http://robertminervini.com/home.html">Robert Minervi</a>. One week in this drawing class, we did Chuck Close-esque portraits of ourselves by gridding images and coloring in each grid on our blank paper with the average value of the corresponding image grid. Uh, yeah, that made it sound more complicated than it is. Anyways, it also requires a full arsenal of pencil hardness(es?), from 8B to 6H to get all the values in there. The result almost appears to be a digitally pixelated image, but it is totally handmade. *minds have been blown, people*<br /><br />I find these grid drawings to be super fun and relaxing to make. Look for prints in the shop soon. I also have plans for a bacon grid too.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-14778678263428943402011-06-24T11:09:00.000-07:002011-06-24T11:10:23.048-07:00NY Striptease Steak<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5867279502/" title="NY striptease steak by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5867279502_998b5eb0a5.jpg" alt="NY striptease steak" height="499" width="500" /></a><br />original watercolor and ink painting, of NY Strip Steak<br />5x5 inches, $75<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-53385912098900487672011-06-22T10:15:00.000-07:002011-07-27T18:37:08.239-07:00my loins are burning<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5860198193/" title="my loins are burning by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="my loins are burning" height="499" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5280/5860198193_8a3bd864d8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting of pork loin</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">5x5, $75 <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br />
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Admittedly, not a great situation for a dinner party, but funny none the less.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-14356737884473783072011-06-21T10:11:00.000-07:002011-07-27T18:31:02.515-07:00he had a weird foot fetish<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5857398094/" title="he had a weird foot fetish. by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="he had a weird foot fetish." height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2459/5857398094_a1bceb42ef.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<i>***UPDATE #1: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78638776/he-had-a-weird-foot-fetish-cheeky-meat">Prints now available</a> ***</i><br />
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<i>***UPDATE #2: Steve wouldn't let me sell this one. It's now in a place of honor above his desk. In our bedroom. ***</i><br />
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<i>***UPDATE #3: No, he does not have a foot fetish.***</i><br />
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This one was a late addition idea. I felt like this series was a little too dude heavy, so I wanted to have something mocking guys. And as a huge bonus, pig's trotters are insanely fun to paint. I *think* we may keep this one. :)alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-34788280846956636752011-06-20T09:47:00.000-07:002011-07-27T17:57:40.718-07:00are you a top sirloin, or a bottom?<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5853579636/" title="top sirloin by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="top sirloin" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/5853579636_5d196d255a.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">5x5, <span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD</span></span></div><br />
<i>***UPDATE: </i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78636830/are-you-a-top-sirloin-or-a-bottom-cheeky"><i>Prints now available</i></a><i> ***</i><br />
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This was another one where I had a long debate over which cut of meat was funnier to use(top round? top sirloin?). Sirloin clearly won.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-11379727680571115332011-06-19T19:31:00.000-07:002011-06-19T19:34:01.010-07:00upskirt steak<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5850885797/" title="upskirt steak by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5850885797_302da3d4e7.jpg" alt="upskirt steak" height="500" width="498" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting, 5 x 5 </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Available, $75. </span><br /></div><br />racy, I know.<br /><br />Skirt steak is pretty awesome. Beefy, chewy, cheap. And it's the diaphragm. Yea.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-21620456233145823282011-06-09T15:58:00.000-07:002011-07-27T17:41:22.692-07:00i like big butts<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5816106077/" title="i like big butts by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="i like big butts" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/5816106077_c85f825fe3.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">5 x5 inches, SOLD</span></div><br />
<i>***UPDATE - </i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78635779/i-like-big-butts-cheeky-meat-print"><i>prints now available</i></a><i>***</i><br />
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Another hat tip to Sir-Mix-Alot, who used a surprisingly high number of meat references in his work....<br />
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Here's a little PSA -- pork butt (aka Boston Butt) is NOT from the pig's rear. It is the top of the shoulder. There isn't really a clear consensus on WHY it is called a butt, but <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/05/07/heres_the_rub/">some historians</a> believe it has to do with the colonial American practice of storing this cheap cut of pork in large casks or barrels (also known as "butts").<br />
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I think I just made Sir-Mix-ALot sad.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-19287965911477448422011-06-07T17:21:00.000-07:002011-07-27T17:33:56.402-07:00baby got fatback<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5809699819/" title="baby got fatback by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="baby got fatback" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/5809699819_9d7ee52c18.jpg" width="498" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting of pork fat back. </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">5 x 5 inches - <span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">SOLD</span></span></span><br />
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**** UPDATE: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78634765/baby-got-fatback-cheeky-meat-print">Prints now available</a> ****<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Fat back, aka back fat, is, well, fat from a pig's back. It is delicious. It can be rendered into lard, salted for salt pork, and cured for the Italian charcuterie, lardo.<br />
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Also, if you're awesome, you'll eat it fried as chicharrones. If you're my friend, you'll only eat <a href="http://www.4505meats.com/chicharrones/">4505 Meats chicharrones</a>, because they are the best and I am STOCKED up.<br />
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Hat tip to the one and only Sir-Mix-A-Lot (who incidentally played a Halloween show on campus during my college years) for the classic caption.<br />
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Part of the MEAT MARKET art show, at Pot + Pantry, San Francisco. May 6 - 27, 2011</div><br />
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***UPDATE - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78633830/prime-ribbed-for-her-pleasure-cheeky">Prints now available</a>.***<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I have to give credit to my brother-in-law for coming up with the "ribbed for her pleasure line." (Laaaadies.... he's single.)<br />
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Anywho, we went through a lot of rib-iterations before settling on prime rib, mostly because it was the coolest to draw. Baby back ribs, spare ribs? Not so much, at least in their raw form.</div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-54334626520083982832011-06-06T18:19:00.000-07:002011-06-06T18:21:29.823-07:00i'm more of a leg man.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5806215009/" title="i'm more of a leg man by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5806215009_5aa8f8ec1b.jpg" alt="i'm more of a leg man" height="500" width="497" /></a><br />original watercolor and ink painting.<br />5x5 inches on watercolor paper.<br />Original available. $75<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-6772494239529522292011-06-03T16:48:00.000-07:002011-07-26T16:54:37.478-07:00i'm more of a breast man.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5794583583/" title="i'm more of a breast man. by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="i'm more of a breast man. " height="498" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/5794583583_24aaa58fc5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
original watercolor and ink painting.<br />
5x5 original <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD </span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Lamb breast. It's good folks.<br />
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***UPDATE. Prints<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78565715/im-more-of-a-breast-man-cheeky-meat"> now available</a> *** </div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-26871962642432486412011-06-01T16:07:00.000-07:002011-07-26T16:03:05.490-07:00get some oxtail<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5788332580/" title="get some oxtail. by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="get some oxtail. " height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/5788332580_30368eefd5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting. </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">5 x 5 inches, mounted on board and ready to hang</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Available. $75.</span></span></div><br />
***UPDATE*** Prints available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78562342/get-some-oxtail-cheeky-meat-print">here</a>.<br />
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Oxtail, totally not only from ox (which are castrated male cattle). Can also be from female cows or bulls ("intact" male cattle). Nice, right?alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-46865393377421044032011-05-31T11:49:00.000-07:002011-07-26T15:50:38.009-07:00stop staring at my rump<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5782291529/" title="stop staring at my rump. by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="stop staring at my rump. " height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/5782291529_b94ab03f0e.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting, 5 x5 inches, </span><span style="color: #990000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ORIGINAL SOLD</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">** </span><span style="color: #990000; font-style: italic;">UPDATE ** Prints now<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78561298/stop-staring-at-my-rump-cheeky-meat"> available online</a>.</span></i><span style="color: #990000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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I loved researching this one. I don't discuss it often, but a ton of research goes into most of my paintings, especially for this more recent series of cuts of meat. Accuracy is as important to me as humor, mostly because I love researching, but also because I want respect of any chefs who might like my work.<br />
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For this series, I was basically looking for the quintessential or archetypal version of that particular cut of meat. For the beef rump, it was clear that a tied up roast was *the* image of rump that I needed to use.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-63807453996449110172011-05-29T11:01:00.000-07:002011-05-29T11:10:27.298-07:00Paper cut chicken<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5772246887/" title="Papercut Chicken print by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/5772246887_ac2116029d.jpg" alt="Papercut Chicken print" height="500" width="387" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">papercut chicken. 8.5 x11 print. Available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/75022330/papercut-chicken-butcher-diagram-85-x-11">here</a>.<br /></span></div><br />By special request of the enthusiastic team at <a href="http://www.ragazzasf.com/">Ragazza</a> restaurant in San Francisco, I present the fourth in my papercut print series, the humble chicken. Nothing flashy, but the chicken knows you want it. Oh, it knows.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5772247615/" title="the original papercut chicken by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/5772247615_41d5e36238.jpg" alt="the original papercut chicken" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br />Print of the papercut is available in my shop. But I really do cut out the original papercut by hand from a single sheet of paper. I haven't quite been able to perfect the mounting of the original papercuts, which is why I haven't added original papercuts to my shop yet. But I'm working on it.alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-3124172549611396912011-05-27T15:18:00.000-07:002011-07-26T15:16:26.154-07:00hanger steak?<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5766406024/" title="hanger steak? by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="hanger steak?" height="498" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/5766406024_2ed68fe9c8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting, 5 x5 inches, <span style="font-weight: bold;">$75. Original SOLD</span></span></span></div><br />
**UPDATE** <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78558834/hanger-steak-cheeky-meat-print">Prints now available</a>.<br />
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I clearly have the sense of humor of a 14 year old boy.<br />
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Available for viewing (and purchase!) at <a href="http://potandpantry.com/">Pot + Pantry</a>, San Francisco, CA until May 27, 2011.<br />
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© Alyson Thomas 2011alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-86580019377345864122011-05-26T12:37:00.000-07:002011-07-26T14:44:52.343-07:00just the tri tip<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5762269545/" title="just the tri tip by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="just the tri tip" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/5762269545_97fb177267.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original watercolor and ink painting, 5 x5 inches, <span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Original SOLD</span></span></span><br />
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**UPDATE** Prints now available<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78556997/just-the-tri-tip-cheeky-meat-print"> online.</a><br />
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Oh yeah. Thanks to "<a href="http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/archer/">Archer</a>" for inspiring this piece. <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-7zTzrSAA">the clip</a>. It's, uh, a bit racy. Sorry parents.)</span><br />
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Available for viewing at Pot and Pantry, San Francisco, CA until May 27, 2011.<br />
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© Alyson Thomas 2011</div><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">mounted on natural fiber panel.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;"> ORIGINAL SOLD</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Who doesn't like a nice rack?<br />
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5x5 inches. Available for viewing at <a href="http://potandpantry.com/">Pot and Pantry</a>, San Francisco, CA until May 27, 2011.<br />
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<b style="color: #cc0000;">UPDATE:</b> 8.5 x11 print is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78555954/nice-rack-cheeky-meat-print">now available in the shop</a>! <br />
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© Alyson Thomas 2011<br />
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</div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-20229639422435561672011-05-11T17:27:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:53:43.451-07:00Chicken Charcoal Butchery<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5711837368/" title="Charcoal chicken butchery by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3627/5711837368_d646744c3a.jpg" alt="Charcoal chicken butchery" height="500" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">original charcoal chicken diagram</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Hello hello!<br /><br />The MEAT MARKET show was a crazy success, and I'm working on getting a recap together soon! (Check out the <a href="http://potandpantry.com/2011/05/09/meat-madness/">Pot + Pantry blog </a>for a great wrap-up for now) I'll also be posting all my work from the show on this site, with links to buy once the show wraps up. There are still pieces available, so hop on over to <a href="http://potandpantry.com/">Pot+Pantry</a> if you're in SF and need some original meat art in your life.<br /><br />In other news, I've received tons of requests for more chicken art. I had no idea there were so many fervent poultry lovers out there! So rounding out my charcoal butchery diagram series is the humble chicken. You may even want to check out <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/pages/selecting-poultry.html?undefined">this site</a> to see an interactive version of this bad boy. I don't know, whatever.<br /><br />Oh, and he's in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73915690/charcoal-chicken-butchery-diagram">the shop</a> now too!<br /></div></div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-89810183822965880882011-05-06T16:24:00.000-07:002011-05-25T17:53:22.409-07:00Use Every Part - Pig<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5694743196/" title="Use Every Part - Pig Diagram by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5694743196_5cdfb746e6.jpg" alt="Use Every Part - Pig Diagram" height="376" width="500" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>18 x24 original mixed media on maple board. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">SOLD</span><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></div></i>Tonight's the night!<div><br /></div><div>I'm headed out the door (with over 60 bags of homemade bacon caramel corn) to Pot and Pantry for the opening night of my first solo show, MEAT MARKET!</div><div><br /></div><div>I am so thankful for all the amazing press the show's received so far, from Eater SF, Thrillist, Daily Candy, SF Foodie, Mission Local, ABC 7, and more. It is humbling and insane. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope to see lots of folks there tonight, and look forward to meeting you! And I'm also super excited to eat some chili and bacon treats from Nosh This, and spicy pork banh mi (my FAVORITE SANDWICH!) from TomKat. And drink some beer. That's going to be awesome too. </div><div><br /></div><div>huzzah!</div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418741287922153588.post-57465249199895415162011-05-02T22:14:00.000-07:002011-07-26T14:26:55.480-07:00Let's T-bone<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drywell/5682903520/" title="Let's T-bone by ilovedrywell, on Flickr"><img alt="Let's T-bone" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5682903520_c9b27d3f5c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Original watercolor and ink illustration, 5x5<br />
original <span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">SOLD</span><br />
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</b></div><b style="color: #cc0000;">**7/26/11 UPDATE**</b> The 8.5x11 "Let's T-bone" print is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78554529/lets-t-bone-cheeky-meat-print">now available in the shop</a> for $18. </div><div><br />
</div><div>So the MEAT MARKET art show is shaping up quite nicely. I'm so excited that we have some awesome food vendors coming now: <a href="http://noshthis.com/">Nosh This</a>, purveyor of Bacon Crack and other sweet and savory meaty treats, and new asian food truck, <a href="http://www.tomkatsf.com/">TomKat</a>, which happens to be co-run with my favorite bar tender at my favorite bar, <a href="http://www.alembicbar.com/">The Alembic</a>. Oh yeah, and I got the hook-up with the generous pork lovers at <a href="http://www.4505meats.com/">4505 Meat, </a>so yes, there will be chicharrones. How could there not be?</div><div><br />
</div><div>The above painting is a little taste of some of the new art I've been working on. they are.... a little cheeky to say the least. (Sorry mom and dad!)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Ok. Back to painting my NY Striptease Steak. </div>alysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159281053287378566noreply@blogger.com7