Hi everybody!Eun-Ha Paek + Sara Varon + Aya Kakeda = Captain Canoodle We are having an exhibition at Rojo Bermelo Gallery in Mexico City, opening June 27!! There will be Prints! Posters! Papier-mache masks! A mural! And New Products! Be there or be a pear! (http://www.canoodle.milky.org/)
Here are some sneak preview of what we've been working on!
I was doing potato stamping for a class that I teach, and I totally got into it.It's super fun!!!
I made these two stamps during the class, we all discovered simple shape looks the best with potato stamping.
Decided to print on my white T-shirts that I've never wore.
Done!!!!
Cut off the sleeves so it looks nicer.
Done!!!! Now I want to do more, maybe make a curtain or a dress.
Looking for a Chiristmas gift LA People?Here is the best show for it. Printed Matter show at Giant Robot LA.I will have some silkscreens for sale!
Printed Matter – A Show of Multiples Dec 17-Jan 9th, 2013
Reception Saturday, December 22th 2012, 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. Giant Robot 2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276
Andrice Arp, Apak, Aya Kakeda, Bigfoot, Bradford Lynn, Bubi Au Yeung, Christopher Chan, Dan McCarthy, Danni Shinya Luo, Darth Rimmer, David Horvath, Deth P Sun, Elliot Brown, Gabe Gonzales, Gary Musgrave, James Chong, Jay Horinouchi, Jay Ryan, Jeni Yang, Jeremiah La Torre, Jesse LeDoux, Jesse Tise, Jiyoung Moon, Kaori Kasai, Ken Taya, Kerry Horvath, Kevin Luong, Kio Griffith, Louise Chen, Mare Odomo, Mari Inukai, Mark Ingram, Masato Nakada, Miso, Nick Arciaga, Sara Saedi, Sashiko Yuen, Scott Wilkowski, Seonna Hong, Shawn Cheng, Shawnimals, Shihori Nakayama, Sidney Pink, Stasia Burrington, Tessar Lo, Tru Nguyen, Yejin Oh, Yumi Sakugawa
All Framed and ready to go!
I have 3 pieces in Society of illustrators show and their annual book.
"Hanabi Monster", "Amarillo poster", and "Bali Dream"
"Hanabi Monster" silk screen poster was made for the events this Summer for Rojo Bermelo in Mexico City + Monterrey (Mexico)
"Amarillo Poster" silk screen poster was made for my exhibition at Amarillo design center in Xalapa (Mexico) also this summer.
I'm very happy that those two got selected because they are my favorite clients and my dear friends, and I the Mexico trip this summer for me was the high light of this year :) Thank you Rojo Bermelo and Amarillo!
"Bali dream" is a large size gouache painting on wooden panel made for 3 person exhibition "Creamy Cat" at the Lower East Side this Fall. This is a personal piece which I got inspiration from visiting Indonesia this May. I'm making this series bigger now so it's a nice encouragement patting my back from society of illustrators.
Here is the info for the exhibition, please come if you are in the area!
January 4th - 26th, 2013 Illustrators 55 - part 1- at the Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators NY (Opening: January 4th 6pm-)
Hello everyone!My new online shop is now open. ---> http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ayakakeda
Now some books, ceramics, and prints are on the shop and I'm going to post more and more products in a week or so.
But it's a start!
It will be open through out the holiday season till Dec 18th.
Please spread the word to your friends and family.
Thank you! and Have a Happy turkey day!
Thank you Sooooo much to Society of Illustrators and the judges for the Silver Medal!The selected piece is a poster "Hanabi Monster" for Rojo Bermelo in Mexico City, silk screen printed by Arturo Negrete. (yey Rojo Bermelo, and Arturo! Thank you guys!)I'm so so happy!!!!!
My new Bali Dream paintings and Kokeshi Dolls were exhibited for this "Creamy Cat" Show. Also some goods and books were sold at the opening last Saturday.I was so happy having show with Michiko Horie and Helina Raak! Their art works were fantastic and us 3 fit very well in this show!
with Michiko Horie and Helina Raak, we all had cat ears for the event!
Many people and friends came out to the opening!
THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!
Thank you so much for coming out! and Special thank you to Yana who made this fantastic cat pattern dress!!! (her shop--->http://www.supayana.com/)
Hello everyone.My Mexico trip is starting next week!!!
6 months of planning and working with my warm Mexican friends over tons of emails, it's finally coming to reality.
I've been to Mexico twice and I was in love with the country and people there, this is a dream come true projects for me!
My First stop and this trip's sponsor is Amarillo Centro de Diseño June 27th to 30th Stop motion animation workshop June 28th Exhibition "Aya Kakeda works from 2000~2012" opens at http://amarilloespacio.com.mx/
Amarillo Centro de Diseño is a design Center in Xalapa, Mexico which invites both Mexican and international artists to have workshops and Exhibition. My talented and top illustrator friends Yuko Shimizu, Marcos Chin, and Brian Rea have shown their work here in the past years. I'm honored to be part of this group! Thank you for inviting me!
Here is some exciting photos that they sent me!
they are also painting my characters on their window!!! wowwwww~
I'm excited about what kind of stop motion animation the students will make. I will update you on that soon!
I'm also launching 2 toy lines in Mexico, one is a hand made ceramic figure "Box-kun Mexican version" and " Hanabi Monster" plush which I collaborated with Mexican Artist TOLOACHE.
My Ceramic Toy " Box-kun Mexican version" will be launched on July 6th at SK Sarukaku Toy store in Mexico City. It's super limited and comes with hand made silkscreen book, I'm only bringing 10 figures. 
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box-kun mexican version promotional video from aya Kakeda on Vimeo.
Last but not least!
On July 13th at Rojo Bermelo store in Monterrey,
I'm having an event "Hanabi Monster!" where collaboration plush toy with TOLOACHE and limited edition silk screen will be launched!
Fluffy cuteness!!!!
And here is some photos of the limited edition silk screens getting printed for this event!
If you are in Mexico, I really hope to see you in one of those events!
Love from New York trying to pack huge mustache in my suitcase!!!
Busy day at Print shop today.I did a drawing on a blank note book and I wanted to make it in color by silkscreen. It was so hard because the book wasn't flat. but eventually I got it.
fewwww there is always something new to learn.
Original Drawing
Silkscreen Version, the color is hard to tell in the photo but it's a nice hot pink in real life.
Also the project that I was putting off from January...I finally printed out the cover of my new accordion book "Snow Day."
Starting out with white.
Front and the back cover. second color black.
I like how it came out! Looks like a wall paper all together.
Last color, only the front cover has gradation snow pattern. There are pink version and purple version.
Long Long day but productive, covered in paint.
I worked on covers for my new silkscreen book "BOX" tonight.(First Color for the front cover)
(Second Color ---- BOX!)
(And this is my back cover--- Empty box, where did the character go???)
(Then I was playing with the ceramic figure that I made which goes with this book)
(Mmmmmm...... ESCAPE!)
I had a little time left at the studio, I printed some characters on Matches. ( well it looks like matches but actually sticky notes inside. Nice product idea, I got them at an art store in Baltimore, I should have gotten more!)
Done for Today!
Good Night.
I've bee posting about ceramic studio but realized I didn't post any image from my silkscreen studio!I've been preparing mini books, posters, and comics for stump town comic festival coming up in the end of this month. http://www.stumptowncomics.com/comics-fest/ Here are some photos of mini books that I'm working on right now. They are book covers.
(First print/ white )
(Second Print/ Egg plant color)
(And last color/ red)
(And here is some system that I came up for printing this book cover. Registration was very easy doing this)
Voila! I'm done! I really like them as a group looks kind of like a chocolate! Oh that would be my dream to print on Chocolate!