Dec 9 + 10 Renegade Crafts Fair --- booth #53

Hello!  I will be at Renegade Craft Fair with my ceramic works this weekend. If you are in Brooklyn, please stop by!

Dec 9+10 11am-6pm
Renegade Craft Fair Booth #53
Industry City Factory Floor
274 36th St, Brooklyn

Also if you are not in NY area I just opened the web store, too.
http://www.ayakakeda.com/store/

Getting cold out, stay warm and have a nice winter day!

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Microchan goes to Midnight Jungle!

CBADIt's Jungle time! Microchan Bus is going to the fancy midnight jungle party this winter. Beautiful hand made work by Obitsu factory in Tokyo. Thank you for the great producer Tomenosuke Shoten.This is a limited edition of 30 as the last three, you can purchase this at http://www.tomenosuke.com/AYA_YA/ Microbus: To The Midnight Jungle Sale on November 27th 9:00pm JST

 

Let's go to the Yeti Mountain!

919a26c056a9a9c8f78c_460x460IMG_2267IMG_2301_四角Micro-chan and her friends went to the snowy mountain to meet her Yeti friend to spend their holidays together :) I heard they are having a good time. Now after the neon pink Micro bus, now new color electric blue "Let's Go To The Yeti Mountain" is on sale!!!!  Small edition on 30 from Tomenosuke store. ----->Here

And here is a big news! If you get the first Three microbus editions (neon pink, electric blue, and Glow in the dark) you can win my original painting which is featured on the header cards!!!

face=web3Days till the New Years!  Hope you will have a great New Year's eve and Happy 2015!!!

MOCCA FESTIVAL this weekend!

Hello!This weekend is MOCCA Art Festival in NYC. I have a table selling new books, prints, surprise sculpture boxes, and cat&dog cookies! Please come and visit! 10173554_10151957194020178_1347604187_nYou can see the direction and more info about the festival here---> click

Here is some sneak preview! photo 3 (2)1958232_10151949263820178_788786612_ncover1000650_10151959049650178_281297358_nphoto 1 (5)10155464_10151963768835178_1931492428_nDouble thank you for Kimiko and Fumiha for helping me bake!!!!!

A Decade of New Prints by IPCNY

I'm part of the 30 Artists post card book call "A Decade of New Prints" published by International Print Center of New York.I'm very excited and honored. Thank you IPCNY! Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

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A Decade of New Prints: A Book of Postcards Ranging from abstract to conceptual, from figurative and representational to surreal, the 30 prints included in this postcard book document the variety of style and subject matter and the technical excellence of artists working in the printmaking medium. Chosen from over 3,000 prints exhibited at IPCNY through our New Prints Program, these prints offer a snapshot of printmaking today. On sale in the gallery for $12.95 + tax during Print Week or for pre-order online. Contact stephanie@ipcny.org for more information. All sales benefit IPCNY programming.

Artists included:  John Baldessari Matthew Benedict Richard Bosman Louise Bourgeois Victoria Burge Suzanne Caporael Enrique Chagoya Tamar Cohen Gary Day Tomory Dodge Luke Dorman Carroll Dunham Amze Emmons Kota Ezawa Torrie Groening  Don Ed Hardy Al Held John Himmelfarb Jungil Hong Aya Kakeda Alex Katz William Kentridge Robert Kushner Chris Martin Julie Mehretu Heidi Neilson Ruth Root James Siena Barbara Takenaga William Villalongo

Collaborating with Dynomighty Mighty Wallet!

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This was such a fun collaboration with Dynomighty. we came up with two designs, one is from my silkscreen series from long time ago ( blue tree image inside is a pink tree) also from a recent painting series (girl with flower dress inside is a flower pattern.) I'm really interested in finding out which sells better the recent or past creation?

here is their press release about these wallets! there are info about where to get also. looking for a cool Christmas presents? Go DYNOMIGHTY!!!!

Dynomighty, makers of Mighty Wallet the original Tyvek® wallet, have partnered with the amazingly radiant kawaii store JapanLA in Los Angeles for an exclusive artist series and pop-up shop. Working with world renowned brands tokidoki, TKDK, and top tier artists 64 Colors, Aya Kakeda, TADO, Luke Chueh, and Camilla d'Errico, they created a limited edition series of wallets that showcase the characteristics surrounding JapanLA. Officially opening November 29th, the pop-up shop within JapanLA is a unique chance for the west coast to get a first hand look at some amazing art, and pick up an exclusive wallet, just in time for the holidays! If you can't make it to JapanLA between November 29th, and December 31st you can go to JapanLAclothing.com, the Dynomighty Holiday Shop in Union Square NYC, or Dynomighty.com starting December 6th to pick out your favorite. This exclusive artist series is for a limited time, and will be sold exclusively through JapanLA and Dynomighty throughout the month of December! Don't wait, stop by JapanLA or visit us in Union Square to get yours!