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The pot flower grinding blues

Well Kids, I have spoken of this scourge, grinding whole flower pot. I have purchased no less than 4 actual round metal pot grinders and at least 5 other devices to grind this stuff. I now have a real solution to grind weed, I purchased a good old fashioned sausage grinder. This thing grinds buds fast and consistent in texture, easy clean up. Peace

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help I need a studio

So Kids, I am currently working out of a 2 car garage, I need more room. Unfortunately the Phoenix area has little or no real artist spaces for rent. I will be researching this problem and hopefully creating a plan to make a studio space happen. I would be interested in creating a artist collective, gallery, reactor for people like me. I would love to find an patron or patrons that can make this come true. Create we must, create we will. Peace

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wake and bake my friends

Yeah I do it, start the day out right, set the tone, My medical marijuana card is the bomb, and prices are low right now in Arizona. I was at my dispensary yesterday and made my monthly purchase, nice people, nice low key place. Not all dispensaries are low key, I have experienced several styles o retail cannabis. Now what was this about, oh wake and bake people, do it for everyone around you. Peace

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simple stacked glass sculpture

I acquire a lot of interesting glass, hazard of looking for bong glass at the getting places (thrift stores). I use a lot of miscellaneous glass pieces and parts. I put this together in June it is 32 inches high and has 15 individual pieces enjoy Peace

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Loom number 6

So Kids, my beautiful bride and I have more than one less than a hundred weaving looms in our house. I acquired a sold walnut medieval style standing rug/tapestry loom. The loom came unassembled without any instructions, assembly was not terrible hard. I warped that bad boy up and stripped some tie dye, making a rag rug.

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Stuff goes home

The Sun and the Moon #2

I create, I create a lot of things, some in series, some as one off’s, some as utility some as beauty. the truth is all of these pieces are my children, the art pieces are especially close to me based on the amount of time I used to produce each piece. I was conflicted at the first market I attended as a vender my children could and did go to new homes. I forget that art pieces I have created (now in the hundreds of pieces) all live in someone’s house someplace. The pieces have lives of their own beyond me, maybe to reappear years latter at a market for sale, some one new can curate the piece and feel the love, I am ecstatic Peace

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The wizard stick

So, last year I created the Wizard Stick. Now mind you I have the ā€œoriginalā€ Wizard Stick which was the inspiration for this collection of your own personalized art pieces. My Wizard Stick has my ā€œstuffā€ and ā€œMy Magicā€ hanging all over it it is my story, it is mine and it is me. I took the concept to another place, not everyone has the ability to produce a Wizard stick and I realized some people might want to add their personal ā€œstuffā€ to a stick of their own. This is the birth of the Starter Wizard Stick. I have place remnants of old disassembled art pieces and lots of attachment points to these sticks so you can add your own story.

I created a short narrative that I tell people that look interested in the concept. I have used this narrative at every market, people have started to come back in the next month and acquire their own personal Wizard Stick based on the narrative.

Yesterday a mother and her child approached looking interested, turns out the child had seen and heard me at the previous market and wanted a Wizard Stick. Mom stated child had a ton of trinkets to hang on the stick, the look in this child’s eyes was magic, this child of about 10 years of age gets it. This child will remember me I guarantee it, I have touched people, I will continue to touch people, This why I do this for my people. Peace

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THIEVES MARKET

A great big Thank You to all my supporters, to those that help support local artists financially, to those who showed their individual support for my art and maybe can’t purchase right now. I love all of you, the energy I received at the Thieves Market yesterday was to say the least uplifting and inspirational to me. I realized something yesterday, I truly know now that I touch people. I give love and receive it back 10 fold from , my people. my supporters, my friends and my family. Thank You all, Peace

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Canvas

I don’t usually deal with canvases, I have several and will be dealing with them. Presently I have a 24X24 I’m anointing. I like doing different things, I take chances, I stretch my abilities, I do what captures my whim. I love setting sail for uncharted places with exotic people.

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Thieves market 11/1/2025

We will be vending Hippy Shit on the first Saturday of November. Here is the Thieves Market Info https://thievesmarketvintageflea.com/

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knitting needles

I create things out of other things, the sum of the new thing generally out performs the individual parts or pieces. I have a ā€œsourceā€ for knitting needles. Now mind you in the last 2 weeks I have burned through over 30 knitting needles. I will use a lot of these wonderful aluminum wonders. I just thought of another use for the knitting needle ruminates, pictures to follow. more needles

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this is what’s cooking right now

Well I had a need, an idea, and I executed on it. I created a new type of hand held bubbler pipe using repurposed perfume bottles, knitting needles and a washer. Simple is best, this creation is of course Old hippy tested and Old hippy approved. great little bubbler, uber easy clean up another FRAZZERRATT creation how they are made

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the old crow cannabis center

Well kids, I am still working on my reproposed tool box conversion to a cannabis center, or I should say will I ever be done. With a lot of my personal ā€œstuffā€ is stuff in process, this is to mean I need some stuff, I make some stuff. I use some stuff, some stuff gets modified, some stuff gets appropriated for the current project. I took some pictures along the way, this was a full tear down refurb, repaint job so far. I have several infrastructure upgrades to perform on the cannabis center as well as the basic fitting out of the drawers. The base coat paint was an black oil based enamel. The spatter is red, yellow, orange, blue, green, white acrylic. Inside was painted black, some spatter infiltrated the drawer bottoms. My father-in-laws old Snap On tool box, may it live in infamy. Here are more pictures

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The man purse

So, I started carrying my purse back in March. I haven’t left it anyplace and I do like having stuff always with me, it’s kind o Boy Scout thingy be prepared. With everything I call mine, I make them mine. here is the current man purse up date here is more pics

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Picture -pa-lossa

Well as promised here I have uploaded a lot of photo content in the section WORK have fun. I will be posting explanations on many pictures in the next couple of days. Peace

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My bad / life happens

So kids, a lot went on from April until today, well today is the day I attempt to bring you all up to speed. Just to let everyone know nothing terrible happened just some uncertainty in the current living location. The big issue for me as a maker was I had a very limited outlet for my skills. I did produce some kool hippy shit and I will give it to you all in order. Peace

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Change

So I understand that change is hard, sometimes real hard for people. I personally like change in somethings and somethings I would prefer that they stay static. Well guess what, very little stays the same and usually nothing lasts for ever. I like change, it helps with my creativity. Changing personal perspectives involving perceptions and artistic tastes is growth. I’m here to grow 24/7 working 7 days a week makes it reality.

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