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

old crow cannabis center

So on this never ending work in progress, I did some things

rinse and Repeat

Another wall sculpture starts

Canvas assemblige art

So kids I plastered a bunch o shit on a canvas with a purpose, mandala de junk

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.

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/

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 “source” 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

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

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 “stuff” 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

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

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

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

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.

Greetings and salutations

This is my standard greeting to other humans in public, “greetings and salutations” my standard response to how are you is “absolutely fantastic thank you”. Now when both of these incredibly well crafted social interaction phrases are used in conjunction, they almost always elicits more genuine responses from the recipient. Just to make it clear I am 6 foot tall weigh about 175 have short white hair and in public I always have a black bowler hat on and a tie die shirt, hoody. I stick out in public, people remember me, when my bride Ms. Vickie accompanies me in public wearing the company uniform (tie dye) we always get surprised reactions and complements. so stay weird. Peace

thoughts on 4/20

So kids, I make and sell several kinds of weed smoking paraphernalia. Now mind you I have never described my stuff as Tabaco smoking stuff, my stuff is unabashedly used for the consumption of marijuana. This undertaking is completely legal and I sell a ton of stuff at flea markets. I sell bongs made from repurposed glass and ceramic, pipes made from rocks from the Salt river in AZ. stash and caries from copper pipe, bong pokers, and several other items that simplify the weed smoking experience.  I have been doing bongs for 5 years I have priced these devices from stupid high in the past, I sell most of these devices for $20 . I sell Salt river stoned pipes for $20-$30, I sell Wizard pipes for $30.  This cash and carry prices at flea markets.

There are several enterprising folks who do the same thing I do but only sell online typical prices run from $120 all the way up to over $300.  I’m not knocking those people, I just come from a place and time of simple is better and marking stuff up over 500% of cost is excessive and price gouging in my world. I sell local and the collage kids love my prices (i’m somewhat of a thing at ASU).

I have ran into a number of new devices being marketed to the users of weed that purport to making your experience easier faster better. These beautifully manufactured devices will set you back at least $100 or more and usually provide a single benefit. I ran into a Kickstarter joint rolling machine as big as a coffee maker and priced over $100. I can roll a joint with 2 hands and a dollar bill, I have a cone packer also pretty cheap. Again lets complicate an antient ritual with modern devices and high prices, its the American way. Peace 

The battle of the hair

So kids, I’m 68 this year, my hair on my head is grey/white at 30, Thanks mom, but i still have full head of hair. I was in Jr high in 68-69 my hair was fairly long. Back then in sports you had to cut hair and shave face hair, I had both. I managed several colors of hair and lengths in high school but lived by the mantra of "Oh say can you see/ My eyes if you can/Then my hair’s too short!"(Hair).

The immortal words of David Crosby

Almost cut my hair

It happened just the other day

It was gettin' kinda long

I could-a said, it was in my way

But I didn't and I wonder why

I feel like letting my freak flag fly

Yes I feel like I owe it to someone

So here we are 50+ years latter and I can let hair grow anyplace I want and believe me when I say it does. I have gone to shaving my head. Now I have not yet taken a razer to it I do use hair trimers with no guards. Lately my mind has wondered back to hair gone by and the thought starts you can let it grow. Now mind you shaved is like zero upkeep between shaves (yes I shampoo daily). I’m not sure at this time in my life I really want to be one of “those Guys” (thinning hair scraggly beard guys), not a good look.

So in the vain of been there done that long hair is in the past, maybe a razer is the next level. Peace

critical listening to music

So kids, In the late 70’s I purchased a high end set of speakers, it changed my life. I became a critical listener, it is a learned skill that requires concentration at a certain level. Fast forward 50 years, I had not been practicing critical listening for a long time, it is easy to just listen. For the last 5 years I have listened to music 10+ hours a day. I had a great relapse of critical listening after listening to some pod casts about music on YouTube. I bought a pair of cordless over the ear headphones, I have had many headphones Bluetooth is the shit.

Well I watched the bob Dylan movie A complete Unknown over the weekend. Now I am a Dylan fan for a long time, listened to several of his 70’s albums all the time. I have a lot of the early Dylan on best of albums as well as the actual albums. I never sat down and listened to his first 6 albums in there entirety until yesterday. Dylan’s folk period is very compelling due to the nature of folk music in the early 60’s consisting of just Dylan, his guitar and a harmonica. Yeah I’m on a early Dylan binge and I am smiling. Peace

what people don’t see

If you are a maker, and thus you are a seller at some point a prospective buyer will say “I can do this or that”. I create original works, most people cannot create original anything let alone something artistic. My art has many components all requiring attachment to the body of the piece as well as attachment to other components as in a sub system. I have learned which glues to use what cords I like and the “stuff” that will give me the look I want. I have also started things and stopped for any number of reasons, this is how failures teach us about ourselves. I stop working on thigs, mostly because the item is not living up to my expectations of execution. People don’t see the failures or the process that all have to come together for one of my art pieces to live in the wild. I like challenges and creating solutions this is what drives me to create and expand my personal horizons and vision of beauty. Peace

Who are you

Famous words from the past, in the world of social media who are you. Over in Meta worlds, artists can easily pander to the artificial environment with an extremely dynamic set of rules. I feel that being authentic to ones self as an important part of personal growth. As an artist being authentic translates into I will create things that make me smile. Hopefully other people who see my art see that, I have sold several pieces in the last 5 years and I know those people get my art, that makes me smile. Peace

enrichment

A lot going on right now, challenges are present, solutions are in the making. So I was on my daily trek through my tree lined neighborhood on a sunny April morning. My thoughts drifted to the very first time I sold my art at a public market and the emotions surrounding that day. Now I took at least a dozen large pieces (sun and the moon, moon and the stars series) to market. The first thought about selling my stuff was a kind of melancholia in nature, after reconciling with myself I was good to go. The thought that art that I have made is out in the world, not in my possession and hopefully enriching the new owners lives is empowering to me. I have produced a lot of things many are utilitarian in nature people seem to connect to these things. I truly hope they many of them are now some ones favorite utility piece (smoking device). My daily use pieces are my favorites for my experience. Peace