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Congratulations, again to Courtenay Bouvier for her winning moniker entry for the art project also known as 8*1*8. The creme filled golden sponge cake is Pammy, after Pamela Anderson, an equally synthetic pop culture phenom. As you can see, neither Patty nor Pammy has changed much. These pics were taken on Aug 21. Patty the cheeseburger was purchased on July 29, Pammy the creme filled golden sponge cake was purchased on August 1. They have been stored at room temperature in an organic granola bar box, Patty is wrapped in her original orange paper, Pammy is naked (shocker!).

It is nearing the end of the term and I am stitching and painting like a demon, which involves listening to endless podcasts–I think Ira Glass is going to send me a bill when I am done with my MFA. Sometimes Hurricane/ sometimes Tropical storm Flo is whirling around us right now with a powerful warm wind and a near biblical amount of rain. I can’t begin to describe my bliss at experiencing this weather  in a  brick house  on a continent as opposed to previous encounters with similar weather in the middle of the Atlantic, hundreds of miles from shore.

This is part of a new project I haven’t named yet. You’ll get to watch it unfold.

I am also looking for old cloth napkins, the ones too stained to use, or who lost their mates. If you have some to send me, please leave me a note in comments and I will email you my address. All donations will be reimbursed with Wacky Packages.

Thanks for stopping by and speaking with me at the Trustees Garden. I really really want to post pics of the experience. My camera battery died, but many of you took photos. If you have any, could you kindly email some to me–I will gladly give you photo credit–AND some Wacky packages. Please email me: rubistudios [at] earthlink.net.

Thanks to everyone who entered online and via email. We have a winner. Courtenay Bouvier of Iowa City, Iowa suggested,  among others, Patty and the Eternaburger.  The art project  7*29*8 will be called Patty, the Eternaburger.” Congrats Court, your Wacky Packages are on the way.

I got some pretty great feedback about my new “drawings” and can’t wait to go forward. This is another semi-new project. Semi-new because I started it before and someone threw out my cheeseburger. I really want to see where this is going to go. Today I bought a plain cheeseburger, no dehydrated onions, pickle, ketchup or mustard. Actually I bought two and tried to figure out the best way to get the date on the bun. First attempt: beads, no good. Second attempt: embroidery thread and stitching, not only no good, but I destroyed an expensive and cool piece of thread in the process. Next cheeseburger, third attempt: name brand rhinestones, did the job.

Once a week, I am going to take a picture of my (our) cheeseburger and  post it. Just so you know I am not messing around, I will make sure there is something with date context in the photo (probably a newpaper).

I am looking for a name for my cheeseburger. Best suggestion wins two BRAND NEW Wacky Packages trading card sets. One comes with bubble gum, the other a sticker. Send your suggestions today.