PATTERNS AND TONES

We all have obsessions. That little something that makes you weak in the knees. Well for me, vintage paper honeycomb centerpieces excite my imagination and I have been obsessively collecting them with abandon. I'm sure it reminds me of my childhood when Mom would trot out the paper Turkey centerpiece every year to mark Thanksgiving. But it goes further than that, as she really didn't have a collection of these paper constructions in her holiday arsenal. I think it is my love of all things paper and the sheer delicacy of paper items that gets my knees shaking. Anyone who knows me or has been reading this blog can attest to my fascination with paper. Starting with hand made books at the age of 8, exploring letterpress and stone lithography in college, to being a Fine Art Photographer for the past 25 years, my love for all things paper has grown into this years expression in my series:  "Fleeting Perspectives: A Paper Ballet" .   Of course I'm  also ver...

Oh the last days of summer are upon us as we reluctantly begin to settle into the idea of colder, darker days that lay ahead. That is unless you live in Southern California... I'm a Bay Area kid that was used to a cold morning fog that would burn off around noon. Even when we moved to the warmer Contra Costa Valley, which held back the Bay Area fog bank with it's dry golden grass hills, it didn't quite prepare me for the continual warmth down here in Southern California. Our extended summer stretches usually from May through October. Now wonder so many people cool off at the beaches down here. I've always marvel at the lifeguard huts dotting the sand every 200 feet or so. They remind me of  googie architecture in its most utilitarian form. These modern structures from the 50's and 60's remind me of movies from that era such as  "Giget" 1959 staring Sandra Dee, " Where the Boys Are" 1960,  "Beach Party" 1963 with Ann...

Cameltoe, the predominantly female rock band from San Francisco who were together from 1989-99, were a huge influence on me. I was a teenager when I started singing in the band and little did I know how much fun lay ahead! Creating music with these women and performing on stage over the next 8 years shaped the person I was to become. The following interview with me, Lisa, Catherine, Peter, Cathy and Carmela is for posterity. It's a piece of San Francisco history that has yet been told. As we embark on our first reunion gig August 10 th at The Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco for Rotfest IV , we all look forward to being on stage one more time, playing songs that were the soundtrack to our lives throughout the 90’s. For all you Cametoe fans past, present and future, Enjoy! Julie Pavlowski Green July 27, 2013 1st gig at a House Party in SF PATTERNS AND TONES: HOW AND WHEN DID CAMELTOE FORM? LISA SIMONSON: 1989, SF. In my hallway on 14th an...