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Ample Asteroid

Art for the Sad and LoNely & for Very SweeT LaBrAdors

About Me


iS it REALLY possiBle to makE Money doing this sOrT of ThinG?? this nEw site sounds very inTeresting - you mighT like to check it oUt...
ThE AmPLE AstERoid LooKs aT thE WoRLD and WonDERs; THe ASTeroiD makes smaLL, FeelinG-fuLL (and SOmetimes AngRY & PRoTEsTiNG*) thinGs ABouT this LookinG and Wondering...
**VeRy LatesT beAutifuL & LoVeLy (aRt)woRk**
herE aRe soMe detaiL piX of oUr NewesT (and mosT ComPlex) mechaniCal artwork...
see iT woRkinG (soRt of) HeRe! HerE!
And an earLier, aLso gorjUs (yes!) work HeRe!

THe Ample Trash phiLosopHY

We LovE Trash!

Yes, Yes! We LiKe Trash verY muCh because We Love to recyCLe stuFF.

PeopLe throw TOO Much awaY! (includiNg each other).

So - we wiLL not disCard anythiNg - No! No! InstEad we make aRt out of it :

OLd boXes and pacKagiNg and scrap paPer & CardS and banKnoTes
PlastiC stuFF, becaUse plastiC is BAD unless it is maDe beautiFuL
oLD boTTle tops
metaLL-Y bitS
HouSehoLd painT that we fiNd in Old LadieS' garagEs
anythiNg - everythinG (etc EtC)

We LoVe paper - yes iNdEEd - but we Also loVe treeS (verY much)

Does thiS theN aLsO make our artwoRk toTaL Trash? Yes, YeS, QuiTe possiBly...


the AmpLe sketcHbook is Full of LittLe peoPle and aNimals and InseCts and Other thiNgs we draw (then often reject) for oUr mechanciCaL works...
*And nOw... HerE is a ProTest:
We say "no! NO! nO!" to fat Cat ciTy boY bonUses and expLoitatiVe worKing houRs and MiseRy and SadNess and sociAl alienAtion and LacK of AttenTion and moRal JeLLyness and SuPerficiAlity and FLatuLent egos and cruELty to others (and Also to animAls). And we say "Yes!" (inDeeD yes) to T.S. Eliot and geRtiE StoNeY SteiN; and to coUrteSy and lovinG of life (and also, theRefore, cerTainLy LoVinG of others); and tO conteMplatiNg and WondeRing throuGh oCCasionaL siLenCe and aTTentivE Looking. ALso - LastesT not Leastest - we say yes, very Yes, to LerniNg to sPell as gUd and GorJus as We Kan.
DeTails froM the (ANgry & ProTesting) WickeD WorLd series...
AmPLe Mag for you! YoU! YOU!
Our dubiousLy AMatEur but DEsperatELy well meaning Mag (images beloW) is FREEEE! for you to download HeRe
(sooPa-dOOpa large high-res gorjus print version HErE )
OUr ArT ToYs are cloCkWork becaUse we Like clOCk works, Yes.
Our toYs Are sometiMes Pretty anD yet also ofTen SaD & ScarY - becAuse they are taLking abouT DiFFicult-Life-Things.
would you possibly like to see more art toys, perhaps?
TRaShgirl is sweet & cuTe but Very NauGHTY.
TRashboy is Charming and CooL and evEn NaUghtIer than TRashGirl!!
They ArE BotH made Out of Trash and like thIs vERY MUcH. TRashBoy thinks thaT Being Recycled is the Ultimate FashIOn STatEMent.
CeLEBrITY WondErMENT
CelebriTY-doM is PoSSibLy thEse days soMethinG the WhoLe, entire World is CravinG. (YEs, Yes, CLEver Mr Andy was ABSOLutELy RiGHT...)
And therefore we OFFer EVERYOnE 15 miNUTEs of GLOrIOus Fame (so thaT evEryonE can possIBLY STop wantIng it, and the WorLd can poSSibly MayBe retuRn to NOrmal) SoRt of.
But MaYbe/Perhaps You ArE a CeLEb-ObSessEd incuraBle; maYbe yoU LiVe & BreaTHe ceLEbrity ShEnaNigANs and CaNNot imagine Life witHout this? (etc).
PerHaps then you nEeD to EAT a CeLebrity?
YEs! YeS! The UltimaTe CeLEb BondIng EXpErience is an EdibLE Celeb, and We have thEm in aLL the Most DeLICious VarieTies!
Pictured is the edible Angelina, complete with tutti-Frutti leoTard & manicUred nails. YUm!!
PerHaps you are Not Top-mOdel Beautiful, MayBe you do Not Have whiTey teeTH & bOunCY hair & Just-ShoWEred RADiance...
Do nOt Feel Sad or UNder-LoVEly!! ToGether we can deFeat the iNsidious Beauty-moNgers!!!
ANd FiNaLLy...
We Are HaPPY AstERoids to be FeaturEd on modernedition.com wHich is a PoSh weBsite wITH artisTs' EditionS by SpeCial, FamoUs artIsts (unliKe us).

My Interests

I'd like to meet:



Ahem, yes - who We'd like to meet... Our father's ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend's ex-husband's nephew seems like a good bet. (He's hot).

Apart from that - anyOne is proBaBly OK aNd niCe 4 meEting as LonG as we doN'T have To MaRRY tHem stRaiGhT AwAY

My Blog

Today...

is a curiously WRONG day. Sure, a resilient November sun is clarifying the sky and there's only a slight chill in the air. But yet....The day refuses to turn smoothly in its sockets. It requires sandi...
Posted by Ample Asteroid on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST

Drawing Conclusions

Drawing, suddenly, is the new painting. Small-scale and intimate to wall-sized and full-on; high profile to resolutely low-fi; drawing is clearly enjoying a major revival, and for a once overlooked me...
Posted by Ample Asteroid on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:20:00 PST

Wearing our art on our sleeves

Various members of Ample Asteroid who currently look like slobs would like to look like artists.This is causing consternation and existential uncertainty because this is REALLY Not As Easy as it Would...
Posted by Ample Asteroid on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:00:00 PST

Barf

Today is hell. Hell, but without the nice warm special effects.Here at the Ample Asteroid production pod, grey skies and general meterological gloom are leaving us virtually speechless with apathy.Tod...
Posted by Ample Asteroid on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:55:00 PST

Damien Hirst's 'Beyond belief'

There's a palpable air of anticipation amongst the throng of punters (slightly perspiring, it's a hot evening) waiting to enter White Cube, St James', where one half of Damien Hirst's latest show, 'Be...
Posted by Ample Asteroid on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:42:00 PST