Now that I don’t sell retail any more I was able to go out to the San Francisco Renegade fair just as a shopper.  There was unfortunately a bit of repetition, which will happen whenever any meme proves itself to be commercially successful.  I saw at least four booths selling spiral-bound journals made from recycled book covers, and there were more mustaches, bacon and abstracted San Francisco maps than you could shake a stick at.  Still, when you have 300ish vendors, you’re bound to find a few new and interesting things and find them I did!  Here is a sampling of a few of the artists I admired this year:

Emma SanCartier’s oddFAUNA sculpture shadow boxes:

“Jesus Saves the Dinosaurs” and other irreverent collages by Unusual Cards:

And Whitney Smith’s gorgeous pottery. Would LOVE one of her bowl sets: