Giant Robot Fruits & Veggies Show

Fruits and Veggies Show: Art You Should Almost Eat

May 28th - June19th, 2022

Live Opening Tour and Artwork Available Online: May 28th, 11:00 am

Artist Reception: May 28th, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Regular visiting hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Check out #GRFruitsandVeggiesShow on Instagram for sneak peeks

Flyer Image by Sanaa Khan

Participating Artists:

Allison Bamcat, Alycea Tinoyan, Amy Matsushita-Beal, Angela Song, Ben Chu, Blake Jones, Brenda Chi, Brian Luong, Cassia Lupo, Cate McCleery, Cleonique Hilsaca, Danni Fisher-Shin, Deth P Sun, Erick Martinez, Eunice San Miguel, Fin Rogers, Flat Bonnie, Hooked Hands, Jaime Soto, Jen Tong, Juliet Schreckinger, Junko Ogawa, Justine Lin, Kanako Abe, Kelly Yamagishi, Kevin Chan, Lisa Kogawa, Made in Chynna, Maggie Chiang, Mari Inukai, Mariangela Le Thahn, Natalie Andrewson, Nellie Le, Nikki Longfish, Olivia Pecini, Priscilla Moreno, Rain Szeto, Sanaa Khan, Sarah Pinner, Sun-Mo Koo, Theo Ellsworth, Thinh Nguyen, Tiffany Liu, and more!

Since May is AAPI Heritage Month, I decided to paint one of my favorite Southeast Asian fruits for the show: Mangosteen. 

New Washi Tape

One of the products that was I was working on in developing late 2019/early 2020 was washi tape. I, myself, use washi tape on a daily basis…whether it be for packaging shop orders or just to tape off the border of my paper when painting. But then the pandemic hit. It put a bit of a halt on global manufacturing/trade/production, and I honestly didn’t know when I would be doing any overseas manufacturing ever again.

Now that the world is starting to open back up again, I decided to baby step my way into getting stuff made again. I have asked around to friends who have still been getting stuff made throughout the pandemic how the transit time has been like. One of my big fears was that product would be stuck in customs for a while. But it turned out to not be a big issue because my orders are usually small enough to travel by air via DHL, instead of being stuck at the ports on a cargo ship.

So here they are…FINALLY! My first few new designs of washi tape. I love how they came out and I love the quality of the adhesive. Not to name any names, but a few of my friends have had washi tape made by a different manufacturer and their hardly stick to anything. There’s nothing more frustrating that washi tape that simply looks pretty but does not function. Yes, washi tape is supposed to be low tack and non-damaging…but not to the point where it completely rolls off the second you put it down. When I received my rolls I did a few tests where I would reposition and reapply the same strip of tape over and over again to see if it remained sticky and IT DID! So if you would like to grab a few rolls for yourself, these are now available in my shop.