Congratulations to Reinventing the Wheel / Sanctuary143 guest artist Keikichi Honna for his nomination for the 2009 SD Art Prize!

Mark your calendars for the opening exhibition, featuring Keikichi and several other emerging artists from San Diego on Feb. 19 at Noel-Baza Fine Art on Kettner.

We immediately thought of our friend Ron, fellow found/industrial/vintage objects aficionado, when we came across Paul Villinski’s Glove Wings/Glove Works collection. This NYC artist has created from found gloves, beer cans, records, candle soot, wire, thread, and all kinds of vintage pieces an amazing body of work. This piece (detail below), “Portrait”, is crafted with found cotton work gloves, handstitching, steel, and a child’s oak chair.