Vancouver Flea Market

Today...and yesterday, I was trying to get back in the groove of things.  The holidays make it difficult to get into the studio, but one way to jump start sluggish artistic motivation, is a bit of junking.  So off to the Vancouver Flea Market I went.

My first stop is always the same...I head to Perry's booth.  He's located on the North Eastern wall of the building.  Opposite of the entry.  He's got lots of goodies...  

Not to mention creepy dolls galore...

This time he just got in some nifty typeset...the cool thing is that they are not letters, but designs...

 As for me I was in a Pez hunting mood (getting ready for my Pez Dispensing Totem Class) so I wandered a few doors down to Todd, who specializes in vintage toys.  I have to admit I was a bit nostalgic with his collection of GI Joe toys...

He even had the deep sea diving Joe...I loved that toy as a kid...if I recall, originally it came with an octopus.  I grabbed a bunch of Pez, including a Joker Pez...

which will probably not be altered...he looks perfect as he is.  

Probably one of the coolest finds was also something I won't use in art.  It was a collection of Monster Paddleball toys.  

 They did give me an idea.  Perhaps I could series of altered paddle balls...big dolly or cyclopian faces on the back....could be fun.

So now I'm ready for some serious art making...