HOLY FUCK, THAT'S A LOT OF LUCK

2018 | plastic maneki neko figurines

Private collections of Portia A – Kearin A – Riann B – Jess B – Julia B – Emma G – Sarah G – George J – Susie K – Greg L – Sarah MacK – Ryan McK – Emma M - Susannah M – Catherine N – Jess O – Ian P – Julie P – Amy P – Henry P – Paul R – Rebecca R – Courtney R – Emily W

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - Ho Lee Fook

Running away sometimes sends you running towards where you need to be going. Find others who will run with you, as that's the greatest fortune (not in a running actual marathons way... unless you're into that kind of thing).

(Also, order the typhoon shelter corn at Ho Lee Fook in Hong Kong. And always get dessert)

GOOD WORK BUT HARD LUCK (GREATEST FORTUNE)

2017 | paper cut-out on card mount

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - window flowers - Chinese papercutting - Agile methodology

It's hard work getting something to fly. No shit, Sherlock.

Fail fast, learn the lesson and keep moving. Good luck.

GOOD WORK BUT HARD LUCK (THE WICKED)

2017 | paper cut-out on card mount

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - window flowers - Chinese papercutting

It's not business, it's personal. Especially when brown sugar biscuits and millionaire slice are involved. Nothing like a bit of cathartic baking to get you through big times.

The business of baking.

GOOD WORK BUT HARD LUCK (NO REST)

2017 | paper cut-out on card mount

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - window flowers - Chinese papercutting

Getting from the effervescent rendering to the always compromised (always) reality takes hard work. No rest for the wicked, nor those who want to make good on good ideas.

The baking of a business.

KITKATS ARE THE NEW FORTUNE COOKIE

2018 |acrylic on card

Tasting Notes   fortune cookie - KitKat - Supreme - chocolate bar - have a break, have a KitKat - kitto katsu / a sure win

Success is always assured, a sure win. It comes in different shapes and sizes, and can take hard work to spot, but it's always there. Money back guarantee.

HAVE A LUCKY BREAK, HAVE A KITTOKATSU

2018 | acrylic on card

Tasting Notes   fortune cookie - KitKat - Supreme - chocolate bar - have a break, have a KitKat - kitto katsu / a sure wiN

A body of work leads to broken legs. A broken leg leads to a body of work to be done. Oh snap!

KITKATS ARE THE NEW FORTUNE COOKIE (FUN SIZE)

2018 | acrylic on card

Tasting Notes   fortune cookie - KitKat - Supreme - fun size - chocolate bar - have a break, have a KitKat - kitto katsu / a sure win

Sometimes success is just having some good, honest fun. And, honestly, none of us make good on this often enough.

EAT YOUR GREENS (BAKER'S DOZEN)

2017 | spirulina on card

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - Chinese lion dance - spirulina - baker's dozen

Deliver the (good bad) goods. Do a dozen plus one.

EAT YOUR GREENS (STEAMED)

2017 | gold leaf on card

Tasting Notes   Chinese lion dance - bamboo steamer

Luck lies in figuring out what works for you and putting that on repeat. Individual songs make the soundtrack (which makes the approach of the modern music industry lamentable). The habit becomes the ethos.

PAC YOUR GREENS IN, MAN

2018 | gold leaf on card

Tasting Notes   Chinese lion dance - fortune cookie - sesame - vanilla - PAC-MAN

Eat your greens but crack open the fortune cookie at the end of the meal for a little luck. 

MONEY BAGS

2017 | acrylic, gold ink on card

Tasting Notes   hongbao / red envelopes - money bag dumplings

Also practice.

Eat. Think. Do. Repeat. Again and again. Over and over.

LUCK, GOOD FOR BUSINESS

2017 | acrylic + gold leaf on card

Tasting Notes   hongbao / red envelopes - money bag dumplings

Hard work is good for business. Working too hard isn't. Pace yourself and be patient.

KIKKOMON-IN

2018 | acrylic + soy sauce on card

Tasting Notes   Kikkoman soy sauce - mon / Japanese emblems - noren / Japanese fabric room dividers - Kenji Ekuan - soy sauce

Make your mark. Mon (Japanese emblems) identify an individual, family or business. The Kikkoman red pouring lid and bottle are the quintessence of soy sauce (those little fish too, but we're eating at the restaurant tonight). Here translated into mon to embellish noren to welcome all and sundry in. Kome on in. 

KIKKOMON-IN

2018 | acrylic + soy sauce on card

Tasting Notes   Kikkoman soy sauce - mon / Japanese emblems - noren / Japanese fabric room dividers - Kenji Ekuan - soy sauce

Make your mark. Mon (Japanese emblems) identify an individual, family or business. The Kikkoman red pouring lid and bottle are the quintessence of soy sauce (those little fish too, but we're eating at the restaurant tonight). Here translated into mon to embellish noren to welcome all and sundry in. Kome on in. 

IF YOU WANT IT, INVADE THE SPACE

2018 | acrylic on card

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - hongbao / red envelopes - money bag dumplings - koban - sen man ryo - Michael Beirut - claim the whole world - Space Invaders - Tomohiro Nishikado

Invade the space. Challenge how the game is played. Until you're no longer alien.

IF YOU WANT IT, INVADE THE SPACE (LUCKY SHOT)

2018 | acrylic on card

Tasting Notes   maneki neko / beckoning cat - hongbao / red envelopes - money bag dumplings - koban - sen man ryo - Michael Beirut - claim the whole world - Space Invaders - Tomohiro Nishikado - baker’s dozen

Try to do it all. Claim the whole world. Always worth a shot.

LUCKY SHOT

2018 | acrylic on card

Tasting Notes   hongbao / red envelopes - money bag dumplings - Space Invaders - Tomohiro Nishikado

The more – and more well-aimed – shots you take the better shot you'll be.

LUCKY CHARMS (BAKER'S DOZEN)

2018 | glazed modeller's clay

Tasting Notes   fortune cookie - baker's dozen - Lucky Charms cereal - 10g of sugar

Luck and work, like cereal & marshmallows, are magically delicious when paired together.