For those of you who know ONC this wont come as a surprise.
OhNo Camille was founded about 4 years ago. At the time it was an outlet for me to explore my own work-
but this isnt about me...
ONC is starting a magazine. Yes i know, it is very exciting!!!!!!!! Seeing as what Camille does best is bring people together, she decided to do just that.
The first Issue of ONC Magazine is due February 1st and in celebration of such news we are also planning a kickoff show for the 1st week of February. The show will include a number of artists exposing their work as well as some live music and a short film or two. The venue and exact date will be announced shortly.
So if youre a poet, a playwrite, a painter, are into film, animation, photography or anything that can be even remotely considered a sensible artform, please email me some of your work by November 25th. If you know of anyone who may be interested, please feel free to fwd them this email and encourage your friends and fellow artists to participate!
The magazine nor the show will expose local artists exlusively. This is a show based on the idea that it is hard to get exposure regardless of where you live. So if you have a friend in Berlin, Paris, Shanghai, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sydney, or anywhere else, let them know and we will try our hardest to recognize as many artists as we can!
The kick off show will explore only some of the work published in the first issue but it certainly will not be the only event ONC will host.
With much love and enthusiasm as always-
JP and Camille
ONC Magazine
ohnocamille@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
As far as I'm Concerned...
There are some things , as I've stated previously, that we should just buy. But then with the market crashing and the lack of jobs available in the States and elsewhere, i find that that statement no longer holds true. If you want it you gotta get it yourself, and if you want it and its expensive or seems like a waste of money, make it yourself.
If the Market blows up big time, and the world crumbles as we are all nervously expecting, you are all going to come running to people like me wondering if i could spend a few hours making this or that. Craft, my good friends, is a simple word for genius. If you are able, make it yourself.
Although material still costs money, i am thankful to people who still choose to go out for dinner or spend a drunken night at the bar for because of them most of us can still spend those late hours busing tables, or taking down orders- its not a lot of money, but for most in the field, it pays the rent.
I have made it my duty as your citizen to work on the little luxuries we will crave regardless of the banks, the stock market, and on smaller terms our declining bank accounts- regardless of all the cynics speculating why it is i spend so many hours working laboriously at my desk on things that would be much simpler, and true, sometimes even better, bought in a store. As my craft gets wiser, and my hands more skillful and quicker, you are all worrying about how you will manage to buy the toys your kids crave so desperately or the dress you wish you had to wear to your friends wedding. No matter what depression comes our way these things, luxuries, will remain precious and loved. Remember the 20's? ... think of us as 1928...
And if you simply do not have the time, insist that one of your single friends go to a tech school or pick up a few do-it-yourself handbooks at the library.
With much love and a slight "maybe i saw this coming?" grin-
Camille and JP
If the Market blows up big time, and the world crumbles as we are all nervously expecting, you are all going to come running to people like me wondering if i could spend a few hours making this or that. Craft, my good friends, is a simple word for genius. If you are able, make it yourself.
Although material still costs money, i am thankful to people who still choose to go out for dinner or spend a drunken night at the bar for because of them most of us can still spend those late hours busing tables, or taking down orders- its not a lot of money, but for most in the field, it pays the rent.
I have made it my duty as your citizen to work on the little luxuries we will crave regardless of the banks, the stock market, and on smaller terms our declining bank accounts- regardless of all the cynics speculating why it is i spend so many hours working laboriously at my desk on things that would be much simpler, and true, sometimes even better, bought in a store. As my craft gets wiser, and my hands more skillful and quicker, you are all worrying about how you will manage to buy the toys your kids crave so desperately or the dress you wish you had to wear to your friends wedding. No matter what depression comes our way these things, luxuries, will remain precious and loved. Remember the 20's? ... think of us as 1928...
And if you simply do not have the time, insist that one of your single friends go to a tech school or pick up a few do-it-yourself handbooks at the library.
With much love and a slight "maybe i saw this coming?" grin-
Camille and JP
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Who's posting these?!
Well. I am in Lisbon Portugal and everywhere I look i see ONC stickers posted on the walls. My statement to my public and my fans is - Nice. see you in Paris!
i dont know whose getting their hands on such sweet material but whoever it may be, keep up the good work!
love as always- JP and Camille
i dont know whose getting their hands on such sweet material but whoever it may be, keep up the good work!
love as always- JP and Camille
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
There are some things you should just buy
I have had my mind set on making stickers for quite some time now. I haven't gotten around to it until today.
I finally got out today and bought some adhesive paper after a series of unfortunate attempts at making my own glue.
the first attempt, a crazy flour concoction that i thought i had remembered making when i was a child with my mom...i mixed all the ingredients perfectly and VOILA! playdough. Not exactly the same thing as glue, but definitely homemade.
Next was a recipe i found online. The recipe was for natural based glue. With all the Organic hype, me included, i thought it would be perfect for my products. Well, The glue works but its very cakey, and lumpy. Im sure i just had to work at it a little longer to make it smoother but no matter what i did it just didn't feel right. Not to mention that Glue isnt necessarily what i need. I needed adhesive that i could put on the back of paper or fabric so that my notebook process could be a little faster - a manufacturing investment.
Well, the Glue worked well enough, and i could certainly use it for other purposes, but for the purpose of stickers it was useless.
So when i stumbled upon the recipe for reusable adhesive made of gelatin, naturally, i flipped! It was awesome, I had everything i needed right here at home and it was the easiest recipe yet! One packet of gelatin, and half a cup of warm water. Well, i ran to the kitchen, mixed everything up and waited... not very long because it smelled horrible. So as i looked at the lumpy, yellowish/white stuff that was staring up at me from the bowl saying - "TRY ME!" , I did. I cut out a piece of paper, drew Shark on it, and applied, with a paintbrush as the recipe clearly states, on the back of the sticker. I then applied it to a notebook and waited for it to dry.
Again... FAILURE! it was a depressing morning indeed. The online post of this recipe was so clear and guaranteed success for all the kids that my disappointment was deep. I thought i had failed in a great way, so i tried the recipe again 4 times. each time adding a little more water, a little less gelatin... nothing worked.
The post ALSO promised that after applying the gelatin mixture and after waiting for it to dry, one can stack up all the stickers and save them, only to "lick" the back of your sticker to revitalize the stickiness when you are ready for more non stick and tasteless fun! ....
Well, nothing worked. My mess with the play-dough, although rather entertaining was a silly mistake, the massive amount of homemade nontoxic glue will certainly be used eventually, and the gelatin + water = reusable adhesive is quite simply a ridiculous lie.
Either that, or theres something this particular blogger is leaving out....
<3 JP
I finally got out today and bought some adhesive paper after a series of unfortunate attempts at making my own glue.
the first attempt, a crazy flour concoction that i thought i had remembered making when i was a child with my mom...i mixed all the ingredients perfectly and VOILA! playdough. Not exactly the same thing as glue, but definitely homemade.
Next was a recipe i found online. The recipe was for natural based glue. With all the Organic hype, me included, i thought it would be perfect for my products. Well, The glue works but its very cakey, and lumpy. Im sure i just had to work at it a little longer to make it smoother but no matter what i did it just didn't feel right. Not to mention that Glue isnt necessarily what i need. I needed adhesive that i could put on the back of paper or fabric so that my notebook process could be a little faster - a manufacturing investment.
Well, the Glue worked well enough, and i could certainly use it for other purposes, but for the purpose of stickers it was useless.
So when i stumbled upon the recipe for reusable adhesive made of gelatin, naturally, i flipped! It was awesome, I had everything i needed right here at home and it was the easiest recipe yet! One packet of gelatin, and half a cup of warm water. Well, i ran to the kitchen, mixed everything up and waited... not very long because it smelled horrible. So as i looked at the lumpy, yellowish/white stuff that was staring up at me from the bowl saying - "TRY ME!" , I did. I cut out a piece of paper, drew Shark on it, and applied, with a paintbrush as the recipe clearly states, on the back of the sticker. I then applied it to a notebook and waited for it to dry.
Again... FAILURE! it was a depressing morning indeed. The online post of this recipe was so clear and guaranteed success for all the kids that my disappointment was deep. I thought i had failed in a great way, so i tried the recipe again 4 times. each time adding a little more water, a little less gelatin... nothing worked.
The post ALSO promised that after applying the gelatin mixture and after waiting for it to dry, one can stack up all the stickers and save them, only to "lick" the back of your sticker to revitalize the stickiness when you are ready for more non stick and tasteless fun! ....
Well, nothing worked. My mess with the play-dough, although rather entertaining was a silly mistake, the massive amount of homemade nontoxic glue will certainly be used eventually, and the gelatin + water = reusable adhesive is quite simply a ridiculous lie.
Either that, or theres something this particular blogger is leaving out....
<3 JP
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Im sorry it took this long...
Hi everyone!!!Its been a while since I last posted. Today Caterpillar has joined the family. Its strange, he's one of my oldest friends and it took me almost 2 years to make him. for the record, he's about a foot and a few inches long and about 3 inches tall. Slightly bigger than an average caterpillar, but come on, we all know he isnt your average lovebug.
cheers as always
JP and Camille
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
NEWS!
hey all!!!!
so i finally set up a paypal account, as well as an etsy shop!!!!!
so you can check us out at
ohnocamille.etsy.com
all current products will be up by the end of the week!!!
take care of those hearts!
<3<3
jp + Camille
so i finally set up a paypal account, as well as an etsy shop!!!!!
so you can check us out at
ohnocamille.etsy.com
all current products will be up by the end of the week!!!
take care of those hearts!
<3<3
jp + Camille
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
BluE BiRd and PiNk BirD
Unlike Camille who was forced to keep her heart on a string for lack of a better place to put it, Luci-Ami keeps Pink Bird very close because she is afraid he will leave her. Her heart is tucked very warmly inside therefore she doesn't have to worry about it, but she worries very deeply about Pink Bird.
Blue Bird's story has been told before but to summarize, he is a deliverer of love notes. Sometimes these notes are very pleasant, other times not. Apart from his job, he is very free.
B
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
GREAT NEWS!!!!
Our somewhat under-worked, messy collaboration of lonely characters is ready to formally introduce a new friend. My heart aches with love for her, she is pretty, gentle and unimaginably lost. Her name is Luci-Ami. So far, I have used both names, many times and never together, but I have, today, decided it is the perfect name and goes very nicely with her adorable personality.
She comes from very far away, not even from this planet and although i stitched her, the actual stitching process happens at a strange and unworldy time between sleep and awake, where i am not exactly conscious of what i am doing and therefore can not be responsible for it. Luci-Ami told me, as soon as she arrived, that she does not know where she is or how she arrived on this planet and in my room and on my sewing machine, and that it would be a great wonder to her, and received with enormous appreciation, apart form her height, if i would declare any knowings of her appearance. well, it came as a great shock to her and to her bird, who is pink,
that i didn't know exactly where she came from but that i knew she came from many places. I also told her her name which she was very pleased with.
I have introduced Luci-Ami to her new family of another bird, a piranha and Camille, and she seems most pleased with everyone except the piranha. I certainly cant blame her as i loath it myself. Furthermore, i have left her. Yes ladies and gentlemen i have left her, my poor, darling Luci-Ami in the hands of two wonderful ladies in Brooklyn who have given me the kind gesture of including her in an exposition. Now, some may be shocked at my blatant, and sudden abandonment of my new friend, but please understand that it was a decision too difficult to disclose. Also, I am convinced she is safe and not in the least bit lonely. She is there with a group of 25 or so other creatures of the heart in a place called Gureje in Brooklyn. They are all together, sitting atop a very well lit (i hope) mantle. and most of them have been quite friendly and have gotten along, as far as i know, very beautifully. I am proud of my little Luci-Ami and her bravery in accepting to remain with the friends she has only just made. What may appear to have been an abandonment to those who dont understand that "dolls" do in fact have choices, was most certainly a democratic decision. On April 5th the doors of the Gallery will open and the "dolls" will all be celebrated and welcomed. As far as i know, Luci-Ami will not remain on this planet for long, but she will be around long enough to make plenty of friends and have an adventure or two, at least under my supervision, nothing less would be remotely tolerable.
She comes from very far away, not even from this planet and although i stitched her, the actual stitching process happens at a strange and unworldy time between sleep and awake, where i am not exactly conscious of what i am doing and therefore can not be responsible for it. Luci-Ami told me, as soon as she arrived, that she does not know where she is or how she arrived on this planet and in my room and on my sewing machine, and that it would be a great wonder to her, and received with enormous appreciation, apart form her height, if i would declare any knowings of her appearance. well, it came as a great shock to her and to her bird, who is pink,
that i didn't know exactly where she came from but that i knew she came from many places. I also told her her name which she was very pleased with.
I have introduced Luci-Ami to her new family of another bird, a piranha and Camille, and she seems most pleased with everyone except the piranha. I certainly cant blame her as i loath it myself. Furthermore, i have left her. Yes ladies and gentlemen i have left her, my poor, darling Luci-Ami in the hands of two wonderful ladies in Brooklyn who have given me the kind gesture of including her in an exposition. Now, some may be shocked at my blatant, and sudden abandonment of my new friend, but please understand that it was a decision too difficult to disclose. Also, I am convinced she is safe and not in the least bit lonely. She is there with a group of 25 or so other creatures of the heart in a place called Gureje in Brooklyn. They are all together, sitting atop a very well lit (i hope) mantle. and most of them have been quite friendly and have gotten along, as far as i know, very beautifully. I am proud of my little Luci-Ami and her bravery in accepting to remain with the friends she has only just made. What may appear to have been an abandonment to those who dont understand that "dolls" do in fact have choices, was most certainly a democratic decision. On April 5th the doors of the Gallery will open and the "dolls" will all be celebrated and welcomed. As far as i know, Luci-Ami will not remain on this planet for long, but she will be around long enough to make plenty of friends and have an adventure or two, at least under my supervision, nothing less would be remotely tolerable.
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