Lost Bear's Boobtastic cuddlefest with Yarnbombing Boobs and Knit A Tits

I would like to say I originated the term Knit a Tit but after checking the almighty oracle, google, well there is a GREAT group  called Knitted Knockers already knitting them, NOT for yarnbombing though.
Check my link and you will see why I need a boobie tree.

Thanks to Gale Zucker for the word boobtastic ♥  So what is a jafagal to do eh!  

WHY YARN/Craft bomb a tree of course, RIGHT next to my mailbox.  

Much Thanks to Bosom Pals 

for my textile/craft tata's

Nancy Mellon
Susan Gartner 
Beyhan Springborn
Carla Steiger

Joanne Caputo

Maxine Scuba
Karen Jane Russell
The fabulous Zsa Zsa
Holly Underwood 
Kirsty Robson
Marianne Rabb Britton
Sondy Kai
Deb
Betty Kelly and Pals
Gary Pierson
Joan Horn
Knitted Knockers (breast cancer support org)

Lost Bear modeling fab crochet from
DS pal of ferdie at the curb club

Jafagirls and Hairy Armpits at Wright State University

No not ours LOL! well sort of ours. You see back in 2011 when Nancy and I were putting together our Hairy Art Palace exhibit we made a bunch or portable hairy armpits to go with our protest mannequin "Hairy Mary"

Their art bristles with intent

The funny thing is that last year it was reported in the New York Times that women were dying their armpit hair, so I guess we were way ahead of the curve with our colourful knitted versions lol.

We took a few of them to our talk at Wright State University and Cindy and Linda decided to model them. 

I was very nervous before the talk and felt I needed CHOCOLATE, but it ended up being so much fun. Big thanks to Cindy and Linda for inviting us to present and to those that attended. It was such a pleasure meeting you all and the quilt exhibit was fantastic. 

Jafagirls talk at Wright State Quilt Show

Jafagirls at the Yellow Springs Arts Market

Jafa T, and Jafa B will be at the YS ART Market on Saturday , don't know where Nancy will be, hum! Maybe she will be dropping by with Bitty. We have jewellry, prints, wee paintings, studio art/craft supplies, and some odd items that will make you go HUM!

Yellow Springs Arts: September YS ARTS Market

Local Inspiration Exhibit at Village Artisans

 Our decorated bamboo sticks are currently on exhibit and for sale at the Village Artisans Gallery in Yellow Springs. The exhibit is called "Local Inspiration" and they will be having their reception on Friday August 21st from 6:00-9:00pm. Gallery is at 100 Corry Street. For more info please visit their blog HERE.

The Groovy Art Market

The jafagirls are getting up to some arty goodness as usual and this time it's an

 ART MARKET 
inspired by Sandi Sharp

Located here MAP

featuring

Jafabrit

Painted animal skulls, paintings, resin prints, spin art

Talitha Greene

Photography, prints, jewellry 

Travis Tarbox Hotaling

Sharon Mohler

Chelle Palassis

Art and Tattoo Art

Along with groovy art will be a few SALE items such as coffee table art books, art instruction books, a french easel, and other assorted knick knacks.

A BIG shout out and thank you to the 

Yellow Springs Arts Council 

for their continued support of local artists, and providing a venue for artists to showcase their events or work.

Jackson Pollock And The Strange Saga of a Jafagirl Painting

 My jafapal, Nancy, and I did this  back in 2006 when Nancy had her Getaways for Women and  created a fun Jackson Pollock workshop.  After posting it online (high res-BIG mistake-never NEVER again) it took off and somehow became attributed to Jackson Pollock, go figure! 
  Just doing a quick reverse image check up I found 247 results.

Many of the results lead to scraper sites/wallpaper sites that offer it for free downloading, and seriously you want risk downloading it?

Can you believe we cut the huge canvas up?   We were going to recycle the pieces into another jafagirl art project.

Still have parts of it around the house.

ANYWAY 

It seems many feel they can just freely grab images off the internet and use them however they pretty bloody well please (read here about copyright info). By the way ours was  NOT a copy of anything Jackson Pollock did.

Here are some of the sites using  our image thinking it's an actual pollock painting or abusing our copyright and  using it to promote an event, product, or make a profit from. 

Note: Failure to show a concerted effort to protect your copyright can lead to you losing it. This is why each newly found infringement needs to be addressed.  
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Ebay
has been informed, a dmca notice rejected despite the fact that this image is registered with the US Copyright Office.

AND

AND
AliExpress 
is based in China and that says it all when it comes to anyone trying to protect their copyright. The method of filing a dmca notice is complicated and is a game of whack-a-mole

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It is now being sold on aliexpress without our permission 

April 2017 and this item is no longer being sold, so either aliexpress chose to do the right thing or the seller stopped selling it, either way we didn't get paid anything out of all the transactions.
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Owner removed it from their site and apologized after I contacted him 

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Image used with permission at 

Talking Book ♥

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Used for group logo and advertizing/publicity 
dmca notice and now removed

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Farrace Studio Di Psicologia

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Life is Art in Monte Carlo CONNOISSEUR'S

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Image Used with Permission
by Coral Sobrino
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Gigsalad

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Image Used with Permission ♥ Gusfraba

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