Heavy Metal Comfy Time

By on September 28, 2010 in News 8

Joe Nolan borrowed this post from his friends at Art Czar.

Hector Hernandez does a great series of super-short artist-interviews on the Czar site.

This is a micro-chat with Heavy Metal quilter extraordinaire, Ben Venom:

Question: Tell me about “Bang Your Head”

I’m interested in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with one of the more extreme musical genres, Heavy Metal. My work can be described as a collision of Iron Maiden Metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. Serious, yet attempting to take on a B movie Horror film style where even the beasts of Metal need a warm blanket to sleep with. The question remains…Can I play with madness?

Listen to Heavy Metal While You Sleep!

Handmade Quilt, Vintage Heavy Metal Shirts, Batting, Thread, Fabric

Iron Fist

Vintage Heavy Metal T-Shirts, Fabric, Thread

  • http://twitter.com/johnkanesmith John Kane Smith

    If you like that youll definitely like this… http://www.quiltsryche.com/

  • http://twitter.com/johnkanesmith John Kane Smith

    If you like that youll definitely like this… http://www.quiltsryche.com/

  • http://joenolan.com/blog Joe Nolan

    Hey John – Those are a bit more cutesy, but still hilarious.

    Vox – I’d love to read this whole essay. Did you find it online or type it from the page? I’d rather ask than search. :)

  • Joenolan

    Hey John – Those are a bit more cutesy, but still hilarious.

    Vox – I’d love to read this whole essay. Did you find it online or type it from the page? I’d rather ask than search. :)

  • gemmarama

    sorry but this can’t help but remind me of…

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/being-a-dickheads-cool

    “yeah i stopped wearing my ironic metal t-shirts when teenage girls started buying the same thing from topshop, so i decided what better way to squeeze the last drop of postmodern cool out of them by making them into so-twee-they’re-edgy QUILTS…”

  • gemmarama

    sorry but this can’t help but remind me of…

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/being-a-dickheads-cool

    “yeah i stopped wearing my ironic metal t-shirts when teenage girls started buying the same thing from topshop, so i decided what better way to squeeze the last drop of postmodern cool out of them by making them into so-twee-they’re-edgy QUILTS…”

  • GoodDoktorBad

    Death and destruction makes me sleepy. Now I can have the perfect blankie…..

  • Anonymous

    Death and destruction makes me sleepy. Now I can have the perfect blankie…..