a Bat a Day

Ding Dong the Bat Is Dead

2008-10-17T21:39:00.001-07:00

To Whom Ever May Actually Be Reading This Blog:

Bat-a-Day is dead.

Well, that's not entirely true, but it's true enough. As I'm sure you've noticed, I've been having a hell of a time keeping up with making a bat a day.

Bat-a-day is mutating into Bat-a-Week, and will be located at the regular Strange Fiction blog for the rest of October.

Call it overambitious. Call it a failed experiment. Call it a good idea at the time.

Thanks for coming with me this far.

~ Lady A

After a bit of a break: Embroirdery Bat

2008-10-16T05:06:00.000-07:00

orange cotton fabric & embroidery floss

Bat Stuffie II, the REVENGE

2008-10-12T23:55:00.000-07:00

black felt, black thread, poly-fil stuffing, silver Sharpie marker

Bat Ribbon Choker

2008-10-11T21:45:00.000-07:00

black bat ribbon & a sew on snap

Cute, but itchy as hell!

Blind as a Bat Contour Drawing

2008-10-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Pigma Graphic Marker, cool-gray Prismicolor markers in 20 & 30%

The second blind contour drawing didn't look too much like a bat, but it made for a cool monster:

Bat Stuffie!

2008-10-08T23:59:00.000-07:00

black fabric, stuffing, & red sequins

Squishface Bat

2008-10-07T22:56:00.001-07:00

non-drying modeling clay

I'm honestly sad that I'm going to have to squish this little guy. Yes, I got the name from the SeaLab episode. d-:

Giant Bat from Above!

2008-10-06T19:23:00.001-07:00

Black cardstock & thread

Guerrilla Gorilla Bat

2008-10-04T15:40:00.000-07:00

Brown craft paper staple gunned to a fence & acrylic paint (and bad spelling d-: )

Totally Sweet (Potato) Bat Pattern

2008-10-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

Sweet potato stamp & acrylic paint

Industrial Bat

2008-10-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

Black duct tape and wire frame bat (to be hung in the future)

Bat-a-Day Begins!

2008-10-01T19:36:00.001-07:00

Felt and embroidery thread Christmas decor bat by Jessica

A Bat-a-Day from Lady A

2008-09-15T09:31:00.001-07:00

What's a Bat-a-Day?

The short answer is "a public art project."

Here's the long answer:

Inspired by Noah Scalin's far more creative and far more interesting Skull-a-Day project, starting October 1st, I'm going to create a bat every day for a month in celebration of my favoritest of all holidays: Halloween. I have no motivations other than wanting to do something creative every day, and wanting to bring a little something unexpected into my urban and increasingly critter-free environment.

Why a bat?

Easy. I like bats. They are unique in the animal kingdom, and despite being helpful, fascinating little creatures, here in the States, they are regarded as creepy, nasty, rabies carrying beasts that drink blood* and get caught in people's hair. They are associated with vampires, ghosts, death and disease. Although their highly social behavior can make them good carriers of pathogens, only .05% of all bats actually carry rabies. Bats are far more beneficial to the environment than harmful to those who dwell within it.

Fruit bats are vital to the pollination of flowers and disperse seeds in many tropical regions, and the American Big brown bat ranks among America’s most beneficial animals due to its bug-eating prowess.

To create a bat every day is to meditate on the maligned, misunderstood and misrepresented. Besides, with potential disaster looming on the horizon for America's bats, the little guys need all the good press they can get.

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* Some of them do, in fact, drink blood. I speak of the infamous vampire bats, of course. To me, this is a big part of their cool factor.