Featured Blog Artist: Alon Steuer

1.  Who is your biggest artistic inspiration?
Liza Lou…she is the absolutely insane bead artist that beaded an entire kitchen, a backyard and a trailer.  seriously…check her out.  I did beadwork for my BFA and she inspired me then and now.  Talk about dedication.

2.  What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Really?  A philosophical question?  I think the big bang came first.

3.  Favorite Seattle bookstore?
Ooooooohh…it’s a tossup between 3rd Place Books and Half Price Books.

4.  Where is the best place to view art in Seattle?
I really have no idea…first Thursday?  I’m going tomorrow for the 2nd time since I’ve lived here.  I gotta get out more.

5.  If you could hang with any famous artist, who would it be and why?
Back again to Liza Lou.  Sometimes she had people help her out with her beading, like all the blades of grass in her backyard.  Maybe i could sit around and bead with her and talk about trashy TV shows.  That would be awesome.

6. Who are you more like: Calvin or Hobbes?
Oh, Hobbes…I’m not so much a trouble maker.  I think I admire calvin more because he was always going all out.

Visit Alon’s website at www.asimplebag.com 

[Editor’s Note: As in the print magazine’s Artist Portfolio, the blog feature will showcase exceptional visual talent in all mediums. Please send submissions to ali @ rivetmagazine.org.]