sock puppet portraits.

Uncle Monsterface

see myspace profile

the Duchess

of spitmeadow

see myspace profile

Ted the 1st Sock Puppet

(ever)

see myspace profile

Click on any portrait
to enlarge and see at aprox. size (2"x3")
----
eack portrait is
$10 + shipping and comes in a nice little ornate frame, much like the one you see

PLEASE NOTE!
There is no guarantee on the style/color of frame you will get.
How come?

>>>>>>>
I want them from other places besides the internet!
Where else does Marty sell sock puppet portraits?

>>>>>>>

What about this crazy sock puppet rock band I've heard about, Uncle Monsterface? And Martysongs? What's the deal?

>>>>>>>

How am I gonna display my lovely little puppet portrait(s)? Does it come with anything for that?

>>>>>>>>

What do you mean, "(and other nice things)"? And didn't I see Marty selling a BUNCH of OTHER portraits of puppets?

>>>>>>>>

Other questions, concerns or ideas? Marty is also available for freelance commisions including puppets, illustrations, and designs!

E-mail marty via:
sockpuppetportraits (at) martystuff (dot) com

Captain Smarm

see myspace profile

the Jazzclops

see myspace profile

Redyellow Nose

see myspace profile

Puppyface 5000

see myspace profile

Terrycloth Green

see myspace profile

Professor Doverbean

see myspace profile

<<< OH AND HEY! >>>

september 08

WE (meaning I) ARE (meaning am) ACCEPTING MAIL ORDERS AGAIN!!! YAYYYY!
and i'm back out selling, though, though my hours are inconsistent. saturdays are best, though i won't be out the first two in september (weddings!). write me if you're desparate, consistency is coming!

AND HEY! by popular demand - new guy SPOT THE ELUSIVE DINOSAUR has a MYSPACE!

Check it out at www.myspace.com/dinosaurspot
(sorry he isn't for sale online yet. i'm trying to get all that together asap, i promise...)
That's right, the first of the SERIES 2 Sock Puppet Portraits has his own Myspace - and it's a band! They all will be! With 8 more to come! It is my sincere hope to have them all up and for sale by X-Mas. Wish me Luck!

***********
AND HEY AGAIN! Sign up for Marty's Sock Puppety News E-mail List to hear about exclusive online puppet portraits, new releases, deals, stories from the puppets themselves, and more
(marty personally and totally guarantees that your e-mail address will be shared with NO ONE, and moreover that you'll get no more than like probably two e-mails a month, if that! but also let me know if you TOTALLY DON'T CARE about hearing about the sock puppet rock band uncle monsterface, cuz you'll be included on that equally non-intrusive list. Which isn't meant to be completely contardictary to the above statement - the band and the art are like an unbroken chain [of dreams] to me...)

AND check out SERIES 1.5 puppet portraits starting with the absurdly popular fabulous flying zambinis.
use that link to lead you to the sock puppet presidents and super speculex bros.

archivez:

june-august 08

hello and howdy!
june 25 - august 7, 2008 i am ON TOUR with the

unlimitedenthusiasm expo

with the sock puppet and human band i am in,
uncle monsterface
(and several awesome friends, please check it out)

YES - i will have a handful (4 varieties) of the sock puppet portraits with me on the road.
NO - i won't be selling in union square again until late august-early september 08

and i WILL NOT BE FILLING MaIL ORDERS until mid august 08

feel free to order if you can wait. i sincerely hope to have many more available online around then, too.

sorry for any inconvenience, come see us on the road, and thanks for the support

lovemarty

april-may 08

MORE MARTY NEWS!

okey doke, discerning citizens, i am indeed
1. BACK ON THE STREETS OF NYC in UNION SQUARE selling puppet portraits.
while this is indeed exciting, it is also somewhat complicated. you see, recently selling art in Union Square has gotten much more difficult. you may have noticed that the green market got pushed down to the south side of the park. this means that the artists are getting pushed out. we're working together amongst ourselves and with the green market, but it all stems from the city's desire to put ANOTHER restaurant on the park, which stinks.STOP THE PRIVATIZATION of OUR PUBLIC SPACES.

all that said, the best days to find me out there are currently WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, weather permitting. generally i'm out there pretty early, and stay until 5 at the earliest, 7 at the very latest. i am stronlgly considering setting up on thursdays, as well, with a remote possibility of sundays.

2. I HAVE RELEASED THE SERIES 2 SOCK PUPPET PORTRAITS!
that's right - i have 9 new critters for sale! okay, technically, 2 of them have been around for a long time and they 'graduated' to series 2, with 7 other new guys like 'bawston the cat' and 'spot the elusive dinosaur'. in the past, i have had series 1, series 1.5, and then a smattering of other guys on my table. now you'll only find series 1, 1.5, and series 2 on the table. i will still be bringing a few 'odd' guys, which can be found by discerning diggers in the magical suitcase. as of this moment, series 1.5 and 2 are all only available on the streets.

3. i hope to give everyone from series 2 not only myspace profiles, but their own
INDIVIDUAL MYSPACE BANDS.
i (overly ambitiously) want to have each of them have their own band. i hope to accomplish this before -

4. our "main" sock puppet (and human) rock band, uncle monsterface goes on a national tour
this summer! UNLIMITED ENTHUSIASM EXPOSITION is coming, kicking off in late june! a DIY circus summer camp freak show and indie rock tour with our best friends of rock harry and the potters and math the band! this, in it's turn, meand i WILL not be selling in NYC for six weeks...but if i can get my act together for it, i WILL be selling puppet portraits wherever the tour goes (albeit a very limited selection of them).

5. on said tour, uncle monsterface will be supporting our new full length album, "THIS IS AN ADVENTURE" -
songs about robots, vampires, love, heads, regular days, monkeys made of pine,
a homonculus made of brocolli, outer space, superheroes, and more!
get a demo-preview of two of the super-fun "Tribute to Gary Gygax" and "Robot Quest" on our myspace.

it should be ready right before we hit the road, though i'd imagine itunes won't 'approve' it for a few months.

6. last and also least, i will lament the fact
that this site needs a more thorough update. it really does, on a lot of levels, and
hopefully that'll come as SERIES 2 gets more official.

furthermore, i'm going to allude to two secret projects that i still can't announce. they're secret. and exciting. and that's it...

okay - come find me or write to me or be nice to everyone you meet or anything!

lovemarty

february 08

Marty UPDATE Factory Wagon

hi! there's all sorts of exciting stuff going on right now.
NOTE: i'm currently NOT ON THE STREETS SELLING PUPPETS IN UNION SQUARE AT ALL.
my hope is to
1. make a whole new series of 9 puppets
and 2. to be back on the street out in union square selling them by late-march.
early april at the hopeful latest, to some extent i am at the mercy of the
wacky weather patterns of this here new york.

meanwhile, there are many other awesome things happening.
the most exciting of all can't really be anounced publicly yet.
but it might end up being very exciting. but the publicly exciting things are
a. uncle monsterface is up to our collective monster necks working on our new
full length album entitled 'this is an adventure'. we are super-excited!

and b. we are working with some other amazing bands on a
huge national tour set to begin at the end of june

now, if those are the slightly less exciting things,
who amongst you can imagine what the VERY exciting things are?

and also, i've been playing d & d.
yay.

december07

holiday-tastic news

SERIES 1.5 went and got their own myspace profiles!
and they desperately need new friends!
the guys from series 1.5 are all from an exhibition i was a part of in 2007 in chicago (see the august bulletin, below),
where they were made and displayed at 11"x14". some rare humans own those guys!

check them out starting with the absurdly popular fabulous flying zambinis.
use that link to lead you to the sock puppet presidents and super speculex bros.
these guys are different from the above SERIES ONE sock puppet portraits in a lot of ways. first, they aren't for sale online (yet).
next, their myspace profiles are 'familial' - made for all three characters at once.
moreover i wrote the profiles. in the case of all of the SERIES ONE sock puppet portraits myspace profiles,
they wrote them themselves.

ayup.

august07

hi everyone.

i'm back from all manner of craziness and ready to send you pictures of sock puppets via the us mail or in the streets of new york city again! i should be back in union square selling throughout august, as consistently as possible on weds, fri, sat, with lots of new stuff including new characters i'm trying out and larger sizes!
(there are some weddings and bdaes throughout this month, so i'm just gonna do my best. please e-mail me if you are having a hard time finding me...)
***********************

thanks again to everyone who came out to see and buy things at
“Under 5 Feet” at the Chicago Art Source Gallery
i sold stuff at a real life gallery! saints preserve!
special thanks to the nice people who run that place!
************

and thanks to everyone who came out and said hi and bought funny sock puppet pictures while i was on the road throughout the month of june with wizard rock superstars and best friends Harry and the Potters. it was seriously one of the best times ever.


		Uncle Monsterface see myspace profile	the Duchess of spitmeadow *see myspace profile*	Ted the 1st Sock Puppet (ever) *see myspace profile*	Click on any portrait to enlarge and see at aprox. size (2"x3") ---- eack portrait is $10 + shipping and comes in a nice little ornate frame, much like the one you see OTHER RELEVANT INQUIRIES/NOTES >>>>>>> PLEASE NOTE! There is no guarantee on the style/color of frame you will get. How come? >>>>>>> I want them from other places besides the internet! Where else does Marty sell sock puppet portraits? >>>>>>> What about this crazy sock puppet rock band I've heard about, Uncle Monsterface? And Martysongs? What's the deal? >>>>>>> How am I gonna display my lovely little puppet portrait(s)? Does it come with anything for that? >>>>>>>> What do you mean, "(and other nice things)"? And didn't I see Marty selling a BUNCH of OTHER portraits of puppets? >>>>>>>> Other questions, concerns or ideas? Marty is also available for freelance commisions including puppets, illustrations, and designs! E-mail marty via: sockpuppetportraits (at) martystuff (dot) com
		Captain Smarm *see myspace profile*	the Jazzclops *see myspace profile*	Redyellow Nose *see myspace profile*
		Puppyface 5000 *see myspace profile*	Terrycloth Green *see myspace profile*	Professor Doverbean *see myspace profile*
		Puppyface 5000 *see myspace profile*	Terrycloth Green *see myspace profile*	Professor Doverbean *see myspace profile*

<<< OH AND HEY! >>>
	september 08 *WE (meaning I)* ARE (meaning am) ACCEPTING MAIL ORDERS AGAIN!!! YAYYYY! and i'm back out selling, though, though my hours are inconsistent. saturdays are best, though i won't be out the first two in september (weddings!). write me if you're desparate, consistency is coming! AND HEY! by popular demand - new guy SPOT THE ELUSIVE DINOSAUR has a MYSPACE! Check it out at www.myspace.com/dinosaurspot** (sorry he isn't for sale online yet. i'm trying to get all that together asap, i promise...) That's right, the first of the SERIES 2 Sock Puppet Portraits has his own Myspace - and it's a band! They all will be! With 8 more to come! It is my sincere hope to have them all up and for sale by X-Mas. Wish me Luck! ********* AND HEY AGAIN! Sign up for Marty's Sock Puppety News E-mail List to hear about exclusive online puppet portraits, new releases, deals, stories from the puppets themselves, and more (marty personally and totally guarantees that your e-mail address will be shared with NO ONE, and moreover that you'll get no more than like probably two e-mails a month, if that! but also let me know if you TOTALLY DON'T CARE about hearing about the sock puppet rock band uncle monsterface, cuz you'll be included on that equally non-intrusive list. Which isn't meant to be completely contardictary to the above statement - the band and the art are like an unbroken chain [of dreams] to me...) For now, sign-up for our sorta-but-not-really-monthly digest-thing of puppety business by simply sending an e-mail to sockpuppetportraits (at) martystuff (dot) com with the subject 'sign me up for puppety info' or somesuch nonsense...eventually i'll have one of those fancy boxes where you just plunk your name in, but not just now... ************ AND check out SERIES 1.5 puppet portraits starting with the absurdly popular fabulous flying zambinis. use that link to lead you to the sock puppet presidents and super speculex bros.**
	archivez: june-august 08 hello and howdy! june 25 - august 7, 2008 i am ON TOUR with the unlimitedenthusiasm expo with the sock puppet and human band i am in, uncle monsterface (and several awesome friends, please check it out) YES - i will have a handful (4 varieties) of the sock puppet portraits with me on the road. NO - i won't be selling in union square again until late august-early september 08 and i WILL NOT BE FILLING MaIL ORDERS until mid august 08 feel free to order if you can wait. i sincerely hope to have many more available online around then, too. sorry for any inconvenience, come see us on the road, and thanks for the support lovemarty
	april-may 08 MORE MARTY NEWS! okey doke, discerning citizens, i am indeed 1. BACK ON THE STREETS OF NYC in UNION SQUARE selling puppet portraits. while this is indeed exciting, it is also somewhat complicated. you see, recently selling art in Union Square has gotten much more difficult. you may have noticed that the green market got pushed down to the south side of the park. this means that the artists are getting pushed out. we're working together amongst ourselves and with the green market, but it all stems from the city's desire to put ANOTHER restaurant on the park, which stinks.STOP THE PRIVATIZATION of OUR PUBLIC SPACES. all that said, the best days to find me out there are currently WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, weather permitting. generally i'm out there pretty early, and stay until 5 at the earliest, 7 at the very latest. i am stronlgly considering setting up on thursdays, as well, with a remote possibility of sundays. 2. I HAVE RELEASED THE SERIES 2 SOCK PUPPET PORTRAITS! that's right - i have 9 new critters for sale! okay, technically, 2 of them have been around for a long time and they 'graduated' to series 2, with 7 other new guys like 'bawston the cat' and 'spot the elusive dinosaur'. in the past, i have had series 1, series 1.5, and then a smattering of other guys on my table. now you'll only find series 1, 1.5, and series 2 on the table. i will still be bringing a few 'odd' guys, which can be found by discerning diggers in the magical suitcase. as of this moment, series 1.5 and 2 are all only available on the streets. 3. i hope to give everyone from series 2 not only myspace profiles, but their own INDIVIDUAL MYSPACE BANDS. i (overly ambitiously) want to have each of them have their own band. i hope to accomplish this before - 4. our "main" sock puppet (and human) rock band, uncle monsterface goes on a national tour this summer! UNLIMITED ENTHUSIASM EXPOSITION is coming, kicking off in late june! a DIY circus summer camp freak show and indie rock tour with our best friends of rock harry and the potters and math the band! this, in it's turn, meand i WILL not be selling in NYC for six weeks...but if i can get my act together for it, i WILL be selling puppet portraits wherever the tour goes (albeit a very limited selection of them). 5. on said tour, uncle monsterface will be supporting our new full length album, "THIS IS AN ADVENTURE" - songs about robots, vampires, love, heads, regular days, monkeys made of pine, a homonculus made of brocolli, outer space, superheroes, and more! get a demo-preview of two of the super-fun "Tribute to Gary Gygax" and "Robot Quest" on our myspace. it should be ready right before we hit the road, though i'd imagine itunes won't 'approve' it for a few months. 6. last and also least, i will lament the fact that this site needs a more thorough update. it really does, on a lot of levels, and hopefully that'll come as SERIES 2 gets more official. furthermore, i'm going to allude to two secret projects that i still can't announce. they're secret. and exciting. and that's it... okay - come find me or write to me or be nice to everyone you meet or anything! lovemarty
	february 08 Marty UPDATE Factory Wagon hi! there's all sorts of exciting stuff going on right now. NOTE: i'm currently NOT ON THE STREETS SELLING PUPPETS IN UNION SQUARE AT ALL. my hope is to 1. make a whole new series of 9 puppets and 2. to be back on the street out in union square selling them by late-march. early april at the hopeful latest, to some extent i am at the mercy of the wacky weather patterns of this here new york. meanwhile, there are many other awesome things happening. the most exciting of all can't really be anounced publicly yet. but it might end up being very exciting. but the publicly exciting things are a. uncle monsterface is up to our collective monster necks working on our new full length album entitled 'this is an adventure'. we are super-excited! and b. we are working with some other amazing bands on a huge national tour set to begin at the end of june now, if those are the slightly less exciting things, who amongst you can imagine what the VERY exciting things are? and also, i've been playing d & d. yay.
	december07 holiday-tastic news SERIES 1.5 went and got their own myspace profiles! and they desperately need new friends! the guys from series 1.5 are all from an exhibition i was a part of in 2007 in chicago (see the august bulletin, below), where they were made and displayed at 11"x14". some rare humans own those guys! check them out starting with the absurdly popular fabulous flying zambinis. use that link to lead you to the sock puppet presidents and super speculex bros. these guys are different from the above SERIES ONE sock puppet portraits in a lot of ways. first, they aren't for sale online (yet). next, their myspace profiles are 'familial' - made for all three characters at once. moreover i wrote the profiles. in the case of all of the SERIES ONE sock puppet portraits myspace profiles, they wrote them themselves. ayup.
	august07 hi everyone. i'm back from all manner of craziness and ready to send you pictures of sock puppets via the us mail or in the streets of new york city again! i should be back in union square selling throughout august, as consistently as possible on weds, fri, sat, with lots of new stuff including new characters i'm trying out and larger sizes! (there are some weddings and bdaes throughout this month, so i'm just gonna do my best. please e-mail me if you are having a hard time finding me...) ********************* thanks again to everyone who came out to see and buy things at “Under 5 Feet” at the Chicago Art Source Gallery i sold stuff at a real life gallery! saints preserve! special thanks to the nice people who run that place! ********** and thanks to everyone who came out and said hi and bought funny sock puppet pictures while i was on the road throughout the month of june with wizard rock superstars and best friends Harry and the Potters. it was seriously one of the best times ever.