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Thirty-eighth series:
See Me Tell Me Replacements, nos. 1-10
For this series I "borrowing" three inch square sections of media from the posters in the subway. Then in the studio I embellish them with new elements - papers, beads, glitter, sequins, text, and LEDs. Then I return the works to their original location. These works will be placed throughout December, 2011.
Did you see one? Tell me about it.

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Thirty-seventh series: See Me Tell Me Treats, ed. 20
This is just a little series to celebrate Halloween. Took little spooky added a little vanitas, and tied them all together into a mini boutonniere for you. I will be placing these works from October 25 through 31 in New York City.

Special Project - FACES OF MANHATTAN - 2011

FACES OF MANHATTAN series, ed. 40.
It was my great pleasure to present a lecture titled “Street Art and Me” on Thursday, Sept. 29 in Manhattan, Kansas at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. The lecture focused on street art, the seemetellme series, and the use of social media to engage artwork collectors. The event was co-sponsored by the department of history, the College of Education and the Women's Studies Department. The seemetellme project was a source of inspiration for History in a Bag, a project developed by K-State's Heather McCrea, associate professor of history, as a teaching tool for her spring 2011 history course.

After the lecture I conducted a workshop on the seemetellme process. The participants took photographs of themselves “JR style” after the great Parisian photograffer which I printed out in long strips. Additionally they were asked to bring a few small items of their own to the workshop that related to them personally - a snippet of a newspaper, stamps, special papers, xeroxes of other images, feathers, hot peppers, string, beads, etc. I provided the magnet backed boxes. Then for about 2 hours we glued, and punched, and sewed, and collaged, and wrote notes to the people of the big apple (NYC) from those in the little apple (Manhattan, KS). About 40 works titled FACES OF MANHATTAN were created. The workshop artists kept one work for themselves and gave me one to put out into the streets of my Manhattan in the coming weeks.

My thanks for the success of this lecture and project go to my great long time friend Heather McCrea and my wonderful new friends, Cyndi Danner-Kuhn and Kathrine Walker Schlageck.

Special Project - Exquisite Corpse Festival - 2011

For the Exquisite Corpse Festival I placed 25 See Me Tell Me Shifts: Graffiti Series on the front gate of the Richmond Shepard Theatre at 309 East 26th Street on Thursday. These tiny dresses are fashioned after light summer frocks and decorated with graffiti seen in London, Paris, Bushwick, Williamsburg, Chelsea and SoHo this spring and summer.

Special Project - AiOP Festival - 2011

Each year, Art in Odd Places (AiOP) produces a thematic public art festival along 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River in New York City. From October 1-10, the 2011 edition of AiOP will center on the theme of RITUAL, including ideas of ceremony, habituation, myth, obsession, superstition and liturgy.

Walker Evans stated that, “New Yorkers are members of every race and nation of the earth. They are of all ages, of all temperaments, of all classes, of almost every imaginable occupation. Each, also, is an individual existence, as matchless as a thumbprint or a snowflake.” Inspired by this great American photographer and in homage to the amazing energy, beauty, and variety of New Yorkers, a special seemetellme series titled Fourteenth Street Saints for AiOP 2011 was created.

For this series hundreds of amazing New Yorkers were clandestinely photographed along 14th Street. Then 500 collages were created, incorporating their portraits into accordion-style “prayer” books, complete with gold paint, “rosary” beads, glitter, found papers and objects. These books were then placed, like relics, inside small clear plastic boxes backed by magnets. 50 of these works will be installed daily along 14th Street on scaffolds, signs, subway stations, and light poles, for passers-by to admire, take, and own.

(See the map of placements below.)

The acquiring of any work of art is a very personal and exciting process. When a one of these works is discovered the collector is asked to comment below or email a note to seemetellme@gmail.com or tweet using the hash tag #seemetellme.

Exhibition - KEDAR STUDIO OF ART - September 16-24, 2011

First gallery exhibition of seemetellme projects
Monsters, Saints and Cool Summer Dresses

KEDAR STUDIO OF ART
585 Broad Street, 2nd fl, Newark, NJ 07102 http://www.kedarstudio.com/
September 16th to 24th. Reception for the artist September 16, 7-11pm

Monsters, Saints, and Cool Summer Dresses showcases three limited edition See Me Tell Me projects - Monsters III, ed. 50; Subway Saints III (mini), ed. 50; and See Me Tell Me Shifts (Graffiti) ed. 25.

The gallery is inviting viewers of the exhibition to participate in this series and acquire these works. Collectors register their acquisitions on the tag replacing each work and comment at the bottom of this page about the new addition to their collection or by emailing their comments to seemetellme@gmail.com .

Inspired by the social connectivity of the Street Art movement, social media, the work of photographer Walker Evans and a desire to free art from its function as commodity, artist Amy Young has conceptualized a series of works nestled in the art of giving and sharing, titled seemetellme. Since June 2010, Young has placed hundreds of tiny seemetellme street art works in New York, London and Paris. Using low-art materials and a strict time limit (an important part of her process); Young creates each piece in less than five minutes. Anonymity is not part of her working concept as Young identifies herself by putting her website address or QR code on each piece before she places it in public view.

The Little Monsters series is based on the Greek, Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic Revival faces and gargoyles you see on buildings all over New York, Paris, London, Rome, Venice, and Athens. A selection of these images was made into Little Monsters by mounting them on the front of clear 2 x 1 x 1 inch plastic boxes and lighting them with LEDs. They are filled with silver beads to reflect the light and to rattle, when shaken.

The Subway Saints series is inspired by an obsession with (and daily immersion in) the subway. They are also inspired by Walker Evans’ great work, Many are Called. In 1938, Walker Evans surreptitiously photographed people on the New York City subway. With his camera hidden in his overcoat he captured the faces of Depression-era riders, each wrapped in their own unguarded private thoughts. Evans’ work represents portraiture in its purest state. Inspired by Evans, 250 clandestine images were shot in the subway. To create a Subway Saint each portrait was printed in color and assembled into an accordion-style book, complete with gold paint, beads, glitter, found papers and objects. Each book is placed in a 2 x 1 x 1 inch clear plastic box.

The See Me Tell Me Shifts are based on the thin, simple, summer dresses worn by fashionable New York women. For the first two series of See Me Tell Me Shifts the little dresses were decorated with patterns found in museums, galleries, and art fairs and heat transferred onto the surface of paper. But the imagery for this newest series is the street art and graffiti seen in London, Paris, Bushwick, Williamsburg, Chelsea and SoHo this spring and summer. The front of each dress is made from Japanese rice paper cut in the shape of a shift or sundress. On the back is a snippet from a shopping bag.

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Thirty-sixth series: Transit Trinkets. Everyone likes to get dressed up - especially our dusty, dirty, smelly metro. I imagine the subway as a rather brash, little bit loud, big-boned, bohemian girl from Brooklyn with a marvelous accent so I fashioned her some nice clunky necklaces and bracelets. Just in case the subway cars get jealous I am making them some bracelets and anklets as well. (Shhh don’t tell the buses and ferries.) This work consists of multicolored plastic beads and/or bells on colored or elastic string. Their clasps are made of magnets. I will be installing this series in the subway stations and on the trains all summer long from mid May to the end of August. You will find them attached to station stanchions or wound about the hand-handholds and poles on the trains.

Did you collect one? Tell me about it.

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Thirty-fifth series: Rock, Paper, Scissors, non-editioned.

Rock, Paper Scissors is a game for two or more people played using the players' hands. The two players each make a fist with one hand and hold the other open, palm upward. Together, they tap their fists in their open palms once, twice, and on the third time form one of three items: a rock, a sheet of paper, or a pair of scissors. The winner of that round depends on the items formed. If the same item is formed, it's a tie. If a rock and scissors are formed, the rock wins, because a rock can smash scissors. If scissors and paper are formed, the scissors win, because scissors can cut paper. If paper and a rock are formed, the paper wins, because a sheet of paper can cover a rock.

These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag or on a magnet sheet. Inside or on top are photographs of my hands in one of the gestures printed on either cardstock or fine white and colored papers. I have hand colored or embellished each of the images. At the top of the work is the statement “Your Name Here: _________ ." On verso is the seemetellme QR code, three photographs of hands, and the title and web-site address. This is a non- editioned series because it will be done in many medias and in many sizes. It will appear in variations and configurations: either singly for your own personal game against the world (pick your opponents wisely), in doubles as a mini-war, or in a triples as a statement by me of a political or societal statement. I will be placing these works all through the summer in New York city.

Did you see one? Tell me.

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Thirty-fourth series: van Gogh’s Chair inch by inch, set of 16
When you visit museums abroad you see afresh art works you have been viewing by illustrations for too long. When I was in London last month I saw van Gogh’s Chair at the National Gallery. Amazing! This work was painted when he was working in the company of Gauguin for nine weeks in Arles. The bright yellow ladder-back chair with its cane seat was one of the twelve simple chairs he purchased when he furnished the Yellow House. The chair sits at a three-quarter view and his pipe and tobacco lie on the thatched seat. It stands on a red and orange tiled floor next to a closed turquoise blue door. A box of red onions, bursting from their wrappings, is in the corner. The colors are amazing, the characteristic icing-like impasto wonderful, and the sweet genre scene so personal. I examined the work inch by inch. And so I provide it to you in the same way. These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag. I printed an image of the work at 8 x 10 inches and cut it up into 1 inch wide strips for the front image, included even finer detailed image in the center, and put a full image on verso. There is one sequin butterfly inside as a prize. I will be placing the works from April 30 and May 1 in New York City.
If you see one tell me.

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Thirty-third series: Free Ai Weiwei, ed. 20

When I was in London I went to the Tate Modern and saw he Unilever Series:  Sunflower Seeds by Ai Weiwei. The conceptual and politically based artist had engaged Chinese craftspeople to create for him 100 million tiny porcelain sunflowers, each handmade, hand painted, no two identical. He filled the entire main floor with these little works of art. The whole art world had been chatting about the work, there were many reviews, and other piles of sunflower seeds were turning up at art fairs. I liked visually how the work filled the huge turbine hall in a gentle sand-like way and loved all the metaphors it set off crackling in my head. Anyway, soon after we got back the artist, boarding a plane to Hong Kong was arrested, disappeared, taken into custody – no one really knows because no one has heard from him. I have signed all the petitions for his release, I attended the sit-in over by the East River, and like the rest of the art world I am watching the news reports to see outcome. Worried. So this series is my reaction to the whole mess. The work consists of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag, color xeroxes of the work in turbine hall printed on fine papers, red string, and a scattering of (real) sunflower seeds. On the back are a couple of QR codes (Quick Response specific matrix barcodes) that hop right to The New York Times articles discussing the issue - this one from April 6, this one from April 11, and this one from April 20.This work will be placed from April 24 through April 30 in New York.

Did you see one? Tell Me.

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Thirty-second series: Looting London (A Mudlark along the Thames), ed. 10
As you know from my tweeting I traveled to London recently. We visited the British Museum with all the great Mesopotamia, Egyptian, Roman works and more. And of course they have the great Parthenon Marbles pillaged from Greece in the 1800s – quite the controversial objects. Well in that spirit I decided to gather a few artifacts of my own. While I was visiting the TATE Modern off the new Millennium Bridge I saw a silver ladder descending to the Thames beach. I went down and began gathering 17th to the 19th century pottery sherds and pipe stems on the shore which I then spirited all back to America. I was feeling rather proud of myself until I discovered that this is called “mudlarking” and just everyone does it. I guess I am no Lord Elgin. This little series consists of a 3 x 3 x ½ inch clear plastic box, sand, a potsherd or pipe stem, a transparent picture of the Millennium Bridge and Saint Paul's in the background and the usual ART sticker and label with the title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. These works, in contrast to the SAINTS or MONSTERS should not be opened as the sand will spill out. They will be placed on April 24 in New York.
Did you see one? Tell me!

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Thirty-first series: Little Monsters II, ed. five series of 50 each.
You know those great 19th and early 20th century Romanesque and Gothic architectural ornaments of faces and gargoyles you see on the buildings all over New York, Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Athens? Love them!! I have been known to climb up to the upper stories of nearby buildings just to get a look. So I shot a selection of these images and made them all into more little monsters. I mounted their images on the front of little clear 2 x 1 x 1 inch 2 x 2 x 1 inch boxes, darkening the backgrounds with gaffer tape and lighting them all up with LEDs. Then I filled them up with silver balls or clear beads to reflect the light and rattle wonderfully. (If you find one of these works and want to reserve the light, open them up and reinsert the tab.) I will be placing these works all through the summer in New York city.
Did you see one? Tell me!

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Thirtieth Series: Subway Saints (mini), edition 50. People riding the subway are in an ethereal acquiescent perfect state. They are waiting with great faith to be taken to their destination and are calm and quiet during their journey – for the most part. While sitting across from them I was inspired to photograph some of the more beatific and make them into art. For this series I took their faces and sewed them into a book of hours accordion style book. This series consists of a 1 3/4 x 1 x 1/2 inch clear plastic box, my printed photographs, cotton paper, beads, glitter, a magnet, and thread. They will be placed from March 4-April 4, 2011 in New York, London, and Paris.

Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-ninth Series: Exhibition Postcards, edition 50.
You know, sometimes you just have to drop back, calm down, check out some Rauschenberg and some Johns and do a few assemblages. Concentration on color, texture, line, and a little humor can straighten up any untoward New York day. So here are 50 little combines for you. They consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag, some papers I have collected over the years, thread and sequins, beads, a scattering of found objects and old gallery exhibition or announcement postcards. They will be placed between February 15 and May 31, 2011.
Did you see one? Tell me!

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Nineteenth Series: See Me Tell Me Shift (revisited). This series was started during fashion week. These little dresses are decorated with the patterns I find in the museums, galleries, and art fairs I visit as well as the images I find on the street. 50 will be made. They will be placed February 10-February 25, 2011 in New York. Each collage consists of a 7 to 4 inch long piece of cloth cut in the shape of a shift or sundress. The image is heat transferred on to the surface of the cloth and the dress is hung on a handmade wire hanger. On verso is the information label with the title of the series and the number in the edition.
Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-eighth Series: bound numbers, edition 20.

This is the second of my bound series. The first was the twenty-second series called bound alphabet. Wrapping, binding and tying and is a method used by outsider and visionary artists as well artists of the Congo and ancient Egypt. In each case the string, rope, thread, ribbon, amulets and trinkets threaded in and among the windings attract and concentrate spiritual power within the object empowering it to fulfill its intended purpose. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, a refrigerator magnet number, found and purchased string or floss, beads, buttons, sequins, bells, and other various objects. Before the making process the number was photographed and a color xerox was made on Japanese paper and placed in the background. On verso is the title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. These collages will be placed January 26, 2011 in New York.
Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-seventh Series: See Me Tell Me Nomad, edition 5.
Instead of being something to keep this work wants to wander around. If you collect a Nomad, sign and date the sheet inside and record your pick-up here on this blog with a comment below. Then take the Nomad with you for awhile and put it in a new location somewhere else in the subway system for another collector to pick up. This work is a cross between a message in a bottle and a geocaching travel bug. Let’s see if we can keep it going all over New York. The Nomads consist of a 3 ¾ inch x ½ inch diameter plastic tube with a black top. There is a magnet glued to the back of the work and there is red string tied to the top of the tube. So you can either hang the work or attach it to a metal surface when you send it along. The Nomads were started on January 15, 2011 in New York City.

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Twenty-sixth Series: Subway Saints, NYC edition 20, "e" edition 50. People riding the subway are in an ethereal acquiescent perfect state. They are waiting with great faith to be taken to their destination and are calm and quiet during their journey – for the most part. While sitting across from them I was inspired to photograph some of the more beatific and make them into art. For this series I took their faces and sewed them into a book of hours accordion style book. This series consists of a 2 x 1 x ¾ inch clear or colored plastic box, my printed photographs, images stolen from art history, rice paper, beads, glitter, a magnet, and thread. They will be placed from January 15-February 7, 2011 in New York. A special "e" edition of the saints will be placed in Paris and London from March 25-April 4.
Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-fifth Series: See Me Color Matching My World, edition 100.
Armed with a pantone book, my little notebook, and with a nod to Spencer Finch I set out to specifically identify the colors I come across. I took photographs of scenes and then noted the time, date, and location. Then I PMSed (color matched) the most interesting color in the scene. Sometimes that hue is the dominate color, sometimes it is a tiny accent or an accidental color. These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch glassine envelope with a color specifier chip attached to the lower right corner of the outside of the envelope and silver glitter on the lower left corner. Inside is a photograph of the scene and on the verso a second image of the scene and a second specifier chip with the title of the series, the edition number, the date and location of the photograph, and the PMS match description. The envelope is sealed with a little sticker of a photograph of my eye. These works will be placed between December 15, 2010–January 29, 2011.

Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-fourth Series: Little Monsters, ed. 13
You know those great 19th and early 20th century neo-Romanesque / Gothic ornaments of faces and gargoyles you see on the buildings all over New York? Love them!! I have been known to climb up to the upper stories of nearby buildings just to get a look. I imagine them patiently watching the city evolve and coming to life when we are not looking. So I gathered together a selection of these images and some of their antecedents and made them all into little monsters by adding mouths, tongues, and bindings. These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag, red wrapping paper, Japanese paper, string, thread, ribbon, sequins, and beads. And while these works look great tucked away in their baggies they are also wonderful when removed so you can see what is inside! They will be placed between December 15, 2010–January 4, 2011. Did you see one? Tell me!

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2017. Hey, since late 2014 I have been getting more responses via instagram than by email. So see them there - @seemetellmeNYC
2014. So I've had this little dress for a while now and never bothered to look at it thoroughly. It's been hanging in my closet for two years now and it adds to my wardrobe very nicely. Today I finally decided to inspect it and I was shocked to find that you have 63 series of things like this dress. I have no. 48/50 of the revisited Shift series. I'm not sure if you've been emailed in the past of someone finding this specific dress but if you haven't, it's been found for 2 years now. Sorry for the delay.
2014. My daughter just found one on a post at Becky station park. Awesome surprise, will be traveling with us and hopefully you hear from it again! Keith
2014. hellooo!! we found TWO of your pieces!! They were on the corner of 3rd ave and 3rd street in park slope, Brooklyn!!!!!!!!! Your work is awesome! Lauren, Sabrina and Katie
2013. i was walking on the new big four bridge and i spotted these!! it was so beautiful ! it looked like some one had taken a moment to place these in just such a way, it just made the whole bridge a little brighter!!! i was curious i had to touch and im glad i did!! i love the idea you have going!! please keep doing this and i hope i see more on my own adventures in Louisville!!!! forever friend marci
2013. I found one yay! Green glitter conch, Audubon grave, Trinity church graveyard, Hamilton heights. Spot of color. Nod to life. Shrine to memory. Forward gesture. Thank you! Anna
2013. I am a law enforcement officer in Brooklyn. I was on patrol in Brooklyn Bridge Park near one of the piers that is under construction, soon to be named Pier #3. This Shawabit was perched, magnetized to a metal structure. When I picked it up, I felt right away that it belonged to me. Strangely, perhaps, and unlike some people who have written to you on your BlogSpot, I felt that it was magical and I placed it in my pocket being careful not to break or lose it the rest of my tour of duty. My significant other and I had argued the night before about my job and lamenting about its dangers, and we stopped talking for a day or two. I have been feeling like I have to quit my job for the sake of love and life but, of course, I am blinded by other "practical" considerations. ( Yes, I know, I KNOW what can be more practical than being guided to a decision by love and life itself!!!) I admit, I am very capable of making mistakes. I brought this little one home, looking for a special place to keep my Shawabit. After moving it around a few times, I placed it right next to my mother's photograph (she is deceased) because I know she would have liked this little statue and would have been delighted, too, that I found it. (She was a very spiritual person and kept religious icons at home; I grew up with them). I had not read yet about the historical significance of these statues in ancient Egypt on your BlogSpot, it just seemed to natural to put it there. The following day I went to my mailbox and found a notice of an exam that I had taken several months ago for a vastly different job than the one I have now in law enforcement. The notice indicated that I did very well on the exam, the chances that I may be offered at the very least an opportunity to leave this line of work became a real possibility overnight, once I found the Shawabit and gave it a place of honor in my home. I will always cherish this discovery and keep it like the treasure it is, close to me and one of the greatest loves of my life.
2013. Howdy There, Since you said you want me to email you to tell you about one of your pieces (should it be found), well, I thought I'd email to tell you that I found one of them. It's a "Blue Sky Window" with a small mirror inside and it looks like it's been there for a bit because...well,it looks like it's been through some of the rains that have hit here rather recently. I found it near the corner of Edenside Avenue and Bardstown Road (in Louisville), near the Saint James Church (you know, the one that has the rather Spanish influence, especially for a church in Kentucky). Okay, that's all. If you wish to know any more. Drop me a line. Luke
2013. Hi. I came across a flock of your blue butterflies on the Manhattan Bridge walkway. I'm an Ironworker currently working on the bridge. I took one with me up the main cable to the top of the Brooklyn tower and stuck it on the ornamental steel work up there. Was still there the next day. It currently hangs on my comp speaker. Cool concept. I happen to be an artist myself so it's an honor to be in possession of one of your pieces. Cheers. Phil
2013. Hey I'm from PA and was visiting New York and found this plastic seashell thing with a green paper back stuck to a post in a park by city hall. I wasn't sure if it was a marker for something or not, but I took it anyway. I was in the national Moody's Mega Math challenge for our presentation in a final round competition against six other teams, and we ended up getting third and it was a great experience. I guess I'll just stick it somewhere in my school and see if anyone else picks it up. That's my story
2013. Hey found two butterflies today in the George Washington bridge , I find your work really unique And hope to find more:)
2013. Hello! Sorry this has taken sooooo long. I found this little gift outside of a gallery space exhibiting a collaborative cardboard box house/sculpture making installation in Sydney last year at nearly this same day. My name is Lars Voltz. I'm from Bemidji, Minnesota. I travelled to Sydney with my university to take in the last iteration of the biennial and all that the rad city had to offer! Thank you for being a continuing reminder of the melting moments we ate before heading off to Cockatoo Island, the late night book stores, the aboriginal dance performance at the Sydney Opera House, Thai food!!! and so many other things.Hope all is well.Take care, lars
2013. David found a butterfly on 11st between 21st and 20th!
2013 We were walking around chinatown/little italy NYC yesterday and turned on to a side street to get away from the pedestrian traffic, when we came across Shawbit 45 sitting on top of a metal post by a staircase. There are three goggly eyes- purple, green and white, and string tied around it. We had been out wandering about, looking at some street art, and were delighted to happen upon this! We were intrigued by the tag and love the concept of leaving bits of treasure around for people to discover. This Shawbit is now magically, magnetically perched atop my stapler by the side of my computer. from this lofty perch, she/he can watch over the home. Thank you!
2013 My daughter and I took our first hike on the Waterfall Loop at Nolin Lake State Park and found a small red frog on a tree, but we left it there for the next hiker to discover! We just recently moved here and are looking forward to many more hikes in the area an will be keeping our eyes open! Thanks for making it even more fun! D and A
2013 Hi , Thank you so much - I spotted one while talking to my friend on first Ave and 14th Street - I saw a bright green light from the corner of my eye... At first I thought it was something dangerous .. But we approached ......opened it and the rest is history - it really made our night- Our lucky number was 73 We are still trying to find its meaning - What a wonderful thing to do .... Giving hope , and dream on life to us all New Yorkers. Xoxo, Melvy, Designer :)
2013 Hey! My name is christy! I found one of your gifts. I saw it light up and was wondering what it was. I literally put my face up to it. My classmate stared at me like I was stupid. I pulled it off the wall and then read the back. I looked up your blog and starting jumping up and down. My friend laughed at me like a dumbass and this is where I am!
2013 Dear seemetellme, About a week ago, I came across one of your shawabits (10 of 365) at the Bergen St. stop on the F line in Brooklyn. I was looking up at the wall and noticed a small statue. At first, I was reluctant to grab it for a closer look and after a few seconds of deliberating of whether I should or shouldn't remove it from it's perch (it was sitting on a pipe), I did. Last night, my fiancé asked me what it was. I told her I had no idea but I thought it was pretty cool because it looked like it was intentionally left for someone else to see (or take). We googled the info on the statue and found your site. The shawabits project is great. It was something unexpected and a delight to come across. Keep up the good work! Best regards, Peter
2012. It was behind the news stand on a pillar on the f train side. I was kind of hoping it was a scavenger hunt but I'm really thankful it wasn't advertising. I found it very interesting. Thank you
2012. Found [a little glimmer of hope] 24/100 in Carroll street subway :) A. Benitez
2012. 42 Train station. I got one of your liberty statutes! Amazing piece of art! Loved it. - kdsgeneration
2012 - You will no doubt be happy to know that one of your horned devils — last time I saw it — was proudly magneted to the fuse box cover next to the cash register at the wine bar one door south of the Red Cat; the owner, however — Turkish I believe, and a handsome fellow — while seemingly very appreciative, did not offer me an extra drink.
2012 - Hi SeeMeTellMe blog, My name is Juan Hinojosa and last week, when I stopped by my solo show at Allegra LaViola Gallery I noticed you left behind a little plastic Statue of Liberty. I have to admit I should have emailed you sooner but with Sandy about to hit NY time flew by. I wanted to thank you for stopping the show. I hope you liked it. I noticed you were apart of AiOP this year. I was going to be apart of that too but my location fell through at the last minute. Hope to you are well post Sandy. Thanks, Juan
2011. Mary. I picked up a piece of art on 14th and 6th today. I tweeted it but also wanted to email you. So cute. I really love the idea. It made my day. I always celebrate "unbirthdays" and make people fun gifts at random times so I appreciate things like this! Have a wonderful day!
2011. jtgadget. Found one on 14 st. Just after I released a Blue Cube. Thanks :)
2011. Dan. Hi! A friend of mine gave me one of your subway saints boxes. It is 49/50 and depicts a man in a yellow cap and has a clothespin/safety pin inside. Lovely little item. I think this project is great and very clever. My friend found it in the subway – but I don’t know which line. Best of luck with future projects.
2011. Charlie Swanson. Love it proud to own one and gift one
2011. Angelica M. I was lucky enough to receive a little monster(23/50) from you when you came down to the little apple. What an honour! Little monster now resides in my sculpture studio.
2011 One of these "Twenty-fifth Series: See Me Color Matching My World" I clicked the box online...Found at the B/C station on 72 street. love this kind of art- keep on keepin on!
2011 nodnsmileNYC nod 'n' smile. I'm loving your work. Very excited to see what else you create.
2011 Hey, just wanted to let you know, my girlfriend and I each found a shift/dress at the uptown 23rd st. C station last week. They were #19 & #50. We had struck out at Union Square a few days before that. Great concept! Just wanted to let you know. Cheers!
2011 at 11:57 PM, Jonathan wrote: I found this at the 23 st station and thought it was a bike light for a second. It's so great and I love the loch nessy imagery. I took it telling myself that I could later return it if I thought that it was weird for the project/it wouldn't work as an actual backpack bike light (which it does).
2011 - Such a nice surprise - full of mystery and intrigue. I love it! Found #11 of 50 mini boxes on Blackall street, east London while doing my weekly round of street art hunting. So unique. Thanks for making my day a little different.
2011 - I found this dress on a hanger. It was on the subway platform at the Carroll Stop on the F train, Manhattan bound. Wait, no. Brooklyn bound. I was getting off the train and saw this little dress on the ground. I immediately thought of a small world. When I look at it now I still think of a reality that exists at the size of this little hanger and dress. I have been meaning to look up online to see what this is all about. It’s been months. And now, as I am clearing the clutter off the table, I again come across this little dress. I never throw it away, I just keep slipping it into whatever new pile of things I make in order to consolidate stuff. Even now, I noticed the front and back are two different patterns. It is very beautiful. Number 36/50. Thank You. Keith
2011 - Hi Seemetellme ....I found your collage on George Seurat's door at "Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise ! I wondered about taking it....then saw the .com address and knew it was for me not George !....I put it in my pocket like it was a little gift from God....and didn't open it till I got back home in Michigan . I live at the northern tip of the lower peninsula of Mi. I took a group of 6 to study the artists of France and Spain, 20 years old to 78 years old....a diverse grp. We were doing rubbings on the graves.I was alone when I made the discovery,already trying to decide what to rub on George's door !...when I notice this strange little box with a red string and beads ...Thanks for the great little adventure...."small things can make a big difference"....is how it spoke to me .Inspiring and big fun!...My husband 's photos document the time and place for both , you and me ...Thanks for this !!.... and now I'm a fan !....Jann
2011 - hello. my name is gabriel and today to Centre Pompidou i've foud one Subway saint. i supppose it's you on the picture (lol) good bye gabriel
2010 The subway advertisements were the only thing matching my orange coat in our now monochrome city....I had just come back from seeing PARTNER at the moma.....and was searching for my Jacob ( wandering theatrical twin). I found Happy Birthday Paul Manship coming out of the brooklyn bound E train at Carol st (spelling?..I believe that was the spot). I held it for a while...looking at it...wondering if it really was treasure.. ...so thrilled....pounding my friends arms to acknowlegde the discovery.......receiving hardly a glance. It is on my lap now..and I am as eager as when I found it...thank you for the encounter...the gift of your work...and bit of unexpected information :)
2010 Oh wait, what's that? Art? Art. Awesome! Gotta love it when someone sprinkles some magic on the city. We took it home in our briefcase. Fun, fun!
2010 just found one of your collages taped onto the wall in penn station. walked by it, then took a second look and pulled it down. It was the homage to Walker Evans series, ed xx/50.
2010 I was traveling through Seattle on the 4th of July during my two month road trip across the United States. Somehow or another I happen to stumble across your art project. I am not too sure what your intention was for the project but I still enjoyed it as a form of free expression and art and the possible promotion of public transportation. To be honest I did not know what it was at the beginning, but since I have a background in graffiti art I have a constant eye out when I walk around urban environments for things such as this. I don’t know anything else besides the fact there was an email, so this is it. I have number 44/50. Thank you
2010 I found this package of “Art” by the UW a couple of months ago while walking with my girlfriends’ father. Pretty cool idea. I like it. Keep it up.
2010 I found number eight stuck on a column in the Jay St/MetroTech subway station. What caught my eye was the tiny clothes pin attached to the bag. I grabbed it and ran to catch the train. It was after I got on the train that I actually looked at it closely. Pretty cool, I must say. I like quircky art like this. I don't know I'd I'm going to keep it or pass it on. In either case, nice job. Thanks!
2010 Hi. I found #17, Paul Cadmus, of yer artists birthday series. I admire what you do and you made me want to start a twitter just so I could find these amazing little art pieces you do. I think what yer doing is incredible and it made my day to stumble on something so extraordinary. Thank you
2010 Hi there! Found one on the upper right corner of Resident Evil poster on Carroll Street subway station on the F line. Looks cool!