Special Guest Post: by Kate Bingaman-Burt

By Kate Bingaman-Burt, obsessiveconsumption.com

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Please click above image for the full sized experience of Grass Hut!

Today's shopping adventure brought my bike and I to Grass Hut located at 8th and East Burnside in Portland, Oregon. Not to rub it in, but I am pretty lucky that I live in a city where I can go to establishments like this on my bike.  Lucky! So Lucky! I digress. On with the POST!

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Come on in! Grasshut is open Wednesday-Sunday 12-7pm

Grass Hut is a studio to Bwana Spoons and Justin "Scrappers" Morrison , an amazingly active gallery and a retail space filled with books, zines, toys, buttons, patches and other colorful goodness. Scrappers and Bwana both appeared on my radar a few years back when Scrappers and I were in The Wurst Gallery's We Heart Gocco Show. I thought his interview was pretty genius and he included a link to Bwana Spoons as someone he was inspired by. Before moving to Portland, I had been spying on the shows they were having at Grass Hut and couldn't wait to see more in person.

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The counter where you take your Grass Hut goods that you can't wait to take home.

When I explored yesterday, the space was filled with work by Andrew Brandou, Chris Johanson, Tim Biskup to name a just a few. A group show with the awesome title of  "Four Way Make-Out" was installed in the main space  that included Matt Furie, Jay Howell, Dawn Riddle and Matthew Feyld.

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I LOVE THIS PLACE.  I spent an incredibly long time in there yesterday and I still have more to see when I go back again. 

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Small taste of toys. Blue monster saying " come to the grass hut...rawrwar!"

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Zines! Zines! Zines!

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Grass Hut Purchases: Two zines by  Bwana Spoons and Grass Hut Stickers.

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Daily Purchase Drawing for September 10th, 2008


Please explore the attached slidehow of 70 color blasting images from Grass Hut!








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5 comments:

Natural Surroundings said...

I love those Gods Eyes!

Anonymous said...

I knew I liked Portland.
:)

ashley rae said...

Wow this place looks incredible. This is the kind of eclectic art and styles that inspire me! Ha and of course its in Oregon. I go to Medford about once a year and this does remind me of the areas around the state. Awesome find! Do you know if there are other places like it anywhere else?

Will_Bryant said...

i'm in LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
see you soon my little grass hut

Michele Maule said...

Wow! I feel like there have been so many new places to discover since moving away from Portland last year.
I am moving back in May, and I can't wait. I miss my home...