Author Archives: jayse

Note: The new site is at www.barcshelter.org During the final minutes the atmosphere is a mixture of chaos, excitement and sluggishness as the website is launched. A big shout out to the Barrel team, BARC and all the volunteers for … Continue reading →

Remember Andrea and Jane? They’re still at the print shop in Brooklyn and they just sent this photo over. I love the ’80s bubble gum colors on the print – possible with those lovely inks from Speedball Art. And I … Continue reading →

Howard and Satie, bonding. Checking items off the list. Check! Check! Check! Go Faster! Faster!

It looks like a drawing and it is a drawing but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. How does it work you ask? Why, you step into the drawing of course! Never mind whether it’s been tested. I mean, if … Continue reading →

Where did the time go? It seems like just a second ago it was 9am and I was arriving at the Barrel office, being greeted by Chocolate and meeting the team. Now, a tub of radioactive cheese balls and a … Continue reading →

This is our seventh? eighth? ninth? – I don’t know I’ve lost count – meal in the last nineteen hours. After midnight, the appetite increases exponentially. Here’s Reggie chowing down his Corner Bistro burger: Andy grabs one, looks at it … Continue reading →

It’s 3:00am! Time for a status update! Hm, the midnight snack might not have been such a good idea. Howard is the only one awake, holding his ninth cup of coffee, diligently working. Would it really be terribly bad if … Continue reading →

It’s late and the midnight oil is burning steadily. For those of you still following, thanks for sacrificing parts or all of your Friday night and supporting our challenge. The team here is definitely starting to feel the stretch. It’s … Continue reading →