Gotta Love WOOD TV 8!!!

and the folks who chose to show even more footage of the Turnadaisy Flowering Garden Bench and Mark giving her a spin :) We are honored to be shown amongst these great artists!!
The Turnadaisy Flowering Garden Bench is shown at 1:25 just after a very cool close up of "Moose" by Bill Secunda, which took 5th place in the ArtPrize competition.

ArtPrize has announced the Top Ten and they are all Amazing!! Good Luck folks :)

ArtPrize Fun on the Turnadaisy Flowering Garden Bench :)

So tonight was the last night for people to vote on any artist in the first ever ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Mi. We still don't know where we stand with the voting but it has been such an amazing experience we have perma grin :)
We were able to do a quick interview with Leon Hendrix from WOOD TV 8 here in GR. They have a lot of great shots of the sculpture and the voting card Jenny McDonald made for us!
Watch the interview...


THANK YOU ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Mi and everyone who participated, we had a blast!!
Mark & Suzanne Vainner

It's Official!

Turnadaisy is thrilled to announce...





We have been chosen and honored by
The Gilmore Collection to exhibit our large outdoor Sculpture in the ArtPrize competition September 2009 in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Turnadaisy's creators, designers and builders, Mark & Suzanne Vainner will be showing:
"Turnadaisy's Flowering Garden Bench" at
The B.O.B. We have perma-grin :)
These folks do a Fabulous job in everything they do so we are very excited to be working with them during this historical Art event.



ArtPrize is a radically open competition. Open to any artist in the world who can find space. Open to anybody in the city who wants to create a venue. Open to a vote from anyone who attends. We admit... it's an experiment. A fun experiment. Come and see.

Huge Thanks to Mr. Rick DeVos and everyone who is working so hard to make this event one to remember.

Details are on our ArtPrize page



We hope to see you September!

ArtPrize is here!!!


Folks, Rick DeVos has thrown down the gauntlet for Artists and those who love Art!

Right here in little ol' Grand Rapids, Michigan of all places...I love this town :)

Artists from across the globe will be competeing with original works for the largest Art prize ever.

Read the details here and do a happy dance...this is going to be a Fun summer!

Thank you Rick DeVos and everyone who has worked to put this together.
You are all wonderful :)
Well that didn't take long...before I could finish this happy post, along came Mr. Kooyman *sigh*
here is what he said and my reply...

Richard Kooyman says:
April 24, 2009 at 7:49 am
A new major art event such as ArtPrize can only succeed on it’s level of professionalism. Isn’t letting the public award over $400,000 in prize money a little like letting the public award the Nobel Prizes? Rick Devos may think it’s fun to shake up things and “see what happens” but let’s not forget you are asking artists from around the world to shoulder the cost and effort to ship,install and insure their work in venues around Grand Rapids. Should not artists be entitled to a little more professionalism in the jurying process?
Suzanne Vainner says:
April 25, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Mr. Kooyman,
Mr. DeVos made it clear he is starting a conversation between All those interested. Truly, Sir if the Artist is too important/professional and is unable to participate due to the high cost of their time and effort or lack of confidence in public opinion, please feel welcome to stay home and watch. I am sure there are Artists who would be grateful for the opportunity and excited about the possibilities enough to fill in the blanks beautifully.ArtPrize is for everyone…not just the “important/professional”. The “educated/enlightened” are welcome to come up with their own idea and have a great time doing so.
Thank you Mr. DeVos…it’s going to be a fun summer
Regards
Soooo back to the happy dancing we were doing :)
WooHooo!
(I know, woohooo isn't dignified, but it's FUN)

Turnadaisy is featured in the latest Design Style Guide Blog Post!

We wanted to Thank Jay from jn3 Hand Crafted Woodworks http://jneale3.etsy.com/ for including us in his post about DSG members that inspire him and saying such nice things about Turnadaisy :) Click the title to this post to check it out!
...and while you are at it check out the great work Jay does as well!

About Design Style Guide


The Design Style Guide is an amazing and wide ranging group of professional quality Artists who create home decor items. Times like these require we all pay closer attention to our purchases. I believe that quality handmade items hold their value better than mass produced items ever will. Make your home decor purchases really count and buy professional quality handmade.

The best place to start in my opinion is Design Style Guide, visit http://www.designstyleguide.net/ and take a look, you are going to love what you find.

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We look forward to meeting you,
Suzanne
http://www.turnadaisy.com/

Welcome to Turnadaisy's Blog!

Turnadaisy is the Ultimate in "lazy susan" style tables. We have many sizes and styles to fit your needs.
Turnadaisy is a rotating table company that is green as can be, with a dizzying array of sizes and styles to fit your needs.The Original, Butler and Naked Butler are 42" diam x 3" tall, recycled, industrial plastic and wood composite. We recycle this amazingly durable material a second time, just so you can have a Turnadaisy of your own.

Turnadaisy makes so many activities easier, more efficient, more attractive and fun.

Turnadaisy's profile includes the following activities and interests:

1. Helping hand for folks with disabilities or mobility limitations, do more easier with a Turnadaisy

2. Plants, be they food or decorative, indoors or out. Turnadaisy turns tight spots into grow spots.

3. Displays of almost every kind become a "real turn on" Turnadaisy is an attention getter every where she goes. If you sell a product at shows or in a brick and morter shop you will love these tables.

4. Parties! Casual or formal, tailgator or elegant buffet...Yes Turnadaisy will work for food ;)

5. Bonsai growers will LOVE these tables to make their work easier and their trees get more even light exposure. Jr. is the smallest, the Pro is a bit bigger, then there is the Original for your biggest trees, inside or out.

What will you do with your Turnadaisy?...or 2...

Please visit http://www.turnadaisy.com/ to see more pictures and Video!

We also have an Etsy shop http://www.turnadaisy.etsy.com/

Thanks for visiting and check back for more about these great tables and all the fun and wonderful ways you can use them to improve your life!