A useful gift for urban dwellers, commuters, backpackers and seniors. Although this neon green, stretchy, rubbery, ribbed and expandable product sounds like a condom, it actually goes over your shoe so you don’t fall on your ass. Pretty handy, eh? They’re marketed primarily to rugged sportster folks—but anyone without a vehicle (i.e. me this winter) can put them to good use. Backpackers brave enough for snow-inspired travel in a country without a snow plow schedule will rejoice. And for those who like to explore a new city with an early morning winter run, YaxTrax are especially handy. But be careful, everyone can hear you coming from a mile away. It’s the Saving, positioning, catching, gripping so-you-survive-streets-where they-don’t-shovel-accessory, and in some parts of the world it’s winter!
I wanted to give an extra special congratulations to Scott Rench (Yosoh Ceramics) for the well deserved write up in the latest Winter/Spring issue of Mac Directory. The story is appropriately called Macs and Mud Make Magic– highlighting the way Rench’s innovative ceramic style has merged traditional ceramic technique with his beloved Macintosh and laser printer. In the article Rench says “I have encountered some push back from the traditionalists. People like to place you into nicely defined art forms. I have often had trouble with galleries, for my work straddles so many fences in the art world. It’s print, clay, and sculpture, but often it encompasses elements of photography and illustration.” If you’re not familiar with Scott Rench’s work, check him out. He’s finally starting to get the recognition he deserves. 
