The Camden Market Free Art Man and Pugmire's Finger

The Camden Market Free Art Man and Pugmire's Finger

Author: Jompiy April 7, 2026 Duration: 20:02
One of the few times Emma Pugmire has joined me for The Camden Market Free Art Man. Emma stands a few feet from my display, handing out her work. I didn't occur to me at the time that, in London at least, you need a licence to distribute free literature. But then, her artworks aren't literature, so maybe it's not illegal. This video is called Pugmire's finger because she covererd part of the lens with it when she was filming me. With so much going on at Camden, you're often looking around when filming and forget to look at what the camera sees. I've had it where I'm filming an interview and only see that I've cut off half of the interviewees head for most of the conversation. Also, depending on the time of day, the sun is often over your shoulder meaning you can't easily see the screen. Hopefully Emma will come to more Camden Market Free Art Man's but if she does, I think it will be better to set her up on the other side of the bridge with a fuller display. This was recorded 23rd August 2025.

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The Camden Market Free Art Man 8th April 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:54
I didn't get the last art giveaway of the day on video because it happened on the bus home. A man read the front of my suitcase as I was carrying The Camden Market Free Art Man display on board and asked if he could have…
The Camden Market Free Art Man 7th April 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:07
Giving my art away for free on the streets of Camden Market. It was the hottest day of the year so far. I'm not usually at Camden Market on Tuesdays, but as I missed all last weekend due to the wind, I went. Today turned…
The Black Ivory Podcast 2nd April 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:38
Every Thursday at 7pm UK time Ron Throop and I broadcast The Black Ivory Podcast. Emma Pugmire is also usually there. It's a live broadcast about our art and attempts to self-publish it. Ron is in Oswego, New York state…
The Camden Market Free Art Man 2nd April 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:44
We talked about the first interview in this video on the Black Ivory Podcast. My favourite interview so far, so much so, it was promoted to being the first interview despite, in chronological reality, being the last and…
Blond Cards at Camden Market [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:17
The big Maddarings paintings didn't sell, so we're trying smaller different ones now for half the price. I'd like to get selling at Camden so I can approach other retailers there. Guitar Guitar will get their present som…
HHJ Black Ink on British Library Paper 1 to 20 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:59
These are the first 20 black ink drawings on British Library paper from my Heckel's Horse Jr. series. A lady from East Finchley sold the paper to me for next to nothing. It belonged to her husband who had recently died,…
Blond Cards 207 to 407 after photographing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:17
I noticed today that two of this batch are mislabelled. An Offgridlife has an Alan label and one of the cats is labelled Aon. I'll keep these two in case it's like misprinted stamps that end up being collectable. Before…
Blond Cards 207 to 407 before photographing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:17
I've been at home most of this week as the weather is too windy to do The Camden Market Free Art Man display, so I've spent most of my time making the next two hundred Blond Cards. Mooney Ra Ra was here so I made a prese…
The Camden Market Free Art Man 22nd March 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:39
The last of a five day in a row staging of The Camden Market Free Art Man. I ran out of booklets to give out, which was a shame as a writer from Los Angeles just missed out on one. I had given them out pretty willy nilly…
The Camden Market Free Art Man 21st March 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:25
I give my art away at Camden Lock bridge on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when the weather is allowing between March and November. As long as I'm not ill. Cold weather is ok, but wind and/or rain make holding The Camden…