Bryan's Story that came with Rubber Bat:

I was working as a custom leather fashion designer in Hollywood CA in 1999 at a place called S.K.K.I.N. We were doing up scale design for people like Insync, Lenny Kravitch and Madonna, not to mention a few other people. I had worked leather before so I was a shoe in and wanted an insider view of the fashion industry. After about a year of doing this I moved to Alaska for the summer to work as Exc. Chef aboard scientific research vessels in the Prince william Sound,

The Story Jessamyn Submitted with Potato Bunnies:

Have you ever aspired to become a potatobunny watcher, or simply wanted to learn more about these fascinating creatures?

Then this pamphlet is for you!

Includes introduction to history, growth-cycle and anatomy of this gentle species, as well as a detailed pictorial guide to the many varietals.

Regina's Story about the Three Skulls:

What do you make when you're thrown into a pottery with no experience in sculpting? Skulls, of course! I found skull cookie cutters on eBay and spent a few weeks making the damned things. Many skulls emerged from the clay, but only these three remain. They were meant for assemblage art, but I never got around to it and they calmly requested that I not donate them to charity like I did to many of their brothers. When I get to tidying, I often rid myself of much of my "work." This trio is looking for a purpose...

Rachel's Story About Headless Gabriel

Lauren's story that came with 25 Door Plates

So I'm sitting in sculpture, looking out on the water and I think to myself "Jesus Christ, I don't need all this stoopid shit I've been collecting". You see, for the last 12 months I have been collecting flat round things.. anything, pennies, I lifted a sign off the curb the other night because it was a disk shape.

Nik's story that came with his self-portrait:

I do a lot of trades. A LOT of trades! Rosalie can tell you I do more trades than a crackhead does crack. (NOTE from The Sauce: I once had to ban Nik from the bARTer Sauce website for the summer so I could do something other than sit behind the computer and update his trades.) Though that's assuming Rosalie has met and befriended crackheads. I don't think she does. People who buy organic fruit don't often hang with them. I think it's because you can't smoke fruit. Most fruit.

Nik's story that came with Jar Man

I recently hiked along the Hayward Shorline. It's great for bird watching enthusiasts. I saw at least 4 kinds of birds: Ducks, geese, a little bird (I don't know what it's named so I'm just say Robin after the hated sidekick of Batman.) and a hawk. The crazy thing about this place is outside of the diverse wildlife (all 4 of them), the animals are incredibly tame. Like Hitchcock's The Birds-unsettling-tame.

Terri's story about Saint Adolph Wolfli: 

He begged me to create him. Even as I made him, I knew he was wretched in every way possible . . . I don't even remember how I found him . . . heard of him . . .