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Handmade Portraits: Betty Turbo
Story by BettyTurbo, weirdwolf
Published on June 20, 2008 in This Handmade Life

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East Nashville artist Agnes Barton-Sabo aka Betty Turbo is all about cupcakes and moustaches! Agnes grew up in Alaska with an artistic family. Mom was an incredible seamstress who made matching outfits for Agnes and her dolls. Dad was an art history professor fascinated with animal spirits and great grandma was an interior designer in the 30's. Agnes took inspiration from her family and went on to college for photography.

After school she moved to East Nashville for a letterpress job at Hatch Show Print shop. Letterpress became a way for Agnes to combine her interests in photography, vintage advertising, beards and cupcakes!

Check out our other Handmade Portraits and Vanessa's post on Hatch Show Print Shop.  Here's a link to other letterpress items on Etsy and sellers in Nashville.

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19 comments     Login to add your own!

June 20, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. mermaidclaire

Wow, what a great video! A girl after my own heart. How do I join the Tough Tomato Kids gang???

June 20, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. TeenAngster

Betty is so cool! Love the rockabilly tomato print. Actually, all the work in general. Betty rocks!

June 20, 2008 at 1:19 p.m. Elizaveta

woah! LOve it! Cake and mustaches flippin AWESOME!

June 20, 2008 at 2:32 p.m. GumballGrenade

wonderful!

June 20, 2008 at 2:48 p.m. weirdwolf

Besides her interest in cupcakes and letterpress Agnes is also jazzed about music. Eugene Hurtz from Gogol Bordello is featured in one of her mustache series and she is a huge Andre W.K. fan. Rock on Betty Turbo!

June 20, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. girlsavage

Awesome and inspiring video!!

June 20, 2008 at 4:43 p.m. AZCreativeStudio

Love it!

June 20, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. stoopidgerl

Great vid! I love her prints. YUM!

June 20, 2008 at 8:41 p.m. SarahsSky

so awesome!

June 20, 2008 at 11:26 p.m. ArgyleWhale

You're every bit as cute and interesting as I expected!

June 21, 2008 at 8:02 a.m. BettyTurbo

thanks to weirdwolf for managing to make me look coherent on my most exhausted day EVER! and thanks to all of you for the nice feedback. GOSH i love etsy.

June 21, 2008 at 12:39 p.m. lepatti

love the cupcake boombox!

June 21, 2008 at 10:25 p.m. selflesh

Betty,

You're adorable!!!
What an awesome video.
Big thanks for sharing this with us!!!

You might like my squeeze's work!
Take a gander if you wish...
http://www.talkingpaintings.etsy.com

;)

Best,
>s

June 21, 2008 at 10:26 p.m. selflesh

Sorry I sent that twice!
I'm a big dork...

June 22, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. YourSecretAdmiral

Great video on one of my favorite artists! I love it.

June 23, 2008 at 1:14 a.m. myzoetrope

Hooray for Agnes! *hugs*

June 23, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. kachingdesign

I love your obsession for cakes! I heart cakes too! And your dad seems super cool :)

June 25, 2008 at 5:38 p.m. BlackStarBeads

Great video! Nice to see another TennEtsian.

April 22, 2009 at 5:31 a.m. vantiani

Oh my!
This is way cool!
Betty, you rule!

Thank you so much Etsy:)

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