A graphic designers up-cycling dreams have come true. I used to work in a photolab and we had these huge printers that took extra large ink cartridges. Im talking HUGE like 7 feet wide at least. I used to love printing giant posters and banners and the occasional sticker on it, but the fact that [...]
Yes I’m already thinking about the holidays. Christmas is my all time favorite holiday. I love wrapping. I love shopping for other people. I love decorating the tree, last year was actually the first year i have had a tree in quite sometime and I have to say it was so nice to come home [...]
SInce the dawn of the internet, I have always loved those sites where you can sketch or doodle or be artistic in any-wich-way. Well there is a new site out there that blows them all out of the water. Odosketch by odopod. This flash based drawing site has the most realistic drawing mediums i have [...]
Hate dishpan hands? Hate harmful abrasives? Well say hello to these wonderful kitchen scrubbing cloths from designer Hiroki Hayashi. Part of the Goodbye detergent collection, these scrubbing utensils are made from recycled corncobs, and peachpits. The natural abrasives in these materials don’t require any additional detergent, however you can feel free to use a bit [...]
I know some of you are as excited about the theatrical adaptation of Where the wild things are as I am. Dave Eggers (McSweeney’s, Away We Go) wrote the screenplay for the film, which is directed by Spike Jonze. Dave also wrote a stand alone novel entitled The Wild Things. Scheduled to release in October [...]
Who said nature illustrations had to be realistic? These limited edition prints from Josh Brill have a modern spin on the classic Audubon Society field guide illustrations. Its amazing that a few lines and color fields really do turn into perfect specimens of some classic birds. His unique modern edge to his drawing style is [...]
I’ve recently been hit by the wedding bug. I’m not one of those girls who dreamed of walking down the aisle, the dress they would be wearing, the flowers, the music, etc etc. But recently I’ve been dreaming of the perfect low budget indie wedding. A while back I posted about some of my favorite [...]
If you live anywhere near Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA you’d be a fool not to go to this show. Terrible Yellow Eyes, opens this saturday, September 19th 2009 at 7pm. It features work from 30 artists paying homage to the work of Maurice Sendak on the book Where the Wild Things Are. We all [...]
I’ve always admired the unusual jewelry from Pink Crow Studio. It’s one of those shops I always find myself drooling over, my own personal tiffany’s window, so to speak. All of their creations are one of a kind and inspired by found objects. This particular piece contains a vintage french stock certificate which is how [...]
You may remember the post a few months ago about some really incredible affordable art from Trish Grantham. Well she has some amazing new work up in her shop that I think is worth bringing home. I’m all for collecting prints and postcards and the such, but there is nothing like having an original hanging [...]
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