it's in the stars

Charming little letterpress prints from Lab Partners.  Available online through their Etsy store.

elloh...amazing

I am so taken with the artwork of Elloh (aka El Lohse). Simply special! It was love at first Buffy-sight. Check out her Etsy store to purchase her amazing little pieces.






[Top to Bottom: Ode to Bob Ross, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Breakfast at Tiffany's]

imaginary snow globe worlds

Words can hardly express all the awe and magic contained in these amazing snowglobe creations by Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz.

[via 2modern]

paper dolls

Anna Ventura's paper dolls are so exquisite and delicate. They are perfection in paper form.

Louis Stettner

Beautiful, raw and engimatic photography by Louis Stettner.

Type City

I'm totally excited. Veer has now started selling letterpress prints of the illustrations from their beautiful promo piece Type City.


[Type City: print detail and collection images]

Hellovon

Hellovon is run by London based illustrator Von. His work is heavily influenced by the world of music, fashion and design, which is executed with a seamless blend of traditional and digital mark making techniques. The result being striking and insightful illustrations with subtle narratives and a delicate and ethereal quality.


[SVSV 03 by Hellevon]

BUS STOP + Art

BUS STOP + Art
Thursday, August 9
5:30pm to 8:30pm

BUS STOP Boutique
750 South 4th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
+01 215 627 2357

Elena Brennan, owner BUS STOP Boutique, will showcase local artists & fashion designers through a forum called BUS STOP + Art. Please join us for our inaugeral event celebrating the work of local artist, Aubrie Costello.

Refreshments and more will be served. You won’t want to miss these evening events! They will leave an imprint in your memory! All BUS STOP + Art events are free and open to the public!

Aubrie Costello is a Moore College of Art and Design graduate and a founding member of The Other Woman (a ladies art collective). Over the past four years, Aubrie has shown in numerous local galleries and has shown at the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy. She is currently living in the Philadelphia area, working on installations, a series of large scale pastel drawings and small scale silk paintings. The formal debut of The Other Woman occurs this September with their first show, Debutante.


[elle regarde, pastel and graphite on paper, collected shoes and suitcases in
dupioni silk]

trash art

Jason Mecier's artwork is really fascinating. He uses materials such as beans, yarn, candy, pencils, food and anything else he can get his hands on to produce beautiful and truly recognizable portraits. Now, that's recycling at its best.


[Parker Posey by Jason Mecier]


[Close-up of the materials used to create the Parker Posey portrait]

Dylan Sisson

I love Dylan Sisson's paintings and illustrations of crazy little characters.



There's also a cool little section of his online portfolio of Post-It note sketches, like the one below.

Ed Rossbach

I am soon paying a visit to Boston to visit some friends and family, and I totally want to check out this exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection @ MFA Boston
May 22, 2007 - March 5, 2008

You can view an online exhibit preview.

bernard maisner - "a man of letters"

PRESENTATION AT THE GROLIER CLUB
Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 6pm
47 East 60th Street, New York, NY
Information: 212-452-0139

This lecture is free and open to the public
www.bernardmaisner.com, www.grolierclub.org


[via Society of Scribes]

Ernesto Caivano

[Arboreal Engines by Ernesto Caivano, Ink and watercolor on paper]

Sérigraphie Cinqunquatre

...gorgeous prints from this Montréal printmaking studio.



[Knock Out by Jason Cantoro]

Marian Bantjes

Jealous much? No, not me. OK, maybe a little. I am consistently left drooling everytime I see something new from Marian Bantjes. Her exquistive lettering is any typophile's dream.


[InStyle Wedding Feature]

Why do I love thee? It's the illustrations that look like they are woven lace and the amazing charts that take basic information from boring to sizzling. Anyone who knows me knows how I love love love a good list, graph or chart. Order can be beautiful!


[Top to bottom, left to right: Fox River Paper Promo, Jerry Garcia Chart, True Heart Valentine, Influence Map]

Jason Sho Green

I spotted this print at a craft fair, but mistakenly didn't pick up. It wouldn't leave my mind, so I went on a mad hunt to find it. I Googled it, and no luck. I contacted the store that was selling it, but they didn't have anymore. Fortunately, they were able to point me to the artist's website and now I'm even more hooked. Jason Sho Green is a ridiculously talented illustrator and so funny! Some of the content is a bit runchy, but some of us (me) like low-brow humor.


[Special Needs Horse by Jason Sho Green]

Zach Horn

I recently discovered Zach Horn's work at Tselaine in Philadelphia, and was immediately struck by the layering and dynamic color of his paintings. If only I had the money to drop on one of these stunning pieces, I totally would. Zach is graduate of U. Penn, but now lives in New York City.

[from artist's website: ARTIST STATEMENT - I see the world in abstract terms. I see chaos in the patterns on buildings and in the movements of people on the sidewalk. I have seen it in schools of fish off the coast of Panama and I have witnessed abstraction in the mountains of Argentina. I see abstraction because the world is infinitely more complex than a painting could be. Therefore, to try to capture the world on canvas is either an illusion or a mistake.]