6 Dec
I am really proud of my Indian Heritage. I have great memories of going to the Indian Reservation with my Grandmother, Pearl. I love geometric shapes, so I am also inspired by Native American art. These are some tribal-ish prints I have been working on. I am not sure exactly where I am going with it yet, but I like it. Mini prints? Tea towels? Maybe Santa will bring me a gift card to Spoonflower!?
1 Dec
Kyle Durrie is a letterpress printer from Portland, Oregon, the proprietor of Power and Light Press , and a girl who had an awesome idea. To travel across North America, “teaching workshops, doing demos, and generally spreading the good word about printing the old fashioned way”. She launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.com to bring this idea into fruition. Now she is traveling to a city to near you, with fully functional letterpress print shop via converted 1982 Chevy step van. Visit her site type-truck.com to learn more about her Movable Type project and where you can be a part of it!
3 Nov
I love to dip dye paper in tea and coffee mixtures and I have been wanting to experiment with natural dyes for a long time. This exhibition , ‘Raw Color’, using vegetable to make the dyes is so beautiful it may be the push I need! (more…)
14 Jun
One thing I dreaded when I moved to Mississippi, (that’s right, I am coming out!) was dealing with all of the Stereotypes that go along with it. In preparing to go to the HOW design conference I decided to beat them to the punch, by making these shirts to wear. In case anyone needs it, I would like to clear up a few things.
1. I am not married to my cousin. Not even a second, third or fourth.
2. I am not running around barefoot. In fact I have lots of shoes!!!
3. Just because it is hard to move fast when it is 115 degrees outside, doesn’t mean I am lazy.
4. I am well educated and love to read.. really, we do read.
5. Just because I can’t ride the subway to work, don’t dock my cool points. Give me a chance to show you what a nerd I am!
19 May
The National Stationary Show in New York showcases focuses specifically on social stationery and related lifestyle products. With 900 exhibiting companies featuring more than 10,000 lines, the NSS brings all sides of the business together: manufacturers (the exhibitors), buyers, reps, designers, licensors, distributors, trade/consumer press and manufacturing suppliers (the exhibitors in The Supply Side division).
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5 May
The scale and contrast between the black and white images and their desert background is compelling. The transfer of a simple collage technique to something so powerful is magnificent! Chip Thomas has worked as a physician on the Navajo nation since 1987, and over the years he has photographed people in his community. In 2009 he began wheatpasting large photocopies of his images in Navajo lands and beyond. He documents this work on his blog.
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