Free your imagination
Posted by Amy on Monday August 29, 2011
Happy Monday folks!
As we’re bombarded with images and short bursts of information at an increasing rate, sometimes it’s good to just kick back with a book and let your imagination wander.
I’m reading The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
What are you currently reading?
{Free your imagination illustration by Paul Thurby}
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Lisa Jones
Posted by Amy on Wednesday July 6, 2011
I found pretty prints and delightful animals over at Lisa Jones’ Studio. The products in the shop come from the collaborative effort of husband and wife team, Lisa and Edward, both of whom are based in London. Their designs and illustrations veer towards 1950’s retro style while maintaining a modern edge, and can be found on stationery, cards, textiles, screen prints and more.
See their website and shop for more!
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Till Hafenbrak
Posted by Amy on Tuesday June 28, 2011
Gorgeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS illustrations from Till Hafenbrak, a Berlin-based illustrator. His simple, two-dimensional work is brought alive by limited though vibrant color choices (not unlike screen printing); and I can totally see his illustrations transformed into infographics and animation. See his portfolio for more of his work – which includes various other styles.
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Review: Pulled – A Catalog of Screen Printing
Posted by Amy on Friday May 13, 2011
From one curator to another, I’m in love with Mike Perry’s eye. Just like his previous books that focus on a particular topic (the first one was hand-drawn type, the second on hand-drawn patterns), this one on screen printing is not to be missed.
Title: Pulled – a Catalog of Screen Printing
Softcover, 256 pages
As an old art form that has found a new audience in contemporary art, screen printing gets your fingers dirty and your muscles moving. Of course there’s plenty of tutorials online that teaches you the finer points of doing it (think No Media Kings, and also an unconventional method by Craftgrrl), but I’m more interested in the final piece. And this book has plenty of them.
While everything has gone digital these days, nothing beats the surprise and irregularity offered by a hand-pulled print. The book features the screen printing portfolio of 43 artists with various styles and personalities between them. After a brief introduction on the artist/studio, and the reader is soon taken on a visual ride of delight that fills each and every page of the book. The experience was made even more tactile by the use of smooth matte paper throughout the book that seemed to soak up ink while conserving its vibrancy.
All in all, this is a wonderful book for every artist to collect, and Mike Perry unearthed some really cool artists in the book that I hadn’t discovered before!
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Happy weekend and I’ll see you on Monday!
And I made a huge gaffe — the Visual Journaling class only starts on 23rd May, and NOT the 16th as mentioned before, so if you want to come along (see this post for a sneak preview) then there’s still some time!
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