Lumadessa / Josh Brill
Posted by Amy on Thursday February 2, 2012
These brilliant prints by Josh Brill are selling quickly since I saw them last year! The Portland-based artist and designer who set up his label Lumadessa (which originates from the words luminous meaning ‘light’ and odyssey, meaning ‘a long eventful or adventurous journey’) focuses on limited edition art prints and design products that are almost collectibles in their own right – classic and timeless.
See more of his work over at his shop.
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Michelle Morin / United thread
Posted by Amy on Wednesday January 25, 2012
I’m poring over the amazing details of Michelle Morin of United Thread’s watercolor artworks. She currently resides in Massachusetts with her fiancé and the subject of her artworks are primarily based on flora and fauna; the love of the former she picked up in Portland, Oregon where she worked at a plant farm and greenhouse.
I love watching the gradual transformation of her style and work from 2009 – it’s amazing. You can also read her blog here.
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Tattly
Posted by Amy on Tuesday January 24, 2012
Tattoos have always been a bit of a mystery to me. I can identify and understand the reasons why people have it, but I’ve always been chicken to have one thing permanently marked on my body. Call me indecisive or that I’m being irrationally fickle – but if I had my way from the beginning, my whole body would be covered in all sorts of illustrations that you could just hang me up on the wall.
But you don’t have to go through such permanent measures any more because Tattly is here! The site was founded by Tina Roth Eisenberg (of Swiss Miss) and features adorable designer temporary tattoos from the likes of artists Julia Rothman and Marc Johns. The sets on Tattly will be able to satisfy those who have cravings of self mark-making, with all the fun but without the pain and regrets.
Top to bottom: Menagerie set by Amy Blay, You’re Very, Very Late set and Complete Kitchen set by Julia Rothman.
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Review: Quoteskine Volume 1
Posted by Amy on Friday January 20, 2012
When the tough gets going, some people buckle or wring their hands and cry about it. But not Lee Crutchley, oh no. After he came back from a solid year of traveling (after selling off his stuff and quitting his job), he found himself in a recession. He braced himself for a job-less time, but didn’t want his downtime to be of waste – and so Quoteskine was born.
Featuring lyrics and quotes that he has gathered along the years, he started the Quoteskine blog (quoteskine is a combination of the qord “quotes” and “moleskine”) with the mission of drawing a quote every weekday to keep his creative juices flowing. His blog got picked up by quite a few website (including ours) and gathered momentum from then on. Last year, Lee published his first Quoteskine book – a greatest hits of sorts from his weekday exercises – all filled with quotes that he has penned down in his Moleskine in chronological order.
I like how simple his idea is, and that he lives and breathes it completely. His passion for his quotes and lyrics shine through in every page; but most of all I admire his can-do attitude and how he chooses to be an optimist in a time where it was simply easier to just be pessimistic about things. And look how far he has come!
You can get a copy of Quoteskine Volume 1 at his shop where he also has postcards, tees and prints for sale!
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Happy weekend folks! The Chinese New Year is coming up and there’s much spring cleaning to be done to welcome the year of the dragon – so I’m putting down my drawing brush and my mouse and picking up a broom and duster instead for the weekend!
Catch you here again next week!
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