Author Archives: amy

After getting a master’s degree from art school, Kate Bingaman-Burt wondered about the things she bought — from jeans, movie tickets to meals. What started as a project to document her purchases turned out to be a full-blown brand of sorts, with a blog dedicated to things she spends money on called Obsessive Consumption. She hopes to engage an audience on a more conceptual level, inviting them to think about consumption and obsession and their after-effects.

Diamondshoesdollarsboltsexplosion gocco prints; Diamonds and Lightening Bolts OH MY pillow

She sells her very popular zine What Did You Buy Today at her Etsy shop where she also sells her prints, cushions and illustrated credit card statements. I kid you not.

Choose Your Very Own Daily Purchase Drawing

She now has an offer for peeps who want to purchase a full-blown print of one of her purchases, plus the zine it was featured here. Ironic, but oh so fitting!

I’m a big fan of this Found print by the lovely Mandy of Belle & Boo. I’m actually saving up to buy the Lost and Found set for my bedroom, because the meaning of both prints are especially dear to me.

Seaside 2: An original embroidered work on goache

Shannon Rankin is an interdisciplinary artist based in Maine, where she keeps herself busy at her Selflesh Etsy store. Her work is based on her search of finding connections between geography, anatomy, and botany. She combines the visual elements of maps, anatomical illustrations, and natural forms to explore themes of travel, healing, and time.

Hands; Heart from the Map Collage print series

She just recently launched her new collection of embroidered paintings, of which my favorite has to be Seaside 2, where it’s a one-of-a-kind signed piece that’s made with gouache and embroidery.

She also has a blog, and among her flickr pages I found her a picture of her studio/shed in the woods.

And here’s a little tidbit about Shannon: apparently she’s an obsessive furniture mover! 🙂