The Green PikaPackage Launch + giveaway!

We’re excited to announce the launch of the latest PikaPackage Project — the Green Edition, that features a curated list of 10 artists and illustrators who sent in art that reflects an eco-friendly theme!

The Green PikaPackage is a beautiful collection of works by these artists:

1. Benconservato
2. Edison Rex
3. Genie Espinosa
4. Halle Cisco
5. Jetta’s Nest
6. Katie Green
7. Kitty Kilian
8. Mary Kate McDevitt
9. Nekocherry
10. Smooth Pebble

In this issue of the Green PikaPackage zine (available for browsing over at ISSUU and as FREE download!), you can get to know the artists via a short Q & A!

The Green PikaPackage!

We have TWO 4-item Green PikaPackage for grabs (valued at about $35 each!), and TWO lucky winners will get to take home a fun eco-friendly themed loot of lovely items in the mail! All you have to do is just head on to any of the websites above, explore their work and tell us which one is your favorite artist & why. Drop your note in the comments section by 9th November and we’ll email the winners after!

For those who want to get a limited edition Green Edition PikaPackage of your very own, you can head over to the shop to pick up a package!

{This is the second last PikaPackage of the year, and our last one for 2010 is the Zines Package, coming up in December!}

*UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Holly & Jill, as generated by random.org

Smooth Pebble

Smooth Pebble

Name: Jacqueline Basham
Location: Missouri, USA
Website: shop | blog

How about a brief introduction?
The word artist tends to get stuck in my throat when I try to use it in reference to myself, but it’s what I’ve wanted to be all my life. I became infatuated with papercutting the minute I cut out Amy Karol’s (Angry Chicken) mailorder pattern of a bunny on a swing. Starting out using existing patterns I soon realized that I could create my own patterns and ideas, and that engaged all the wheels in my brain. I’m still experinmenting and trying to find my own definitive style of papercutting.

What does going green mean to you?
For me it starts with a reverence of the natural world, and an understanding that there is an intrinsic connection among every living thing on earth. To make choices whether personal, business, national or global out of that understanding.

What projects are you currently working on?
Woodland “coat of arms” papercut, a series of house papercuts, a couple of commissioned papercuts and photographic postcards.

What’s your favorite tool?
X-acto knife and a #11 blade.

What 3 words would best describe you as an artist?
Curious, evolving, patient.