Sunday, December 04, 2011

ALICIA NAUTA





Check out her blog by clicking here! She's a very talented lady, a dabbling inferno burning up limitless mediums. Plus she's the best collageur out theure!

FAT CHICKS CORNER AT THE 27TH ANNUAL BOOK ARTS FAIR

Ashley's poster :0
My first table!
Be jeweled!
Books! And free snake bookmarks for kids who like reading!
Me!
The best girl and I!
Ashley's booth!
Ashley's beautiful cards! And Is that a mystery parcel I see???
Eunice's lovely table!
My Mom had such a hard time picking one of her charming buttons.


Due to an ample amount of blog neglect... Fat Chicks Corner was a fantastic success! So much fun for everyone! And just see the amount of exclamation marks I used to believe it!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

FOR THE LOVE OF KITSCH: U-HAUL SUPERGRAPHICS

I have always loved adventure and I have always loved these...


"Venture Across America" Illustrations by Steve King

And look at this totally drool worthy equipment used to screen them!



 For more U-Haul SuperGraphics, click here.

WELCOME, WELCOME TO THE GREAT SNAKE INVASION!

End to end, one air vent to the other


FAT CHICKS CORNER

By those, for those, who are creatively phat

Please visit our table at the Book Arts Fair! We'll be there from 10am to 5pm in OCAD U's Great Hall on December 3rd. Cards, books, prints and some unexpected, arty surprises! Come one, come all! 

Thursday, November 24, 2011

RUGS!

STOREHOUSE INSPIRATION



The Fall of Representation

EUNICE!





Everyone check out Eunice Luk! She's a great illustrator, printmaker, friend and just the sweetest girl!

TRAVEL

When I have no money or access to my friend's time machine, I go to Acadia Books to buy vintage postcards and photographs to get away. Acadia is located on Queen St. between Sherbourne and Ontario :S, selling art books, old art magazines, deluxe editions and vintage prints. Here are my finds from my latest trip to Paradise!



Monday, November 21, 2011

MOMMY

Mom and Frisket, what babes! (Tulips in the far back)
Mom's Tulip painting.
Mom's screen printed textiles of Tulips that I drew when I was 8.
The Tulips go way back. They have been in our garden as long as I can remember and are still inspiring for us today. Thanks Mom, Love You!

I'M DYING






"You're not dying... you just can't think of anything better to do."

Saturday, November 19, 2011

OH YEAH

And this guy:


THE OTHER COOL DAVID

The only other cool David I'm missing is David Byrne. Amazing musician, writer, compulsive journaler, list maker and cyclist and a huge PowerPoint presentation lover. Check out his great TED Talk about the relationship between music and architecture, creativity and context.




Sketch for the "Big Suit", inspired by theatrical costuming in Japan.

Oh yeah and possibly this guy:


Sort of cool too.

HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA

So they say, when a song gets stuck in your head, it is reflective of your daily events and emotional state. On and off for nearly a year now (so concerning), I've had Hockey Night in Canada stuck in my head. It's annoying, and weird, but it must just mean that: 1. I'm very, very Canadian, 2. that I'm ready to wear outrageous outfitting and 3. contemplating getting a dog that looks like a miniature hockey player and yell-talking. I'm sure David Milne, one of my favourite Canadian landscape painters, printers, writers, has it stuck in there too.
Check out those pants!
Click here for a cute write up on Canadians.
Almost all images lifted from the AGO website.
Ahhh, I miss the cottage, and the even younger part of my young life.