Ice Cream vs. Chaos and Darkness

September 08, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

This letterpress print from Slow Industries just about says it all…

Without ice cream,

there would be darkness & chaos.

– Don Kardong

image from Slow Industries

Tag Team Tompkins : A Mad Tea Party + More

September 07, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

It’s pretty well-established that I’m a huge fan of Tag Team Tompkins, and I always let out a little squee of excitement when I spot some new letterpress goodies in their shop. How Halloween-ishly awesome is this “A Mad Tea Party…” print?! I’m also completely jazzed about the new prints in their Dire Warnings series, available in either aqua/black or yellow/black. So super cool… and kind of scary, too.

Letterpress printing for Tag Team Tompkins is by Bob Atkins of Skylab Letterpress. Prints are on Mohawk Paper’s Antique Vellum with 100% post consumer waste content.

images from Tag Team Tompkins

Fauna Friends : Japanimals Posters

September 07, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

There’s a brand new poster series at Familytree (creators of the fantastic Monster Friends), and it’s all kinds of awesome. Fauna Friends : Japanimals is a collection of four posters featuring super cute furry and fishy friends from the Land of the Rising Sun.

The two-color screen prints, printed by Kangaroo Press on 100lb. French “Red Hot” paper, include illustrations from Alex Pearson (Nihonzaru), Julian Baker (Koi Fish), Scott MacDonald (Kitsune), and Andy Young (Tora Shiru) and are available singly, or as a whole set, over at Familytree.

images from Familytree Design + Illustration

A Stitch in Time…

August 29, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

I’m really digging the new poster project by recent RISD graduate, Jeshurun Webb, who is in the process of capturing the adages that her 90-year-old grandmother used to say and making them into super cool posters (great idea!).

The first poster in the series, “A Stitch in Time Saves Nine”, features “cross-stitched” type and is screen printed in black and silver – love those metallic touches. What a great gift idea for the embroiderer or needlework maven in your life. Can’t wait to see more posters in the series!

images from Jeshurun Webb

Polli + Emma Van Leest

August 25, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

I don’t normally post about jewelry here (unless it’s made out of paper), but there’s a paper connection in this collection by Australian jewelry company, Polli, so I just had to share! Polli collaborated with Melbourne based paper cutting artist, Emma van Leest, to create a series of paper cuts that could be translated into a line of stainless steel jewelry. Emma drew inspiration from explorers’ dreams of undiscovered paradise, and the ornate pieces in the collection are imagined as mementoes or talismans for loved ones that sailors left behind as they set out on their explorations.

I love the idea of translating paper art into another medium, and the translation of Emma van Leest’s amazing work into intricately cut stainless steel jewelry pieces works so well. I hope to see more of these kinds of collaborations in the future. There’s so much potential there!