Oh, all the wonderful possibilities with ixxi tiled wall art! Pixelated or enlargement. Fine art or photography. Collage or patterned.
I’d love to put together a collaged set, featuring our road trip… or my fav NY pictures… or maybe our prints… or Orignaux… I can’t choose!
Via Design Milk
And I could not be happier!
I briefly posted about this project before, and a few of these have gone up in the shop, but there’s really nothing like having the whole set complete and seeing it all, as a whole.
The collection took about 5 months, from beginning to end (with a couple of breaks, here and there). The time it took to complete each piece ranged from a couple of days to a couple of weeks, depending on the size and sewing technique I used. Sizes vary from 8″x10″ to 24″x36″. All the base landscape and still-life paintings were found at flea markets or garage & yard sales; half came with frames and half did not. I have no idea how much embroidery floss I went through, but many, many thanks to Cyd and my Aunt Betsy who supplied me with an overabundance it!
I hope to be able to put on a show soon (we had one planned for this upcoming First Friday, but those plans sadly fell through). Until then, you can view higher quality photos and detail shot on our Flickr stream! Now, on to more projects!
Whoops, I completely lost track of time yesterday, working, arting, etc. Fun stuff over in our shop: ready-to-hang framed prints!
We’ve been collecting vintage and antique frames for a few months. We pick out our favorites, clean ‘em up, possible paint them, and match them up with a print. The results, I think, are fantastic! It really completes the print, and every one is unique!
Above are:
More coming soon!
Just to let you all know, the shop is back and open!
What’s even more exciting is the new matted prints! We’ve had a real blast picking out beautifully textured paper that really makes the prints pop! We currently have 3 large (AIFOL, Follow Your Bliss & Explore, Dream, Discover) and 1 small (Watercolor Owl) that wil be posted throughout the week, but hope to be doing loads more in the near future!
A small new year’s gift from us to you: enjoy an Auld Lang Syne desktop wallpaper (1024×900). :D
Still have a couple more things to do tonight to prep, but I’m so looking forward to the Handmade Gift Sale tomorrow! If you’re in the Santa Cruz area you should come check it out and support our local artists!
1543 Pacific Ave. (Formerly Velvet Underground)
10am – 5pm
Hope to see you there!
This seems to be a problem in all creative fields; be it design, writing, or in this case, photography. But, we’ve got to make a living out of this too. It’s a hoot to see this Atlanta photographer getting their frustration out on Craigslist. Preach!
Via The Consumerist
Well, this week was a busy one for nomBat, hence the much-later-in-the-day, one-picture-and-one-line posts. I’m not complaining; I like it when the graphic design stuff is going strong, even if it keeps me from working on prints, painting, what-not. It’s all art to me!
I did manage to post a new, original piece to the shop, though: Ladies in Type: Lover.
Halloween was entertaining, if a little slow. We got our partying out of the way on Saturday it seemed. Jack (who went as Shaun Riley) and I (Lisbeth Salander) just ended up checking out the downtown strip, which was pretty awesome. They close it off to traffic and Pacific Ave becomes a meandering parade for the whole town! Above is a pretty crappy picture, but it’s all I took that night… bummer.
Jack and I hope to check out First Friday tonight. We keep hearing great things about but kept missing it. Should be fun!
Enjoy your weekend, and don’t forget to “fall back” this Sunday. <3
This is how you take clutter and making something interesting out of it.
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Once upon a time a California boy met a Georgia girl in New York. They didn't get along, at first. But, little by little, they fell in love. Today, they are happily living in Santa Cruz, CA and still very much in love, running an Etsy print shop and a branding & design business together.
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