Browsing the Nasa Archives

Aurora Over Alaska (© Joshua Strang)

Aurora Persei (©Jimmy Westlake)

Starburst Galaxy IC 10 (© Mike Siniscalchi)

I woke up far too early this morning, so I spent the wee hours browsing through the Nasa Archives. Fascinating!

On Paper: A Mix and Match of Bits and Baubbles

a collection of fairly random sketchbook pages and stuck on items

Hot Hot Heat

Sauna, Heat Wave, Delirious, Vat of Iced Tea, Art Concoction.

Giant Lion Invades Couture

this enormous lion statue at the Chanel Couture show in Paris for AW10/11 is pretty badass

A Postcard Collection

These 2 postcards are pulled from my ever growing inspiration wall. I found them in downtown Portland a few days ago, they are photo collections from a girl named Kelty who also lives in Portland. Her site and blog are enchanting, have a look. Who knows, maybe one day we'll meet!
{etsy link}

WORN Buttons for "Pin Up, Party Down"

A while back I designed a button for the lovely publication WORN for their ~Pin Up, Party Down~ event. They made 20 of my design and sold 10 to raise funds for issue 10 (!!) and mailed me the other 10! Tavi, the cutie pie behind Style Rookie recently posted about Worn and her contribution to all this button making excitement, it looks like a good time was had by all.
I have a few left to give away so the next 8 etsy orders (#'s 417-424)will get buttons in their pack as well!

Bunny Stamp ~ I caved

Last week I had talked about making a bunny stamp, and I totally caved. It came in the post right before the long weekend, and I've been bunny stamping everything since then. How much fun is a bunny stamp? Tons.

Since it is technically still a "holiday" here in the US, I'm moving at a nice leisurely pace today, starting everything off with a pot of tea (pear ginger black tea from the Tao of Tea) before diving into a few projects. Tomorrow's agenda...my very first jury duty.

Scuff ~ A mixed media print

one of the prints from this weeks shows
>>happy weekend<<

Chikismiqui Magazine

{cover illustration by Anke Weckmann}

I got my copies of Chikismiqui magazine in the post this week! I illustrated a poem written by Natalia Iscaro for the issue. If you get your hands on a copy it's filled with some awesome photography, illustration, recipes and stories.

Who's In Charge Exhibition // London

(click image for full size)
Exhibition for "Spot the Tiger", "Who's In Charge" at the Dreamspace Gallery in London from July 5-16. Who's In Charge is a coalition of 52 emerging and established graphic artists and their response to some of the biggest social issues of our time. There are prints of my piece available for purchase exclusively at the show and through the STT online shop from June 21 to July 18.

Here are the details:
Dreamspace Gallery // 1-3 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8NA // open Mon-Fri 9AM to 5PM
Private View // Mon July 5, 6:30-8:30PM

2 Print Shows this week in Portland

So many print shows!
First Thursday // at the PONY CLUB GALLERY // Portland, OR
"The Great Outdoors" // all prints are only $25
Thurs July 1st, 6-10PM 625 NW Everett #105 (Everett Station Lofts)
My print is a 1 color screenprint with gouache in an edition of 12

First Friday // at BITE STUDIO // Portland, OR
"Prints and the Revolution" // a group show + BBQ
Fri July 2nd, 6-9PM // SE7th Ave at SE Harrison
My print is a small edition of 3, 1 color screenprint with collage and hand coloring

Hope to see you there!

Back from California!

I'm back home in Portland after a week in northern California doing some 90th birthday celebrating, family friend and relative visiting, and some mountain lounging. I went kayaking with my brother one morning on the lake and you can still see snow on the mountain tops! Also, I kicked his butt at go-fish :)

At the end of the day...

Sunbeam Avenue's Most Wanted Album Art

{Album Art!}

Album art for "Sunbeam Avenue's Most Wanted" an Australian band with a unique sound. This is their second full length album, "teeth" released earlier this month! Check them out on the web here. These guys were wonderful to work with!

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Another drawing from the "persons" series...more to come.

CALIFORNIA

I'm going on a little family trip down south to California for the next week. It's my Mormor's (Swedish grandmother) 90th birthday (!) Above are some photos I took at their house when I was about 18. Lucky for me, it will not be snowing this time of year!
I've scheduled a few blog posts in my internet absence, enjoy!

Etsy notice: my shop will remain open, but orders placed between today (Friday 18th) and Friday June 25th will ship out on the 28th.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Oregon Humanities

Illustrations for Oregon Humanities "Look" issue (Spring 2010)
I illustrated the piece "Go Ahead and Look - in praise of forbidden looking" written by Scott Nadelson. Above is the main illustration and 2 spot pieces. Oregon Humanities has been recently redesigned by the Portland firm Pinch.

Pepa Prieto Interview on This Art is Yours

{pepa prieto}

I recently interviewed Pepa Prieto, an amazing Madrid based artist for the "This Art is Yours" blog. "This Art is Yours" is the art blog run by Troy and Stephano, the duo behind Necklush.

"Persons" drawing series

this is the first pair in a new series of works on paper
(if you're on society 6 larger images are here)

Spoonful / Mountain Goats

A teeny mountain goat piece for Spoonful Mag Issue 02
It's out here.

New Drawings

I realized that I haven't posted any new work in a while. This is a sneak peek of a new series of drawings I'm working on for an exhibition this Fall.

YEN Magazine // Guest Illustrator

{spreads // detail}

{Issue #44 out now!}

{guest illustrator page, with a really nice little piece about me}

YEN magazine is Australia based, it's pretty rocking. Art, Fashion, Music and Pop Culture, this is issue #44

I Heart the Golden Girls....Zine!

Yes! After about a month of chronic insomnia and a LOT of late nights watching pretty much all of the seasons of The Golden Girls, this zine was born! It's 12 pages, color and black and white with a pretty golden cover. Each book is hand numbered, with a hand sewn spine and measures 4.25"x5.5". Each book comes with a postcard of the Golden Girl of your choice, or we can do it grab bag style and I can surprise you.
Sophia is my fav. I hope I'm as rocking as Sophia when I'm older, that's for sure.
{I Heart the Golden Girls Book in my Etsy}

I also made a few mini mirrors with each of them, cause it's fun to tote a Golden Girl in your pocket.
{Blanche Mini Mirror // Sophia Mini Mirror
Rose Mini Mirror // Dorothy Mini Mirror}

HGTV.com illustration for Erin!

The always sweet Erin Loechner (of Design for Mankind) is HGTV.com's newest blogger. This is the start of her home renovation! I illustrated the intro, so have a look!

Sunrise Pattern Pillow Cover on Envelop

{patterns on the pillows!}

{front and back patterns}

{here's how it all started}

I've been having trouble sleeping lately {what's new right} but have been getting up in the middle of the night and drawing out pages and pages of these crazy OCD patterns. My favorite is the one on the left {above} and I have uploaded it to Envelop and colorized it to make a mighty fine pillow cover. It's called "Sunrise" and it's a mix of many of the elements I use in my illustrations, but arranged into a landscape type pattern.
Check out the real deal here: Envelop Shop

Printing

A project I was set to launch yesterday has been delayed due to a printing mixup where I received a box with a Magicians print order instead of mine. While fun, that does put a kink in things. So! In place of that news, this is a sneak peek of some textile printing I'm working on. It's part of a MUCH larger project, but to keep the element of surprise, this is just the tip!

Sunrise Pattern

this is a new pattern series I'm working on.

happy early weekend everyone!

Mail Presents from Jen!

Yesterday was a wonderful mail day: magazines, no overdue notices, and a pretty present from Jen (hellojenuine). It's so lovely to get real mail these days and her package of goodies was just the thing to start the week off right. I taped up the "If in doubt, bake a cake" postcard in my kitchen and had a wonderful time sifting through a mini zine, pinning on a new button and swooning over prints. Thanks Jen! (ps. love the gridded tape on the envelope!)

A Small Home Improvement Project

{before}

{before--clearly}

{voila!}
Until recently, my kitchen's main functions were shipping supply storage, and me standing at the counter munching on crackers; but, last weekend, I purchased a table and 3 chairs from a very nice Portlander who is relocating. But it needed a bit of work {see above, haha}. I spent last sunday fixing spindles, sanding splinters and repainting the chairs, and as if by magic here they are!