Audrey Kawasaki print

This new print by Audrey Kawasaki is amazingly beautiful. Read about the production process here.

Thumbtack press

I found out about Thumbtack Press on the Esty forums. You send in your artwork and if it's approved, they will make prints to sell. They keep 50% and you get the rest, which seems like a sweet deal to me! There's some brilliant pieces up there already, too.

Yesterday..

..Popped over to Brick Lane to check out the Free Range degree shows in the flesh. Particularly impressive was Middlesex University's Jewellery show, and of course the Brighton University graphics and illustration work (where I picked up a lot of beautifully designed 'calling cards' which will be gracing my wall soon).


Illustrator Aimee Holmes from Brighton


Jewellery by Charlotte Mobbs from Middlesex

Cooked a lovely dinner afterwards. I love summer food - the tomatoes are so juicy and inviting.


Red onion, tomato, asparagus and mozzarella tart, salt'n'chilli roast new potatoes and some more asparagus.. yum

Bank holiday viewing

Just had a nice extended Bank Holiday (despite the rain); the first weekend I've spent at home in London for about a month. On Saturday we went to Selfridges to see the 'Urban art' show that's currently on - they're exhibiting works by Banksy, D*Face, Pinky and many others before they're auctioned in October. There was some cool stuff, and some quite affordable - might see how my finances are come October and do some investing.



On Sunday we went to Spitalfields market, where I snapped the photo above, and bought a darling Kate Sheridan bag. We also went to check out the Word to Mother show at Stolen Space. Nice paintings, but I particularly liked the wall of 'behind the scenes' stuff like sketchbook pages, doodles and stencils used in the works.

Koralie illustration

Wow.. Koralie's work just blows me away.. very inspiring stuff. Her portfolio site is here (though it's icky Flash).

Beholder art

I've just discovered Beholder, a site where you can buy affordable original art from up-and-coming artists. I particularly like this piece by Ian Dingman, not least because I'm working on some camera drawings of my own at the moment.



Post-script to my last post: I received an email from KJ at Not Bad For A Girl, explaining her rationale behind the logo's design. I now understand it's a homage to Lubalin, but still feel that a company dedicated to encouraging and inspiring young female designers should be a little more original (or at least pastiche a fantastic female typographist, like my hero Marian Bantjes!).