Shameless Self-Promotion

It's always gratifying when someone out there likes your work. Check out Simply Fab's mention of my baby cards, available at ultra hip and fabulous Handsome Devil Press. If you know a modern bohemian who's expecting, Handsome Devil is your source for luverly and fun cards.

Imagine Peace

I was listening to a Yoko Ono interview this morning on Democracy Now. She was talking about her recent installation of the Imagine Peace Tower installed on Videy Island in Reykjavik, Iceland. As soon as I plugged my laptop in at work, I looked up the Peace Tower and was stunned by its beauty. In her interview this morning, she talked about Iceland and the darkness there and the brilliance of her Imagine Peace Tower in contrast to that darkness and how it works its atmospheric magic in the cold, damp air. I've always loved Yoko Ono's work for its message of positivity and optimism. For example, the Wish Piece:

WISH PIECE

Make a wish.
Write it down on a piece of paper.
Fold it and tie it around a branch of a wish tree.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Keep wishing
Until the branches are covered with wishes.

Yoko Ono, 2007

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I would like to make a little wish tree inside my house and fill it with pretty paper wishes. That way, there would never be any rain on my wishes.

Blog Action Day

In honor of Blog Action Day, I am posting an image of David Trubridge's spectacular pendant lamps, available at DWR.


The lamps, inspired by the crystalline patterns found in nature, are constructed from Australian sustainable-plantation-grown hoop pine untreated plywood. On his website, David poetically describes his process:

My ideas come from the wild places,
edges of turbulence and renewal,
where seas break on beaches and headlands,
where land and air meet on mountain ridges.

I make forms of elemental simplicity,
as the erosion of air and water on wood and stone,
forms that speak of humanity's survival on earth,
of life's fragility and dependence,
of comfort in the ways of the past that have succoured us,
and optimism for a sustainable and enriching future.

I work within the limits of what I have and know,
simplicity and low impact,
natural materials and processes,
leaving a delicate footprint.

What a beautiful sentiment. These lamps are gorgeous, lacy confection and combine an ecological sensibility with a mastery of form. I only wish I could actually afford them.

There's Some Good Art in Michigan

Wow, am I blown away by Matthew Shlian's art. Who would have thought that ball point pen could be such a fantastic medium? His drawings are mind-blowingly intricate and imaginative, with a nice dose of weirdness. I love it when artists employ the most banal materials in their studio practice to create such beautiful things.

Misprinted Type

I absolutely adore the collage/illustration/typographic work of Brazilian artist Eduardo Recife. His drawings and experimental type projects can be seen on the Misprinted Type site:

Isn't the lettering stunning? It is expressive, quirky, and beautifully rendered. Eduardo even offers some fabulous free fonts for download. Thank you, Eduardo, for making the world a more typographically beautiful place.

DoodleWhore Debuts

My fabulous friend, the witty and wildly talented Jason O'Malley, has just launched his new blog: DoodleWhore. Jason, illustrator of internal renown and the creative power behind Handsome Devil Press, is quite simply the best doodler on earth. When Jason and I worked together many moons ago in Chicago, his doodles of our co-workers would make me nearly pee my pants they were so funny. Now that we are on opposite coasts, I rarely get to witness his doodle prowess. Thank you, Jason, for launching DoodleWhore so the whole world can get a glimpse of your scathing and twisted humor.