I’ve long been a fan of Jillian Tamaki’s work. The illustrator’s portfolio includes embroidery, like this one featured in Planadviser magazine. Beautiful! I love the subtle variations in the horse’s coats.
I’ve long been a fan of Jillian Tamaki’s work. The illustrator’s portfolio includes embroidery, like this one featured in Planadviser magazine. Beautiful! I love the subtle variations in the horse’s coats.
Many moons ago, I saw a knitted man on Pinterest. I didn’t know much about it, aside from the fact that I liked his goofy smile and the novelty of a life-sized textile. Years later, this project popped back up on my radar.…
Right now, right this second, I am a guest curator for the website UGallery.com. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it’s a place to buy original art by a variety of creative people. Painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture are all for sale…
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11th this year. If you’re prone to forgetting, then why not buy your gift ahead of time? This week, I’m happy to be working with UncommonGoods on a selection of products perfect for yo momma.…
Dana Bechert’s ceramics planters, plates, and funnels are hand-crafted pieces whose intricate patterns create simple beauty. She adorns her limited-color objects with quirky geometric drawing, where lines aren’t perfectly straight and triangles are different sizes. I love seeing this — it’s…
Sorry for the radio silence yesterday! Tuesday is by far my busiest day of the week and full of deadlines. Sometimes, my beloved blog has to fall on the back-burner (temporarily). Onward! Today I’m featuring the work of Kyler Martz.…
I try to make it a habit to not spend my weekday evenings on the computer. Sometimes, of course, it’s unavoidable, but after a long day I just wanna draw or embroider. You might recall my latest embroidery of a…
So… I was too busy on Thursday/Friday for a proper round up. Saturday it is, then! Let’s focus on illustrated products. Not just ones hat I’ve seen lately and liked, but ones that are selected by Píccolo. I’m one half…
Coins are pretty neat looking, if you ask me; I love all of their little idiosyncrasies. German-based designer Andre Levy has painted smattering of currencies in his series Tales You Lose (clever title!). He doesn’t just colorize the portraits already on…
Jennifer Davis is a Minnesota-based artist whose surreal portraits reflect a highly selective color palette and simplified way of drawing. I find them unusual and beautiful as they mix flora, animals, and create hybrid creatures. If you’re local to Minneapolis, Minnesota,…