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September, 2006

Friday September 29th, 2006

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camilla engman print

and saving the best for last … i just adore this print. adore! entitled listen, this signed camilla engman print is $30 and is sized at 8.3 x 11.7″. click on “shop” from camilla’s homepage right here to check it out. delightful! au revoir friends … back to my little blog and the quiet life…

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aesthetic apparatus

rock posters, rock posters, rock posters! you should most definitely have liked one of the artists i have featured in this department, right? well here is one more to chew on! aesthetic apparatus offers some great posters, art prints and test prints all in their shop right here. enjoy!

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the heads of state

the heads of state, out of seattle, is yet another great design house offering silkscreened posters at lovely prices. they have an online shop where you can purchase and browse … enjoy it all right here.

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ISO50

reader may reminded me of the ISO50 shop so i wanted to give a shout out here to the prints. i particularly like 1971 {12 x 18″, signed, $14.99} and avian {12 x 18″, signed, $14.99} as featured in this post. ISO50 houses the work of scott hansen out of california and you can check…

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many muses

linda plaisted has some of her mixed media work in her etsy boutique called many muses. i was particularly drawn to her horizon print {8 x 10″, $30} as shown in this post. take a look at her entire collection here.

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windows and walls by Grace Bonney 5

deborah bowness

british designer deborah bowness has been designing and producing hand printed wallpapers for 7 years. her work has a playful sophistication that combines wallpaper panels with photographs of things like clothing, shoes, mirrors and frames. what girl wouldn’t want to cover her room (or dressing room) with wallpaper covered in fancy shoes? i know i…

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ink and wit

tara hogan offers this apple print, and a few other photos, as well as some other goodies, in her etsy boutique ink and wit. i like the simplicity and soft light in this one. enjoy her full shop selection here.

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more from cj o’neill

cj emailed me after her post went up yesterday to send over some brand new pieces from her feeding desire collection. inspired by the tradition of wall plates and embroidered “home sweet home” panels, cj used a waterjet to cut quotations into her new plates (so cool). the new collection uses imagery from urban scenes…

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artwork by Grace Bonney 1

lindsey adelman

i’m a big fan of brooklyn artist lindsey adelman. she just dropped off a little comissioned piece she did for me and i’m beyond thrilled with it. her use of color is always spot on in my book. you can catch more of lindsey’s work at art (212) this weekend, manhattan’s fall contemporary art fair…

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my top five; sept 25-29

like last friday i wanted to start today’s posts with my friday flickr favorites. today is my last day posting on the d*s guestblog … it has been lots of fun! many thanks to grace for allowing me to crash on her blog for 2 weeks and thanks to you for checking out the art….

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yoyo ceramics

i wrote about britain’s yoyo ceramics back in 2004 when i was just starting, when the trend of “disposable” ceramics was so hot. it’s still popular these days but i’m happy to see yoyo adding some non-dispoable pieces to their collection. these fruit pieces are a playful way to add some color to the table-…

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brian yates showroom

[whoops, a little confusion on my part from this email, changes are made] the brian yates showroom exhibited at 100% design last weekend and after a quick click through the site i was really taken with these wall coverings. sophisticated and modern, the patterns offered fit a number of styles- including more traditional homes. click…

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blik ideas

lately i’ve been trying to think of ways to use wall decals that would push the medium in different directions. it’s not quite groundbreaking, but blik has some new photos of their decals being used on sliding glass doors and refrigerators. i like the idea of decals on appliances. applied well you could have yourself…

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paper by Grace Bonney 4

pink bathtub

i’ve gotten a lot of requests for great bird cards lately so i thought i’d add this cute block print version for kicks. hand-block printed by pink bathtub (reminds me of clare nicolson‘s work), this little guy is available at the art stream studios shop for $3.50. and if you need some more pink bathtub…

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Thursday September 28th, 2006

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standard motion

standard motion, out of brooklyn, has some cool art for sale on their website if you click on “shop”. they sell their limited edition prints for $20 + shipping. these prints are 12 x 18″ and each is signed & numbered. featured in this post is the falling in fishkill print. check them all out…

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the new year

the new year, run by artist & designer sasha barr, has some fantastic posters in the shop. it looks like some have a “buy now” button and others don’t so i bet the best thing to do if you fall in love with something would be to just email sasha and ask. enjoy taking a…

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yee-haw industries

more letterpress … yee-haw! {i couldn’t resist.} yee-haw industries, out of knoxville, tennessee works their antique typography and unique style into some really nice posters and fine art prints. the sizes and prices vary but they are quite affordable. i encourage you to bring a bit of that old-time-feel into your home with one of…

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bella muse

bella muse offers some sweet giclee prints on their site for prices varying from $35 {5 x 7″ image} to $165 {13 x 22″ image}. they have quite a few to chose from and offer the prints matted as well. featured here are the spring print and the for my next trick print. take a…

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