i majored in printmaking at william & mary so i have a soft spot for anything block-printed. these beautiful designs are from a very special print shop in rockport, massachusetts called the sarah elizabeth shop. d*s reader alicia sent over a link to their shop (via good morning gloucester) and i’m positively hooked on their vivid prints, applied to cards, napkins, runners and paper. you can view their full collection right here (and shop online) but i’ve chosen my favorites above and below. those vivid blue and green cards are really calling my name… [thanks, alicia!]
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I am in love with these prints! Thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful!
My husband and I were married a few miles away from the campus b but had wedding pics at William & Mary. Love the prints!
I’m a fan of Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios & The Folly Cove Designers, so nice to see this continuing. I also studied some at W&M- archaeology summer programs, wonderful atmosphere.
What a cute shop! I like the shop sign. And lovely prints too.
I live in Boston. Rockport is by far my favorite place in all of New England. And this little print shop is great! we visited last summer and spoke to the owner, and bought several of her prints. Rockport is definitely worth a visit!
Oh I am also a sucker for everything with block prints since I have been also a big fan of lino cut and woodcut art. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Van.
Ah! What a cute little lady in the red apron!
I have a black and white table runner from Sarah Elizabeth hanging on the door to my office. A very dear friend bought it for me for Christmas last year, and I love it so much!
Funny! I just came across this shop last week when doing some research on Virginia Lee Burton and the Folly Cove Designers.
If you would like you can check out the video interviews with Isabel at The Sara Elizabeth Shop including the third video in which she demonstrates the process on the Acorn Press.
http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/isabel-natti-at-the-sara-elizabeth-shop-at-the-whistlestop-mall/
http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/isabel-natti-brings-me-back-to-the-seventies-on-the-dock/
http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/isabel-natti-demonstrates-the-acorn-press/
As the great grand daughter of a respected Gloucester print maker (Virginia Lee Burton), it was such a pleasure to see the inspiration of the Folly Cove Designer’s work featured and talked about here.
What a wonderful collision of inspirations! –Foodwoolf.com
Grace! I didn’t know you were a printmaking major?!! Me too! Fancy that!
This is sooooo inspiring and I cannot wait to go peruse the website to learn more. What a treat!
Printmakers unite!
HOLY POO, you’re a W&M printmaker! You’re even more awesome than I realized. Did you study with Brian Kreydatus?
I wasn’t an art major (anthro), but I basically spent a year of my life in the Matoaka studio doing lithos and woodcuts…wish I could do them still.
Do you still have time to make prints between all of your other commitments?
anh
i miss matoaka so much- but i don’t miss brian kreydatus. he was one of my least favorite parts about wm’s art program. but i loved professor peak and professor cohen. and i’m blanking on his name but that cute sculpture guy who taught for a few semesters? he was fantastic ;)
grace
Thanks for the tip. I just bought a lobster runner, a sophisticated print design that could do double duty in the winter as a Christmas-y table thing.
grace, i didn’t know you were a printmaker, either! yay for printmaking! and i love the prints from this shop. i’d love to visit someday…thanks for showing us.
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