Monthly Archives: May 2008

Today’s the Day! Art Star Craft Bazaar, 11-7pm

Who: 150 artists & live music by Falkonr and others bands
What: Affordable, unique, and high quality art and crafts. Free and open to the public.
When: Saturday, May 31st from 11-7pm & Sunday, June 1st from 11-5pm
Where: Penn’s Landing Great Plaza – on Columbus Boulevard [...]

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Tomatoes

When I was in Chicago last year, I sold a mixed-media book I had made about a summer of love and tomatoes. Lots of people who looked at it didn’t quite know what to do with an artist’s book, but liked one particular piece of text I had used and expressed their wish for [...]

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Please Mr. Postman

I love sending mail just for fun.
So, I was pleased to stumble across this letterpress block of a postman and had to make something with it. I used text from one of the best fortune cookie fortunes I’ve ever gotten:
“Something nice is coming to you in the mail.”

I’ve been doing a lot of flat [...]

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Wish you were here!

Today was hot and sticky like all the summers I’ve spent at the beach or the lake with my huge extended family. Fitting, since I’ve been in the letterpress shop cranking out these new cards for summer!
This reminds me of photographs of my grandmother Simone and one of her brothers (or more likely, one [...]

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Philly Philly!

Philly folks: catch me this weekend at Art Star Craft Bazaar!

I love Philadelphia (especially these attractions) and I’m psyched to see friends, show off my new cards, and check out all the other great vendors at the Bazaar.
I did this fair two years ago, and that trip is a bit notorious in the memories of [...]

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