MORE SIGNAGE

The redo of my workshop is pretty much finished at this point aside from hanging a few things and cleaning up a bit, so I painted a new sign for the door to make it legit. I've had some new patterns in the works for a while, and now that I finally have a tip-top space to work in, I've got not excuse but to get crackin.
The top sign is from my family's old shoe shop, painted somewhere around 1850, and the bottom sign is my new hand-painted one. All I gotta do is hang it on the door and I'm back in business.

ROCKS

I love Carly Waito's hyper realistic painting of gems. Nuff said.

DANGER DOG

My search for non-lame "Beware of Dog"signs turned up one gem: the NEPAL DOG website, which showcases and sells free-trade Himalayan folk art, mainly custom "danger dog" portraits hand-painted by artists in Nepal. You can read more about the project, started by Michelle Page of Santa Monica HERE. I love how quirky these portraits are and you can pick from a plethora of breeds. There's also paintings for horses, birds, goats and other animals. So weird and awesome! I'll add a portrait sign to my list of things I want to make next...

FACES

Various pieces of artist Emily Counts super cool and weird ceramic work. See her workspace HERE.

ALL AMERICAN FLAG

The art in the lobby of my office building is usually pretty lame. It's on some sort of corporate art-rental program where they switch it up every month or two so you don't get too sick of looking at the same shitty thing all the time. I like the current selection for once - especially the below piece by Stuart Wagner, titled "ALL AMERICAN FLAG", made with Coke, Pepsi, Budweiser cans, and wood ($2000). I hope he drank all that beer and soda himself.

RED

C. Hérouard, La Garçonne at home, 1925. From Sighs and Whispers.

FUCK YA SPARKLES

Love these photos of fellow Oaklander Monica Canilao installing her current show "What's Lost is Safe" running through July 31st at the Sky High Gallery in Milwaukee.
All photos by Faythe Levine as seen on My Love For You is a Stampede of Horses. See more photos and read about the project HERE.

COST TO COAST

Ken's having a photo show in Japan. I would love to go to this if I could. Photos of riding motorcycles across the US and back and everything in between like flat tires, fast food, and giant dinosaurs. May19-June26. Go if you're near Tokyo or Kanazawa, this is not to be missed!

BETH HOECKEL

I love these collages. Pretty and strange, they make me feel uneasy and I want to know what's going on with those impending clouds. See more of Beth Hoeckle's work HERE.

SO YOON LYM

These paintings are so cool...
By So Yoon Lym as seen on My Love For You Is A Stampede Of Horses

HOLY HOLLY

Holly Fulton, you crazy girl, your graphic prints are blowing my mind! Being the fanatic I am for any print or accessory involving lips, I did a little jump in the air when I saw these photos over at Sick Sick Sick. Mirror image smoking lips...Oh la la.
Lip repeatFurry clutch with lips? Okay, why not...
Assorted lip flair...
My personal favorite: Red painted nails and a smoking revolver? WOW, I want I want I want!!!Legs and painted nails and high heels.
I love that the graphics were inspired by Heinz Edelmann's drawings from the Beatles "Yellow Submarine" album. Trés cool! See the whole collection HERE.

REBEL YOUTH: KARLHEINZ WEINBERGER

I first read about Karlheinz Weinberger’s photos of Swiss rebel youth in the 60's on The Vintagent, and then from my friend Lori, who forwarded me some images knowing I'd love the homemade accessories and oversized flair. There's no commentary that hasn't been made already on how cool these pics are so I'll just let the pictures do the talking. The complete book of published photos is available at a totally reasonable price from Rizzoli HERE - definitely one to get!

F-YOU VDAY

And for those of you that hate Valentine's Day or just have a sense of humor, you can enjoy this Corey Arnold photograph.

GRASSDOE

Grassdoe is my favorite photo blog lately. Looking at it always makes me want to quit my job, move into the woods, and live off the land. Jonathan Levitt photographs some of my favorite things, including dogs, mushrooms, and the forest. Check out Grassdoe HERE. Love!!!

BUTTERFLY WINGS

Such an exceptional piece of butterfly wing art available at Erie Basin.

EVEN MORE QUILTING

I'm obviously on a quilting kick right now. Getting motivated to finish up the most recent quilt I've been working on for the last 3+ years. Ian Hundley turns maps into quilts, simple as that. The quilts are a beautiful bird's eye view of fabric landscapes, like looking out of an airplane to the land below. Click HERE for his website.
See him talk about his work here:

"All I do is sew...and steam." I feel you, Ian! Your work is rad!

MORE QUILTING

Here's another insane crafter with a lot of patience and skill: Julie Floersch. She's got an knack for sculptural quilting and a penchant for denim. She gives leftover clothing a whole new life in the form of origami-like bedding and jewelery. Check her stuff out, it's pretty amazing.

The 5,000 Piece Quilt Of Insanity (aptly named, in my opinion).Denim on Denim Pillow 2Origami Star Pillow 1Quilted curtains
Denim on Denim Pillow 1Patchwork Tipi (flat on the ground)Patchwork Tipi Installed (I would love to hide out in here!)Wow wow wow! Check her out here: Etsy store KWILTI, and WEBSITE.

STELLARQUILTS

Jimmy McBride is the King of Quilts! His space-inspired masterpieces are pretty much the coolest thing since the Big Bang. I could really go on and on and on about how cool they are, but I'll just let the quilts do the talking. Click for his Etsy store STELLARQUILTS and BLOG.

Also watch him working and transgressing space in his awesome video for Etsy:

SHROOM ART 2

More shroom art. This sticker. I've probably seen it on 100 different cars over the years in Santa Cruz, Berkeley, and other NorCal towns. I sort of hated this sticker when I lived in Santa Cruz because it embodied the drum circle, patchouli-smelling community that drove me crazy. I just saw this again on a car and realized it now makes me feel nostalgic for my years living in a hippie surf college town. Alice, your cute little peekaboo face has really grown on me.

SHROOM ART

This is my favorite kind of art - just weird stuff on the street that people do to make the world a little more interesting. I know this person saw those lights and thought "Oh, they look so much like mushrooms," and then took it upon themselves to actually make them into mushrooms.
At the Rockridge Bart station in Oakland, CA.