Fresh From the Oven by Will Bryant: Andrew Le/Mix 1

by Will Bryant

Andrew Le good design and a solid concept. He's a good friend of mine and former classmate at Mississippi State.

He's also pretty funny.
And really loves type.
See more of Andrew's projects here. And if you like Andrew's work you should definitely check out Nicholas Feltron, Frank Chimero, and Jennifer Daniel.




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Here is the debut mix for the lovely folks at PoppyTalk! This is a selection of some crafty ladies that I've sequenced into one seamless mp3. It's yours for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy!

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Tracklist:

1. St. Vincent - "The Strangers"
2. Feist - "Brandy Alexander"
3. Chairlift - "Evident Utensil"
4. Au Revoir Simone - "Shadows"
5. Beach House - "D.A.R.L.I.N.G."
6. Cat Power - "Where Is My Love"

Please support these artists! It always sounds better on vinyl :)

more of my musical endeavors can be found at Porch of the Mystics.

Posted by Will Bryant

stitchdraw

I came across these wonderful stunning stitch drawings today via my twitter that I just couldn't resist sharing due to their awesomeness. Textile artist, Rosie James has started a new blog called, stitchdraw where she will be sharing her drawings (with needle and thread). Currently she is drawing her workshop/shed starting from one corner and working her way around back to the starting point, to create a kind of flattened panaorma of a space. We love these images where you can see her beautiful work more clearly. It has been positioned so that the drawn elements are more or less outlining the actual elements. This is most clearly seen with the image of the sewing machine. Beautiful.

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screenprinted felt

Fun new screenprinted "felt" placemats and coasters coming out of Summersville this week. Artist Lucie Summers who hails from across the pond in Suffolk, UK has an amazing sense of pattern design, and these one's are seriously fun! The industrial felt is just over a quarter inch thick and has been printed using eco-friendly waterbased ink. See more of her work here.

On the Radar: A Summer Western

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Colour Wheel Cards

The folks at Present and Correct have some new cards based on their colour wheel print they made a while back. They have taken the colours of the prism and arranged matching coloured objects into geometric shapes. There are 6 notecards in a pack, handprinted by them.

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The Handmade Artist News

Things happening over at the The Handmade Artist's blog: From top left clockwise: Michelle Maule (who has recently relocated to Portland) has a new studio and a few new prints in her shop. Read about it here. Roll & Tumble Press has another awesome motivating letterpressed poster "Be brilliant" and some wise words posted here; Enjoy Design has some lovely new balloon cards; Corrieberry Pie is talking about vintage linen flowers and The Chicago Ladies of Letterpress is having an Open House!

Studio Spaces Pool @ PHM

We recently opened up a pool on flickr called, Poppytalk Handmade Studio Spaces where we've asked our market participants to upload images of their workspaces. We are hoping to show them here as time and space allows. Today we're showcasing a few. Above, the studio of Jennifer Korff who operates under the moniker, Sophik shares her space through her beautiful photography. Visit her at our market here and her big cartel shop here.

Below from Sfgirlbybay. Everytime we see a photo of Victoria's space, we always see something new, a different way she's displayed things, or the image is taken from a different angle. Always a treat to see. Visit Victoria's etsy shop here.






Below, the studio of Stephanie Levy's studio in Munich, Germany where we see the different stages of her work and her interesting process. Click here to visit her shop.







Leah Giberson shares a few shots (below) of her latest paintings and tools. Click here to see her work at Poppytalk Handmade, and her etsy shop here.






Sarah Ahearn, a mixed media artist from New England gives us a sneak peek into her studio with these close ups of her desk and tools. See more of Sarah's work here and here.

Home Sweet Home Market - Submission Deadline

Take Me Homeware

The submission deadline for the "Home Sweet Home" market (running Jul 20 - Aug 14/09) is coming up this tuesday, the 30th of June. If you're interested in joining our online market and have some awesome houseware items you'd like to showcase, please email us by this tuesday! If you aren't familiar with our market you can read more about us here and visit our current market here. Submit by emailing us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca with "Home Sweet Home" in the subject line.

Artists of PHM: Kate Banazi

In Kate's profile she tells us she does stuff with silkscreens, pencils, cake and very often sharp scalpels. She says, sometimes, even, at the same time. She did a fashion degree but is always in jeans and converse. She's scared of snakes, clowns and nylon. She knocked out her front tooth with a lawnmower, says it wasn't very attractive and was taken to the dentist on the back of a motorbike with an open faced helmet. She says it was painful. She loves ELO. She's right handed, brown eyed and very often melancholy. We love Kate!

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Hello Weekend!

I leave you for the weekend with this lovely Hello Pillow by Las Vegas designer, Olive. The pillow cover base is pure white linen and the "hello" is hand-cut in lower cursive letters and sewn onto the linen. Back side is an apple green. It includes a 16 x 16 in. faux down insert. Love this! OIive.etsy.com. Have a great weekend!

Wannabe

Also from pid.se, the Wannabe, a powder coated steel table, wrapped around a cardboard box. Designed by Llotllov, this fun design comes in orange, yellow and white.

Drop Hanger

A cool new product from the folks at pid.se, the Drop XL wall hanger not only is a useful home accessory, it's a unique piece of art, designed by Julian Appelius. Comes in red, white, black, green, pink and orange and two sizes.

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Student Art: Alanna Scott

Having just completed her B. of Des in Communcation Design at ECUAD, Vancouver designer and thingmaker, Alanna Scott has defintely caught our attention! First back at the 2008 File Save As Competition, again at Handmade Forever and then this week, winner of our Handmade Nation Vancouver Screening giveaway. And now visiting her new online portfolio, we are even more impressed! From beautiful hand-lettering to unique handmade things, it looks like Alanna has talent and then some! Click here to visit her site!