Princeton Architectural Press 2008 Fall Catalog

Princeton Architectural Press 2008 Fall Catalog
Originally uploaded by Handmade Nation!.

Just went to the PO Box and found these catalogs from our editor Clare- this is the first we have seen of our book in print. So very exciting!!

I've posted a few other pictures in the flickr account.

Tonight we shot the opening sequence for the 20 minute clip that will screen at Light Industry in NYC June 10th. With the help of Bobby and Andrew of Specialentertainment.com and my fantastic editor Cris we took a little over 4 hours to set-up, hand sew the movie title and break down the set.

I feel like I did a fairly good job of free-handing the lettering for the titles, it was harder than I expected and my fingers are RAW!


setting up


getting going


full room shot (you can actually only see my hands on camera)


Here I am working and you can see the monitor I was watching myself sew on in front of me for 2.5 hours


done! I free-hand embroidered this without any lines to trace- a bit harder than I expected.

all the photos are HERE.

Playgirl Magazine & kinky crafts!

Playgirl Magazine & kinky crafts!
Originally uploaded by Handmade Nation!.

I found this via Becky over at Sweetie Pie Press. Her buttons are featured further down the page.

First the Wall Street Journal and now Playgirl. What does craft have in store for it next?!

The link to the playgirl article is HERE

Why is it that everything always happens at the same time, or within the same week? Yesterday I spent the day at Paper Boat working but did a little multi-tasking doing gocco printing on these sweet poppy color mini-folders that fit a DVD perfectly for the press kits we plan to send out next week for the silent art auction. Here is the end result:


Two screens were used on the front


And one screen on the inside


50 total were printed

I also assembled 150 out of 300 of the wooden spool catalogs for the "Devotion To Thread" show that opens this Saturday....

Saturday, July 19th
at the Poketo Headquarters
510 S Hewitt #506 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (5th floor)

Come hang out, watch a clip of the documentary, have a drink, check out the art, make a bid and if you are lucky you may be taking home a new piece work by one of the 30 artists who donated to help us raise our goal $5000
to finish Handmade Nation!

The press release with event details is available HERE.

Feel free to pass it around and help up spread the news, we are looking for as much hype to help us raise our $5,000 goal! I will be updating you often with news and details about the show, just keep an eye out for the logo above and feel free to post it on your page and link back to us to help spread the word!!So here's the deal..... these 30 artists have donated original and limited edition artwork and print that will be up for auction, it is going to be an amazing show because participating artists include:
Alena Hennessy, Amy Rice, Catherine Ryan, Catia Chen, Chris Crites, Daria Tessler, David Stein, Diem Chau, Emily Eibel, Erika Somogyi, Jen Corace, Jill Bliss, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Katy Horan, Keith Shore, Kelly Lynn Jones, Kim Weiss, Kime Buzzelli, Leah Chun, Lisa Congdon, Lisa Solomon, Merrilee Challis, The Polaroid Kidd (aka Mike Brodie), Monica Canilao, Nikki McClure, Pete Yahnke, Pippi Zornoza, Renee Garner, Sarah Anderson, Sarah Neuburger, Stephanie Syjuco, The Little Friends of Printmaking, Tom Vadakan, Tracy Bull, Veronica De Jesus, Will Bryant and Xander Marro.

Also 40 super duper stuffed gift bags (we are talking books, t-shirts, soap, stationary....etc) will be handed out to the first people at the event filled with goodies from:

Apenest, Art School Dropout, Bubble Roome Soap, Cara Taylor Designs, Cursive Design, Dog & Pony Show Designs, EKRA Recycling Artist, Ex Libris Anonymous, Foxy & Winston, Happy Owl Glass, Matty 8080, Pearl & Marmalade, Poketo, Princeton Architectural Press, Supermaggie, The Great Lakes Goods and Zeichen Press

If you would like to volunteer at the event, please drop me a line.

A special big thanks goes to our event sponsors:
Poketo
Craft Magazine
Three by Three

Handmade Nation Book on amazon.com

Handmade Nation Book on amazon.com
Originally uploaded by Indie Craft Documentary.

Our book is up for pre-sales....
http://www.amazon.com/Handmade-Nation-Rise-Craft-Design/dp/1568987870/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210350067&sr=8-1

May Raffle!

May Raffle!
Originally uploaded by Indie Craft Documentary.

May Raffle
valued at over $150

Tickets available at
www.indiecraftdocumentary.blogspot.com

The following will come stuffed into a Handmade Nation Craft Tree Canvas Tote:

* Cancer Pants Journal with cancerpants Super funtime kit! from If'n Books + Marks!
* Chocolate and pink Polka Dot Clutch from Poise.cc
* Zeichen Press CD Mixpak
* Honeydoux "In The Navy" Earrings with vintage blue glass anchor buttons, brass shells and chain. Gold-plated surgical steel earwires. 1.5 inches long
* 4 Sublime Stitching patterns
* Handmade Nation pocket mirror
* Bead Simple by Susan Beal

Take note......

In New York:
Via Monica Hamption, Director of Education at the American Craft Council:

I'm excited to announce the return of our highly anticipated "Summer in the City Salon Series" ("Inside Out: Current Conversations in Craft and Beyond" - see below) beginning on Thursday, May 15th featuring Tyler Hays from the amazing furniture company BDDW. For more information on this event as well as all the other events taking place throughout the summer, please go HERE. Be sure to RSVP for the series as they fill up very fast! I hope you are all well and hope to see you soon!

In Virginia:
"The Thread as the Line: Contemporary Sewn Art"
Curator Cynthia Connolly has put together an amazing show at the Ellipse Arts Center in Arlington, VA that includes work by Megan Whitmarsh, Caroline Hwang and Sabrina Gschwandtner runs through July 12th. Information is HERE

In Washington:
I had the pleasure of interviewing Mandy Greer last year and checking out some of her work in her studio if you are in Seattle, make the drive across the lake to the Bellevue Arts Museum to see what they are calling "Greer’s largest and most intricate artwork to date. The room-size installation is featured as part of a larger selection of works drawn from the artist’s last decade of activity." You will not be disappointed the exhibit runs though August 3rd. More information HERE.

The April raffle winner is.......

Lauren Bruggenthies

161 raffle tickets were sold in April, that's almost double the previous month! Let's see if we can break this new record in May!

p.s. I use a random number picker to select the winner if anyone is curious.