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Author Archives: Alexia
Comic Sans, Asshole
While I am still not a fan of comic sans (I’m a serif kind of girl), this video does make me respect the typeface more: I’m Comic Sans, Asshole from joehollier on Vimeo.
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Tagged comic sans, font, sans-serif, serif, typeface
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Gutenberg Poster from Monkey-Rope Press
Over the Christmas holidays I purchased a Gutenberg Letterpress poster from Monkey-Rope Press on Etsy. I have been looking for decoration for my little studio and I thought this poster was the perfect piece to hang above my newly restored … Continue reading
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Tagged Etsy, Johannes Gutenberg, Kelsey Excelsior, letterpress, Monkey-Rope Press
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Carving Grotesque
My latest project is the first of my Grotesque Series. Eventually I will carve a collection of enlarged, woodcut versions of medieval marginal grotesques. The word “grotesque” in medieval manuscripts refers to the strange, fantastic, and/or distorted figures that populated the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine of Cleves, grotesque, linoleum, marginalia, medieval manuscript, resingrave, series, St. Augustine, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, woodcut
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Proud as a Peacock
My ‘Nouveau Peacock’ print was included in a lovely peacock-themed treasury today! Thanks to Erin from SouthernTwistedSoaps!
McClain’s 2012 Catalog, Porcuprints Included!
McClain’s 2012 catalog has finally come out. And one of my prints was included! My Heian Shrine print appears on page 21 of the printed version (and page 23 of the online edition). I am not sure what is going on … Continue reading
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Tagged catalog, Heian Shrine, Heian Shrine in Winter, McClain's
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Chinese New Year Treasuries
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Today is my lucky day! My “Zodiac” print has been featured in TWO Etsy treasuries. Check them out, and show them some Etsy love: And number two:
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Tagged chinese new year, Etsy, lunar new year, treasury, year of the dragon, zodiac, zodiac print
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Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year! It is the Year of the Dragon! You can pick up your very own “Zodiac” print in my Etsy Shop to commemorate the holiday!
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Tagged chinese new year, chinese zodiac, dragon, Etsy, lunar new year, print, year of the dragon, zodiac
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Black Out Day
Some of you out there in the internet ether may have noticed Google, Wikipedia, Etsy, Yahoo, any many other big sites speaking out against SOPA & PIPA legislation today. It is a scary thing when one uninformed person can shut down an entire … Continue reading
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Tagged 88editions, Black Out Day, Etsy, free speech, google, Kelly Tankersley, PIPA, SOPA, Wikipedia, yahoo
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3D Painting: Riusuke Fukahori
I came across an artist today that I just had to share with the world. Riusuke Fukahori creates 3-dimensional sculptural paintings by layering paint and resin. It is so unbelievably realistic that you just have to see it to believe … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, hyperrealism, koi, paint, resin, Riusuke Fukahori
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Letterpress Wins Jobs Act Poster Contest
I don’t often get political, nor do I write about it. But I have found an intersection of letterpress and politics that seems worth mentioning in today’s disastrous economic climate. Recently ‘Obama for America’ held an art contest to find … Continue reading
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Tagged American Jobs Act, Barack Obama, broadside, contest, letterpress, New Deal, Obama for America, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Weekly, politics, poster, Washington D.C., Wikipedia
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