Just a quick thank you to all who emailed me to tell me that Daily Candy mentioned my wall graphics for Loxii. Yay!
Ok, now back to the post….Today I want to show you Wikstenmade by Jenny Gordy who also maintains a fabulous blog by the same name. Jenny just moved to NY and I had the privilege of grabbing a delicious dinner with her and Kate Miss & Jessica Goldfond the other right. We went to a lovely Brooklyn Restaurant called Flatbush Farm. I was hoping we’d be able to sit out in the garden but alas it rained….again.
Jenny creates beautiful clothing working primarily in natural linen and cotton, delicate gingham, stripes, plaids and droll floral prints that she then crafts into clean and classic silhouettes. Her grandmother taught her to sew and to wash her fabrics 3 times before even beginning. I love her work and really can’t wait to own some Wikstenmade clothing after the baby comes. If you were to only wear Wikstenmade you’d always look pulled together, yet casual, conscious of beautiful detail and craftsmanship and lovely without fuss. I love how feminine the clothing is without being overt.
I’m so happy to have met Jenny and know I’ll be seeing her again soon. Check out her blog and look for updates as her hand-made designs sell out fast, about as quickly as she announces them.
I hope you have an absolutely splendid weekend everyone. For July 4th, I’m going for a late afternoon picnic and then staying in the park until the fireflies come out and flicker all around us. We love fireworks but don’t feel like enduring the crowds this year.
I’m so excited about this collaboration. Christopher David Ryan (an obvious maquette favorite) collaborated with the talented Maria Vettese to create these extremely affordable and gorgeous prints. They’re absolutely perfect for summer. I love the pop of sunshine yellow. The prints above are limited edition digital & letterpress so get them while you can. I seriously have to restrain because there is absolutely no more room on my walls. I love these so much I’m thinking about what I could replace with them in my house? The sunglasses print is my fav of the lot but they work perfectly as a set, no?
a couple other Christopher David Ryan posts:
recent show and interview
I’m working on lots of new patterns for the Print Source show coming up in early August. I will share more work closer to the show. I’m also going to be doing pre-show coverage by interviewing and featuring the work of other surface pattern designers that will be exhibiting their work too. So stay tuned.
This was a gouache and pen painting/drawing that I just turned into a repeat. I might do some watercolor patterns for the show. I have done a few in the past but not too many. I’m just concerned that certain companies would not want to print that many colors because when you paint something there are far more tones than when you just use flat digital color. We’ll see how it goes.
I’m always happy to get a letter from Claire Nereim. Whenever she adds something to her shop you can be sure I’m going to love it and want it (like her t-shirt co. stymie)!
Her latest shop addition are sets of beautiful wildflower notecards. They would go quite nicely with my Nereim wildflower poster that I’m looking at in my peripheral vision above my computer as I type this post. Frankly, these would be beautiful baby shower, or wedding thank you cards…hmmm I’m thinking baby shower. I can think of a million uses. They’re just stunning.
Check her etsy shop for posters and these new floral cards.
If you haven’t already read it, here’s my interview with Claire.
