June 2009

New Christopher David Ryan and Maria Vettese collaboration: Staring at the sun tryptych

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

San Francisco illustrated map

I’ve always wanted to illustrate a map. Luckily I recently got commissioned by a San Francisco resident to do one of the harbor area where she and her family go for walks. This is what I came up with. Now I’d like to do one for my Brooklyn neighborhood and maybe the westside of Manhattan.

Yesterday was a busy day, I ran around the city showing my portfolio to some design and advertising companies, then I went to see the documentary on Valentino which I reccomend seeing at your local art house theater. What a character he is! Then I met up with one of my best and oldest friends also known as shop darling on the Elle.com. There’s really nothing like spending time with an old friend. We could have stayed together till the sun came up talking and catching up. Now I’m in a great mood for the weekend. I hope you have something fun planned, or something super relaxing.

Thanks again for reading Maquette. XO.