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By Eyeswoon, on May 15th, 2012%
Orticanoodles, the pseudonym for two Italian artists, Wally and Alita, recently released a series of portraits which are printed upon stencils with embedded lettered messages. These “stencil upon stencil” pieces feature well-known celebrities, political leaders, and artists combined with intricate stencil techniques. Explaining their work, Orticanoodles say, “All of them are shelled and brutalized…so they loose . . . → Read More: Stenciled portraits with embedded lettered messages by Orticanoodles
By Eyeswoon, on February 14th, 2012%
Today I’m liking these humorous letterpress prints from Sapling Press on Etsy.
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear readers. . . . → Read More: Happy Valentine’s Day!
By Eyeswoon, on January 24th, 2012%
 Un-Masked II Hand Painted Acrylic, Spray Paint & Screen Inks + 5 Color Screen Print on Primed Belgium Linen, Tray Framed 64" x 42"
Last weekend UK-based HUSH opened a show of his latest works at 941Geary in San Francisco. “New Works by Hush” bears the artist’s signature style and content: traditional Japanese geisha women enfolded . . . → Read More: New works by HUSH at 941Geary in San Francisco
By Eyeswoon, on January 9th, 2012%
Casey Roberts builds these brilliant blue luscious landscape paintings using multiple iterations of the cyanotype process. Once the image is close to completion, Roberts finishes it with watercolors and/or a collage element. Roberts says, “It (my work) represents nature’s subtle way of dealing with the peculiar aspects in the relationship with mankind. A giant glow-in-the-dark heart, . . . → Read More: Cyanotype landscape paintings by Casey Roberts
By Eyeswoon, on December 10th, 2011%
 Rooted in the rural countryside of New England, Bryan Nash Gill draws inspiration from his lush surroundings. The Connecticut-based artist spends hours a day searching the roadsides, local lumber mills and dumps for interesting discarded pieces of wood. When he finds a promising slab, he takes it back to his studio, and cuts it open unveiling . . . → Read More: Bryan Nash Gill records the fingerprints of trees
By Eyeswoon, on June 7th, 2011%
 5 Little Boxes; screenprint on wood; 12"x12"x17" (x5); 2009 (by Luke O'Sullivan)
Boston-based artist Luke O’Sullivan gets inspired ‘‘when cartoons/fiction collide with something from our world.” O’Sullivan takes these inspirational moments and creates sculptures that look like they are from some cartoon world. Applying screen-printed drawings on wood and steel, O’Sullivan creates houses, boomboxes, . . . → Read More: Luke O’Sullivan invents a cartoon world with screen-printed sculptures
By Eyeswoon, on May 24th, 2011%
 This is a vintage infographic poster I found on the Information is Beautiful website. It was done in the 1930s using woodcuts and hand-printing methods but 70+ years later still looks so contemporary.
BTW: Although we, humans, were left off this infographic, it is interesting to note that in 70 years we have moved from being close . . . → Read More: A vintage infographic poster
By Eyeswoon, on May 18th, 2011%
Letterpress from Naomie Ross on Vimeo.
This is a lovely video showing the letterpress process. It sure does whet the appetite . . . → Read More: Letterpress video by Naomie Ross
By Eyeswoon, on April 23rd, 2011%
 Kevin Tong "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
Gallery 1988 at Melrose in Los Angeles is featuring an exhibit of limited edition posters inspired by classic novels. Curated by OMGPosters and Rob Jones, “REQUIRED READING” will be showing until April 30, 2011. Prints are for sale now. If you can’t see/buy it in person, it is available online . . . → Read More: Posters inspired by classic novels at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles
By Eyeswoon, on April 20th, 2011%
OBEY Giant will be releasing a new limited edition print by Shepard Fairey featuring the photography of Martha Cooper on a wall with Fairey and COPE’s work.
Just to increase the drama it will be released online at a random time on Thursday, April 21, 2011. The print is a signed 18 x 24″ . . . → Read More: Shepard Fairey print “Obey x COPE x Martha Cooper” to be released April 21, 2011
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