Odding Wang: The Book of Red
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Odding Wang‘s “The Book of Red,” a handcrafted notebook tribute to Pablo Picasso, is a beautifully made piece of paper cut storytel...
Tag: Handmade
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Alliteration Inspiration: Quotes & Quickness
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Bryan Patrick Todd: Banner Year
Courtney •
Bryan Patrick Todd recently opened his first solo show, “Banner Year,” which includes eight handcrafted banners featuring eight quotes se...
Lobulo Design: Atype
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Lobulo Design created a series of sculptural experiments that turn a flat letterform into a three-dimensional object using paper. Get a closer look ri...
The American Craftsman Project
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For the month of August, a series of guests will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from Jason Johnson who fights...
Recent Grad: Jiin Kim: New York Fashion Week Posters
Courtney •
Jiin Kim, another recent grad of Art Center College of Design, has an excellent portfolio. I was most impressed by these graphic, hand-sewn posters de...
MaricorMaricar: Makers, Dreamers
Courtney •
Feast your eyes on yet another gorgeous specimen of hand-embroidered typography by MaricorMaricar, featuring a quote from one of my favorite movies of...
Rachell Sumpter: Penguin Book Covers
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I’m blown away by these hand-embroidered book covers that Rachell Sumpter created for Penguin under the art direction of Paul Buckley. Get a clo...
Demian Conrad Design: Almighty Identity
Courtney •
This beautiful identity for  Almighty, an interior design and home staging company, was designed by Demien Conrad Design using an interesting techniq...
Standard Grit
Courtney •
Standard Grit Flags are 100% hand-made, and produced in limited-editions. Released seasonally, we produce three new decorative flags four times a year...
Daniel Kornrumpf: Embroidered Portraits
Courtney •
Unfortunately, I don’t get away from the computer as much as I would like, so I greatly admire people that make things with their hands on a dai...
The Gilded Bee Packaging
Courtney •
Take a look at these colorful, playfully stamped packages from the Gilded Bee. How fun would it be to find this at your front door?...
Maricor/Maricar
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Sydney-based Maricor/Maricar brings together their loves of typography, embroidery and patterns in this “Sweater Letter” series. via Wha...
A Friend Of Mine: Wired Weaving
Courtney •
Each month Wired magazine asks various contributors to illustrate the edition number of their magazine. For A Friend of Mine‘s recent contributi...
Oh Hi
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I’m loving these embroidered, typographic canvases by Laura Belle of Oh Hi. She also has a great blog that I just added to my Google reader, che...
A Beautiful Idea
Courtney •
A Beautiful Idea, a new project from the lovely and talented Evie S, aims to make a big impact on the world through art and handmade goods. Through th...
Report Card Patterns
Courtney •
As I’ve mentioned before, I think scrapbook paper is a great resource for pattern inspiration. And the crafting possibilities are endless. Right...
Kup Kup Land
Courtney •
I am completely inspired by the work of Kima, the multi-talented artist behind the Kup Kup Land brand. Her shop is filled with all kinds of felt creat...
Lithuanian Identity
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This book includes a hand-embroidered cover and 100 illustrated pages celebrating themes of Lithuania. It was created by Denis Kuchta while at NotPerf...
Inspired By: Modern Quilts
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I happen to own a sewing machine, piles of fabric and this book, but I have yet to find the time and/or patience to take a stab at putting together a ...
Impeccable Craftsmanship
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I’m thoroughly amazed and inspired by Carina’s embroidery work. via Decor8‘s Flickr favorites...
OK Experiment
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Our friends over at OK Great have an ongoing experiment creating handmade versions of their logo with various materials. Lately they’ve been exp...
Printed Matter
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Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. It brings together digital and hand made, aiming to challenge the idea w...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Courtney •
Some fun hand-drawn typography on this t-shirt by Ben Floeter. There’s not too many left, so move quickly! Suddenly It’s Real, $25...
Made by Julene
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Amazing. via swissmiss...
Masking Tape!
Courtney •
If, like me, you missed out on the Japanese masking tape at dwr, you will be excited to check out these two etsy shops for a huge variety of them. Che...
In Honor of Presidents Day
Courtney •
Sorry about the lack of posting today—it’s a vacation day for us here in the States. But I wanted to take a minute to share something sent ove...
Songbird Sculptures
Courtney •
I think I’m probably the last to know about Emily Sutton’s meticulously detailed Songbird Sculptures, but I couldn’t resist posting ...
New from Marimekko
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A few favorites from Marimekko’s new Spring 2009 fabric collection. Check out the full line right here. ....
Treat Zone
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I just came across these amazing prints via Maquette and I had to post about them. Each one is gocco printed on a 5″x7″ sheet of vintage w...
I Wish I Had the Patience for This
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These typographic paper creations have been popping up all over the place, but they’re so amazing I couldn’t resist posting. For more of Y...
New from Olio United
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Ana Serrano Typography
Courtney •
Here are some beautiful examples of hand-drawn typography from artist/designer/illustrator, Ana Serrano....
I’ve Always Loved this Logo…
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I Took the Handmade Pledge
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A Few Paper n Stitch Favorites
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Paper n Stitch is an online exhibition that is curated monthly and features a wide variety of handmade items from artists all over the world. It’...
A Year of Hand-drawn Type
Courtney •
I immediately bought this Beau Ideal 2009 calendar when I saw it on Oatmeal and Cinnamon. Screenprinted in a limited edition of 50, each month depicts...
Local Learning
Courtney •
Image of 3B Letterpress – EDGY Collection by The Type Junkie. $12 for a 5″x7″ print on etsy. As I’ve mentioned before, I love ...
Fabric Goodness
Courtney •
I’ve mentioned before how much I love pattern art, so naturally I’m drawn to patterned fabrics. I’m definitely not an expert, but on...
Best Store Ever
Courtney •
I realize that’s a bold statement to make; and I’m sure quite a few people wouldn’t agree with me. But ever since I read about Scrap...
I really want to make this…
Courtney •
Not sure if I have the patience to hand sew all those birds (or anywhere to hang it), but I really love the look of the final product. More about the ...
Renegade Update
Courtney •
So unfortunately I don’t really have any pictures from Renegade on Sunday. The weather was not so great—glad I remembered an umbrella—but th...
Decisions Decisions
Courtney •
It was really difficult to narrow down the list of vendors for this weekend’s Renegade Craft Fair into a few top picks. With over 200 to choose ...
Weekend Plans
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This weekend I’ll be hitting up the 4th annual Renegade Craft Fair at the McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn. Over 200 vendors will be selling handm...
Post Expose
Courtney •
I’ve been pretty excited about Post Expose since it opened, even though I’ve unfortunately not had a chance to get there yet. They’r...