my love for you is a stampede of horses.

Friends Forever!

Every time Julia Sonmi Heglund designs a new t-shirt, never fail, I want it. Her latest, Friends Forever, is awesome and I just couldn't say no to it. I mean how could I? Could you? Plus, I'd like to believe that it is my own silent attempt at not wanting to say goodbye to the summer. (I am a genius of rationalizing purchases mind you, need help? Contact me.) Anyhow, what reminds you most of summer other than friendship bracelets, camp and BFF's 4-eva? Awww, come back to me summer.

Lena Wolff: Gatherings.

Lena Wolff recently sent me a bunch of images of her gorgeous, spherical and symbolic collage/paintings from her latest solo show Gatherings, at Traywick Gallery. Lena has an incredible way of reinterpreting traditional folk and textile art, translating her vision into alluring compositions. Her work reminds me of quilts from another world transformed into paintings. Lena uses paint, paper cut outs and physically manipulates the surface of paper to create what you see here. Beautiful.

 
 

Little Paper Planes Give-a-way: Hilary Pecis Print.

I am super excited to greet you this Monday morning with not only the awesome work of Hilary Pecis but a chance to win the above print through Little Paper Planes. LPP is offering a very limited run of Hilary's "beautiful collaged moments", only 15 are available and one could be yours! Please leave a comment, I will leave the comment section open til Saturday. While you sit patiently with baited breath to find out if you won, check out this great interview with Hilary on LPP.

Andrew Martin Scott: 2010 Half-Frame Calendar.

Wow, can you believe 2010 is in two months?! It seems so crazy to me! My buddy Andrew co-owner of Needles + Pen's just published his yearly Half-Frame Calendar chocked full of, you guessed it, half-frame photographs. Are you too shy to ask what a half-frame camera is? Oh look at you, you're so cute! Well don't fret, Andrew does a great job of explaining it:

"A half-frame camera is a semi-obsolete device (made mostly in the 1960s & 1970s) that advances each shot only half of the distance that a normal format camera would. The result allows for two shots per frame instead of one and presto-change-o! - a 36 exposure roll of film instantly becomes 72 exposure roll. The true beauty of half-frame photography lies in the phenomenon of the ‘happy accident,’ the serendipitous effect of two random images being placed next to one another on a single print."

I've seen lots of Andrew's photographs in person and they're truly serene and lovely. You can get yourself, or your bff (cause everybody loves a calender) a copy of Andrew's calendar here.

Dan-ah Kim: Daughters of the Blue Sky.

Dan-ah Kim sent over images of work from her latest show, Daughters of the Blue Sky, at Metropolis Gallery. They're so beautiful on my laptop, I can only imagine what they look like in person. Dan-ah has an incredible understanding of space in her work, her latest work uses negative space in such a great, dynamic way. Check out this great interview with her on Juxtapoz with Andrew Michael Ford. Daughters of the Blue Sky closes October 31st. If you aren't able to see her work in person, be sure to check out Dan-ah's etsy shop, so many beautiful things to pour over.