Lisa Hanawalt recently released a self-published book called I Want You through Buenaventura Press. It's chock full of Lisa's super rad drawings. If you hurry you may be able to snatch up one of the signed and doodled in copies by Lisa. Also available on her website is her award winning 'zine Stay Away From Other People. To see more of Lisa's detailed drawerings check out her flickr page.
Mark your calendars you guys. On November 10th Marc Bell's newest book, Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks: 2001-2008 hits stores. It's published by Drawn & Quarterly and I have zero doubt that it will be both dizzying and magical. If you're in the NYC area on October 15th, head over to the launch reception at Adam Baumgold. After that, he'll be doing a book tour. Are you as excited as I am?
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention. For $10 Marc will personally re-up your lame Facebook photo into a magnificent work of art. Unless you want your head inverted, that's extra.
Domy Books is a progressive bookstore with a focus on editioned books, periodicals, video, and product lines that concentrate on national and international contemporary art and culture.
Nigel Peake's book Maps, a follow up to his book Sheds, has recently been released and can be found on his big cartel shop or through the ever amazing and fantastic publisher Analogue books . In this book Nigel documents his many travels:
Documenting small time adventures and excursions outwith a mile radius from where I call home. From train rides facing backwards, to crammed bus rides in tiny hill-top towns, to bike rides through the backyards of Europe. Records of the vast, unyielding concrete miles of Shanghai, to the paths between mountains and forests in late night French countryside to the old paint splattered wooden floor in London that I sleep on from time to time. In addition to this there are also some imaginings of possible places - cities built from train tunnels and underground arches to invisible concrete cities.
I just got a copy in the mail and it's, well, pretty close to perfect. It's bound beautifully. The detail in the book is tops. Its quite unique a book that I think anyone fascinated with maps, detail, travel and/or of course Nigel would truly love. If you aren't familiar with Nigel's work, he works mainly in water color and pen and makes the medium look effortless, which it most definitely is not. Total talent. You can see pictures of the book launch at my very favorite, overseas bookstore Analogue books.
Plain Surface is a publication that showcases creative talent within Glasgow, Scotland. It was set up by Stuart White and fellow Glasgow School of Art Illustration graduate Daniel Scott in 2007. Plain Surface was created as a knee jerk response to the two illustrators finding most drawing publications to be London based and focused. Stuart and Dan wanted to start up a publication which focuses its attention solely on Glasgow's art and drawing community. It is becoming a great way to build community for artist's and for people to get to know other creatives in Glasgow. Anything that creates community is awesome, to support their endeavor you can purchase the book here. Below is a snippet of the many great illustrations in the book...be sure you check out Plain Surface's site to see more. Oh and p.s they are taking submissions from any artists living in Glasgow (or have done in the past).
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Awww, one of my very favorite internet friends Will Bryant has just published a book entitled I MADE THIS FOR YOU. In this book you'll find Will's signature come on get happy colors, doodles, drawings and hand lettered fonts. This would be a perfect holiday gift for you! Really. There are two choices of purchase...You can purchase the book through Lulu (the book's publisher) or you can purchase a limited edition through Will and get a smattering of goodness which includes: a medal, buttons, a moo card and 2 letter pressed/screen printed posters along with Will's very own hand drawn doodles and signature on the very book itself. Hmmm, the math seems pretty easy to me. Good going Will!
this thursday, just in time for halloween, rowan morrison will be hosting the launch of john casey's new book scarecrow. a limited 1st edition art book featuring over 60 unseen bio-morphic, classic, casey drawings. the book is 6x9, 2 color offset, signed and numbered with an intro by james kaufman. order your copy here. at $20 bucks, it's a steal and a definite must have. original drawings from scarecrow will be on show, with john in attendance to sign books, answer questions and eat halloween candy with you, because he's just that good.
be sure to check out john's blog, where he writes often with lots of great photos of his work and all the amazing art shows going on in the bay area. oh and check out a q&a john did for the blog back in may, right here, it's one of my favorite's.
i'm so crushed out on lizzy's work that i figured i two separate posts about her site and her 'collaborative concern' w/ jez burrows, sing statistics. she and jez have just released their very first book, i am the friction. here's what they have to say for themselves about it:
i am the friction is a book of illustration and very short fiction, written and drawn in the absence of better judgment and a copy editor. it has two covers and reads from both directions: one half of the book is composed of stories inspired by illustrations, while the other contains illustrations inspired by stories. it's really quite nice.
judging by the images on both lizzy's site and sing statistics it looks very nice indeed. you can purchase the book here. lizzy also has a great print called wolf dream available in her etsy shop of which is an image from the book.
handmade nation is a book and film documenting the rise of DIY, craft, art and design culture that will be arriving in book stores in november this year and film festivals for 2009, respectively. do you heart craft and diy culture? do you attend craft fairs? organize your own stitch and bitches? well, you should pre-order the handmade nation book, it's a must have. (which you can do here.) many indie artists and movers and shakers of the diy/craft culture will be featured in the book. peeps like jill bliss, nikki mcclure, monica canilao, needles and pens and the list goes on! to help out w/ production costs for the film you can shop at the handmade nation etsy shop. where you can purchase this awesome craftifesto poster illustrated by kate bingaman-burt. what a great way to support craft community! (don't wait on this one folks, it'll be gone quickly for sure!) stay tuned to my love for you in the coming weeks for a q&a w/ the lady behind it all; faythe levine. in the meantime you can find out lots more info on the handmade nation blog.
ahhh, i love the internet! i just got "invited" to attend the online launch of TV books, a brand, spanking new website. (it's like minutes old peeps!) founded by tim barber of tinyvices.com, TV books is an independent publishing house based in nyc, offering printed on demand books, limited edition prints and original artwork. check it out here.
one of my my favorite shops in sf is needles & pens. they've really grown over the yrs, moving from their 14th street location to where they are now on 16th street in the mission. they always have great books, zines, lots of awesome jewelry and many DIY items. i bought some buttons, a cute little owl patch (which i ended up melting cause i didn't read the directions. :( poo. ) and my very favorite book of the moment maya hayuk's just good vibes. it's a beautiful book, and for 20 clams it's so worth it. i've had it in my backpack since i got back from sf. here are some of my favorite images.
i've had my stuffed animal, wendy the rabbit, since i was a kid. yep, that's right. i'm a 35 1/2 y.o. woman and i still have my stuffed bunny. i'm not afraid to announce it. nope. in fact, i would be really sad if i lost her. there is something about beat up, old, stuffed animals that carry twinkles of love and nostalgia. there is a lot of comfort wrapped up in all that mangy fur. if they could speak they would say so much. so i was really enamored w/ the bear photographs by kent rogowski. the project info really says it all:
"together these images form a topology of strange yet oddly familiar creatures. they are at once hideous yet cuddly, disturbing yet endearing, absurd yet adorable, while offering a metaphor for us all to consider. these bears, which have lived and loved and lost as much as their owners, have suffered and endured through it all. it is by virtue of revealing their inner core might we better understand our own."
check out kent's website for more images and info or better yet buy his book.
