UPPERCASE Holiday Papergoods
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My UPPERCASE line of Christmas wrap, cards and tags are now available in the store and online!
Initial Book Bags
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Our UPPERCASE initial book bags have been quite popular. They're fun to make with iron-on transfer paper that can be run through an inkjet. You can select your made-to-order initials via the online shop or by emailing us. These would make a nice eco-friendly way of wrapping presents! If you need your bag shipped to the USA, please order before November 26 to ensure delivery before Christmas.
Thanks to Julie and Kathryn over at Perfectbound for placing an order and mentioning the bags in their new (very pretty) blog.
Rex Ray Art & Design
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Rex Ray is a San Francisco artist and designer who makes beautiful paper collages. The images above are from his website, except for the second from the top which is a shot of his newly-published book.
The process used in these works began by cutting up magazines for my own pleasure. (see paper collages). It's as simple as scissors, paper, and glue. As these works became more popular I began drawing, painting, and block printing various archival papers for source material.These papers are then cut up, collaged and assembled on plywood panels. The panels are then coated with a high gloss epoxy resin.
The new monograph on his work is really inspirational – it makes me want to start cutting and pasting all the eclecto scraps that I have. The book and a Rex Ray notebook are available in our store. You can enter to win an original artwork on the publisher's website and visit his work at Gallery 16 in San Francisco.
Kyuuto!
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Savvy crafters know that today’s hippest designs hail from Japan. But it’s near to impossible to find translated patterns. Not anymore! The Kyuuto line of books translate everything into easy instructions. This book enjoyed huge success on its home shores. The pages burst with quirky color photographs, step-by-step directions, and helpful technical illustrations. At last, the appeal of authentic Japanese content with the ease of English instruction.
Available here and here for just $16.95 apiece.
Everyone's Supercute @ UPPERCASE
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More photos on flickr.com/uppercaseyyc
Couture Interiors
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Couture Interiors by Marnie Fogg
Now here's a gorgeous book! Fashion and interior design have a natural relationship; many fashion designers also expand their aesthetics into interiors for the shops as well as products for home decor. "The home is now subject to the same directional trends as fashion, in part because so many designers are extending their practice to include interiors, as well as products and accessories. The fusion between fashion and interiors has never been more relevant. The proliferation of ideas, the speed of manufacture, and an increasingly visually literate consumer, have all resulted in interiors being subject to the same desire for innovation, change and fashionability as fashion. This investigation of the hectic dissemination of trends takes the reader on an eclectic, adventurous excursion into living with fashion." (from the publisher's website)
One of my favourites is above - a peek into Orla Kiely's studio (directly above). Inspirations mood boards, catwalk images paired with product designs, fabrics, textures, great photography - this is a must-have book for all style lovers. More photos here.
New in the shop
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Click on the images to see them in the shop.
Play Pen
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I've been eagerly awaiting this book for quite some time! Play Pen showcases new children's book illustration from diverse cultures. French, British, Korean, Japanese, Swedish, Norwegian, American and other cultures are represented. The author writes, "In making what must be of necessity a highly subjective selection, the aim of this book has been to represent a broad range of stylistic and conceptual trends and a range of cultural characteristics from around the world, across what is increasingly a global market."
One of the stand-out illustrators is Frenchman Marc Boutavant, who illustrated the cover and endpapers. His work has a marvelous sensitivity, texture and retro quality. It is amazing that his work is done entirely in Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. "I used to work late into the the night with a zero pencil and acrylic paints but one day, suddenly, I was free... And the great thing was, I was no longer looking at the end of my finger. My hand was drawing but my eyes were looking only at what I was drawing. It made me rasie my nose from the paper. Of course, beyond the technical, the biggest influence on work is life. My own children play an important part in feeding the work too... intangible things, little smiles or things like that."
The work in Play Pen is charming, exquisite and innovative. The book is divided into sections covering picture and board books, alphabets and wordplay, illustration for older children and art for non-fiction projects. The book itself is well-designed and presents each artist's work at large sizes so that it can be fully appreciated. Highly recommended!
Play Pen is available in the shop and online in the book section, illustration category.
So much new stuff
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Here's a teaser of some of the new things being unpacked. More products will be added to the shop in the days ahead.
Camilla Engman Calendars
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Camilla Engman's annual calendars are always wonderful. We're happy to let you know that her 2008 version is now available in the store and online.
