Ivy Atoms
Posted by Amy on Wednesday July 7, 2010
I stumbled on Ivy’s Etsy shop a few days ago and discovered that she’s seventeen and is gearing to go to college in fall. I really like her simple watercolor drawings and of course, the humor that shines through! And if you buy her art, you’re chipping in to help her with college education fund – so how about doing a good deed today?
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The Spring PikaPackage giveaway!
Posted by Amy on Thursday June 17, 2010
Ah, don’t you just love spring? The sound of birds chirping, the flowers are blooming, and also, the return of the PikaPackage Project – the Spring edition no less!
A year’s hiatus, plenty of emails and requests for the PikaPackage Project and I’m so happy to announce that we’re now on track to bring you more lovely items from our favourite illustrators and artists! For the newly initiated, the PikaPackage project is a fun marketing tool and swap meet for illustrators who are currently selling their wares online. There’s a giveaway (this post is it!), and also very limited edition packages for sale in the shop!
We have 23 participants in total, and here they are:
1. Allison Cole
2. Amy Blackwell
3. Angel D’Amico Bauer of AD Love
4. Carla Sonheim
5. Cloudery
6. Cristina Amodeo
7. Donna McKenzie of Corella Design
8. Fonfique
9. Jen Collins of Hellojenuine
10. Jordan Grace Owens
11. Jo Cheung
12. Juan Diego of Machintoy
13. Katie Green
14. Lucy Davidson of Peas & Needles
15. Lydia Nichols
16. Michelle Cavagliano of Myzoetrope
17. Nancy Mungcal of Pretty Little Thieves
18. Papirmasse
19. Roseau
20. Sam Wedelich of Dwell Deep
21. Samantha Battersby of Matou en peluche
22. Sarah Anderson of Petit Reve
23. Pamela Tobler of Zoetropa
Best of all, you can read all about our participants in this little nifty Spring PikaPackage zine – there’s a short little Q+A in there with each artist and you may just find a new favourite to love!
We have TWO 8-item Spring PikaPackage for grabs (valued at about $50 each!), and TWO lucky winners will get to take home a large loot of lovely items in the mail! All you have to do is just head on to any of the websites above and tell us which one is your favourite artist & why. Drop your note in the comments section by 23rd June and we’ll email the winners after!
For those who want to get a Spring PikaPackage of your very own, you can head over to the shop to pick up a package!
UPDATE: Commenting has closed and we’ll announce the winner on Monday!
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Stop the spill
Posted by Amy on Wednesday June 9, 2010
The recent week of BP’s oil spill has captured the attention (and anguish) of many quarters – including artists. The oil spill not only harms wildlife and the ecosystem, but the long lasting impact of such a disaster will be detrimental to the livelihood of those who depend on the affected waterways. Here’s two ways you can help:
Julianna Swaney of Oh My Cavalier is offering a limited edition print entitled Night Demons where a 100% of the proceeds will go towards the Audubon Society’s Oil Spill clean up effort.
Tiny Showcase is offering a Jen Corace print entitled “Down, Down, Down” from June 8th till June 18th, where 50% of the proceeds will go to the Gulf Restoration Network (there’s a nifty counter to see the tally of the sales so far!)
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Working Proof
Posted by Amy on Thursday October 15, 2009
Anna Corpron and Sean Auyeung, from one of my favourite blogs, Sub-Studio has just launched a new project called Working Proof, which seeks to promote art and social responsibility.
From their website:
Each print is paired with a charity of the artist’s choice, to which we are donating 15% of the sale of each print – creating what we believe to be a product with not just aesthetic, but social value. Besides showcasing emerging artists and great artwork, the intent of the Working Proof is to promote a variety of charities and to expose them to new supporters through the appreciation of art and creativity.
They will release a new print once a week, on Tuesdays at 1:30 pm, EST. First one up is one done by Samantha Hahn entitled Burden that features a woman bearing a heavy load, represented by chairs chained to her back. Chairs are really meant for resting in, yet she carries them — indicating a juxtaposition of roles, which suggests that sometimes it seems that we create our own burdens in life.
{Congratulations Anna & Sean!}
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Drawing for A Cure
Posted by Amy on Thursday May 7, 2009
Nancy of Pretty Little Thieves has a friend whose father recently and suddenly lost his life to Acute Moncytic Leukemia. This friend of hers made a promise to herself to do whatever she could to help raise funds for research for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Nancy is joining her fundraising efforts by dedicating a section in her shop called DRAWING FOR A CURE. She’ll be posting up original drawings, each costing USD15, with $10 of each sale going directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The fund raising campaign will end on June 3rd, and her drawings are selling quick, so if you ever wanted to get an original drawing from this lovely lady, now’s a great time to do so!
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Fact & Fancy's Print Party
Posted by Amy on Friday November 7, 2008
I’m halfway around the world from Fact & Fancy’s gallery in Brooklyn, but if you’re in the vicinity, you’d be pleased to know you’ll be doing the bunnies over at House Rabbit Society a good deed when you hop on over to the gallery in support of their Print Party that’s happening from November 7 to 9.
$5 from each sale will go to the charity, and leftover prints will be available for sale online via their website from next Monday.
Some of the participants include Wonder Thunder, Wonting, Laura George and many others, which you can read more at Fact & Fancy’s blog.
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October PikaPackage giveaway!
Posted by Amy on Saturday October 18, 2008
Hello everyone!
I’m so happy to announce the launch of the FOURTH PikaPackage Project with a gigantic giveaway! I’m dividing it into TWO winners, and each will get half of the loot from our contributors. Winners are picked only from the comments this time. Below are the participants who so graciously took up the PikaPackage Project:
- Carol of From Tiki With Love sent over these amazing archival prints of her bird drawings;
- Susan Estelle Kwas sent in these awesome Gocco cards just in time for Halloween;
- Irena Sophia sent in beautiful prints, necklaces, mini-prints and stickers;
- Sara of Multiple Personality sent in prints of her lovely ladies, button packs, and various prints of her drawings;
- Sandra Krumins of Lino Creative is back again with her colorful and fun linoprints;
- Pam of Zoetropa sent in new cards + tags made with her lovely stamps;
- Tanya Pshenychny of Razorberries sent in blank cards + giclee prints made from her metaphorical illustrations!
- Helen of Zuk Zuk sent in her bright and happy prints;
- Francesca of Mrs. Eliot’s Books sent in lovely prints, correspondence sets and cards;
- Candace Jean sent in beautiful and delicate, full sized prints of her illustrations and paintings;
- Dura aka i.itch.illustrations sent in colorful characters and original paintings from The Fashion Forest;
- Milly of the Cutiepie Company sent in a fun exclusive gocco print, button packs and card sets;
- Stacy Kathryn Holst sent in prints of her paintings, along with her illustrated cards;
- Manyi of MAU Studio sent over ACEOs of a new ninja character, along with other stickers and goodies;
- Cara of Sew Bettie sent over sample fabric swatches of her very own designed fabric which are limited editions;
- Violeta Gau sent in ingenius little collage pieces for you to put together your own story (along with a bookmark!), and each collage packet is uniquely handmade!
- Sarah Gardner sent in beautiful and inspiring prints and cards;
- Julia of Lineanongrata sent in amazing canvas prints, sticker sets and button sets;
- Vivienne Strauss sent in her delightful gocco poodle prints and various prints of her paintings;
- Tanya of Gumball Grenade sent in Halloween themed prints + magnets + buttons;
- Twozdai sent in carefully prepared sets that includes a print, postcard, a card and moo stickers;
- David and Anna of Goldlion sent in groovy miniprints, button sets and postcards;
- Jenny of Be Happy Now sent in a truly colorful package of gocco and matte prints, along with a handmade felt book filled with her happy illustrations;
- Pearlyn of Kaching Design sent in gocco prints and postcard sets of her alphabet animals!
- Amy Blackwell sent in a medley of her whimsical animal prints;
- Naomi of The Time is Now sent in exclusive prints slipped into individually drawn envelopes;
- Heli sent in adorable little magnets and a mini bear book;
- Cate Anevski sent in beautiful matte prints of her illustration;
- Diane Duda sent in specially prepared packages each containing a print and a handmade card;
- Sarah + Gregory Spooner of The Lapwing Printworks sent in bright woodcut prints and also letterpressed cards;
- Hilary Wagstaff of Little Moshi sent in bookmarks, a illustrated moleskine notebook (just the cover, people!), gocco prints and many other artworks;
- Licia of Theophany sent in two sets of original paintings on canvas, along with her illustrated set of cards AND fabric magnets!
- Meagan Hall + Sasha Barr of Wonderthunder sent in the most adorable little plushies ever;
- Amy Cartwright sent in whimsical rotatable cards and cute stickers;
- Jessica Gonacha sent in lovely archival prints of her drawings;
- Cori Dantini sent in ACEOs and vintage paper scraps in a wonderful packet;
- Mary Kilvert sent in a mirror, print, buttons and postcards;
- Julie of Your Secret Admiral sent in original paintings, envelope notebooks and various gocco goods;
- Sam Bradd sent in beautiful original linoprints that are also individually rendered with watercolor;
- Myisha of Springcart sent in prints of super chic ladies that she drew!
- Kate Endle sent in adorable and cheery mini collages;
- Flora Douville’s watercolor prints of alphabets + animals are amazing;
- Eireann Lorsung of Oh Bara made exclusive etchings exclusive little etchings with chine collée (which you can’t find anywhere else!);
- Carolyn Alexander sent in her latest book, along with stickers + prints for the launch!
- Emily sent in prints, stationery and more from her Dollygagging shop and
- Erik + Emily sent in a whole lot of art + stationery from their Flummeries line!
So here’s what you need to do have a chance to win each one of these packages — visit the shops/websites of our participants, and write down here in the comments which product you like from their shops (include the links if you’d like). EDIT: Some of them don’t have shops yet, but that’s alright too, just let us know you liked what they sent in!
The closing date for this is on Tuesday 21st October, 8 p.m. PST/PDT. I’ll pick two random winners from the comments section, so be sure to leave your email addy!
You can read more about the participants here, and remember to read up on our participants in our PikaPackage zine too! (If you prefer to read it online, you can hop on over to Issuu, where we also have all our interviews with our artists online for all to read!)
And if you want to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), hop on to our NEW SHOP! We will be donating USD2.00 from each sale to Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.
And you can always sign up for our mailing list to get updates about special happenings!
UPDATE: The comment section is now CLOSED! Thank you all for your support! The announcement of the winners will be made soon!
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Poketo x 826LA Wallet
Posted by Amy on Wednesday October 15, 2008
An 826LA wallet by Esther Pearl Watson
Poketo has recently teamed up with 826LA — a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills — to create a special series of artist wallets where 826LA students crafted short stories to line the inside of Poketo’s artist wallets. The outside of the wallet features Poketo artists’ interpretations of the stories!
The artists chosen to illustrate the stories include Tim Biskup, Esther Pearl Watson, Mark Todd, Martha Rich, Rama Hughes, Christine Castro, Leah Chun, Chris Bettig, John Pham and Keith Knueven.
Your purchase of the wallets will support current and future programs at 826LA, so hop on over for a read!
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Meg hunt
Posted by Amy on Tuesday June 17, 2008
Getting Lost and Found print at Blue Flip Art
Jungle Serenade print at Blue Flip Art
A while back, I discovered a website called Trade Secrets, a site for dispensing advice about being a illustrator from Arizona-based Meg Hunt. She stopped posting there for awhile, but I’m so glad that she picked it up again!
From there, I stumbled upon her Etsy shop called Pogonip (a word that refers to ice particles in the air, nicknamed the white death’), where she sells these awesome to-do lists, along with screenprints.
Loch Ness Express wallets at Tiny Meat
Rampage Surprise To-Do List at her Etsy shop
Her work is also at Blue Flip Art where you can find her prints (there’s a wider range over there). Best of all, with every print sold, a portion of the sale goes to Heal Africa, an organization that provides holistic care for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
You can read her blog, see her portfolio, and go on to her Etsy shop or her Blue Flip Art page for more wonderful illustrated goodies.
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Gemma Correll Poster
Posted by Amy on Wednesday June 11, 2008
Gemma Correll has designed 50 limited edition posters for Accordian Apparel, with all profits going to Leukaemia Care, an organization that exists to provide vital care and support to all those whose lives are affected by leukaemia, lymphoma and the allied blood disorders, located in the UK.
The posters are A3-sized and printed on glossboard 250 gsm. Right now, the website is a little bare, but the poster by Gemma is worth the click alone. To preorder, send an email to c0nvectuoso@hotmail.com, or go here to read up more.
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