August PikaPackage Update #4!


Monday August 18, 2008

Aaah. The last update for August PikaPackage is finally here, and within the next few hours, the giveaway will be launched as well! For the last updates, we have here a merry band of artists:

  1. Matte Stephens sent in Gocco prints + giclee prints of his retro-inspired illustrations;
  2. Gracia + Louise sent us cards sents + individual cards from their Hammer & Daisy label;
  3. Emily sent in prints, stationery and more from her Dollygagging shop
  4. Erik + Emily sent in a whole lot of art + stationery from their Flummeries line;
  5. Sarah Blank sent in beautiful giclee prints;
  6. Kathy Weller sent in adorable bookmarks and ACEOs;
  7. Shelby Healy sent in her gorgeous pattern-inspired prints;
  8. Kirsty of Gypsy & Twink sent in exclusive sets of lovely ladies + cards;
  9. Stephanie of Milady Productions sent in wonderful art prints;
  10. Kylie of Mizu Designs sent in delicate woodblock printed cards + giclee prints;
  11. Rebecca of Hoorah sent in beautiful original watercolor drawings, ACEOs and cards;
  12. Mel Roska sent in linoleum prints finished with markers along with buttons;
  13. Rachael of Number Eight sent in her giclee printed ladies;
  14. Jennifer of Swallowfield sent in colorful prints of her drawings and collages;
  15. Ella of Fantasmagoric sent in original drawings on magnets, zines + cards;
  16. I (yes, me, Amy) contributed my Gocco prints;
  17. Danielle of DiDiGalDecor sent in Gocco prints + recipe cards; and
  18. Manyi of MAU Studio sent in cards, postcards, stationery sets + stickers!

Sign up for our mailing list if you haven’t already; and for the rest of you, there’s nothing to do but wait it out! :)

Oh, and you could also have a look at the shop to see if you would like to grab one of the few last PikaPackages for sale from July’s participants.

To look at the full entries from August’s participants, have a look at our Flickr stream!

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In cities, strange things happen


Sunday July 20, 2008

Chapter 2 Marlene why are you sad

I’m loving the lino prints from Judith of the Little Print Store’s series called “In Städten geschehen seltsame Dinge”, (translated to mean in cities, strange things happen). She’s from Vienna, Austria, and the series is a study about how lonely it can be to live in a big city — but everyone is connected to each other, if you look closely enough.

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Annie Swincinski


Monday June 16, 2008


Moonlight Gingkos, a limited edition woodblock print

Annie Swincinski is a part time artist, part time waitress, working on becoming a full time artist in State College PA. I’m loving her woodblock prints that are all handmade and individually pulled, with a very soothing palette. Most of her work are limited editions, and originals so no one ever receives the same print — and is part of the beauty of woodblock printing.

Damselfly, an original woodblock print

You can browse her shop called Sweet Annie Jeanne, and read her blog (although it has been awhile since she has posted up new entries).

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Sandra Krumins


Sunday May 4, 2008

Rollerskating Friends print

I am fascinated with linocut art, and up until now I only thought it was a very straightforward affair — carve, ink and print. But Sandra Krumins of Lino Creative on Etsy wowed me over with her linocut illustrations that combines painting and digital techniques. Her illustration has a collage-like feel to it too, which I love.

Coffee Cups print; Cats and Dogs print

My favourite one is her Rollerskating Friends print — so lively, and you can’t beat a bunch of animals hanging out with skating shoes on!

You can read her blog and also peruse her portfolio here.

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Pikapackage update #2


Saturday April 19, 2008

These came in the mail this week — but since I could only catch the sun during the weekends to take a picture, I could only upload them onto the Pikaland flickr photostream today. Enjoy! :)

  1. Rachel from Elephantine sent in adorable notecards and stickers;
  2. Justin of Justmadbooks sent in his first issue of his Breathers comic books, and Birch, a small picture book;
  3. Heike of Felicitate88 sent in linocut prints, collaged and printed postcards;
  4. Amanda Kindregan sent in her lovely full-sized prints and cards;
  5. Kate of Charmfoundry sent in her beautiful waxy postcard sets;
  6. Kajsa of Syko sent in pretty sketchbooks and lovely postcards inspired from her quilts;
  7. Sarah+Ryan of Labpartners sent in their 3-color letterpressed San Francisco print and many other yummy screenprinted prints; and
  8. Junkyard Sam sent in his wonderfully quirky full-sized prints, mini-prints and tags.

Right now, the total participants is 22 (whoa!), but I’m still waiting for some more participants’ stuff to arrive in the mail, so there’s going to be another update next week! (The rest of the participants can be found in this post.)

As usual, if you want to know how you can be the lucky one to receive a PikaPackage filled to the brim with an item EACH from our participants, you can subscribe to our newsletter so you’ll be the first to know!

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