PikaPackages #2 for sale!
Wednesday July 9, 2008
The PikaPackage are now up for grabs! To get one for yourself, or as a gift for a art-loving friend (and support Pikaland!), hop on to our SHOP!
And the perfect accompaniment? The free PikaPackage zine — you can download one here.
PikaPackage: Rosie Miles
Friday July 4, 2008
Herbert the Victorian Male Bather, chest hair et al.
The dolls made by Rosie Miles are one of the spunkiest I’ve seen so far. They’re cute without being saccharine sweet, and her contributions, the Pissy Fishwives (who look like they sat on the rock a little too long waiting for their men to return from the sea) — are sassy and adorable. Rosie is from the UK, and she is an animator/illustrator/dollmaker who lives by the sea with her two kittens.
She painted these exclusive Pissy Fishwives just for the PikaPackage Project — and each of them are so precious! Have a look at more over here.
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PikaPackage: Natasha Mileshina of Bubbo Tubbo
Thursday July 3, 2008
Communication print
I first found Natasha through her Flickr stream a year ago — I remember telling her how much I love her lettering and art, and I usually kept up with her via her photos. I was thrilled when she started selling her prints in her shop, and was so happy when she came along for the first PikaPackage Project!
Lovely Natasha has again come along for the party, and this time she made such beautiful, travel edition sets — inside you’ll find a handmade print (each one is unique ) + felt magnets. She also sent postcard + sticker sets, and everything is so cheery!
PikaPackage: Ana of Fric De Mentol
Thursday July 3, 2008
Ana Reimundo of Fric de Mentol is a 29-year-old artist in Portugal who creates beautiful, colorful things. Recently, she is focusing a lot on her polymer clay creations — turning her sketches into solid, 3-D forms with a series called Deditos. We wrote about her previously, and we’re excited that she’s a part of the PikaPackage Project!
She sent in her beautiful Gocco prints + postcards, buttons, notebooks and her scented pillow too!
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PikaPackage: Kate Phillips
Thursday July 3, 2008
The delicate operation – (limited edition print)
Kate Phillips is a Scottish artists who is currently residing in the Bay City Area. Her drawings and paintings are made using encaustic painting — an ancient technique which is a layering of bees wax/resin and pigments fused together with a blowtorch. Kate traps found images, old paper and thread between these layers to produce unique art forms.
She came along for the second time as a PikaPackage participant (yay!) and this time sent beautiful prints, as well as limited edition archive prints from her shop.
PikaPackage: Rebecca Hahn
Thursday July 3, 2008
Rebecca Hahn resides in LA with her husband (fellow artist Brian Kelly Hahn) and Quimby, their whippet. She previously worked at the Walt Disney Company, where she drew Winnie the Pooh characters for their consumer product’s division! She’s now based in her own studio, where she is able to her long time love of story, concept and craft. She just recently put up these precious silver necklaces of her illustrations up at her shop, where it was lovingly conceived for the past one and a half years.
For the PikaPackage Project, she sent in her “Hey!” print, and letterpress + satin postcards (which you can see in this photo).
PikaPackage: Susan Schwake
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Henry, Lola and Syd, an original artwork
Susan Schwake needs very little introduction. She is one of the founders behind Artstream Studios — a gallery and art academy that dedicates itself in promoting the visual arts in downtown Rochester and on the web through exhibition of emerging and established artists, arts education, media and graphic design, and community partnerships. The works in her shop are originals — they’re small artworks and mixed media pieces, and are all one of a kind.
She sent in her beautiful original bird drawings — each one is unique — drawn on an 1883 German copy of Faust; mounted onto an acid free mat board.
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PikaPackage: Rima Staines
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Telling Stories to the Trees print
Rima Staines is a conjurer of one of the most fascinating illustration works I’ve ever seen. She weaves stories into her illustrations, and features beautiful lands of fancy and fantasy. Rima paints and draws on wood and paper; and enjoys entwining script and image closely and loves to write rhyming stories to tell her characters’ tales using forgotten words and other languages.
For the July PikaPackage, she sent in her beautifully illustrated creatures and fairytales, which you can see more of in her shop called The Hermitage.
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PikaPackage: Hilary Wagstaff
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Orchid, a limited edition digital print
Hilary Wagstaff is the artist, designer and printmaker behind Little Moshi, where her main interests are in drawing, print and collaged work both digital and the old-fashioned way. She also makes books and box art, as well as using monotype and transfer print to create images.
I love her hand-drawn illustrations that she sometimes incorporates into her mixed media pieces.
She sent in so many beautiful prints (including a handmade book) — from her illustrations to her collage pieces — that it’s almost impossible to show all of them in their glory. A visit to her shop will show you how lovely her work is, and our flickr stream will afford you more peeks.
PikaPackage: Madelaine
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Two Stories of Tragedy in Red – 4×6’‘ Glossy Postcard Set of 10
My pictures of Madelaine’s prints certainly don’t do her justice. Her images are breathtakingly beautiful in a wistful way, and conveys emotion like I’ve never seen. I showed one of her images to my fiance, who after looking at the image, replied with one word — tragic — which was the very name of the print. Her poignant subject matter for her images belies the fact that she is just 17 years old.
She sent in hauntingly beautiful 8” x 10” matte prints and 5” x 7” Lustre prints, and you can view her work here.
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PikaPackage: Paula Gibbs
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Puffin
Paula Gibbs sure loves birds alright! Her shop, Paulabirdy has plenty of them — most of them all wrapped up around alphabets (they’re great as presents!). She finished a degree in history in 2002 and then decided to return to art + illustration, which was her first love. She also has another shop named after her, where she sells original paintings and Gocco prints.
She sent in print from both her shops; Gocco-ed goodies and bird-y prints!
PikaPackage: Shawna Carpenter
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Custom Doggie poster, anyone?
Shawna Carpenter is a graphic designer in her very own studio called Nonna Illustration & Design. Based in Kansas, she has lots of cute illustrations made into magnets, prints and buttons up in her Etsy shop.
She sent in a bundle of magnets and buttons with her illustrations!
PikaPackage: Jinnie of Lilacmoon Studio
Monday June 30, 2008
Set of 4 Gocco Folded Note Cards (Heart Flowers)— a new collection
When I first saw a Poladoodle print on Etsy, I remember smiling because it was such a simple and lovely idea. Lilacmoon Studio is Jinnie’s playground, where it is filled with prints of her Poladoodles (little artwork using Polaroid photographs as a canvas), along with her stationery line of block printed cards, using rubber stamps that she hand-carved herself.
She sent in her various prints of Poladoodles, along with her beautiful hand-printed cards. See more of her contributions over here.
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PikaPackage: Cori Dantini
Monday June 30, 2008
What Will Happen Next print
I am loving the new print from Cori Dantini called Freedom (it’s not available from her shop yet!). If you see closely, there’s a lot of fine detail in them which reminds me of paper cuttings.
She’s contributing 12 pieces of this exquisite print, and you can see a slightly bigger picture right here. She’s away on vacation right now, but will be back by the 14th of July!
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PikaPackage: Rachael Amen
Monday June 30, 2008
Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat – Open Edition Print
Rachael Amen is a self-taught artist who runs Number Eight, an Etsy shop where she lists her art, illustrations and handcrafted items.
She contributed her full-sized prints of her colorful drawings, which you can see more over in her shop.
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