A brief hiatus from posting.

Lot's of assembling, shopping, and skull hanging left to do.

Keith Scharwath for Aaron Rose's Simulacrum
Available for sale here.

happy friday

Adam Ekberg

• Thomas Mailaender: No pain no gain
• barnacle feet
• Alice Anderson's work gives me trichotillomania
• I'm going to start handing these out to puppies
  

if you're out there

Designing with Type: Open Forum: Essays and Quotations

via touching harms thart

• would u eat a human shaped sandwich?
• sooo thirsty
  
• Jane Benson's Dead Swan Wall Paper
• Shawn Huckins paint chip series
• solid thankyous
• waynestead
• Slawson for SPACES gallery: I want to play too
  
• dan funderburgh's Chinatown Ball
• video: sorry I'm late
  
  
  

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Mads Lynnerup You are the Artist, You Figure it Out, 2008

Silk-screen print on paper (diptych)

24 x 17.75 inches each Edition of 15

interior spaces: gold teeth brooklyn

Welcome to the Gold Teeth Brooklyn studios and residence where 3 creative minds and one cat call home. My dear and long time friend Jesse of GTB has agreed to give us a sneak peek into their Brooklyn nook. Jesse and her creative partner Emily established Gold Teeth a little over a year ago, with a focus on handmade screen printed greeting cards and fine art prints. Their work has quickly become a Brooklyn fixture at craft fairs and boutiques and has even been picked up by Steven Alan. The brand has recently evolved into custom jewelry and accessories. I pretty much love everything this duo makes but their studio is giving me sunlight envy.

"Emily and I have been living in this space for almost a year now and it's the first place in New York that has really felt like home...i love the overly varnished wood floors and open bright space that allows us to really spread out our work, we have great peak light in the afternoon!"

The bright and airy studio and living space is a reflection of the taste and compatibility of 3 equally talented people. The GTB girls live together with Jesse's boyfriend Alex who happens to be a hands on jack of all trades and professional welder. "Alex built me a beautiful work table with a butcher block top and a handful of great butcher block shelves that allow me to showcase my collections properly."

On top of being a budding entrepreneur and all around awesome lady, Jesse has a sharp eye for treasures. She is a born collector- I always loved visiting her folk's home in Miami that was packed with eclectic and unique odds and ends. "We have also started to accumulate old rulers which is becoming a bit of a collection...they all seem to come in handy tho when it comes to a printing project."

various paper prints available here

"I have been collecting globes for a few years now.... it all started with wanting a black ocean globe and then i just got obsessed! My mom has a fabulous flea market in Detroit where you can still find great vintage gems for barely any money."

"We tend to work with a muted color palate and simplified shapes to create everyday objects that make you smile."

"It has been a lot of fun starting a business all on our own, watching it grow and seeing positive responses from people is extremely encouraging. It is a huge challenge at times and we are both quite new to the business end of things but are learning a ton and feel that there is nothing more rewarding than creating something that you are proud of"

Resources: Gold Teeth home page; GTB Etsy

curtain lifted: gold teeth brooklyn

 Tomorrow Saturday I'm taking you guys on a tour of the Gold Teeth Brooklyn studios.

Here's a teaser:

visual intrigue & cerebral tickling

Tauba Auerbach

Subtraction (Startling) Ink and pencil

Reflectera II Reconfigured typewriter

All the Punctuation Typewriter ink

Alphabetized Bible Laser printed pages

Ambo Dextro Reconfigured typewriter

Here and Now/And Nowhere (Anagram IX)

Stacking (Yes), Stacking (No)

Gulp... I think I'm becoming a floozy. I'm falling fast and hard for Tauba Auerbach although I've already professed my love to so many others. I've come across some standout, stimulating and creativity conceiving works lately. I lub* me some Tauba.

nice print: deconstructed origami

Clever print, ideal for the origami enthusiast. deryaakay: Standing Crane, 2009

11" x 9", Silkscreen on Paper; Edition of four

The Berkley print winner is:

carlee fernandez; friends series

Congrats Sherri, Random.org picked you!

Great Haikus:


LURVE animals clothed
Berkley's in particular
would keep for myself

christmas comes, chilly
goat chews on blue bolo tie
those prints must be mine

in winter, art soothes
bat is rockin my damn world
me, he must be mine

Print give-a-way

I'm giving away two Ryan Berkley prints to one lucky MM reader this week!

Free goods just in time for the Holidays. Whether these are for you, or as a gift for someone you care about, these guys will be enjoyed. Anyone who's ever clicked on Etsy, browsed arty craft blogs or visited an Urban Outfitters has come across Ryan Berkley's animal portraits. Now's your chance to score my two favorite guys: the karaoke singing bat and hungry billy goat.

5x7" -Both are digital archival prints created from original pen and ink drawing. Comes with backing in plastic sleeve just for you - all ready to pop in a frame. All images by Ryan Berkley Illustration

To enter just leave a comment stating what you plan to do with the winning prints.
For extra bonus points-- anyone who leaves me a Haiku will be offered 2 additional entries to win. The winner will be announced next Tuesday December 8th.
Goodluck!

last weeks links

Audrey Roger's WHIPCORD BETTY & PURPLE COBRA LILY
HAND EMBROIDERIES AND SCREEN PRINTS ON COTTON PANELS - 20.5 X 30.5 CM EACH

I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween weekend! Ours was divine.
I want to thank everyone who commented on Parker's burger feet costume last week. Not to say I wasn't shocked that everyone dug it... but it's always so great to feel the blog love & appreciation. I love this damn community. Enjoy a few links from around the webs last week that made my eyes happy:

• make tacos not war
• damn these are so cool but that tail looks like a dildo
  
• wish I'd written it too
• cats are to blame
• sweet bracelet
• nice gifty for a harlequin & boston fan
  
• wonderful art blog
• nice travel snaps
  
• collage craziness
• 3 totes is the new 2
  
• Labrapotamus
• neighhh
• c*u*n*t
  
• fun

weekday links

andrew degraf Bike sketch

• I dont remember holt books, but I sure wish i owned some.
  
• I had an intimate encounter with a garlic clove this week.
  
• nostalgic living is ideal
• I like your fancy mask Devendra
  
• George Porcari: Florence Green Bike
• burrow owls!!!
• every surfboard needs a cozy
  
• hurricane portraits
• I want the wolf faux Lilo is sporting
• a smart and beautiful christmas tree alternative
  
• I'm so excited that Stone Crab season is here again.
  

If you're in the Boston area I suggest checking out FRINGE Studios OPEN HOUSEThe Fringe Movement
It's sure to be a dynamic collective.

how I plan to tote my tots

Rachell Sumpter
Mothers Little Helper, 2006

I'm totally getting a papoose for my chi this weekend.

concerned wolf man

His expression is priceless. wolfman print by Joel Mills
edition of 20 for only $12

weekday links

Zip Design

• i want to be them when I'm older
• #9 Bless Wallscape!
  
• beautiful everyday patterns
• Beyonce on a bike?!
  
• candy colored bikeshop
• so simple, so pretty
• silver amethyst geode ring bling!
• GTFO: Cat Bar
  
• fauna & birds print
• want to be humbled? Check out Jill Sylvia's work.
• fun blog: harry malt draws pictures
• I can't get over this Tara Sinn horse collage:
  
  

happy friday

Samson is wearing a knitted scarf from J.Crew, sailor hat models own.
Fannyb WoodenBones; shop

tangent vector

danny wills: analog vs digital

Marloes ten Bhömer shoes

molly m designs lasercut prints

mathieu lehanneur ottoman

Ken Murphy 365 daytime lapse sequences of the sky above San Francisco’s exploratorium.

nice tits

Sebastian Lester: A celebration of the humble tit. Print available here.

tails!

I'm so pleased that the trial raccoon tails I ordered on ebay came in today and they weren't as cheap or gross as I had nightmarishly imagined. I'm planning on using these protocol tails for the bike I'm working on assembling. I have a few more pieces to go but the tails have been revving my engine all week. I look forward to now ordering more tails & fur next week. The grand arrival of these raccoon bits has me yearning for fall and a nice romp in the woods.

woodland inspired goodness:

cb i hate perfume: Wild Hunt

The scent of an ancient forest in the heat of a summer afternoon. It is a blend of Torn Leaves, Crushed Twigs, Flowing Sap, Fallen Branches, Old Leaves, Green Moss, Fir, Pine and Tiny Mushrooms.

Amy Ross; naturemorph

Weaselshrooms bird/high-priestess collage

JACKSONSWIFT;flower deer
archival reproduction original watercolor drawing