Finally! I made a Brooklyn Map—up for sale on Etsy now. And I think it makes a wonderful gift, don't you? I think there is some gifting occasion coming up or something.
Cards for sale! Dusty Rose Holiday Pop-Up starts on Small Business Saturday
Hey peoples of New York! Next week, afterThanksgiving, it's Small Business Saturday, and Dusty Rose's HolidayPop-Up will begin. Running from November 28 until Christmas, I'll be selling cards and prints at DRV (251 Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn) along with 25 other fab vendors. It's a great bunch of makers! I hope you'll be able to come by and say hi.
Dusty Rose Vintage
Address: 251 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222
Shop Hours: Thurs- Sat: 12:00 PM - 7 PM, Sun: 12 PM - 6 PM
Wateraid Show: Thursday, November 19
Hey folks! I'm excited to announce that I'm part of a show going up next week to benefit WaterAid, and it's opening on, wait for it... WORLD TOILET DAY! The purpose of this day of acknowledgement is to help people understand the issues surrounding clean water access globally, and how this issue affects health, economy, and gender equality in developing countries. As a way of educating people on some of the issues surrounding the topic, I created this Clean Water Alphabet. I hopoe you can stop by when the show is up to read it in detail!
The Shit Show
To benefit WaterAid
Opening: November 19, 6-10 pm
On view from November 19 through November 22, 2015
Address: 103 Norfolk Street, NY NY 10002
Man Made on Vice
Vice i-D just ran this great interview on the Man Made book with Dan Jones!
And here is one of the illustrations I did for the book — a portrait of Mr. Jones himself:
Makr Thanksgiving Kits!
I had lots of fun working with the lovely Sarah Weisman, of Makr, this fall to design and illustrate the pretty Thanksgiving kit you see here. And as of today, you too can have a customized Thanksgiving table scape that I've illustrated! Napkins, table cards, coasters, table runner— they've thought of EVERYTHING!
Ladies in Scarves
I'm on a sort-of, semi-vacation, so I'm drawing women in scarves.
Ulster Love
So excited to have illustrated Grace's Guide to Ulster County for Design Sponge today!
...and the Guardian likes it too
Mind the Map, up on the Guardian this week!
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2015/sep/10/cool-cartography-the-art-of-mapmaking?CMP=tmb_gu
Mind the Map Book Release
I'm very excited to share that my map of Rome, created for Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi's Rome cookbook (out this September from Hardie Grant / Rizzoli), will be included in Gestalten's "Mind the Map"! Here's a link to pre-order and read more about this beautiful book. Now to plan that trip to Rome....
Phoenicia Flea Recap
August has been a fun and busy month, filled with road-tripping, packing and unpacking, making prints, sketching, and not a lot of cooking. I had the pleasure of getting away on a couple of weekends with my good friend, Maresa, of Dusty Rose VIntage to participate in the Phoenicia Flea, a traveling makers' market organized by James Anthony and Paul Lowe, of Sweet Paul. The first weekend we hit Accord, NY where we set up shop at the beautiful Westwind Orchard, an organic apple farm where, if you come on the right weekend, you can get beautiful, zucchini blossom-topped wood-fired pizzas. Weekend two took us to Asbury Park, NJ, right on the boardwalk next to the amazing Market at 5th Ave. , a really interesting makers' market in its own right. On the way home from Jersey, we paid a visit to Seven Arrows Organic Farm, where Farmer Meg gave us a tour of the farm and introduced us to all her hard working animal companions. This month I met so many wonderful people all doing what they love, weathering the inconsistencies of small business ownership, smiling at the little victories, and laughing at the unpredictability of it all. Made me happy. Here are some silly pics from the months happenings.
Shout out to Joanna Donofrio
Earlier this summer, I had fun studio visit with the amazing ms. Joanna Donofrio, an east coast-based film maker who's working on a series of maker videos. When she invited me to be a part of her series, I was surprised and delighted. Getting over my shyness to share with you her beautiful work. Here's the teaser. Stay tuned for the full piece!
books, baby
Nothing like reading a good book in the sunshine. Currently enjoying The First Bad Man, by Miranda July.
Newtown Creek Prints!
I decided to make prints of the Newtown Creek inventory as well as the t-shirts, and you can get one now in the print shop. Prints are archival, 13" x 19" on 100% cotton rag.
Greenpoint Beer Ts
I was recently doing a little research on what sort of creatures live in Newtown Creek, a small body of water branching off the north end of the East River, and was surprised to learn how many different animals call this place home! I know that here in Greenpoint, Newtown Creek is has a pretty bad reputation relating to the pollution it's been victim to (namely an infamous 1978 oil spill), but creatures actually live here, a LOT of things, both great and small. I decided to highlight just a handful of them (plus one that might be fictional) in this abridged Newtown Creek Inventory I drew for the next Greenpoint Beer t-shirt. Prints will be coming soon too.
Declare Your Independence
Yesterday afternoon, I took a break from work to cool off in the McCarren Park Pool with my fave neighbor lady. Midday swim breaks are just one of the reasons that I'm happy to be a freelancer. The lovely and amazing Adina from S.W. Basics recently asked me to share what the bravest thing I'd done in my professional life was, and I think it was when I quit my full-time job so that I could focus on illustration. It was a big decision for me, but I can truly say that never looked back. If you're iInterested in reading more about that (and perhaps pick up some awesome natural beauty products while you're at it), then you can get the whole story on S.W.'s blog!
the latest thing I did for S.W. Basics -- a poster which tells you how to make your own beauty products at home, using healthy ingredients you can find in the kitchen
Full Disclosure, Episode #2: Big Data
Hello hello! The next in the Full Disclosure series that I've been working on with Chris Bruffee is up, and this time Big Data shares their crazy tour tale from Cannes. There is a mime. I hope you enjoy.
Juicy Fruit
A glimpse of the lifesize watermelon patch I just wrapped up for the Greenpointers Summer Market photobooth. YUM!
Full Disclosure: Episode #1 with Cults
Fun project announcement! For the past few weeks, I've been working with Chris Bruffee on a series of animated stories for spin.com. In the videos, band mates tell funny stories from the road, and I've illustrated them and worked with Chris to bring them to life. We had a lot of fun co-conceiving the storyboards and I hope you enjoy this first one in the series, featuring the band Cults:
Produce Prints Now Available!
Hey fruit and veggie lovers--I just put some produce prints up in the shop for sale. 12" x 18," plus a 1/2" white border, 100% recycled matte archival paper. If you'd like to pick one up, then click though to my Etsy shop. Cheers!
Summer projects
I'm feeling pretty tired (and happy) after a weekend trip to Rock Hall, Maryland. It was my first time visiting that area of the Chesapeake, which was nice to have explored, considering I'm working on an illustrated map of this region right now. We ate piles of blue crab, dipped into the bay, and learned how to do the "rock hall wave" . The weekend wrapped up with a drive over the awesome Chesapeake Bay Bridge and into Baltimore, where I had a chance to see the neighborhood mural/campus map I did earlier in the year for University of Baltimore (some detail shots here). It was cool to see my work at that scale (the mural is 120' wide)!
In other news, I just wrapped up illustrations for a new book that will be available this October from Hardie Grant UK, called Man Made. Written by Dan Jones (who is completely hilarious), the book is full of tips, funny and serious, showing men how to be well-groomed and dressed for success. This was such a fun project! Here are some sneak peeks at the illustrations:
And more maps are in the works too. Soon to be available are my Hudson Valley map and my Portland Maine map (which I'm creating for Portland Trading Co). And produce guides will be for sale soon too, so stay tuned.