Embroidered plastic shopping bags

It's great to see someone giving the plastic shopping bag some TLC, before they become a thing of the past. These are made by Josh Blackwell. Found via Banquet.

Bernhard Willhelm & Jutta Kraus

I just got the new book Bernhard Willhelm & Jutta Kraus, and in the same week found one of his dresses second hand. The middle image was taken from fashionising.com. It's part of his SS2010 collection. The other images are the front and back cover of the book. xxxx

Matohu

I was having a look around for nice screen-prints because of my course and I came across Matohu, who showed at Tokoyo Fashion Week, Spring 2010. I spent more time looking at the purple dyeing effects than the prints. Have to try it. Images via coolechicstylefashion. xxxx

Getting crafty

Started a screen printing course last week. Lots of fun but need to refine my sewing skills!

Some new work things

Here's a CD cover I did recently: Tim Rollinson, You Tunes. Also some patterns I did a while ago have been published in this book: Estampados Padroes, by Spanish publishing house Mao Mao. xxxx

Paul Schuitema book

Here's some images from a book I got on the holidays: Paul Schuitema - Visual Organiser, and a link to it's review by Eye magazine. xxxx

Valentines Day

My friend Charlotte hosted a Valentines day morning tea through the week for the little ones. Very cute. xxxx

Nice artist and a colourful graphic

Above is a hibiscus graphic I'm drawing inbetween jobs, and below is a painting by Gina Ruggeri, found via Commmunity Bulletin. xxxx

Nice Cards and a library of old books

My friend Anna has started making clever, handpainted gift cards called 'Cards for complicated people' which are available on Etsy (images above). I also found a good graphics resource of historical book covers and design examples at Photobibliothek. The pics below have been sourced from there. xxxx

At the art gallery

This is the first time I've seen the airbrushed red, burgundy and blue painting (left) in the flesh rather than in books. It's by my uncle Paul Partos and is called Vesta II, done in 1968. The other paintings (left to right) are by Trevor Vickors (I'll have to double check this) and James Doolin - also done in the late 60's. The picture was taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Australia.