claire grill more

this one is pretty great too. Here!

clare grill

Aaggh! Beautiful! Found here.

Lake Hotel! With an Underwater Bedroom!

via Jokemijn

More info here.

Renn Fayre: Call for photos!

photo credit: Suntiger

I recently got a hankering to look at photos from my college's end of year celebration, Renn Fayre, commonly (and aptly) described as a three day bacchanal, slightly different each year because students come up with new projects and build new structures. One of my favorite traditions is the ball drop, wherein thousands of bouncy balls are dropped from the top of a paved hill. And the whole thing starts on the friday of Renn Fayre with the thesis parade, pictured above: all the graduating seniors burn their thesis notes in a huge bonfire and then parade through the library and over to the President's office to shake his hand. There are fireworks, confetti, giant paper mache pieces, champagne, drums, nudity, glitter, and dancing, and the party keeps going all weekend.
But! In looking at these photos on Flickr, I realized that I have almost zero pictures from Reed, and no pictures of myself at Renn Fayre. If you are reading this and happen to have a photo of me from then, would you please send me a copy? I will love you forever. I especially want a picture of me in the lizard bikini I wore one renn fayre; the top had a lizard head and the bottom a long tail, and the whole thing was as glittery and shiny as a Ziggy Stardust getup. A great thing to show the grandkids someday, right?

Homeland Magazine: Part Two

Still dying to get my paws on a real copy of this magazine.

Scott Nash

My friend Scott Nash is an amazing illustrator. He's got a new website up and a new book out. Check him out!

Dahlov Ipcar: Part One

I got to meet Dahlov Ipcar today! Her home is full of art, animal figurines, chess books, and plants. I especially loved this wood block print (my favorite of her work!) and it was also great to see all of her fanciful soft scuptures of dragons, bulls, and other creatures. At 92, Ipcar is fiesty and opinionated, full of personality and still hard at work on a new series of paintings; she also has a new children's book due out in the fall. I was totally inspired. More pictures when my film gets developed.

Manners, Shon Mahoney, Emma N. Young

White Wool Tour poster art drawn by Shon Mahoney

Greg Beson, of Manners, and Emma N. Young, poet, print maker, and all-around badass are setting off on tour this Friday after a sendoff show at Mayo Street Arts. Come out! Manners will play, Emma is reading poetry, and the Young Sun Press will have its first issue up for sale. The Points North and the Slow Vultures will also be playing. 

Buy work by Manners and Emma N. Young at the Manners, Sun of Bees, Young Sun Press Corporate Headquarters. 

More Cooney

Yessss

Paper Cuts

Art in store fronts display on 24th St. in the Mission. Intricate and quite lovely; I especially like the geometric bits. We need more of this in PWM.

Wheatpaste in the Mission

I love this.

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be

My pal Ed recently showed me this real rad blog, "Times ain't like they used to be." Head there to download awesome old timey music and see the equally amazing album art.

Lake Street Dive plays Faith

Barbara Cooney

What a badass.

Illustrations

loving the illustrations posted on 88. Blocky and black and white and yes. yes.

and i want this in my hands

Lake Como, a hand-printed book of drawings by Paddy Molloy

This Is What I Want

via the swamp