Flickr Galleries: Or, Just Call Me Curator

I just discovered that you can make galleries on Flickr. I think it's likely that I'm going to become obsessed with this. From KaKAW!:

Mike Redmond

Mike Redmond is an artist studying at the Royal College of Art in London. Here is his flickr and blog.

If Mom Had Her Teeth In

"This Is Mother and me If Mom had her teeth In she would look Younger than I do."

Letterheads

Check out this extensive collection of old letterheads. It includes Hitler's, Freud's, Charlie Chaplin's, and more. Some are quite exquisite. Discovered via Rifle.

Lauren Nassef

Lauren Nassef draws in such an appealing way. I love this piece, titled Man and Buffalo. Here is an editorial illustration she had in the NY Times, illustrating an article called “Showing the patient the door, permanently:"

NMNH: Silver Horn

A friend sent me a link to this incredible art by a Plains artist named Haungooah, or Silver Horn. If I understand correctly, this is part of a 30-page pictorial diary drawn in the pages of a bound book used for recording Army target-practice sessions. According to the Museum of Natural History website, the drawings were made in the 1890s while Silver Horn was enlisted in Troop L of the 7th Cavalry, based at Fort Sill, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)."

Arini Esarey: Marbled Paper

It's all popping colors and awesomeness. Arini Esarey is a book artist and student in the bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to being an all-around rad human who is incredibly knowledgeable and wise.

Making Stuff and Doing Things; Nicole Lavelle

YES. I love this spread. It hits all the right notes. It was made by Nicole Lavelle, a graphic design student at Portland State University who already seems to have a pretty full dance card project-wise; she's working at Pinball Publishing and doing a bunch of design-related writing. Check out her website: making stuff and doing things.

Fish, Turtles, Lakes, and Jim Tierney

This weekend I took my third swim of the season. Actually it was probably the first--the other two times I just biked out to the ocean to hop in and run the hell out. This time I was in a lake. We walked out on a long, long, dock that was inches above the water and then jumped into the shiny gray waves. There were these enormous rocks jutting out of the lake like turtles, and we swam out to sit on them and watch the sun set. I felt like Maine was romancing me, but dude! Maine! I'm already smitten.

I learned that the lake actually does have real turtles--snapping turtles. They are crazily prehistoric--their tails even have spikes, and I'm told that their necks are so long they can reach all the way around and up the back of their shell to bite off your toe or whatever else they're after. But the most fascinating thing--they lure fish into their open mouths by making their tongue waggle around like a juicy worm. !!

All this and more nature nerdery--watching the alewives swim up the rapids of the Presumpscot! Listening to a friend talk about grabbing his fish by the mouth to haul them into the boat! Has me thinking about all the things living in the water I'm keen to keep jumping into. With all that in mind, I was completely delighted to come across this book cover, by Pennsylvania artist Jim Tierney. Check out more of his work HERE.