We’ve been so busy in the studio lately, making tons of new work for the holiday season. Apparently, we’re not the only ones already planning for the holidays, because Hatch has declared our Midwest seed bombs the Environmental Stocking Stuffer of the Week. Thanks for the shout-out, Becky!
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Our Over-the-Rhine and Cincinnati vintage typography tea towels sold out almost instantly a year ago, so we’ve printed a new batch in different colors for this holiday season. They make great gifts and, this year, you can buy a matching pair in graphite on yellow or chocolate on lime. Pick yours up at MiCA 12/v in OTR, in our online shop, or at the Crafty Supermarket event next Saturday.
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Enjoy Your Weekend: art and sports.
Daisy Mae’s Market: let’s all welcome this new produce vendor to Findlay Market.
The Art World Goes Local: according to the Wall Street Journal, the mantra “buy local” now extends to the art world.
Space Hotel Says it’s on Schedule to Open in 2012: a bit of anti-local news.
Detroit House Auction Flops for Urban Wasteland: sad tales from Detroit.
City Dreams Illustration Series: bizarre, dense illustrations of life in New York City.
Bike Racks by David Byrne: the Talking Head himself is an avid bicyclist and cycling advocate; now a bike rack designer as well.
Hot off the presses is our largest serigraph yet –20×28 inches, and three colors. The print shows the Ohio River, downtown, Over-the-Rhine, Mt. Auburn, Clifton, the University of Cincinnati, and parts of Queensgate, the West End, and Mt. Adams. You can recognize the major buildings and landmarks by their distinctive shapes. The coordinates in the lower left corner reference the heart of Fountain Square.
Being from the Northeast, I don’t find Cincinnati’s fall foliage all that impressive. Nonetheless, I’m here now, so I’ve spent the last couple of weeks documenting the best examples of fall color I could find. Over-the-Rhine’s distinguished architecture is, of course, a photogenic backdrop. I’m pretty happy with the results.
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Just completed is our brand-new table runner depicting the Ohio River as rendered in a surveyor’s 1766 drawing, before the founding of Cincinnati. Printed in chocolate brown ink on heavy-weight linen, it measures 19×59 inches and is available in pale green or pale blue at MiCA 12/v in Over-the-Rhine.
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Traces of these ads promoting Paramount Vodka can be found on buildings all over Cincinnati. This one is on Elm St. near Findlay Market; there’s another one just a few blocks away. I’m still not convinced by this “anything goes” claim — what about mashed potatoes or shiatsu? Just how all-encompassing is this statement?
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Thank you, Becky, for interviewing me as part of the Etsy Designers at Home series on Houzz. Check out our decor porn in Etsy Designers at Home: VisuaLingual!
Enjoy Your Weekend: art everywhere this weekend, from downtown Cincinnati all the way out to West Chester.
Charley Harper Skateboards: we have our deck, and now you can get one, too.
Cedric Michael Cox Interview: our talented painter friend Cedric discusses OTR as his muse; Soul within Structure, an exhibit of his new paintings, opens at the CAC tomorrow.
More Jane, Less Marc: a brilliant DIY campaign by Mike Joyce of Stereotype Design.
DAZE, ROKE and PRIEST Peel Back History in Birmingham, Alabama: a brand-new mural peels itself back to reveal its 30-year old predecessor. Wow. Just wow.
Down at the Corner Store: photographers Karla and James Murray document NYC storefronts.
Moonjoo Lee, Painter of New Nature: Urban Decay, Debris, Demolished Buildings: just that; awesome work.
At McMicken and Freeman in the northwest corner of Over-the-Rhine is an overgrown plot of land that hides a wall of ghost signage. I’ll try to return to this spot this winter to see if I can get a better look at what it says.
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