Kid's drawing into Real Life

Kids always have such a free expressive way of drawing. I thought this was a very fun idea. Check out more of these photographs here, at Yeondoo Jung's website.

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Etsy love: Jetty Kolobaric

It's time for me to let go of summer and embrace the season change. I wanted to share this cold weather photograph I've been eyeing on Etsy by Jetty Kolobaric. It is very intriguing from afar. You can't quite tell if it is an abstract painting or a photograph. When you get closer to it, you see the reflection of the water. It reminds me of stillness, the importance of mindfulness, and the beauty and comfort of mother nature.

Jetty has a great eye for finding all the beautiful things in nature that you should check out here.

I hope you enjoy the beauty in these photos and they bring some calmness to your day.

In the Studio with CuriousDoodles and Michal Garcia

My good friend Michal Garcia, who happens to be a very talented photographer and musician paid me a visit recently all the way from Hong Kong! He was very generous with his talents and we had 2 photo shoots while he was in town. The first was in the screen printing studio, The Pull, while I was printing up my 2011 Calendar. I wanted to share the photos with you as well as reveal some of the behind the scenes process that is necessary for screen printing.
I start by taping my screens with a waterproof tape. There are two main purposes to this:
1. the tape at the top and bottom of the screen creates a nice ink well
2. Masking out the unused areas of the screen insures that ink is only going where it belongs.
Once the screen is taped up, I start the registration process. There are crop marks on that transparency that indicate where my calendar pieces of paper should go. Once they are correctly placed, I put little red pieces of tape along the top two corners to indicate where to set the pieces of paper down throughout the entire print run.
Now its time to mix the paint. For this particular job, I used a pantone ink so there was very little work getting the ink prepared. I just add an extender base that keeps the ink from drying so quickly. This is a preventative measure to keep the ink flowing nicely through the screen. If it starts drying in the screen it will cause clogging and all kinds of hair pulling.
After I print the front of the calendar, I use a mobile heat unit to cure the inks so I can flip the cards over without getting wet ink all over everything. The heating unit (the gray thing pictured above) is on an arm that you can easily swivel on top of your print for about 15 seconds and then swivel it out the way. Its a very handy tool!

This is a small piece of the overall process, but I hope you enjoyed it.

Dancing Paint In Water

These photographs remind me of exotic sea creatures! They also remind me of the moment the creamer hits my coffee. I love watching the coffee and the creamer swirl and dance together.

Photographs by Mark Mawson

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Landscapes

I'm feeling inspired by the work of Leigh Beisch this morning. I love the emotions the landscapes evoke. There are no hard lines, only soft color transitions that make me feel comfortable and calm. I could use more calm and comfortable in my life right now. Thanks Leigh! She is also a wonderful food photographer. Check out her website here.

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Fall Morning in Portland

I apologize for cheesy fall leaves photos, but I just couldn't help myself this morning taking a few snap shots. It is such a rare clear blue fall day in Portland.

I woke up this morning and went to Ken's bakery for a latte and ham croissant. Mmmm my favorite! Then I walked over to my favorite hardware store in the neighborhood, Ace Hardware, to pick up some gas masks. I've decided to start using them whenever I make fused plastic for my bags because it can't be that great for my health to inhale melting plastic fumes.

Anyways, I've got alot of work to do this weekend so I gotta go!

Beautiful Trash

I love these photos because they are beautiful aesthetically, but evoke sheer disgust in my stomache. Haha, makes me proud to be an American consumer:(

The texture created from all of the cell phones is incredible. I also like the subtle color palette.

Check out more of Chris Jordan's work here.