Archive for the ‘inspiration’ Category
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Exploring the island on the very first day of the trip we came across the Key West Museum of Art & History. The museum features some portraits of Key West’s famous people as well as work by some of their most well-known artists—my favorite being folk artist Mario Sanchez. Most of his pieces are reliefs carved into wood panels and then brightly colored to accurately reflect street scenes, places and people from Key West during the early 20th century. Sanchez’ work has a certain charm and honesty about it; seeing the culture and beauty of Key West through his eyes. These pictures do not do his work justice. See more of his pieces here.
Top image: Morning Gossip, Bottom image: Taxi, via here.
Tags: fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, key west, key west museum of art & history, mario sanchez, sarah hanks
Posted in art, inspiration, Travel | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
While in Key West last week I came across the Zbyszek art gallery. I was immediately drawn to the bright colors, movement, textures and abstract figures in the work and I knew that I wanted to purchase one of his pieces to remind me of my trip to Key West. I need to photograph the piece I purchased and I will share it later in the week.
Check out his work. It really is amazing–each piece has so many details that you could stare at one painting for hours. And his wife’s beautiful work is featured on the site too.
More from my trip coming soon.
images via here
Tags: fancy seeing you here, key west, sarah hanks, zbyszek, zbyszek koziol
Posted in art, inspiration, Travel | No Comments »
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
right: Skeleton Girl left: Octogirl
Last October I purchased one of Kerri Conrad’s pieces at DC’s Crafty Bastards. It was really hard to choose just one, but I ended up deciding on “Skeleton Girl,” (pictured above.) I adore Kerri’s quirky, dark and playful illustration style. Each piece is an original ink drawing that is attached to a wooden plaque, all coated with resin. It’s not obvious in these pictures but the ink drawing is mounted in a way that makes it float in front of the plaque.
See more of Kerri’s work here.
Twins (all pictures via Kerri’s site)
Tags: Crafty Bastards, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, Kerri Conrad, sarah hanks
Posted in art, inspiration | No Comments »
Monday, March 1st, 2010
I currently designed some business cards for a friend of mine and wanted to share some of the beautiful cards that I have found during my research. I’ll be sure to show you my finished design once it gets back from the printer.
top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right
Great business card resources: Card Observer, dailypoetics Flickr, Francesco Mugnai
And if you are like me and like to keep well designed business cards I got wonderful business card holders via MoMA Store.
Tags: business card design, business card inspiration, business cards, Card Observer, dailypoetics Flickr, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, MoMA Store, sarah hanks
Posted in inspiration, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Last night I watched Herb & Dorothy, an amazing documentary about a couple who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. Besides being the cutest couple ever they have amazing love for unique art and succeeded in filling every inch (and I mean every inch) of their tiny NY apartment with artwork—over 2000 pieces in thirty years. It’s a truly incredible and inspiring story. Add it to your netflix queue right now!
Tags: fancy seeing you here, herb and dorothy, sarah hanks, the vogels
Posted in inspiration | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
What inspires you? Recently I was asked to handwrite the answer to this question on a blank piece of paper for a internal work project. (I’ll update you later with the final project from all of these answers.) It’s a hard question for me to answer because I feel like I am inspired by pretty much everything! Anything from patterns in nature to a beautiful photo from a wedding to marc jacobs new collection—it all gets my wheels turning. All in all, I felt like I gave a nice summary of some of my favorite everyday sources.
I also keep monthly inspiration folders on my desktop to house anything and everything that tickles my fancy. Problem is I didn’t keep track of the sources for these images. (I’ll try to fix that this year.) The monthly folders are a great way for me to see design trends and they serve as a great reference if I need inspiration fast. Here are some of my favorites from 2009.
And now I’m dying to know what inspires you? Any daily rituals before you starting creating? Please share…
Tags: fancy seeing you here, inspiration, sarah hanks
Posted in inspiration | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
I am in love with using yarn pom poms as bows on all my gifts this year. It’s a great way to use leftover yarn and gives the gifts a unique and raw flair.
p.s. If you have kitties its best to make these when they aren’t around. My two little ones couldn’t resist constantly attacking and playing with them.
yarn pom pom tutorials here or here
plastic bag pom pom tutorial here
images via flickr and domestifluff
Posted in DIY, inspiration | 2 Comments »
