Lots of you were wondering where I got the felt that I’m using to make Finley’s letter blocks. I purchased them from Sue Eggen aka Giant Dwarf at the San Francisco Renegade Craft Fair. She had sets of felt that were curated by special guests. This set was selected by Something’s Hiding in Here. A brilliant and colourful idea!
Here are some before pictures. I should have bought 2 rolls: one to look at, and one to use.
Tasty stuff!
Here’s my crafty work-in-progress: I’m sewing some felt cubes for Finley to play with.
The Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco was great: an excellent top notch selection of sellers and, as you can see from my video above, packed with people (and some pets, too.)
Renegade is accepting applicants for their holiday shows. For more info, go here.
(Photo: Marmol Radziner)
Baubles, bangles, and…surplus bronze? That’s the material of choice for M+R Jewelry, a new line of accessories created by Marmol Radziner. The Los Angeles-based architecture and construction firm has transformed leftover bits of bronze from its past building and furniture projects into sturdy unisex bracelets, cuffs, and rings. Handcrafted by Marmol Radziner’s metalsmiths in Vernon, California, the pieces are versatile enough to add a sustainable swoop to the everyday or the Rick Owens runway. “The collection is a way of experimenting with our ideas, using different scales and materials to see if our concepts hold,” says Marmol Radziner Principal Ron Radziner, who also describes the jewelry as “reminiscent of our architecture, whose beauty lies partly in the expression of the materials and proportions.” The M+R Jewelry collection, priced from $80 to $250, is now available at Arp in Los Angeles.
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These are recent uploads to the UPPERCASE-curated flickr pool, The Work-in-Progress Society, which celebrates beauty in the unfinished. Craft, art, design, illustration: photographed in progress as well as our desks, tools, studios, supplies… I invite you to share your works in progress!
The images might be used in posts on the UPPERCASE journal about The Work-in-Progress Society (credited and linked to its Flickr member) and will be considered for print publication in upcoming UPPERCASE projects. Should your image be selected for publication, you will be contacted for additional information and higher resolution files if necessary. Thank you!
I’m thrilled to be a guest curator today on Etsy’s inspiring blog, The Storque. (hmmm curious coincidence with the name, there!) I’ve selected just a few of my favourites and they’re all creative people who have been involved in UPPERCASE magazine in one way or another. Click here to read the full post and to find links to great Etsy sellers! If you’re a regular reader of UPPERCASE and have an Etsy shop, please feel free to include a link to your shop in the comments below.
(If you’d like to advertise your Etsy store in the winter issue, we have a full page dedicated to independent sellers. Ads are inexpensive, starting at just $72 Canadian for subscribers. Click here for more details and here to see past ad pages in our magazine.)
Thanks, Etsy, for providing so much inspiration, eye candy, connections and great purchases to us all!
I made a fresh batch of pocket mirrors using an assortment of vintage maps. Available in the store and online. Perhaps a nice stocking stuffer to go with an UPPERCASE subscription? Issue 3 ships now for Christmas delivery and we can gift wrap the magazine or include a personal note if you wish.
Thanks to Ana in Ljubljana, Slovenia for purchasing a magazine! I encourage you to visit her bilingual blog: she has some great photography and makes these pretty coin purses, available in her shop.
Elisabeth Dunker has a new limited edition print available in her shop! It’s a tribute to the “slow and calm life. It’s also a flirt with old embrodery, ornamental folk art and pixel graphics,” she says.
I’m posting this from the hotel in Winnipeg—very shortly on my way to see Camilla’s book on press. Elisabeth’s beautiful photographs are featured throughout the new book, as are her wonderful Studio Violet collaborations created with Camilla.
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