Have You Seen Me?

Where did you go?   

A question for the ages that even the Mighty Bosstones once asked.

I think we can all relate to that one missing sock after a fresh load of laundry.  What happens to them is one of life's mysteries.  They must have some kind of premeditated escape plan that happens during the dryer - basket change over.  They use the static cling to scale down the side of the machine like a high tech thief on an extension wire down the side of a skyscraper.  But after all, who could blame them? They don't have the best job in the world. I guess its just they're version of a major career change.

No matter what the cause, reason or phenomenon, it's a part of life, though it doesn't make it any less irritating.   If socks and laundry machines existed in the times of great kings and be-headings, I think it would have meant the demise of many royal servants.

So, join in the search for missing socks everywhere.  Maybe they'll eventually turn up with Jimmy Hoffa and the five Navy Avengers lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

My new Missing Sock prints can be found here.

Lotta Prints!

Friday evening I had the pleasure of attending Lotta Jansdotter's 'Printing Party' held at her new Brooklyn studio.  It was the second of two parties to celebrate her new book 'Lotta Prints'. I've been following her work and fell in love with her signature hand printed fabric. Her designs have such a great rustic elegance about them. Needless to say, I was not only thrilled to meet her in person, but absolutely ecstatic to experience first hand some of her favorite stamping and printing techniques.

A wonderfully mixed crowd of fans and curious participants both young and old gathered around her studio work table supplied with paint, rollers, sponges, brushes, stencils and hand carved potato stamps.  Following a demonstration of each printing technique, we all dove in and began to create our own designs on the same type of crisp cotton fabric Lotta uses herself. 

Due to the large turn out, finding a spot on the work table took some effort.  But one could hardly complain with her wonderful collection of art and design books throughout the studio to keep you occupied, not to mention the mini shop with signature Jansdotter items!

What a wonderful night indeed.  I look forward to more printing events with the infamous Lotta Jansdotter in the future.

For her online shop, visit www.jansdotter.com

Hot Fun in Summertime

Summer has arrived, and along with it, humid 90 degree weather and sweating in epic proportions.  My Grandma preferred the Winter months over the Summer ones.  Her philosophy was that you can always put on more clothes to warm up, but there's only so much you can take off.  After years of living in the concrete jungle where the heat rises from the sidewalks, and more specifically in Brooklyn, on a street where trees are few and far in between, I completely understand her way of thinking.

However, one of the best parts of warm, sunny days are barbecues and picnics. I salivate at the thought of grill cooked burgers, slightly burnt hot dogs with baked bean dip, buttery corn on the cob, crisp salad and large glasses of iced tea lemonade to cool off with.

Inspired by these images, I've created a line of silkscreened butterfly wall art and linens.  He are a few...

Hand silkscreened 9X12 canvas wall art in Charcoal, Blue and Yellow.  

Available here in my Etsy shop

18x14 Butterfly placemat sets in Red, Charcoal and Ochre.  

Available by special order.

These placemat sets are my favorite.  Like the canvas wall art, I love how the pair create whole images when set along side each other.  Also available in an Ochre/Blue colorway.

 They too are special order items.

Left Side

Right Side

Detail

Detail

The butterfly canvas sets are available here at my Etsy shop.

For more information on the special order items, contact me at nykeiam@gmail.com 

Enjoy and Stay Cool!