Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2007

Brunch with Ashley G.


Janaina had brunch with Ashley G. a while ago. We are both in love with her work. Whimsical art, that lets your imagination flow, letting you come up with your own story. "Come on in" would have to be my favorite illustration of hers. What's yours? Ready to come up with you own story? Let your imagination flow...

1. Tell us a little about yourself
My name is Ashley Goldberg. I'm 25 years old. I live in St. Louis,
Missouri with my boyfriend and creative partner in crime, Drew, our
cat, Isadora, and a ton of shipping and art supplies. When I'm not at

my apartment drawing or making things I can usually be found getting
coffee, dragging Drew to thrift stores, or telling myself I am going
to clean my apartment (right after this one last episode of the Wire
or whatever show we're currently watching on DVD).

2. What is your craft?

Mostly I draw, paint, and with the assistance of Drew, create prints
from my illustrations that we digitally color. That part is my job
(which I love) but if I had more free time there would be more
sewing, perhaps more knitting, but definitely more experimenting and
learning new crafts.


3. What inspires you?

I am hugely inspired by nature, the weather, and the time of year.
For me, nothing is more inspiring than an overcast fall day when the
leaves are changing and people are just beginning to bundle up. To
me, that time of year just fe
els creative. I am not inspired by a
hot, bright summer day. And even if nature isn't always present in my
work, it inspires me to get more done. When I can have all the
windows open and there is a breeze, or I can draw while I'm outside,
I get about 10 times more productive.


And of course magazines, vintage children's books, my own childhood
memories and fantasies of animals and creatures and talking houses.
Childhood camping trips and playing outside. And I love vintage
photographs. I like to research images from different times in
history. Lately it's been the 1930's and the dust bowl (you can thank
Carnivàle).

4. Do you have any advice to give to other indie designers?

I wish I had more advice to give, but what I can say: no matter what
you do, make the effort to just put it out there. If I waited to feel
like everything I was putting out there was perfect or exactly what I
was trying to say, I would be frozen and not do anything ever. Be
proactive.


5. What is your favorite thing that you have created recently?

Oh, that's such a hard question to answer. I have trouble liking
anything I do but I have a few limited edition prints that I've done
for an upcoming show and I feel pretty good about those.


6. What is the first thing you can remember making by hand?

Drawing, drawing, and more drawing and then carving creatures and
animals out of bars of soap. Sounds strange but it was really fun
even if they never really worked out.

7. Where do you sell and when did you decide to start selling you work?

I sell my work on Etsy (ashleyg.etsy.com), Velocity Art and Design
(www.velocityartanddesign.com), Artstream Gallery
(www.artstreamstudios.com), Shana Logic (www.shanalogic.com), and
other brick and mortar shops.


8. Apart from creating things, what else do you enjoy?

Ummm… thrifting, reading magazines, and poking around the internet at
design, art and craft blogs. Hanging out with my best friend. I would
love to travel now that I am self employed but really working and
creating things takes up most of my time.

9. What three words would describe you the best?

A bit neurotic :)

10. What/Who is your latest indie crush/designer?

I am really love everything Christopher Silas Neal does. Guh… his
work is amazing.

11. Anything else you would like to say?

Thanks so much for this opportunity! You have a great website!

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

nanna's clutter collection



I like to look at Nannies' homes, the treasures that they have collected in their time. Some may call it clutter, I call them treasures


1. Cusion by Ruth's Crafts
2. Soap by Sacred Showers
3. Flower coasters by Becca Roon
4. Polka dots coasters by Little Tile Gnome (Nannas LOVE coasters ;)
5. Lightswitch cover by Le Photique
6. Vase by Sarah Thirlwell
7. Pinbacks from Monkey Shines

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

my secret crush....modern front


as an architectural designer & having worked as an interior designer, i am easily turned on by unique application, quality design, and color. there are other various things that play into the "senses peeked" calculation but those mentioned above are the front runners.

a while back i was finger strolling through etsy and came across modern front, i instantly fell in love, pretty hard. i stalk their store, daily (most of the time) just to make me smile and it acts as a reminder, that yes, there still are a million amazing things to discover in the world of design.

modern front is taking the art of re-purposed goods to a height that i dream of. taking vintage goods, repairing them, and then coating them with soft skinned rubber which can be used indoors as well as outdoors. how sensational is that?

so, my crush for the everlasting moment has got to be modern front, thank you for the multi-use, re-purposed goods.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Shoutout - Pamela Tang

The other day I found the most gorgeous designer on Etsy! Her name is Pamela Tang, she is an interior designer in Singapore. She makes the most gorgeous quilt covers, cushions, and book/journal covers, that will make any book look beautiful! They are handcrafted from exquisite dupion silk, and she also works with other natural materials.

You can tell just by the photos that they have been made with wonderful craftsmanship.




Check out her Etsy shop, her website, and if you're a bit of a blog addict like I am, perhaps you would like to check out her blog! :D