Featured
Sugar Editorial Picks
Nice and New: Letterpress Peacock Poster
Sycamore Street Press should be proud as a peacock of its Fancy Seeing You Here Print ($30). As you can see, pairing one of nature's most glamorous birds with one of the most luxurious styles of printing is a recipe for success. A vintage Vandercook letterpress is used to hand-crank these ornately designed posters one at a time and one color at a time, giving them a texture as gorgeous as a peacock's plumage.
Nice and New: Orb 5 by Carlo Van de Roer
You may have heard of 20x200, an online retailer of limited-edition prints at affordable prices ranging from $20 to $200 (based on size), begun by New York gallerist Jen Bekman. The site, which sells works by both up-and-coming and established artists, gives nearly everyone the ability to afford good art. For that in itself, they deserve a pat on the back.
Nice and New: Blanca Gomez at Velocity
Prints by Madrid-based graphic designer and illustrator Blanca Gomez are now available at Velocity Art and Design, and I'm totally adoring them. Gomez's designs feature classically styled messieurs and mesdames accompanied by colorful balloons, raindrops, and other cheerful, child-like imagery. There's a near-stick-figure simplicity to her figures that evokes 1960s art; it's utterly charming.
Etsy Find: Wish You Were Here
Since Summer definitely isn't endless, capture its essence with this limited edition print by artist Danna Ray. When you have Wish You Were Here ($25) on your kitchen wall, you'll get a reminder of sunshine and lake dreams, even if snow is madly falling outside your window.
This archival print is produced with high-quality pigment-based inks on heavyweight paper, and is seven inches square, allowing room for matting and framing in a standard size frame.
Love It or Hate It? Charlie Dog Giclee Print
You might already know that I've got a soft spot for the canines, but that still doesn't mean I'm sold on this Charlie Dog Giclee Print ($89.95). Are you?
Love It or Hate It?
Etsy Find: By Order of the Management Series
Fitting for So Fresh and So Clean month, these three prints ($20 each) are part of Artist John W. Golden's original "By Order of the Management" series of digitally made signs reproduced to look like letterpress prints. He created the series after realizing there are some things parents tend to repeat over and over, but he says, "many of these parental mandates are good rules for adults to live by too."
Love Shack: Romancing Your Walls
Looking to add a final touch of romance to your home this month? Then don't forget your walls! By adding a new print to your home, you can easily change the mood of the entire room.
Etsy Find: Blue Icicles
A limited-edition print, Blue Icicles ($20) will put a little loveliness into the harsh reality of Winter. From Etsy seller YumiYumi, the print is signed, numbered, dated, and shipped in a flat mailer. I think the print would look lovely as part of a whimsical-bird motif in some grouped frames, don't you?
Great Art Online: Tree Factory by Amy Ruppel
Every month, the good folks over at Reform School work one on one with some of their favorite artists in a collaboration called "Student of the Month." This collaboration features work from talented artists and designers and offers new and limited-edition goods from an ever-changing list of artists.
One recent offering is Tree Factory by Amy Ruppel ($35.00).
Etsy Find: Birdcages Print
Birdcages print ($22) by Traci Edwards is, according to the artist, "inspired by The Birds, Victorian ghost stories, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and the little parakeet my great-aunt had during my early childhood."
This print measures 11" x 14" with a one inch border. It is printed on white archival matte paper and signed and dated by the artist.
More on CasaSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Browns Fashion
Bloch
Jucca