A very talented reader from half-way around the world emailed black & white photographs of his beautiful hand-cut snowflakes. I’m so happy to have received these and to share them with you from Arthur Shramko of Kyiv, Ukraine, who writes, “When I was a child my grandmother used to make these snowflakes, so she taught me and since then I make them every year.” He makes them in winter and sticks them on windows. Incredible.
By now, possibly you’ve seen the new way to show off your favorite photograph in the form of canvas prints. I absolutely adore the concept, so you can imagine how excited I am to share a wonderful giveaway from Photo-Canvas. A while back, they turned a very special photo of my great grandparents into a wonderful piece of heirloom art.
The beauty of this process is that you don’t have to only use photographs, you can simply send Photo-Canvas any favorite image in JPG file format and create your own unique artwork. Maybe you know an artist or aspiring photographer that you could surprise by turning their work into canvas prints.There’s really no limit to the images that can be printed to canvas prints– check out all the many canvas products they create and peruse the Photo-Canvas blog for wonderful ideas including the option of custom wording printed to the back of your piece. It’s a very simple process and their detailed website will walk you through the steps.
But, happy day! Photo-Canvas is offering a wonderful giveaway of a 30 x 40cm canvas to each of two lucky JSIM readers!
TO ENTER: Leave a comment about an image you would have printed to canvas if you won. One entry per person, please. Entry deadline is midnight Wednesday, December 15, 2010. Winners of the canvas-prints will be announced and contacted the following day. Be SURE to leave contact information in your comment if there is no link to a site with your email information.
THE WINNERS have been chosen and contacted:#42 Megan and #167 Roberta. Congratulations Ladies!!
And, by the way… if you’re looking have a canvas print to receive by Christmas, be sure to order this week!
Most old-school commercial artists have an insatiable passion for typography. I’m no exception. I hoard vintage and rare books on the subject. But over the years, I’ve enjoyed more dimensional play with type in the form of vintage alphabets and numbers resourced from antique shops, flea markets and thrift stores to Etsy and Ebay.Here are a few of my favorites from around the house.The first image above was made using pieces from a vintage home-movie title set. (The script lettering was added digitally.)I have another vintage lettering set that is magnetic for use by photographers.
A few of the Magnetype letters spell out my business name on the inside of my metal studio door.My friend, Rose, gifted me these giant poster-size printing blocks that spell out my name, backwards of course.Vintage anagram tiles, as I’ve shared before, are resting on the type-bars of my old remington typewriter wall art that hangs above a writing desk.143 (I love you) is the first thing you’ll see as you walk through our front door.Retro numbered coffee cups from the thrift store hold a few miscellaneous items in the rubber-stamp corner of my studio.An inexpensive vintage game of Boggle has fun wooden cubic dice to spell out a sentiment on a shelf our living room.This wonderful old numbered board once held hotel keys from an establishment along the Mason-Dixon line. It was a gift from my friend Karen and now displays a few vintage keys from my own collection.When I figure out what to do with these large old brass cow tags picked up at a local junk shop, I’ll let you know.In the meantime, they’re just plain cool.Old brass embossed screen tacks are awesome for pinning up things on my inspiration board.I’m not sure what these tags were used for, luggage claim? Coat check? I’m going with the latter and hang them from the hook on our hall tree.
And good old scrabble tiles and lotto numbers await creative use while sitting bottled on the shelf.Here are a few other collections I’ve shared in the past:
Thank you so much, Arthur.
