Our good friends Phil and Lauren are getting married this summer. Lauren loves snails and gave us a drawing with snails and ferns. Riley transformed the drawing into a playful wedding invitation. They were silk screened with three colors on Pop Tone Lemon Drop from French Paper. I think they turned out incredibly cute and … Continued
Author: Mindi Raker
PaperCutWorks
I love maps. I dig unique paper projects. I have a thing for anything cut with an exacto knife. Since I also love Seattle it seems PaperCutWorks was made for me. I heart homemade, a great blog about all things homemade, is doing a special PaperCutWorks givaway. (Deadline for entry in May 19th.) Each of … Continued
Giant Whale Sculptures in the City!
I was walking down Broad Street in Philadelphia when I turned and saw these life size gray whales. Amazing. The artist Shay Church thinks about the long daunting migrations gray whales must survive each year. He describes his wet clay installations as migrations interrupted. Just when you think you have seen everything you come across … Continued
Sarvey Rescues Owls and other Wildlife
Sarvey Wildlife Center led a captivating educational presentation about birds at the NW National Park Family Day event. Sarvey rescues and rehabilitates orphaned, injured, and sick wild animals from the Puget Sound area, ensuring they get the best medical treatment and care possible, with the ultimate goal of releasing them back in to their natural … Continued
Light Language Art—Irene Turner’s Studio
We are creating a new website for Irene Turner and her Light Language Art. Last week Riley and I had the pleasure of meeting with Irene in her studio in Ballard. Visit Irene’s existing website or read her blog, Light Alchemy Art.
Cartoon of Blank Space for Red White & Pie
A blast from the past. Here is the feature Molly Norris, creator of the Draw Mohammed Cartoon, did about Blank Space in Art Access back in October 20o8. She Molly’s current response to her fictional Draw Mohammed Day.
Employee of the Week!
Feta Cheese, Blank Space Office Manager
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Museum of American Art in NY has their Biennial exhibition, 2010, running through May 30th. The art is typically by young and lesser known artists, often setting or leading trends in contemporary art. I loved the variety and abundance of physical dimension. Kate Gillmore paired sculpture and video incredibly well with Still Standing … Continued
Mant Farm—A place of life.
By guest author Jesse Arnold Miller, read his blog Artchival or follow Artchival on Twitter. LBW (Lost Boy Wandering), Lazzlo, Hotpants, Ice King, Homegrown, Papi, ,Therapist, Berkley, Also, Legasurous, Muffy, Weeza, and many more with their self guided names make up the Sober Free Society, a creative crew that is starting a new dialogue about the … Continued
New Client—National Park Service
On Friday we got some very exciting news. Blank Space was awarded a contract to work with the National Park Service on conceptual graphic design projects over the next year. I am headed to Harpers Ferry Design Center in West Virginia for the post-award meeting on Wed, May 5th. I wonder what fun meaningful work … Continued