http://houseofcat.net All things artful and curious Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/for-the-love-of-stencils/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/for-the-love-of-stencils/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:49:18 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4098 Oh my…I was just tipped off to a goldmine of outstanding stencil art by an artist named Andrea Michaelsson. If you love stencils like I love stencils, go check out Andrea’s flickr page…but don’t blame me if you lose track of the time and end up running late. Related Posts The Stencil Art of Logan Hicks Cece Carpio [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/for-the-love-of-stencils/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/overheard-at-the-record-store-18/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/overheard-at-the-record-store-18/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:08:53 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4085 “Dude, that lady’s been 10 tokes over the line since the ’60s.” “That show is so cheerfully vulgar—I just love it.” “My dad started the job of collecting Alice Cooper. But I finished it, man.” “I had to give that guy my jacket last night. He was wearing cut-off jean shorts, was covered in sweat, and was going [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/overheard-at-the-record-store-18/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/jessica-hische-on-letterpress/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/jessica-hische-on-letterpress/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:51:02 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4076 Jessica Hische is a constant source of typographic inspiration for me and about a million other people around the world. Here she is discussing the refreshing, tactile beauty of letterpress. Related Posts Hand-Made Letters Handwriting and You Alphabet City Books and their Covers See, I Told You Typography was Cool ]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/09/jessica-hische-on-letterpress/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/08/the-stop-motion-mastery-of-pes/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/08/the-stop-motion-mastery-of-pes/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:32:46 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4067 If you’ve already seen the short films of PES, you know you’re in for something special when you see his name. If you haven’t, you’re about to meet one of your new favorite stop-motion artists. Sit back and enjoy the outstanding creativity and production of the amazingly talented PES. Then go check out his other projects. [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/08/the-stop-motion-mastery-of-pes/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/08/comic-book-nerds-take-to-the-streets/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/08/comic-book-nerds-take-to-the-streets/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:48:33 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4057 I was recently alerted to the fact that tomorrow, August 28, is the first annual International Read Comics in Public Day. Apparently this exercise in visibility came about when one of the creators of the event said that he reads novels on trains because he is too embarrassed to read comics. A bit of brainstorming, [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/08/comic-book-nerds-take-to-the-streets/feed/ 0