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art - Jess Hutchison plush Guides

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:26:00 +0000

Jess Hutchison is an illustrator, avid knitter and author working primarily in textiles. We both share the fact we were born on Guam, frolicking on the beach as tots. How random is that? But I digress...

This collection of painted plush have the comforting appeal of the favorite stuffed animal, or pillow, that would help lull you to sleep. Their serene faces calm you as you drift off to lala-land.

Guide with Spirit

Guide 2

Guide 3

Guide 4

Guide 5

All pieces acrylic on muslin cotton plush, approx 7" high.

art - Lisa Congdon shadowbox

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:24:00 +0000

Mixed media artist, Lisa Congdon, creates miniature worlds within her shadowbox pieces. Goofus and Gallant displays the sweet interplay of feather, fauna and love.

detail view

Goofus and Gallant
mixed media collage in shadowbox
approx 7" x 7"

art - Catherine Campbell paintings

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:24:00 +0000

Gorgeous, gorgeous paintings by Australian artist Catherine Campbell. Each character is paired with a beautifully detailed familiar.

- ink, watercolor and collage on archival paper
- size: 6" x 8.25"

Dig deeper, it's getting dark

Hiding in the tallest grass
SOLD

Meet me in the middle of the air

artist profile - Hernan Paganini

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:29:00 +0000

Hernán Paganini was born in Argentina in 1982, and studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. As a busy creative, Hernán currently teaches at said university, works as a freelance illustrator, in addition to constantly developing his art.

His work is informed by his surroundings, and he keeps his mind open with a child-like view upon the world. An avid collector since childhood, Hernán would often use the objects found as material fodder, and inspiration, for others works. Hernán explores his environment, life moments and emotions, intersecting these discoveries into his art.

"Each material is a new world and language to discover."

// Hernán on Flickr

art - MARS-1 Invisible Plan custom figures

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:25:00 +0000

** Sorry, sold out. **

Mario (aka MARS-1) created these awesome custom painted versions of his Invisible Plan figures. I'll have individual pics of each piece up soon, but thought I'd post a group shot of these amazingly detailed figures. These were not on display in the gallery, and available online only. Only one of each, and each figure is signed by the artist. SOLD

art - Allison Sommers paintings

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:44:00 +0000

Allison Sommers' art was quite a personal discovery for me, in that her process and themes evoke tinyshop in many ways. The most obvious feature is size. Not only is her work small in scale, but she paints with such minute detail -- and sometimes under a magnifying glass! I have much respect for honing a craft, and paying attention to the details.

As you move closer, the subject matter includes even smaller creatures and worlds that might fit right in your pocket. A whiff of fractured tales, Victorian flea circuses and the complicated dreams girls are made of...

Details:
- Gouache
- All pieces sized smaller than 6x6

Hats (The Kellnerin Brothers)

Sleeping Giant

Husbandry
3 x 4.5

Rathaus

The Jitters
3.5 x 3.5

artist profile - Irina Troitskaya

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:22:00 +0000

Irina Troitskaya was born and raised in Izhevsk, Russia... a city she describes of dead ends, sad electronic music and Finno-Ugric cultural roots. Irina's love of drawing lead her to the Udmurt State University, where she studied art. However after five years, she became weary of her studies, which signaled a turning point in that drawing became an abhorrence.

Upon graduating from university, Irina abandoned drawing, and instead, worked as a TV journalist for a local arts & culture program. In the Summer of 2003, she felt the need for a career change and took her chances in Moscow, where she now resides. Irina currently works as a freelance illustrator by day, and an artist by night -- a happy result.
www.irtroit.com

Apex & Iona Rozeal Brown stop by

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:45:00 +0000

A North Beach escape.... Friends and artists, Iona Rozeal Brown and Ricardo Richey (aka Apex) visit Double Punch & tinyshop, while they take a break from their residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts.

If you're in the city, check out Ricardo's contribution to the Luggage Store Gallery's show, In the Fullness of Time, at their Annex location, 509 Ellis Street @ Leavenworth.

art - Leah Brawley Friends

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:25:00 +0000

Leah Brawley's adorable Friends are reminiscent of folk art, and the vibrant characters of 1950's book illustrations. Each wooden figure is hand painted, fashionably turned out, and no two are alike.

Friend 1

Friend 2

Friend 3

Friend 4

Friend 5

art - Ashley Goldberg prints

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Wa-wee-wo! Get your hunky woodsman on.. Lovely, limited prints by Ashley Goldberg.

- Prints of original illustrations done in ink, then digitally colored.
- Printed on archival velvet fine art stock using archival pigment ink.

Byron
edition of 10
5 x 6

Irving
edition of 10
5 x 6

Neighbors
edition of 20

Wee Trees
edition of 20
5.5 x 4.25

Friend or Foe
edition of 20

art - Naoshi postcards

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:31:00 +0000

Wonderful, cheeky art postcards by Naoshi.

- One-sided full color postcards on matte paper
- Size (inches) 4 x 6

random - the littlest buddha

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:17:00 +0000

Artist Katrina Szyszkoski sends us pics of her tiny discoveries in Japan.

artist profile - Leah Brawley

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:05:00 +0000

Leah Brawley is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in San Francisco, California. A native Rhode Islander, she received a BFA in sculpture from the Massachusetts College of Art in 2000. Leah's work consists mostly of tiny self-portrait drawings and paintings that serve as a visual diary of her thoughts and desires.

In 2005, Leah had a solo show of her signature post-it and postcard drawings at the Gallery Deluxe Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Tinyshop is one of her first shows in San Francisco.

>>> Leah's Friends figures available online

art - "XXS" Gocco prints by Wing Ngan

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:20:00 +0000

Graphic artist, Wing Ngan (aka iNK design), created these beautifully designed Gocco prints for the online gallery of tinyshop. Printed in 2 colorways of orange and pink, in limited quantities.

Details:
- 3 color handscreened Gocco prints
- Printed on French paper, construction, slate blue, 100lb cover
- Size (inches) 4.25 x 6.25

XXS pink, limited edition of 32

XXS orange, limited edition of 27

gallery pics, part 1

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:08:00 +0000

Some pics of the work on the gallery side I christened the "cute wall." Many of the print cards and plush objects reside here.

cuties --- some literal, others subversive

print cards by various artists (details below), and kid's tees by Naoshi

Paintings and wooden doll Friends by Leah Brawley

Yuka Yamaguchi print cards

Handscreened Gocco-print cards by Wing Ngan

Sunae kits (top) & print cards (below) by Naoshi

Plush by Serena Kuhl

Timmie #117 by Marilyn Patrizio

Maki Squarepatch paintings and plush

opening night pics

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:00:00 +0000

This post is long overdue -- I came down with a flu a few days after the show unfortunately. I'm finally getting pics up of the opening. In my daze of preparation, chatting and wine (damn you ;P), I totally forgot I brought my camera, but thankfully pics were to be had by the ever fastidious artist Macronecole, and tinyshop patron Wadiefong. Thank you both!

tinyshop music mix for the night by my good friend, Brooklyn-based dj Brian.

Gallery pics shall be forthcoming....

Double Punch entrance, seen from bottom of landing leading to gallery. Double Punch entrance sign designed by Pete Fowler of Monsterism. Opening night guests James and David sneak downstairs for some toy ogling.

Our homage to the lovely Tiny, the boy cat tinyshop is dedicated to.

Wadiefong & Timmie 88's visit! He came to see his fellow Timmies and visit Timmie 117 by his creator Marilyn Patrizio. Pics by Wadiefong.

Timmie 88 checks out the cool Bwana Spoons mural near the stair landing.

Hmmmm.... that guy looks familiar. The coveted Timmie Tadpole in teacup by Marilyn Patrizio. Art by Michael Fleming on the right, hand-painted wood dolls by Leah Brawley.

Timmie 88 and his papa!

Denise & Omar, Double Punch masterminds.

The masterminds and Steve on guard... or just hammin'.

Artist Jess Hutchinson and I discussing the awesome, magnified stylings of Allison Sommers art.

Guests and artist Lisa Congdon's infectious good cheer to the right.

Contemplating small

Artist Mikas Mogo cuddles little wonder baby Atlas. Daddy MARS-1 in the background.

Macronecole feasts on Shawnimal mini ninjas

Denise, Omar and artist Leah Brawley share laughs without Peter (I'm kidding) ;P

Jake keeps the rock alive, Macronecole documents

art - XXS gocco print by Wing Ngan

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

XXS, originally uploaded by inkdesigner.

Graphic artist, Wing Ngan (aka iNK design), created these amazing one-off prints for the online gallery of tinyshop. These prints will be sold online only, for those of you who cannot attend the show in San Francisco. We'll have these available to purchase soon. Stay tuned.....

video - a wee slice of tinyshop

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:20:00 +0000

A short video of one of the arrangements in tinyshop. Video footage thankfully taken by audio artist, Macronecole. I was too pooped to pip! I'll have more pics and hopefully video up soon.

A big (and certainly not tiny) THANK YOU to all of the artists who participated in the show, came to the opening, and brought good cheer. Hugs to all!

Works shown: Amy Earles, Lisa Congdon, Catherine Campbell, Nathalie Roland, 1911, Peng Peng, Katrina Szyszkoski, Ryoko Yagi, Ruth Bleakley, Melissa Contreras, Jessica Polka, Maki Squarepatch, and Purple Petunia.

artist profile - Nathalie Roland

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:30:00 +0000

Nathalie Roland, born in Santa Monica, California, and began printmaking at the age of 17. Roland graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Art/printmaking.

She has called Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo home and currently resides in a sunny, wood chip littered, San Francisco apartment (aka the Pastry Palace) where ink, monsters and music constantly battle for her attention. Her work has been shown in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Barcelona, and Portland. She has been known to eat cookies in her sleep.
www.headphonerecord.com

artist profile - Catherine Campbell

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:44:00 +0000

Catherine Campbell lives in a tumble down house in Melbourne, Australia. She potters around talking to her cats, generally making a mess, and drawing a lot of little lines on lovely papers late into the night.

For inspiration, Catherine obsessively collects the quiet little whimsical moments of everyday life. Most of her drawings are tiny.
www.catherinecampbell.net

>>> Catherine's paintings available to purchase online

artist profile - Shawnimals

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:30:00 +0000

Shawnimals was born in a town called Normal, Illinois. Shawnimals is Shawn Smith and Jen Brody. Together they form a design studio that creates off-the-wall yet lovable characters. Shawn and Jen turned Shawnimals from a fun hobby/college art project in 2001, into a full-fledged, honest-to-goodness (yet still incredibly fun) business they continue to run together.

Shawn manifests the Shawnimal characters, with Jen's power as co-seamstress, bookworm, lover of all animals, eater of anything with sugar, and all around nice person.
www.shawnimals.com

artist profile - APAK

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:00:00 +0000

Ayumi and Aaron Piland are the fantastical magical duo known as APAK. They are a husband and wife collaborative art team who live among the trees in a little cabin on the outskirts of Portland.

When they combine forces they are able to travel to other dimensions, beyond time and space to bring back images from their travels for your viewing pleasure.
www.apakstudio.com

artist profile - Mikas Mogo

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:45:00 +0000

Magicmikas (aka Mikas Mogo) is an artist that sewed her way out from Lisbon to San Francisco, with occasional intermissions to accommodate other mediums.

Nowadays, she spends more time changing diapers, but still finds some time to work in-between feedings.
// Mikas on Flickr

artist profile - Macronecole

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:30:00 +0000

Macronecole is a moniker that Peter Arroyo uses until a more suitable one comes along. Simultaneously fond of various 20th Century composers/compositions and Pop/Rock music, he finds that the realm of sound/site-specific installations helps to reconcile the 2 genres in him.

Previous works include sound installations for various spaces, website audio/music, many recording projects, perpetual band pursuits, and several performed compositions for various chamber ensembles.
www.myspace.com/macronecole

artist profile - Melissa Contreras

noreply@blogger.com (caramimi) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:42:00 +0000

Melissa Contreras was born and raised in Fresno, California. She came to LA to finish her Biology Degree at UCLA. Realizing her heart wasn't in it, she switched to Art. Thrown head first into the world of high concept art, those 3 years were a blur of not fitting in and just not getting it.

After graduating, she landed a job making craft samples for an educational toy company. Knowing that wouldn't get her far, Melissa convinced them to let her try her hand at Graphic Design. Many years (and catalogs) later, she started Axelhoney as a way to focus her creative energy. She realizes to be happy she must do what she truly loves, and let her art take her where ever it wants to...
www.axelhoney.com