The fox and the hare [a skulk of foxes and a husk of hares], a beautiful blog exploring collective nouns (visual or otherwise) launched by Gracia, Elaine and Louise. Do hop over to show your support for this fun project.

** Lines & Shapes V2 is online: BLOCK
a solid piece of hard substance having one or more flat sides; a quantity, portion, or section taken as a unit or dealt with at one time. artists featured:
jim green, meg mateo ilasco, maditi, thuss/farrell, stephanie waddell

Amy Arnold {Wisconsin} is an artist whose medium is wool, whose method is sewing, whose madness is Peepwool. ‘The peepwool are an expression of my inner world and my experiences as a mother-among other identities-and reflect my experiences of intimacy, separateness, bewilderment, frustration, wonder, and joy. Yet the peepwool clearly have identities and agendas all their own.’

Tsilli Pine’s recent work, ‘the figures’ is a series about the topography of money in human consciousness, the power of numbers and how much they dictate, both psychologically and actually. ‘These pieces were made with pigment, vintage paper and cotton thread on rice paper. The color palette is intentionally restricted to red and black: the colors of accounting. The work details the extent to which I think about finances, and uses the historically feminine crafts of sewing, collage and rubber stamping to penetrate and explore the traditionally masculine realm of business in our lives.‘
{via frolic!}

’s Baggers (named after a local fried-potato dish), the world’s first fully automated restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany is the brain-child of business man Michael Mack. Diners place their orders from touch screens and the food (on colour-coded miniature train-cars) is sent flying from the kitchen in the roof via a system of metal tracks helter-skelter style. [more]

Notebookism stems from our mutual love to create on paper, ‘The smell of smooth creamy paper sends our hearts aflutter. The delicate tinkling of nib against inkwell accelerates our pulse rate. We stare endlessly at the first blank page.‘ {flickr}

* Moleskinerie

Congrats to Amy at Pikaland who launched a fantastic project PikaPackage ( a monthly promo and marketing tool connecting illustrators and artists who are selling online with their audience ). The participants get an ad space on their Galleria and a free Pikapackage {flickr}. There will be ONE free giveaway, and the rest to be sold to adoring fans and readers with a specially produced zine.

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I love the slouchy-oversized look, Punky b
(French fashion blogger does this look so well). {via for me, for you}

I also love the style of Abby, Bugheart, Gracia, Jenny, Mav, Risa

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1. recycled from used camera components, by re:vision.
2. cork cuff explores natural cork as a wearable material.
100% recycled and recyclable, by Studio 1a.m.
3. recycled from stainless steel rulers, by individual icons.

Efen Lin graduated from Tokyo Designer Gaikuin College in 1997 and working for the creative department of Dentsu (Taiwan) Inc. subsequently. Her work has been published in exhibitions, illustration books, publications, newspapers, magazines, advertisement, store designs, TV titles, etc.

Lisa Versacio (graduate from New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology), founder of Brocade Home on her background: ‘Having grown up in the fashion world, particularly with my love for textiles, has helped me to look at the home and all interiors within a fashion context. I think the fusion of fashion and interior design has been an exciting evolution and has inspired a lot more uniqueness and individuality.‘
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