http://www.anniestoll.com/blog Annie Stoll Design & Illustration Blog Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:07:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Artvoice Feature – WNYBAC Members Show 2011 http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/06/artvoice-feature-wnybac-members-show-2011/ http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/06/artvoice-feature-wnybac-members-show-2011/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:06:27 +0000 Annie http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/?p=232 Continue reading →]]> how cool!Heya! Long time no type. I’ve been busy with freelance and also my new comic, Squid Salad. Also, I’ve been doing a lot of travel to anime conventions where I sell cute art and handmade buttons. More on that later…

Today was most excellent, as Artvoice chose to feature Honey & the Whirlwind by Tim Ferrara for the second time.  We’re both proud members of the WNYBAC, and as such are exhibiting in the member show. Also featured in the article is a hand made stab stitch book by myself. It contains sketches with the theme of Cherry Blossom Dream. It was made with Washi paper and I quite enjoy doodling in it with copic markers. (You might remember some of my handmade books from this post: link )

Go check out all the amazingness at the Western New York Book Arts Collective!
The show is on view till July 9!

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]]> http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/04/trimania-photos/feed/ 0 TRIMANIA!!! http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/03/trimania/ http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/03/trimania/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:37:18 +0000 Annie http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/?p=216 Continue reading →]]> It’s here! The gigantic party in 3D… TRIMANIA tonight at 7pm. Don’t miss it! I had an amazing time working with White Bicycle & Buffalo Arts Studio! Here’s a sneak peek at some of the excellent design I was a part of…

 

 

 

]]> http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/03/trimania/feed/ 0 SHA http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/03/sha/ http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/03/sha/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:30:45 +0000 Annie http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/?p=214 Just got back from a talk at Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart (my alma mater) Career Day! The girls were amazing and inspiring! Don’t ever give up on your dreams!!!

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Woah! A Huge thanks to Artvoice for the amazing feature on the upcoming Buffalo Small Press Book Fair in which they feature not only myself, but my partner in crime, Tim Ferrara and his fantastic comic- Honey & the Whirlwind. Stop by and say hi to us at the Fair this Saturday! I’ll have exclusive buttons and other fun swag. Check it out- LINK

Also a shout-out is due for French Press, as it’s where I made the excellent letterpress Squid Salad poster, used in my new comic (link) You may recall the earlier photos from my entry, here.How Cool!

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Also my friend Phil (of Aborted Creativity fame) hasn’t been able to get in contact with his sister in Sendai, so let’s send some special prayers/wishes his way!

Dear everyone in Japan;
Please stay strong against
the earthquakes and tsunamis.
The whole world is praying
for your safety.

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Emily Floyd is a fabulous actress and an amazing friend of mine. She lives in the Big Apple, where she creates really inspired and wonderful work. She’s just debuted her new website (with design/illustration/coding by yours truly) which I feel really captures her fun, quirky, and talented spirit. Check it out- Emily Floyd . net

Emily is in the highly anticipated upcoming first production of Crossing Brooklyn (a musical!) at The Michael Chekhov Theater on 45 street Jan 27th-30th. More details at Beautiful Soup Theater Collective.

Also on the horizon I’m looking to add some process entries and in depth looks at more recent works like Mike Brown’s American Hotel & Emily’s website above.

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I enjoy making handbound Japanese stab stitch books. I’ve also been working on some more sophisticated books, but for now I made a bunch of fun and cute mini books great for sketching and secret doodles.

I’ve been putting them up for sale on Singed Cat Studios’ Etsy book section {here} for just $10! The outside paper is made from super strong (and quite expensive) kimono pattern origami paper from Japan. The inside lining papers are manga from Japanese “phone books.” Attached to every book is a unique bookmark with tiny shiny gems and beads. The outside stitch and binding are made from super cute embroidery thread. Inside paper is smooth and perfect for writing secret thoughts and dreams, or for keeping special doodles and drawings.

Here’s my flickr set of all the luffily hand-bound stab stitch books I’ve made so far:

]]> http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2011/01/handbound-books-2/feed/ 2 Letterpress http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2010/11/letterpress/ http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/2010/11/letterpress/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:57:14 +0000 Annie http://www.anniestoll.com/blog/?p=166 Continue reading →]]> I just took wonderful Class by Shelly Kuzniarek of French Press in Buffalo, NY. My esteemed classmates (Doug & Brian) and I learned about letterpress and made type specimens on a Vandercook press! I used my tiny little hand-held camera to capture a few shots.
Letterpress is definitely my new obsession!

For a real treat, check out Doug’s photos of the workshop-
There are some real spiffy shots here:

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