Pretty Prints

Julia Rothman is an artist I've been meaning to show for quite a while. Julia has a bunch of patterns, illustrations, and paintings on her website that just tease the eyes. Her style is whimsical and takes ordinary objects only to transform them into great designs. My favorites here are the camera and cityscape prints. Especially those cameras, which I could find a million places to hang in my place.

there's a pineapple in my wig, and other thoughts on paper.

A new favorite: Lauren Nassef's sketch-a-day.

I (heart) Heartworks

The following is a collection of embroidered objects created by men and women from South Africa. These pieces were created as the result of one woman's attempt to showcase art made in Africa. Margaret Woermann began with an idea to open a gallery, Hearworks, to sell furniture and art that she found while traveling through Africa. After visiting an art fair, and finding the local African art table to be dismally empty, she opted to ditch her original plan and instead bring together women who were unable to earn a living wage but had beautiful skills as embroiderers. Heartworks has now become a buzzing "factory" of local South African artists who gather together in the gallery to create and sew. The embroidery circles first started by Margaret in her gallery shop now supply to buyers as well-known as Gap. But the original goal remains, says Margaret: "to use my shops to give enthusiastic and dedicated, but marginalised people an opportunity to earn a living." Congrats, Margaret!


a local artist displaying her work




Margaret Woermann




Margaret and the Heartworks artists have begun to expand the gallery. Embroidered works now include various textile backgrounds like leather (here) and cotton (below).