Jenny Hart

Jenny Hart first tried embroidery in the summer of 2000 as a means to deal with stress and anxiety and quickly became known for her stitched portraits of the famous and infamous. She founded Sublime Stitching in 2001 with a new model for embroidery design and resources. Hart has since become an internationally recognized artist and designer and has authored eight award-winning titles on embroidery for Chronicle Books.

Her works have appeared in numerous books and magazines including Vogue, Rolling Stone, BUST, Nylon, Juxtapoz, The New York Times Magazine and others. Hart’s work is in multiple public and private collections of note, including the estate of Elizabeth Taylor. In 2012, her embroidery will be included in a 40-year retrospective group show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery.

July 20, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Julia Pott

Julia Pott is an animator and illustrator with whimsical work filled with anthropomorphic animals expressing humorous human experiences. With a passion for hand-drawn creations, her creatures have a natural quirky authenticity. Her drawings are wildly popular and her animations have appeared in a variety of places ranging from a Toyota commercial to a Decemberists video. She received a BA in animation and illustration at Kingston University in 2007 and earned her MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art in 2011.

Some of her clients include: Bat for Lashes, The Decemberists, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Chronicle Books, Edun, Etsy, J. Crew, Malibu Rum, MTV, Picador, Picasso Pictures, Passion Pictures, Skins, Toyota, V & A

July 13, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Olimpia Zagnoli

Olimpia Zagnoli’s illustrations share the contradictions of being colorful while understated; simple while bold; retro yet modern; and innovative without being ostentatious. Witty and whimsical in design, the Italian illustrator’s work has been exhibited in several magazines, newspapers, book covers, posters and exhibited in galleries around the globe, with clients ranging from the New York Times, the New Yorker, The Guardian, Adidas Originals and The Rolling Stones, among others. Her portfolio of work is truly stunning and ever-expanding.

Olimpia is always looking towards the future, eager to branch out and try new things including an interest in doing work in fashion.

July 9, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Von Glitschka

Von Glitschka (AKA: Vonster) is owner and sole creative of four books and an adjunct teacher for the local college visual communications program.

Partial Client List: Adobe, All State Insurance, Dell Computers, Disney, General Motors, HGTV, IBM, Microsoft, Nike, St. Martins Press, MLB & NBA Licensing, Proctor & Gamble, Tyson Foods, US Marine Corp, G2, JWT, leopold Ketel, Landor Associates, LPK, Ogilvy & Mather, XTheBrandAgency

June 13, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Strawberryluna

Allison Glancey and Craig Seder are the designing, illustrating and screen printing husband & wife team behind strawberryluna. The Pittsburgh-based self described music and film nerds are self-taught when it comes to design and screen printing, but we think that that’s exactly what gives their work such a unique, distinct flavor. They first got their feet wet by making stunning gig posters which launched their collective career.

In addition to their silkscreened posters and prints, strawberryluna also does custom illustration work, CD & vinyl packaging, logos & identity packages, traditional-print ready pieces, web-ready icons and designs, t-shirt designs, and much more.

June 4, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Caitlin Keegan

Designer and illustrator Caitlin Keegan’s work has the ability to convey a message with a decidedly fun and whimsical vibe. Schooled at the Rhode Island School of Design, Caitlin has gone on to illustrate for clients such as Bust, Chronicle Books, The New York Times, Nylon and Playgirl. She has served as a staff design at Nickelodeon Magazine, and also designed for Scholastic and Sesame Workshop. Strongly influenced by her love of pattern, collage, and decorative arts, her beautifully striking work has been exhibited across the U.S. and has been recognized twice by American Illustration. In addition to those feats, Caitlin has illustrated two books so far, Shakespeare’s Love Sonnets and Chicken and Egg: A Memoir of Suburban Homesteading with 125 Recipes and has had her work included in a growing list of publications including The Exquisite Book: 100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game, Save the Date, The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration, 1,000 Handmade Greetings: Creative Cards and Clever Correspondence and Pattern Design: Applications and Variations.

May 3, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik