A Tale of two Shops



On Friday I went to visit Kevin Austin at Chair Table Lamp once last time. Kevin has sold the shop to a new owner who will take over the reigns June 13th. 

I purchased the small sunburst mirror which I'd been coveting for a while. I think it'll work well in either the hallway or bedroom and will also serve as a nice reminder of one of my favourite shop owners. (Corny but true!) 


Then on Saturday I went to the opening of a new shop VERSO in the back of INabstracto.
The owner Julie Jenkinson + her partner Kate Eisen had done an amazing job of transforming a dark little space into a beautiful oasis filled with art, furniture + lots of great vintage finds.
Inspiring.
Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the overall space... but I thought this oversized apothecaryish vase with pink peonies was just stunning.

Best of luck to Kevin +Julie on their new creative adventures. :-)

Home of Jo Saul - Co-owner of TYPE books

  
The Home of Jo Saul - Co-owner of TYPE books is featured in the current issue of Toronto Life's City Home. 









Jo's newly renovated space above includes two of my prints: 
A Room of One's Own and n is for novel.
A close up of n is for novel. (SOLD OUT)





Here's a pic I recently snapped of Jo hard at work in her shop.
TYPE is one of my favourite spots in the city for inspiration + general 'visual goodness'.:-)

New edition of Penguin prints almost ready

I spent an inky weekend completing the last stages of my new edition of A Room of One's Own print. Back in March I completed Passes 1+2  and this weekend I screened in the title with a smaller screen. I then tea stained them each individually - with real tea FYI! The only stage remaining is the adding of a coffee ring.
As you can see I ran outta room in my studio area for drying so used my livingroom + office! This is indeed a work/live space.

 Applying the black ink to the screen.
Tea staining the print with real tea. (Red Rose fyi) :-)