Estibaliz Hernández de Miguel’s new print for The Working Proof reminds me weekend cooking fests I used to have with my high-school friends – we’d cook up a storm and then sit outside, looking out at the mountainside, eating and chatting for hours at a time. Called I Bring the Magic, You Bring the Cookies, the print is about shared magical moments.

15% of each print sold will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières. Read our interview with Estibaliz here, and buy the print here.

Heisuke Kitazawa is an amazing illustrator from Japan. I love the detail and color in his work.

Love this octopus print series by Myah Bailey.

Via Share Some Candy.

For our first print of the year, we are proud to present Luke Jinks’ beautiful Fallen Warrior print, an illustration from a recent body of work Luke completed around the Native American tale of ‘The White Horse’, which tells the story of maiden who was sought after by many brave warriors:

There were two suitors who led the rivalry for her hand, a Cree chief from Lake Winnipegosis and a Sioux chief from Devil’s Lake. The girl herself favored the Cree warrior, and when the warrior brought a beautiful white horse from Mexico as a gift for her father, he agreed to the marriage.

On the day that they were due to be wed, the Sioux chief gathered his army and went to retrieve what he believed to be rightfully his. Upon the sight of the Sioux chief and his army, the two lovers mounted their horses and fled onto the western plains where they hid amongst the prairie bluffs. It appeared that they had lost the Sioux chief and his war party, but once they were on the plains again, the beautiful white horse was visible for miles, and the war party soon found them. A rain of arrows fell upon the fleeing lovers, and the warrior and his bride fell dead from their horses. They say that the soul of the white horse continues to haunt the prairie to this very day.

Luke’s work is strongly influenced by folklore and tales from the past, and he often chooses to ignore perspective in order to create a 2D aesthetic in his work. He uses bold colors and pattern within his illustrations, often painting the ground in a repetitive pattern, or the sky in an unusual color, in order to give his illustrations the dreamlike feel that so many folktales have.

Luke chose to pair his print with The Pablove Foundation, because of their work with children with cancer. Read our interview with Luke here, and buy the print here.

Beautiful print by Matt Taylor titled Moving is Living. Unfortunately it’s sold out, and so is the second edition.

For our last print of 2010, we are pleased to release Miracle Fish, by Lizzy House. The original Miracle Fish artwork was created as a monotype, and was printed using nearly 400 paper fish that were cut out by hand (that’s a lot of fish!). Lizzy says about the print:

The idea behind the piece is that we each count. No matter what, someone cut each of us out, and whether we are in the background or the forefront, we individually matter. Sometimes we get lost, but no matter what, the value of the fact that you ARE, and that you somehow CAME TO BE, matters. Find yourself and make it count.

15% of the sale of this print goes to Farm Sanctuary. Lizzy chose to pair her print with Farm Sanctuary because of her belief that we as human beings have an obligation and a stewardship to the animals on this earth.

Buy the print here, and read our interview with Lizzy here.

Hello! We’re happy to present this lovely new print by Mark Alsweiler called The Big Sky. There’s something very lovely and of the season about it – sitting around a campfire, playing guitar, hanging out with friends and enjoying the simple pleasures of life, piles of leaves and gloomy weather…15% of each print sold will be donated to Transportation Alternatives.

Read our interview with Mark here, and buy the print here.

Hey, peeps! As most of you already know from previous posts, Sean and I are having a baby in February. In order to prepare for the baby’s imminent arrival (we live and work out of a 400-square foot apartment), we are having a year-end sale! Most of our cards, journals and some prints are on sale for up to 50% off! Help us clear out our apartment, and get some cute, hand-printed papergoods to boot! You can find all of our goods in our online shop.

Happy holidays! Thank you for your support over the years! We’re looking forward to 2011!

I really love this new print by tracciamenti, an Italian artist who has been working with the dress as a subject for several years. Dress #30 is about more than fashion, however – it was inspired by an article that she read about the detailing and embellishments of haute couture dresses, and the women in Asia who are employed to complete the work. It makes me wonder about the people behind the hands that make each piece – the hundreds and even thousands of hours that are spent crafting all of the laborious details.

15% of each print sold will be donated to Teach For America. Read our interview with tracciamenti here, and buy the print here.