Nomads #2, Same and Different Work in Progress by Melanie Biehle | Nomads Collection, Spring 2016 The Nomads Collection is launching tomorrow! I’m so excited to share my six new abstract paintings with you. Starting on Monday afternoon at 12:00 PM Pacific...
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Today we’re spending some time with French textile designer Eva Bellanger. As you might know, I’m a fan of black and white line drawings and mark making, so when I first noticed Eva’s cool black and white patterns on Pinterest I tracked her down...
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Today is an amazing visual treat! I’m interviewing Libby VanderPloeg, a Brooklyn based illustrator whose work I can best describe as, “things that make me REALLY happy.” I first learned about her work when she illustrated some of the maps for the 24...
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“I don’t move from place to place on purpose. It’s not a conscious choice to be a nomad. Although I can see that each move is my own decision, predicated on nothing but my ever-growing sense that I don’t belong where I am, fueled by the hope...
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In this week’s installment of my new Illustrator Interviews series we’ll get to know a little about Brooklyn based illustrator Samantha Hahn. I first learned about Samantha a few years ago from reading her blog Maquette, enjoying her work as well as the...
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In first grade I was a super anxious kid. I didn’t want to go outside at recess because I didn’t want to lose my way back to the classroom. Until I was about 9, except for my grandparents’ house, sleepovers weren’t happening. I wasn’t...
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I’m always interested in learning more about the creative people that I admire. It’s been a long time since I’ve done an interview series on my blog. The last one was Creative Mix which ran from 2013 – 2014, where I interviewed 10 creative women who...
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“…Too many people try to control others and their environments. Adventure is the release of control. The only control we have is over the choices we make for ourselves. The options for living are infinite and every choice we make, even how we choose to...
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In 2011 I started a weekly column called You’re My Obsession that was filled with all kinds of things that caught my attention or inspired me during the previous week. Eventually I ran it less and less often, then it finally died out. I want to revive it again,...
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In all truth, our precious Holly Golightly as we knew her from Breakfast at Tiffany’s wouldn’t care too much about wrapping paper. She’d be more concerned with what to wear to get money for the powder room. But I like to imagine that after Holly,...
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