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For Hire! Bangalore Rickshaw by Xaver Xylophon

 

"For Hire! - Bangalore Rickshaw" by Xaver Xylophon features lovely animation and several street dogs.

Via It's Nice That.

Full Circle Press

 

 

The Berliner House by Sheila Cameron, 2012

Full Circle Press is a Nevada County, California institution and one of the premier letterpresses in the country.  The first iteration of the company was founded over 60 years ago by the late Harold Berliner, who was also Nevada City's district attorney for a time.  In 1991 the company was christened Full Circle Press by his daughter, Judith Berliner, when she returned home from her time honing her skills in Sacramento and took over running her father's presses full time.

Housed next door to the house Judith grew up in with her seven siblings, Full Circle Press is a treasure trove of vintage presses, typefaces, broadsheets, invitations, menus, and out-of-print books.  It is also a font of inspiration for anyone interested in seeing what the best graphic designers in the world are working on today. 

There are fields of daffodils, old-tyme mine shacks, and two dogs, Alfie and Pepper, who will escort you around the grounds.  I don't know why it took my sister Sheila and I so long to accept Liz Thiem's invitation to "Come on up and see the presses."    I'm glad Sheila took photos because I felt like I was in a dream -- a dream about typography, the history of America, and cutting-edge graphic design.  

 

 

Alfie by Sheila Cameron, 2012

 

Harold Berliner's Typefoundry by Sheila Cameron, 2012

 

 

Is It Rude for Moira to Look in Every Drawer? by Sheila Cameron, 2012

 

Heidelberg Cylinder Press by Sheila Cameron, 2012

 

Judith Berliner Runs the Heidelberg Windmill Press by Sheila Cameron, 2012

 

Yay! Letterpress Goodies by Moira McLaughlin, 2012

 

 

Pepper by Sheila Cameron, 2012

 

Thank you, Judith Berliner, for letting us poke around while you worked.  And thank you, Liz Thiem, for the awesome tour and for showering us letterpress goodies

Visit Full Circle Press for all your letterpress needs.  They work with clients from around the world. 

Visit their etsy store in collaboration with A Day in May to pick up a set of groovy orange coasters seen in the photo above.   I love mine almost as much as my "Yay!" sign.

Dog Art Today Bumper Sticker Drive

 

 

DAT Euro-style Bumper Sticker for $7

Three times a year our local radio station does a membership drive, and I always say to myself, "I should do that for Dog Art Today."  Then I don't.   Because:

- Fundraising makes me uncomfortable.
- It always seems like a bad time; graduation, Father's Day, etc.

I finally decided if it's ok for KVMR, PBS, NPR, it's ok for DAT.   

And I made these bumper stickers.  To me they are a big deal, because growing up my parents were so repulsed by bumper stickers, the thought of putting one on your car would be like tattooing your face.

 

My First Bumper Sticker

Want to try it?

You're totally allowed to put a bumper sticker on your car. 

And you will be showing your support for the dog art content and artists' community you've come to know and trust at Dog Art Today.  

 

Buy your DAT Euro-style Bumper Sticker

$7 + free shipping

 

 

Tyler says, "Support Dog Art Today."

 

If funds are low, but you want to put a DAT bumper sticker on your car, email me and I will send you one.

If you just want to make a donation, that would be awesome too.

Thank you -- Moira McLaughlin

Kat Corrigan's Third Annual 30 Dogs in 30 Days

 

 

Cody by Kat Corrigan, 2011

For the third time in as many years Kat Corrigan will paint 30 dogs in 30 days starting July 1, 2012.

Now is the time to submit your dog.  You do not have to commission a portrait to participate, but it's a great time to get a Corrigan original if you do.

It's also fun to watch the daily dogs appear on her blog.  Go Kat!

Click here for submission guidelines.

2011 Dogs.

2010 Dogs.

Layla as Nana by Sheila Cameron

 

Layla as Nana in "Peter Pan" by Sheila Cameron, 2012

I am attending my niece's Stepping Up Ceremony this morning.  She will go from being a dragonfly to a griffon.  Naturally.

So proud of her.