elloh's Profile

Bio

elloh is the work of me, el (short for ellen) Lohse.

I graduated from rhode island school of design. Then I worked for a spell as a book designer designing mini books like 'Nancy Drew's Guide to Life'. The highlight...I met Mr. Rogers. His watch had musical notes instead of numbers.

I wanted to work for National Geographic when I was eight. They never called. C'est la vie.

Now I just like to travel. Plane, train, automobile, subway, on foot, or most of the time now (since I started working fulltime for myself!) by sketchbook and pencil.

I'm also a fan of humor, writing, books, words, world languages & cultures, portraits, libraries, coffee, tea (I always feel British), typography and hand lettering, playing guitar (horribly but happily), old school darkroom photography, bright, saturated color including the black and white of old movies and comics, artists like Red Grooms, Al Hirschfeld, Edward Gorey, Alice Neel, Art Spiegelman, Beatrix Potter, Elizabeth Layton, William Blake, Maira Kalman, Van Gogh, Sorolla, Quino, Mary Blair... and finally making my ideas into something tangible that can be worn or displayed.

Thanks, gracias, danke, grazie, arigato, merci, high five, you rock!
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Wholesale orders and local consignment welcome.
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Thanks to all the websites that've talked about my work:

pop sugar
craft zine's blog
VH1 Best Week Ever
USAToday.com's Pop Candy blog
Daily Buss
Daily Candy
Rare Bird Finds
WeCovet.com
Office Tally
Geekadelphia
Philly City Paper
Washington D.C. Paper
Apartment Therapy
Primed 4 Design
Joydilworth
Tinaseamonster
Craft Eyecandy
Philadelphia Weekly's PW Style
Casa Sugar
Kelly Loves Whales
thegirlsgirl
Fraske Designs
Naughty Secretary Club
Glamour Magazine's blog Smitten
Austen Prose
Darcy Arts
Stumble Upon
kitschy-kitschy-coo
FFFFound
Baby Anne Quilts
write meg
Still Dottie
Pop Elegantiarum
Todd blog
Assorted Goodness
Rushmore Academy
This Next
etsylounge
Arrested Development blog
bluebloodblog.wordpress.com
stella and hodge
wickedchilddesigns
Gingerly Garnished
Around Mainline
nbcphiladelphia.com
theknot.com
livingwithannie.blogspot.com
re-nest.com

-that's all I can remember right now. please contact me if you've mentioned my work on your blog/site and I did not include you. I'm sorry about that. It's not intentional. Most likely the case of a lack of caffeinated beverage at the moment. I truly appreciate it. really. You rock. it's true.-

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Read the story http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/looking-back-at-presidential-facial-hair-other-historical-tr-2842/ on how the facial hair presidents' hall of fame began!

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You can now find my Ode to 'To Kill a Mockingbird' prints at the Old Monroe County Courthouse Museum Giftshop in Monroeville, Alabama ... the hometown of Harper Lee!

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Favorite Materials

imagination, movies, photography, books, paint, pencil, pen, brush, music, canvas, wood panel, clay