Swimmy & Co. Update
Hi all, A couple months ago I asked Etsy sellers if they'd like to mail us some small orange fish, in this article. Many wonderful submissions came in from around the world in dozens of mediums. This is a quick update to show everyone what the array looks like. Click here to see it huge. We spent many hours …
Etsy Finds: If a River Runs Through Dad's Neighborhood...
A few years ago, my New Mexican friends took me fly fishing while vacationing in Albuquerque. Granted, it was in a small creek that ran off the mighty Rio Grande, but there was something cinematic and literary about it. If we only had handmade quality lures and tackle like that of mountainriverflies, we …
Etsy Finds: Gone Fishin'
You know what my dad likes? Fishing. You know what I like? Fishing. Some of my fondest childhood memories involved myself, my father and my grandpa climbing into a (somewhat rickety and definitely stinky) rowboat, going out into the middle of a lake, and vainly attempting to reel in some of the local fauna. The …
Swimmy and Co.
I just received a wonderful gift from Etsy seller thebirdsandbees: a felted fish, inspired by Swimmy. He's pictured above, and he's quite lonely. It'd be fun if a whole bunch of Etsy sellers could make his red-orange friends, and we'll make a diorama here showing them all arranged like a big fish (as in the book). So …
Etsy Finds: Stung
Enter the abysmal depths of jellyfish love! Calculated composition, smart use of color...The crisp moody work of Chris Brindley always draws me in. By making reproductions of his mixed media work, he ensure these wonderful pieces can be collected by all. I have ordered several, and continue to be impressed …
