SmallEquals
Announcement The big art of shopping small since 2009.
Announcement
The big art of shopping small since 2009.
Items
Featured items
All Items
Reviews
-
![]()
Anne Lee on Mar 29, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThe Pitiful Pearl items were a birthday gift, and the recipient loved them!
-
![]()
mary on Dec 15, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThe image on the magnet is darling! A nice reminder of my favorite childhood doll. It is nice quality and a good size (not too big). I also just love the two stickers you included in the envelope. I put one on my laptop and one on my daughter's. Finally. I put your thank you card image on my refrigerator! Nice drawing. Thank you.
-
![]()
-
![]()
-
![]()
Beth on Mar 16, 2022
5 out of 5 starsdarling buttons for a mad hatter party I will be having this spring!
-
![]()
-
![]()
Maggie on Jan 26, 2022
5 out of 5 starsseller was so nice and when i had an issue immediately sent a new magnet. great customer service and a beautiful product. will definitely be buying again!
-
![]()
-
![]()
Dex on Jan 13, 2022
5 out of 5 starsmagnet came with a bunch of goodies!! great item!! im super happy with it!! ✌
-
![]()
About SmallEquals
-
![]()
When Small Equals was a brick and mortar store. It was only 90 sq. feet! -
![]()
At The Museum Of The City of NY with one of my daughters. In the gift shop. My DYKE IS OUT poster is on the shelf. -
![]()
Me, Liza Cowan, with my little dog Stella. -
![]()
The Small Equals workroom.
Small Equals Liza Cowan Design, LLC, bringing beauty and visual joy to your home.
I started designing pinback buttons and greeting cards back in the 1970's. My company was called White Mare, Inc. and was quite successful. I ended the business when I decided to go back to college and graduate school, to raise my daughters, and to focus on painting and photography.
In 2005, in Burlington, Vermont, I opened and ran an art gallery, Pine Street Art Works, featuring work by mid-career artists from around the US. In 2010, I opened Small Equals, which was a 90 sq. foot shop inside a collective studio/exhibition space. I focussed on selling very small, very cool products including custom-made wooden keepsake boxes.
Both shops are now closed, and I work exclusively from home.
In the Fall of 2015, some of my old work found surprising fame when a photo I took in 1974 became the inspiration for the remake of the t-shirt "the future is female" by Otherwild.com. The photo, the shirt, and slogan became so wildly influential that they were written about in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many US and European fashion magazines and blogs. From there, the slogan went viral. I have a few of the original 1974 buttons I made with the slogan, as well as some magnets with the same design.
My painting, designs and photographs have been shown in galleries around the US, and featured in articles in The New York Times, i-D, Marie Claire, and more.
Some of my design work was featured at The Museum Of The City Of NY in a 2016-2017 exhibition - and book - called Gay Gotham. The silkscreen poster, DYKE IS OUT, featured in that exhibition, is for sale here.
One of my photographs is featured in the exhibition catalog for the show, "Is Fashion Modern?" at The Museum Of Modern Art in New York City.
my mugs and pillow cases are made for me by printedmint.com
my framed prints are made for me by framebridge.com
some of my buttons are made for me by purebuttons.com, others I made in my studio.
my pencil cases are made for me in Montreal by artofwhere.com
Production partners
-
Art Of Where
Montreal, QC
Art of Where is your print-on-demand production house combining amazing quality products, local production, and versatile fulfillment services designed with artists in mind.
-
Canetti Design Group
NY, United States
Family run business, manufacturing pure acrylic magnet frames since 1984. Based in the US. First maker of acrylic magnet frames. I offer Canetti frames to display my artwork. I do not sell the frames separately.
-
Framebridge, the best online framing company in the US.
Lanham, Md.
Framebridge makes beautiful prints and frames. I've used them many times and am always truly excited to see what a wonderful finished piece they have made.
-
Moo
Lincoln Park, RI
Printing business cards, stickers, labels.
-
Printed Mint
AZ, United States
Wholesale printing and dropshipping.
-
purebutton
OH, United States
I design and they print from their facility in Ohio. Wonderful company to work with.
-
Shutterfly
Redwood City, CA
Commercial printer brings my work to life.
-
a commercial US based print shop
Redwood City, CA
Commercial printer of print media.
Shop policies
Shipping
Customs and import taxes
Digital downloads
Payment options
Returns & exchanges
I gladly accept returns
I don't accept exchanges or cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: