Event Inspiration

Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Station16

Our last Prints & Inks profile is not on an artist but the Montreal-based creative print shop and studio Station 16. The shop + studio offers limited edition prints from [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Deadweight (Sandi Falconer)

Next up as part of the Prints & Inks artist profile is Toronto-based designer and screenprinter Sandi Falconer (aka Deadweight). Her prints reflect slightly askew hand drawn text, tired eyes, [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Guillermo Trejo

Next up we’re profiling Prints & Inks contributor and Ottawa-based artist Guillermo Trejo. Originally from Mexico, Guillermo studied at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Etching in Mexico City, [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: whatisadam

Next up we’re profiling Prints & Inks contributor and Montreal-based street artist whatisadam, who depicts North-American wildlife in new ways in his prints. His ‘comic-book cover’ posters of prostitute Deers, [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Patrick Fraser

As part of  Prints & Inks, the blog will be profiling some of the awesome people in the show: ranging from an illustrator/designer who is a beginner silkscreener [...]

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Snow Monster Invasion: Graphic Designs for DIY Monsters

The theme for this month’s party was inspired partly by a trip to Quebec City and the snowy mascot for their famous winter Carnaval. So what happens when [...]

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COmotion Artist Profile: A. Megan Turnbull from ooohlala.ca

CoMotion

At this month’s Spins & Needles special CoMotion installment, we’ll be collaborating with Winnpeg-bred, Ottawa-based artist A. Megan Turnbull (ooohlala.ca), a new media artist and director, in [...]

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Poster Inspiration: Mixing Bricolage and Brunch

Spins & Needles | 6-Year Anniversary | Bricolage Brunch

We can hardly believe that six years has crept on us! We are celebrating this year’s anniversary [...]

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Apres-Ski Party: Image Inspiration Part 2

Ski Bum 1

I always love checking out LIFE Magazine via Google for inspiration. Here’s some shots from the 1950s by photographer Loomis Dean of “ski bums“, on and [...]

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Apres-Ski Party: Image Inspiration Part 1

Spins & Needles Apres-Ski Party - Some Inspiration

Here’s a photo collage of some of the images that inspired our Apres-Ski party! Lodges, fire wood, Continue reading Apres-Ski Party: Image Inspiration Part 1