Showing posts with label bookhou. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bookhou. Show all posts

10/26/10

WorkshopLOVE


Saturday was so great, I didn't want it to end. 
As I have posted before, I attended a Silkscreen Printing/Letterpress Workshop run through The Paper Place at the store, Bookhou, located on Dundas Street West here in Toronto. Bookhou is the lovechild of artists Arounna and John. Both are trained in Fine Arts. Arounna is a wonderfully warm woman, who from what I gathered over six hours of chit chat, spends a ton of time printing, dyeing, sewing and designing her craft. Her husband John is a painter-architect-furniture-maker. They spend the rest of time loving their two adorable children. 
Their whole aesthetic is simple but excellently executed organic design. They do everything from art to felt coasters to stools to business cards. I had the pleasure and the honour to work with the pair all day Saturday. They were patient and excited to see what we could do and I came home with a ton of really lovely stationery. Of course!

The above two images were snapped during the workshop on Saturday and the rest of the images are from Arounna's daily blog, found here. 
You can shop bookhou here.








10/25/10

Happy Things



We had a very full weekend.
It has been non-stop crazy lately but it's been filled with music, friends, family and art.
Not too bad at all.
Our biggest surprise was the addition of a second nephew to our little family.
He happened to come on the Saturday morning, the day of my workshop at Bookhou (run through The Paper Place) and I made him this letterpress veneer memento of his very first birthday.
I really love the type and the look of the navy on the wood but we really love that baby!