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WIP – My Yard

Posted in Art, design, Toni Tiller with tags , , , , on June 8, 2011 by Toni Tiller

I’ve been busy busy busy lately. My friend has decided to get rid of one of his houses and invited me to raid it for plants/rocks/supplies and since all those things, especially plants, are expensive I’m going to happily take him up on it. What it means is I spend most days right now loading up The Pig (my Chevette) going over to his house digging up plants and rocks and moving them to my house. Repeat.

So far I’ve moved about 60 plants, and I probably have another 70 or so to go, and since this doesn’t leave a lot of time to cut paper and make collages I am going to label this a design project and post it here. Title – My House, Size – 2.25 acres, Medium – Mixed Media.

This is my little cat house, which I have posted on Twitter before, but it’s had some changes and has now been landscaped with some variegated shrubs and a lot of Hosta, which hopefully the deer won’t eat. I swapped out the previous “deck” for a more natural wood plank. I’m thinking a few more plants and rocks, and maybe a slate walkway leading up to the plank.

This is a piece of woven metal that was gifted to me which I have decided to incorporate as a lattice for some climbing plants and a little Vinca will be coming soon too.

And this is where some new shrubs, Rhododendron and Azaleas were dug in and now I need to make a rock retaining wall along that dark dirt line. Hopefully it will be finished today.

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monster pattern

Posted in Daniel Allyn Lee, design, Drawing, Illustration, Textile with tags , , , , on March 21, 2011 by Daniel Allyn Lee

Here’s another fabric pattern I was messing around with. I don’t know about the plaid in the background, but that can be easily changed out. I might try polka-dots instead.
monster pattern

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Test Pattern

Posted in craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, digital, Illustration with tags , , , , on March 14, 2011 by Daniel Allyn Lee

I managed to get this group of monsters to wrap around after fiddling with them forever on the computer. I’ve wanted to try this for a while to get some fabric printed with my characters in the pattern. The pattern doesn’t match exactly, but close enough. I’ll probably just have a swatch printed with this exact pattern. I’ve had some fabric printed with monster faces before, that I made into dolls, but not an original drawn pattern. I’ll have to experiment more with.
test pattern

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FORM Contemporary Design Show– STL 2010

Posted in Art, design with tags , , , , , on June 10, 2010 by Jason Gray

My wife, Mandi Gray, will have her design (pictured above) featured in FORM 2010, at the Luminary Center for the Arts in August. This is a project that she did back when we lived in Chicago, and it is near and dear to her. Her words:

“As an interior designer, it is always fun to work on unique and sometimes unexpected projects. This was definitely the case for me when Rachel Carlson walked into my design firm and asked for information on bamboo. The connection between myself and this soon-to-be client was instant. As our discussion of her motor coach progressed, a remodel project came to fruition. We both believed this project would not be for ourselves soley, but one that could inspire others. A project that was a bit outside the norm that would allow others to think creatively about any space and make design visions come to life.

The motor coach was a typical 1970’s space, filled to the brim with orange shag carpeting, orange velvet upholstery, and orange plastic side and back splashes. All of this began to change once Rachel and I put our heads together and decided to focus on environmental concepts and a “martini lounge meets zen garden” theme. Our desire was to keep the feeling of traveling in a motor coach alive, but introduce a lush, comfortable, and nature-inspired space for her family to enjoy while vacationing.

Bamboo, chocolate burl cork flooring, eco-resin side and back splashes, jelly bean rocks, and mohair were all used to create the desired look for the space.

Overall, this is still my favorite design project to date. I had an amazing time working on not only the project, but with such kind people. This project may be a bit unusual, but it is definitely a functional, beautiful space for her family to enjoy for years to come.”

The motor coach will be driven down to St. Louis and parked out front of FORM, and everyone is invited to come and check it out!

More on FORM here.

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card

Posted in Art, craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, digital, Drawing with tags , , on April 19, 2010 by Daniel Allyn Lee

monster card
I just ordered some post cards of this and another design. This one is three different sketches mashed together and colored on the computer.
I’m doing a craft show in the beginning of June. Its my first one; I figured I’d try one out and,  see how I do and if I like it. Anyway, I’ll pry sell little sets of postcards plus, I plan to stick them in the bags instead of a business cards.
I’m already freaking out about not having enough time to get everything I want to do done. I plan to make a few collage/paintings between now and then, but mostly I will be sewing my face off.

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painted monsters

Posted in Art, craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, Drawing, Illustration, Painting with tags , , , , , on September 14, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee

I finally got those art doll monsters sewed together (well, most of them).  I took a quick snap of them. I used canvas covered buttons for the eyes.  I was thinking of doing some abstract soft sculpture in this same vein, but that idea has evolved into something more, that I don’t want to get into right now.

painted art dolls

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fabric and zine

Posted in craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design with tags , , , , , , on July 20, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee

I’ve been working on some illustrations of monsters. I decided to put them together with some other stuff into a little monster themed zine thing. I’m hoping it will be funny and cute. Here’s one of the pages.

Also, an update on that fabric I ordered last week. It already arrived! Man that spoonflower.com is fast. The colors did shift a little bit but that’s kinda why I went with primary colors, anyway.

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patterns

Posted in abstract, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, digital with tags , , , , on July 13, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee

I opened a new etsy shop. I have so much older art just taking up storage space, I figured I might as well see if anyone wants it. Its nice that etsy lets you run two different shops and it doesn’t cost that much to list. I was going to try ebay, but I wasn’t very impressed with the art I saw there and I already have experience with etsy.
This shop will be filled with mostly art, but I was also considering making some decorative pillows. I made a few quilted pillows for gifts and I really like the way they turned out.  I also plan to get some custom printed fabric from spoonflower.com to make some pillow from.  Here are a few patterns I was considering.  I’m not sure which to try out first.

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Meth and Hot Dogs

Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, St. Louis on June 29, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee

August 7 to 28 is Meth and Hotdogs: A Collection of Unscrupulous Characters at Cranky Yellow in St. Louis. This one is about 30 different artists work in “a group show celebrating character art. Characters that are unscrupulous, misfits, down and dirty, lowbrow, uncivilized, junkies, screw-ups and bums.”

I sent out my paintings for this show last week. Here’s a few of them:
big gay monsters

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Brooklyn Designs

Posted in "But Is It Art?", Art, design, Miscellaneous, mixed media with tags , , , , on May 8, 2009 by Tom Bennett

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http://www.ashacarpets.com

from their website:
BKLYN DESIGNS™ is New York’s hottest exhibition of designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked by a jury of editors from leading design and shelter magazines. Founded in 2003, this not-to-be-missed trade show has doubled its attendance in just six years, and has grown to include a diverse array of satellite exhibits and demonstrations, panel discussions, and keynote speakers. The 7th annual BKLYN DESIGNS™ show will be held May 8 – 10, 2009, at St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. BKLYN DESIGNS ’09 will be spread out over numerous venues to include a specially curated “green” exhibition at Thermador, Bosch, Gaggenau Showroom, a children’s furniture off-site located at Jane’s Carousel, as well as multiple design related evening festivities at hot spots across DUMBO.

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