PATTERN OF THE "DAY?"

I have this (highly unoriginal) idea that I could make one pattern every day (every week day?), just rough and tumble. Perhaps after vacation!

BABY BATH SHAPES

POOL DEBRIS + LANTERNS

While visiting my dad and stepmom's farm this weekend, a storm knocked out the power the first night we were there. It was tough to be without water, power, internet/phone and A/C, but there was a deep relaxation in being disconnected.

ICON7

 The What Cheer Brigade

Lynda Barry and Matt Groening

Unidentified collaborative pattern from Julia Rothman's workshop

Ceramic sculpture from Eun-Ha Paek at the Rhode Show

Paul Sahre and Brian Rea discuss their collaboration for Malcolm Gladwell's Collected.

Esther Pearl Waston and "The In Between"

After running a children's picture book process workshop at ICON6, I just couldn't get enough and joined the board of directors for ICON7 (the illustration conference). It was one of the best creative experiences I've ever had. I wish I had taken more photos.

AIMEE SICURO + ONE YEAR IN COAL HARBOR

I recently worked with Aimee Sicuro on a jacket for the esteemed children's book author Polly Horvath. It was a great project, and Aimee has posted about it. I should add that these jackets wouldn't be what they are without the wisdom and input of the publishers that I work for; Lee Wade and Anne Schwartz.

MAY B. + CHRIS SILAS NEAL

 

I haven't talked about my work at Schwartz & Wade Books yet. MAY B., by Caroline Starr Rose, and Illustrated by Chris Silas Neal, was recently published. I had long wanted to work with Chris, and this book gave me the opportunity. Chris wrote about the process of illustrating this jacket on his blog a while back.
UPDATE: Here's another interview with Chris about his process.

SKETCHES OF BABY, BEFORE BABY

I was looking back at some sketches I made while I was pregnant, and it's humorous to see how I visualized having a baby. In one image Alex is under the table, in a basket. There are other baskets nearby, one of some fish, one of plants. He's just one of our things that we keep in a basket which is rather close to a large body of water. In the other image, he's just one of our things again. . . like we're adding to our collection of stuff.

NESTING

Thinking about home a lot these days.