I know I've blogged about Jillian Tamaki's stitched covers for Penguin Threads before, and no doubt you've seen these amazing pieces on the interwebs, so fast forward to the launch party at Purl Soho....
It was packed! People were snatching up books and there was a line to see the original embroideries, which were INCREDIBLE to see in person. Damn me for forgetting my camera! The artist was in conversation with Elda Rotor, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director at Penguin. It was interesting to learn that the whole idea started when the Creative Director, Paul Buckley, saw this very embroidery piece by Erin Paisley on a little site called Etsy!
The most inspiring part of the talk was how Jillian, an illustrator, was found by Penguin - As a personal project she had made a quilt with stitched monsters that took forever. Just to share it she put it on her blog, and after seeing this amazing quilt Penguin's Creative Director sought her out. She said...
It was packed! People were snatching up books and there was a line to see the original embroideries, which were INCREDIBLE to see in person. Damn me for forgetting my camera! The artist was in conversation with Elda Rotor, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director at Penguin. It was interesting to learn that the whole idea started when the Creative Director, Paul Buckley, saw this very embroidery piece by Erin Paisley on a little site called Etsy!
side note: this was Lost at Sea curated by Kristen Rask at Gallery Hanahou. I had a few pieces in this show too!
The most inspiring part of the talk was how Jillian, an illustrator, was found by Penguin - As a personal project she had made a quilt with stitched monsters that took forever. Just to share it she put it on her blog, and after seeing this amazing quilt Penguin's Creative Director sought her out. She said...
sometimes just putting something out in the world, you can have something come back to you
The take away for me was - Be weird. Be brave. Make something from you, of you, what ever it is that inspires you. Take risks and then share it! You never know what it may bring you....
Check out this Penguin video for a very similar conversation to the one at Purl.
Aren't those monsters rad?!
Great inspiration! Also, I so want a boomerang now.
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