“MENAGERIE” ART SHOW AT STEAM WHISTLE BREWERY
Hi all! I’m incredibly honoured to announce that I’m taking part in this art exhibition! You can see the poster for the details of when and where, but it’s in Toronto – sorry out-of-towners! The lineup is absolutely phenomenal, having that many talented folks come together in one room is going to blow my mind. From the website, here’s the show description:
“Menagerie” is an art show that engages the imaginative exploration of anthropomorphism – the attribution of human qualities to nonhumans. Through visual study, nineteen local up-and-coming artists will explore the idea of anthropomorphism as a form of self-extension. As we “humanize” nonhuman entities, personal relationships are established, and a special – sometimes disturbing – attachment is then applied to the animal or object. This can be seen from our naming of pets, to drawing faces on inanimate objects, to shouting at a car when it has broken down. Through us, the animal/object takes on its own humanity. The result of this visual exploration is a modern bestiary – a collection of creatures, human and nonhuman, situated and interacting in contemporary society.
I couldn’t be more excited! Put this in your calendar! And Google all the artists, they are all fantabulously amazing. Their work will make your brain explode (in a good way)! Hope to see you there!
BEAR SACHETS TURNED LOOSE ON THE WORLD!
I finally got around to taking cute pictures of these little guys!
These sachets were such a blast to make, and were really a labour of love for me. I hand-dyed the fabric with yerba mate tea, hand-carved animals into found wood, and then printed away! They’re hand-sewn and stuffed with a fun mix of organic herbs. In folklore, bears are often associated with healing and protection, and the herbs in this sachet speak to those qualities. The bear sachets are lovingly filled with rosemary, fennel, oak moss, and angelica. These have a bit of a sweet smell, and even remind me a bit of honey!
They’re good to keep in your sock drawer or just hold onto for good luck. At the Book Arts Fair in December someone bought one of these with the idea of keeping it in his car as an air freshener! I thought that was an absolutely fantastic idea, as these organic herbs will stay fragrant far longer than cheap artificial scents.
Anyway, if you’re interested in seeing a few more pictures of these babies you can click on over to the Graceful Place online shop!
I’ll be posting pictures of the owl and buffalo sachets shortly!
Also, just wanted to remind everyone in Toronto who is looking for something to do on Saturday the 28th – come and learn how to stab-bind with me! It’s an amazingly easy and durable form of bookbinding, perfect for sketchbooks, journals, and notebooks for the student, writer, and artist. Click here to be whisked away to the fun Eventbrite page for some more information on the workshop!
NEW ZINE: “FRUITS OF LOVE: A BOOK OF LORE AND MAGIC”
This zine, Fruits of Love: A Book of Lore and Magic was a blast to work on. I got to be a bit more experimental with my illustration and loosen up a bit. Usually my pieces are pretty tight, so it was fun to just relax for this one. I think it fits the piece really well, since I wanted it to look a bit like a sketchbook/recipe book, and speak to the organic, fluid nature of cooking, food, love, and life.
Here’s this one’s fun write-up:
Fruits of Love: A Book of Lore and Magic is a zine about the folklore of three fruits in Western culture – the pear, the plum, and the apple. These fruits have represented different types of love in mythology and folk culture, and have a lasting impact in many stories and cultures. The synopsis of each fruit contains folk knowledge of the fruit and its archaic uses, as well as short modern magical ideas to incorporate the love energies of each of these fruits into your daily life.
All written content is my own!
These are clearly hand-stitched as well. I love sewing zines, it’s so much more fun than just stapling things together! Fruits of Love is also $10 on my fancy online store. If you’re interested in nabbing both this zine and My Mundane, it’s $18! (Haven’t made a listing yet for the dual book deal, if anyone’s interested now I’ll make one for ya asap – just pop me an email at sabrinadraws at gmail dot com.)
NEW SCREENPRINTED ZINE: “MY MUNDANE”
This one took me forever to make! I tried to take a silkscreening short cut that ended up just taking up twice as much time as I thought it would. Brutal! Live and learn, and I have these pretty little books to show for it.
Here’s my write-up for these babies (the title of the zine edition is My Mundane):
Magic is in the eye of the beholder. This zine was created around shifting concepts of mundanity and magic, and questions what separates the special from the everyday. What seems unusual to one is cloaked in the invisibility of the mundane to another.
They’re 13 pages of silkscreened goodness, stab-bound by hand, with covers printed digitally. They’re 10 bucks a pop over at my online shop! Go take a look!