Hey, guys! The Big Thaw arts, crafts and vintage sale is TOMORROW: Saturday, May 12 from 10am to 4pm. We will see you at 10 Mayo Street (Mayo Street Arts Center) – come by, grab a beer, browse the merchandise and leave with something excellent for your mom! We are featuring Kris Johnsen and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘emblem studio’
Vendor Spotlight: Kris Johnsen + Meagan Anderson
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged emblem studio, events, kris johnsen, maine, may 12, meagan anderson, mother's day, portland, printmaking, screen printing, The BIG THAW, things to do on May 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Big Thaw ’12 Posters!
Posted in General Info, tagged bird, deer, emblem studio, kris johnsen, meagan anderson, poster, screen print, squirrel, The BIG THAW on May 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Yay!! Posters are here! Actually, they’ve been here for some time, but I’m finally just able to get off my lazy end and take a picture or two. Kris Johnsen and Meagan Anderson (who will be setting up their wares at The Thaw on May 12!) spent some quality time making yet another work of [...]
Big Thaw ’12 Poster + Vendor List Coming Soon!
Posted in General Info, tagged art, craft, emblem studio, fair, kris johnsen, maine, meagan anderson, portland, sale, The BIG THAW, vintage on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yes. It’s here! Kris Johnsen and Meagan Anderson have done it again: The Big Thaw 2012 poster is here. Printing commences and soon you’ll be seeing these beautiful posters all over Portland. Prints will be available for sale online (TBA) as well as at The Big Thaw on Saturday, May 12th (the day before Mother’s [...]
Big Thaw March Updates: More to Come Soon!
Posted in General Info, tagged emblem studio, general info, kris johnsen, maine, mayo street arts, meagan anderson, portland, poster, screen print, The BIG THAW, vendors on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Good morning, Maine! Vendors for The Big Thaw ’12 have been selected and notified, and now’s the time to mobilize all my notes, websites, photographs and features so we can bring you weeks and weeks of visual delights from the cast + crew. First thingies first: ~ Meagan and Kris are busy at work putting [...]
Hand Printed, Limited Edition of 100, Big Chill Poster-y Goodness!
Posted in General Info, Uncategorized, tagged arts, big chill, crafts, december 3rd, emblem studio, kris johnsen, maine, mayo street arts center, meagan anderson, portland, sale, screen print, time lapse screen printing, vintage, youtube video on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m beside myself! The December 2011 Big Chill Poster is just gorgeous! Each one in the edition of 100 (all signed by Meagan Anderson and Kris Johnsen) is a little different, with layers and layers of colors. Watch that video up there and see just how committed to handmade quality this whole song and dance [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Emblem Studio
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged animals, art, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, event, fair, graphic design, illustration, kris johnsen, lady lamb the beekeeper, last night on earth, local event, maine, munjoy hill, music, musicians, my morning jacket, portland, screen print, thaw, The BIG THAW, things to do, vintage, wolf parade, woodland, woods on April 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Capone and Mountain Dew Well, you just learned all about Meagan Anderson (half of our awesome-poster-making-team) so why not bring the goods on Kris Johnsen of Emblem Studio (the other half!) for a bit of internetty distraction? I asked Kris a few questions about his work, the fair and more: The BIG THAW: What new/favorite [...]
Forefront Fashion Feature
Posted in General Info, tagged art, coffee by design, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, handmade, maine, mayo street arts center, munjoy hill, peninsula, portland, poster, The BIG THAW, vintage on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Forefront Fashion Interview, Audrey Yapping, of course Portland aesthetics: unite! I met with Laura and Nate of Forefront Fashion at Coffee By Design on India St. the other night to go over some of the detail of The BIG THAW. Naturally, they posted a very flattering picture of me, some of The BIG THAW wares, [...]
Art Fer Yer Walls, plus Facebook is Awesome
Posted in General Info, tagged april, art, bayside, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, forest city, handmade, holiday, maine, mayo street arts, munjoy hill, portland, public events, sale, spring, The BIG THAW, vintage, vintage sale on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Speechless! I’ve literally never written a check for anything so cool as 100, limited edition, four-color screen prints of a fox, a bunny rabbit and two birds. All of them signed and numbered, ready to share with the local universe (and beyond!) I’ve made an Etsy listing for local people, click here if you’d [...]
The BIG THAW Poster!
Posted in General Info, tagged april 16, art, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, kris johnsen, maine, mayo street arts, meagan anderson, munjoy hill, portland, southern maine, The BIG THAW, thebigthawportland, vintage on March 6, 2011 | 7 Comments »
What a thing of beauty! Printing starts this week: then no telephone pole or bulletin board is safe! Our poster was lovingly illustrated by Meagan Anderson and will be expertly printed by Kris Johnsen of Emblem Studio (and both of them will be sellers at the fair!) Excellent. And here is a thumbnail button for [...]
Two More Weeks! Be Sure to Send Applications by February 25th!
Posted in General Info, tagged application, art show, craft fair, deadline, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, forest city, little eye designs, maine, munjoy hill, portland, The BIG THAW, vintage sale on February 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Good morning from Audrey at Little Eye Designs – Phew! My mail carrier must be mightily confused where up until a few weeks ago all s/he brought to my front door was bills and catalogs. With all these handwritten envelopes coming to me from amazing Maine artists, crafters and vintage resellers my new favorite thing [...]
