Sarah Andreacchio

Our final new range for this spring is a vibrant series of  'Animal Habitat' cards by Sarah Andreacchio

Currently living in Rouen, France, Sarah's designs are full of joyful animals and plants. She experiments with various techniques including gouache, papercut collages, and computer based illustration. These are brought to life with unusual palette choices and large blocks of colour, producing beautifully simple, exuberant results.

Sarah also writes a blog called ‘My Vintage Avenue‘ devoted to children's book illustration of the 1950s, which is where we first encountered her. The work of artists from that era such as Abner Graboff, Stig Lindberg, Miroslav Sasek and many others have all influenced her style.

If you are interested in seeing more of Sarah's work, and to buy prints or original artwork by Sarah, head on over to her website: cargocollective.com/sarahandreacchio

Osian Efnisien

We are launching three new card ranges for Spring 2013.
First up, and appropriately enough for St David's Day, we have eight cards by Welsh artist Osian Efnisien.

Brought up in the isolated mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales, Osian would spend the dark winter months indoors watching cartoons, playing Super Mario Cart, and drawing.

Influenced by the 'Superflat' culture of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, his work has progressed from street art ad campaigns for fictitious brands, to solo gallery shows exploring two dimensional character variations, and geometric patterns.

Osian's work featured in the latest Pictoplasma Book, and he will be speaking at the Pictoplasma Character Conference in Berlin this April, alongside Jon Burgerman, and Feltmistress.

Here he is being interviewed about his practice, for a Welsh news channel.

If however, you're not fluent in Welsh, you can find out more by visiting Osian's website: cargocollective.com/motatomi

Christmas gift guide 2012

Most of the artists we've worked with have their own online shops, or have produced exclusive items for other stores. Here's our top ten pick of their wares, which we think would make fantastic gifts.

1. Tom Frost 'Waves Will Rise' screenprint £145
http://theboyfrost.bigcartel.com/

2. My Two Toms 'Who We Are...' LP £10
http://stitchstitchrecords.co.uk/stitches/who-we-were-and-what-we-meant-by-it/

3. Ben Newman 'Bento Bestiary' book, published by Nobrow £12
http://www.nobrow.net/2774

4. Nicholas Frith 'Red Deer' screenprint £18
http://www.etsy.com/shop/nicholasjohnfrith

5. Leah Duncan 2013 calendar US$32
http://www.etsy.com/shop/leahduncan

6. Marcus Oakley 'London' poster from Human Empire 12 Euro
http://www.humanempireshop.com/Poster/Plakate/Artprints/marcus-oakley-london-poster/

7. Gemma Correll t-shirt from Buy Olympia US$20
http://www.buyolympia.com/q/Item=gemma-correll-just-pour-the-coffee-in-shirt

8. Lizzy Stewart 'Toska' self published zine £6.50
http://www.bettyanddupree.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=41&product_id=168

9. Bjorn R Lie 'Log Cabins' giclee print £75
http://bjornlieillustration.bigcartel.com/

10. Eloise Renouf 'Trees' tea towel £10.95
http://www.etsy.com/shop/EloiseRenouf

End of season sale

We're having and end of season clearance, with 30% off all textiles;
scarves, tea-towels and cushion covers.

So, why not treat yourself to a little something, or buy early for Christmas!
Very limited quantities available, see them here

introducing... Eloise Renouf

Here's a preview of our new notebooks designed by Nottingham based illustrator and designer Eloise Renouf, which will be launched next month.

Eloise draws upon inspiration from nature and mid-century design, and re-interprets these with additional modern influences and her own personal perspective. The notebooks have a mix of plain, lined and squared pages, with spot illustrations thoughout. We will also be producing an accompanying range of wrapping paper.

There's a profile of Eloise in the current issue of Uppercase Magazine, who selected her work for their cover. http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/uppercase-journal/2012/3/27/cover-artist-eloise-renouf.html

We'll be running a competition to give away pairs of notebooks very shortly. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to find out when.

Blogged: Atticus and Finch

Atticus Finch was the name of the lawyer in To Kill A Mockingbird, as played by Gregory Peck in the film adaptation. Atticus and Finch is an interiors and design blog by Emily Bludden who kindly wrote about us and Leah Duncan recently: http://atticusandfinch.co.uk/2012/04/you-me-betty-and-dupree/

Leah Duncan greeting cards

To accompany her popular patterned gift wrap, we now have 12 Leah Duncan illustrated greeting cards available.


You can see the full range here

New Leah Duncan wrapping paper

We're very pleased to announce the launch of our first range of gift wrap.
Comprising of six designs by artist Leah Duncan from Austin, Texas.

Leah takes inspiration from the surrounding landscape, and also her native American roots to create a delicate folk-meets-modern world.

Printed on 100% recycled matt uncoated paper, and available now from selected stockists, and our online store.

Leah Duncan textiles

We are very pleased to announce the addition of Leah Duncan's textile collection to our online shop. Leah lives in Austin, Texas where she draws inspiration for her illustration and pattern designs from the surrounding landscape, and her native American roots.

The range, which includes silk scarves, tea-towels and throw-cushion covers, is produced in limited editions and would all make fantastic gifts at any time of the year. You can see the collection here