I love these illustrations by Jennifer Renninger. Especially the ‘08 take on the British poster “Keep Calm & Carry On” to a more eco-version “Keep Calm & Ride On”. Jennifer also made a vow to make a new illustration each day of the entire year, the “Everyday Image” series. The Paris print is part of that series, you can see her progress it here.
A Chair Too High
A Chair Too High
Pen and ink on watercolor paper
5 x 7.75 inches vertical
November 2008
For Sale
[Cloudery 025]
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chair, furniture, stool, forest, black and white art, doodle, art, illustration, sketch, moleskine, first book, firstbook.org, charity
I didn’t start out staining wood–I painted it. The first piece I did was a raw wood toy chest-type thing. It was the first time I realized that I needed a creative outlet to offset work (and sometimes life). The pattern is a takeoff from a school assignment where we had to draw our versions of a mandala. It’s done in acrylics, and I’m not sure how many months it too to finish. I do remember mixing all the paint, and having to re-do parts that I did not like. I’ve also had to refinish it a couple of times, but once I put on several coats of Polycrylic (it’s a Minwax product) in 2003, it’s been fine ever since.
German designer Martin Ballendat has designed a new chair for the Switzerland based furniture manufacturer Züco Bürositzmöbel.
This is what I’d like to see when I walked around my house…
1. DIY projects!
2. clocks that pop!!!
3. midcentury modern furniture
4. shocks of color
5. old-fashioned shapes mixed with modern prints
6. unique accessories
7. a statement chandelier
8. photo montages
9. a side table desk
10. fun chairs
