Earlier this month at the NYC Affordable Art Fair’s fall edition, CH favorite Shantell Martin was the official artist-in-residence, taking her black marker to the walls and floor of the programming lounge as well as displaying her own pleasantly priced illustrations. The frame choice couldn’t have been more perfect: the white mat and slim, deep frame really focused the spotlight on Martin’s black-and-white artwork. Thus …
Photographs, paintings and posters have been the standard go-tos for sprucing up apartment walls, and now SF-based St. Frank would like to us consider another option: textiles sourced from around the world. And forget those mass-produced tapestry reproductions that friends and family bring back from trips; St. Frank’s unique offerings include vibrant embroidery from the indigenous Otomí people of central Mexico, decorative teakettle coverings from …
These days, everyone seems to have a DSLR and a point-and-shoot, or at least a camera embedded in the smartphone in their pocket. What most of us don’t have are a C-type printer, glossy paper and mounting materials—not to mention the skill, know-how and motivation to get our Instagram photos off the computer and onto our walls. That’s where Portland, Oregon-based mounting company Plywerk comes …
