Poketo says, “Sarajo Frieden is another fabulous artist to grace a design in our new line of tees. Hers is called the “Violin Tree.” She speaks to us about her rich Hungarian heritage and her organic approach to her work.” Read more here.

On Monday: Matte’s new work for Jonathan Adler

New, amazing work by Helen Dardik, available for license.

Tomorrow: Interview with Sarajo Frieden on Poketo

Purl Soho, the fantastic NYC yarn and fabric shop, writes:
“This week’s burst of inspiration came from the incredible artist Mimi Kirchner and the Hand Sewn Felt Doll pattern she created just for The Purl Bee! We’re in awe of the way Mimi takes simple materials like felted wool, stuffing and thread and with them creates these amazing dolls, each with charming personalities all their own. Her stitched creations are nothing short of magical and we’re so pleased to share them with you. We hope you’ll find inspiration in Mimi’s dolls and in this week’s featured yarns and fabrics, so that you can make a little craft magic of your own!

The beautiful handmade dolls pictured above were created from a pattern developed for The Purl Bee by the incredibly talented, brilliant and generous Mimi Kirchner. When we first discovered Mimi’s blog, Doll, we were in absolute awe of her work and knew we must invite her to create a doll pattern for our readers. We were so pleased when she accepted our invitation and even more thrilled when she brought the dolls with her to New York City and we finally got to meet her. We loved Mimi just as much as we love her dolls!”

Tomorrow: The pattern machine strikes again.

This is such a cool piece by Janell. She made the things out of felt; definitely a fresh take on alphabets. This is available for license and I bet it’ll be snapped up at Surtex.
Janell is also going to work on a numbers piece.

Tomorrow: Hand-Sewn Felt Doll by Mimi Kirchner

Lovely paintings by Susy. Available for licensing in all categories.

I’m going to tell you something a little surprising. I’ve been rep’ing Jon for a lot of years. (That’s not the surprising part.) At first, Jon didn’t get a lot of work. Hard to believe. He is perfect for editorial. Why didn’t he get work? I think he was ahead of his time. It happens. Don’t use that as an excuse. You will know if you’re ahead of your time if really great art directors love your work but there’s not a lot of jobs yet. Don’t despair!
I’m happy to say that that is a distant memory and Jon is a very busy artist.

BTW, these pieces are all work from illustration jobs.

New work by the ever-popular Helen Dardik.

Tomorrow: Some great new work by Jon Cannell

See more of Lisa’s work here.

Sketches for cards by Suzy Ultman.

Tomorrow: Charming collage by Lisa DeJohn

The Jenn Ski scrapbooking collection we have been waiting for is now available at Michael’s. WE were so thrilled to get Jenn this commission. It’s why we love being art agents.
It’s a huge collection of fun stuff. Check it out here.

The collection is called Actopus to Zelephant.

Tomorrow: It’s always fun to see the artist’s process.