Bespoke Letterpress Illustrators Project

My friend Alischa from Brisbane-based Bespoke Letterpress Boutique has just launched a fabulous project in collaboration with a group of emerging illustrators from around the world. After submitting their designs, Alischa has hand-selected a select few to launch the Bespoke Letterpress Illustrators Project - gorgeous illustrations by artists letterpressed by Alischa in limited edition runs of 150 onto cotton paper.

The ten different three-colour designs are beautiful and a great way for less well-known artists to have their work professionally printed and sold to a global audience. Each print is signed and numbered and ready to frame.

You can order prints from the Bespoke Press Illustrators Project on the Bespoke Letterpress Boutique online store. For more information on new prints and a behind-the-scenes look at a letterpress studio, check out the Bespoke Press blog. You can also enter a giveaway to win all 10 new prints valued at 650!

Images: Top: Bespoke Letterpress Boutique

Australian Artist Spotlight: Mizu Designs

Mizu Designs prints and cards are for lovers of tea and all things Japanese. I fall into both categories (how can you resist teapots?), so was very interested to find out more.

Mizu Designs is the label of Kylie Budge - print-maker and illustrator. Kylie studied woodblock printing in Kyoto (where she lived for seven years) and the traditional Japanese method of printmaking called Moku. Kylie painstakingly creates her woodblock prints with watercolour inks, Japanese paper, a bamboo leaf-covered baren (not a press) and traditional carving tools.

In the Mizu Designs Etsy store you will find beautiful woodblock, lino, silkscreen and giclee prints alongside greeting cards and 3D art. Check out the Mizu Designs blog for behind-the-scenes info on Kylie's printmaking.

Images: Mizu Designs