Good news! Issue No. 9 has arrived from the printers and we’re getting ready to release it. It should start arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes and on store shelves soon. (Please note that the delivery time to subscribers does vary from city to city.) In the meantime, you can get a little sneak peek of Issue No. 9 with our online preview; it provides just a sampling of the content that you’ll find in the music-themed issue. We hope you enjoy it!
{Photographs by Thayer Allyson Gowdy, Kelly Ishikawa, Seth Smoot, Emily Anderson, and JUCO}
Years ago, an artist friend introduced me to a small screenprinting device called Gocco. I liken it to the Easy Bake Oven of printing because it relies on flash bulbs to operate. In 2008, Gocco’s manufacturer, Riso, closed its doors. Thus, my foray into printing pretty much ended, too.
Which is why I was both thrilled and envious when I met Kate Roebuck—who works for Hable Construction and also runs her own fantastic site, Bowerbird (she and her sister-in-law make and sell limited-edition art and accessories). Kate’s Oxford, Mississippi, home was featured in Issue No. 8/Summer 2012 of Anthology. And while I love her decor—everything seems to have some personal significance to Kate and her husband—it’s the outdoor space and how she uses it that I can’t get over.
“My neighbors think I’m cuckoo because I am almost always doing a project of some sort outside,” she told us. Screenprinting is just one of those projects. And, when photographer Thayer Allyson Gowdy shot her house earlier this year for our print pages, she was also able to capture Kate at work. I hope you enjoy this peek at her process as much as I did. (Now I’m inspired to hunt down some Gocco supplies on eBay!)
Above: Live 8 Concert, Hyde Park 2005
We’ve had a busy week putting together several great projects and shoots around the Bay Area. Yesterday as we were driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic to get to a photo shoot, Meg and I were talking about our trips into the city this past weekend. San Francisco was expecting over one million extra visitors to converge for myriad events that all happened to coincide. It was an unusually busy weekend!
Roanna Wells‘ study of how people congregate looks at exactly these types of events. She takes arial shots of significant gatherings of people and translates them by representing each person as single stitch on wool. By removing all of the context, like buildings and roads, you can focus purely on the interesting way people organize themselves in crowds. The results are beautiful and fascinating. I find myself wondering the reasons for gaps, lines, and hard edges in each. I’d love to see what San Francisco would have looked like in a similar city-wide study this past weekend. For a closer look, check out Roanna’s portfolio, which also includes other beautiful stitch-based projects.
Above: Obama Inauguration, Washington 2009
Above: Drowning Victim, Coney Island Beach, New York 1952
Above: Election Protest, Bolotnaya Square, Moscow 2011
{All images from Roanna Wells}
by kate on October 10, 2012
When we photograph people’s homes for the magazine, I usually feel a tinge of envy, and I would even go so far as to say that my envy centers around one major element: furniture. I may have already mentioned on the blog my tendency to over-collect chairs, and even though I’ve managed to curb the habit, I still have a love of furniture that borders on obsession. There are so many unique pieces out there, each with its own story, and when I see furniture with character and beauty in a subject’s home, I have a hard time not coveting it.
When Dwell Studio released their furniture collection a while back, I was elated: the company that once made only textiles was now bringing their modern, eclectic style to large pieces for the home. Every Dwell chair, sofa, or table feels classic, full of character and vintage charm. I noticed that Dwell Studio is having a 20% sale on all upholstered furniture, and I had to spread the word, in hopes that some of you will be inspired to invest in a piece of furniture you will love for ages. These are some of my favorite styled vignettes and pieces from the furniture collection, but there’s so many different styles to suit your tastes. Even if you aren’t considering a purchase right now, I highly recommend checking out Dwell Studio online for great decorating and style inspiration.
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been at this for two years now. Issue No. 9—which will be released very soon!—marks our two-year anniversary. So we’re getting together with some of our local favorites to mark the occasion. If you’re in the Bay Area, we’d love for you to join us for “Print by Design: Celebrating the Power of Print Publishing.” The party and panel discussion will take place at Zinc Details next Thursday, October 18.
In addition to our very own creative director, Meg Mateo Ilasco, the panel will include: Kate Woodrow of Chronicle Books (she’s also Anthology’s copy editor) and Dan Stone of independent music magazine Radio Silence. The first 25 folks to arrive will receive a special treat, an assemblage of goodies from all of the participants.
Please RSVP here or via email. We hope to see you there!
P.S. We’ll be sharing the trailer and sneak peek of Issue No. 9 next week.
