Toronto Craft Alert

happy twenty-ten!  here are some top picks to get you inspired for the new year.

Amy says:

(image via Come Darkness)

Come Darkness
A very well-curated online-shop/living room.

The Way Things Were: Dioramas
A collection of hugely compelling dioramas.  I’m overwhelmed right now.

Thief & Bandit
Some really amazing textile necklaces.  Love.

Nadinoo
Very pretty-pretty handmade clothes.

Alphabet
This is perfect.

Rosalyn says:

(image via kirra jamison)

caroline hwang
pretty incredible stuff here. i first saw her illustrated quilts and thought they were quite lovely and interesting at the same time.

kirra jamison
damn, this girl’s got her painting skills down. each canvas is full of colour and pattern, every time i look at one piece, it’s like i’ve never seen a part of it before.

andrea mastrovity
an italian paper artist who is known for his collages and photocopy works. his most current projects are massive paper layering installations, they are so crazy, they look like pencil sketches.

yuko yamamoto
a multidisciplinary artist in paper, painting, illustration – her work is amazing, check out her paper plants! whoa.

stephen eichhorn
his collection of collages are incredible.

Caitlyn says:

(image by Jan Balet from Fun All Around blog)

Julia Pott Illustration
A super talented lady who makes lovely and whimsy illustrations. She also studied animation! I love the Wooly Bear Big Pillow.

Richard Sanderson Illustration
Delicate and beautiful are some of the words I would use to describe this dude’s amazing work. Oh, I guess amazing too!

DO Lecture – Geoff McFetridge
This lecture by one of the great heavyweights of the Illustration/Graphic Design world truly inspired me.  Time to buy some new paper + pens!

Morba.
I’ve loved this store for a long time and thought I would give it an ITP mention. Oh yea… can someone buy me this desk?

Fun All Around
Illustrator Eric Sturdevan ran this blog back in the day, but it seems a little neglected lately (meaning the last 4 years). He put up some great work by people I had never heard of including Jan Balet, Laura Jean Allan, Cliff Roberts…