var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-9193434-3’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @pilcrowpalaver)http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d835e407837efeefbd223b49a44045e/tumblr_mnho8mnkXc1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>whale made out of whaleboats, Cornwall (David Kemp)</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/27/Whale-Made-out-of-Whaleboats/">Neatorama</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/51532138254http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/51532138254Mon, 27 May 2013 23:26:46 -0400whalewhaleboatssculpturecornwall<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13bce53974f63ea7ca4f7a20c171ff1a/tumblr_mnbabfekQZ1qd87q0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eb6d782ceddbc365fec771aefcdd510b/tumblr_mnbabfekQZ1qd87q0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ec9b6d36000959e33b20db6040a5f15/tumblr_mnbabfekQZ1qd87q0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://printeresting.tumblr.com/post/51264834310/blackheartpress-adamisinky-peep-and-tanukis">printeresting</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blackheartpress.tumblr.com/post/51250678576">blackheartpress</a>: <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://adamisinky.tumblr.com/post/51244527074/peep-and-tanukis-cat-sized-etching-press-arrived">adamisinky</a>: Peep and Tanuki’s cat-sized etching press arrived today. </p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/51270666992http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/51270666992Fri, 24 May 2013 22:21:12 -0400etching presscatsscratching post<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0144e946c2f6119cea392ceac44db36/tumblr_mmx5u82RJW1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a kind of puddle of duck (Giant Rubber Duck, Florentijn Hofman)</p> <p>via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/05/16/deflated-giant-duck.html">Boing Boing</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/50619824449http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/50619824449Thu, 16 May 2013 21:37:20 -0400rubber duckartpuddle of duck<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/62e0b2b494f3e4cc079b5dacd1f7f67e/tumblr_mmgk6qU52W1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sarah Maycock</p> <p>via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2013/05/seasons-of-bear.html">Animalarium</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/49904345721http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/49904345721Tue, 07 May 2013 22:28:02 -0400bearwatercolorillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8ce0a9d581dba1d5d3f343d18c4664a/tumblr_ml99xnc0UB1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>discarded manuscript illustration, 1305</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/14/Discarded-Images/">Neatorama</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/47966816688http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/47966816688Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:29:47 -0400illustrationrabbitmedievalknight<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/98e1ef3699933e3f11a2f53a3fffca1c/tumblr_mky2ilI9S41s3g4dwo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d73f357b876803faa0eefc180523d3d0/tumblr_mky2ilI9S41s3g4dwo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/28475c756080f8d503454a7a32bce17d/tumblr_mky2ilI9S41s3g4dwo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c959c1926a9c054a954707dd4f912d35/tumblr_mky2ilI9S41s3g4dwo5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/df2120b72959061209850060ed8bdd9a/tumblr_mky2ilI9S41s3g4dwo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jruck.us/post/47701885275">jruckman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.novastructura.net/show_work.php?name=Meanders"><strong>Meanders</strong> by Giuseppe Randazzo</a>, virtual constructions made with Processing.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28585094?portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="640"></iframe></p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/47745563658http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/47745563658Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:19:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af3f9e03f7f97ee10d550a75c553528d/tumblr_mkt9meYMNC1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Leaving the Sea</p> <p>via <a href="http://jacketmechanical.blogspot.com/2013/04/leaving-sea.html">Jacket Mechanical</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/47240144582http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/47240144582Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:01:26 -0400book designbooksdesign<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/f-ROdRgRRsY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Wolf, Sheep and Cabbage (Gil Alkabetz)</p> <p>via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2013/03/wolf-sheep-cabbage.html">Animalarium</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45884844682http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45884844682Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:23:31 -0400wolfsheepcabbageanimation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/da2be2acc6a2692a0817c14e4ad84a8e/tumblr_mjxj7fc6ik1qz6ibho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robertogreco.tumblr.com/post/45788174452/bulgaria-on-new-years-day-men-cover-themselves">robertogreco</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<strong>BULGARIA</strong>: On New Year’s Day men cover themselves with goatskins to impersonate the Kukeri, who both embody and chase away evil spirits. In the past they’d brush against women to bestow fertility.”</p> <p>From <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/europes-wild-men/freger-photography">a series of photos</a> by <a href="http://www.charlesfreger.com/">Charles Fréger</a> in <em>National Geographic</em>: “<a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/europes-wild-men/freger-photography">Europe’s Wild Men: They dress in bear heads and bells, and behave like beasts.</a>”</p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45796693689http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45796693689Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:32:47 -0400bulgariakukeri<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05f7a65cfcfa63eaed8e1751464272c2/tumblr_mjolxqE3OS1rjbofgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://medieval.tumblr.com/post/45694034503/well-this-is-just-grand-kettunainen-larry">medieval</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Well this is just grand.</strong></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kettunainen.tumblr.com/post/45394453928/larry-jonas-march-9-via-iphoto-one-of-my">kettunainen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div class="clearfix fbPhotoSnowliftAuthorInfo"> <blockquote> <div class="fbPhotoContributorName" id="fbPhotoSnowliftAuthorName"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=449867858415556&set=pb.100001770367599.-2207520000.1363316642&type=3&theater" id="js_23">Larry Jonas</a></div> <div class="mrs fsm fwn fcg"><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftSubscribe"></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/#" id="u_jsonp_13_y"></a><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftTimestamp">March 9 via <a class="fbPhotosAppLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=10754253724">iPhoto </a></span> <div class="mls" id="fbPhotoSnowliftAudienceSelector"></div> </div> <div class="fsm fwn fcg"> <div class="fbPhotosOnProfile" id="fbPhotoSnowliftOnProfile"></div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <blockquote> <p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption">One of my favorite pieces of publishers’ marketing swag: bookbag artwork by Ernest Shepard, the original illustrator of Winnie-the-Pooh BD (before Disney). In this droll piece Winnie, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Rabbitt are pictured defending England against fierce Norman invaders in the style of the Bayeaux Tapestry. I’ve researched this, and have not found this reproduced anywhere else.</span></p> </blockquote> <div class="fbPhotoPagesTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftPagesTagList"></div> <div class="pts fbPhotoLegacyTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftLegacyTagList"> <div></div> </div> <div class="fbPhotosPhotoOwnerButtons stat_elem" id="fbPhotoSnowliftOwnerButtons"></div> <div class="fbPhotosSnowliftFeedback" id="fbPhotoSnowliftFeedback"> <div id="fbPhotoUndoSpamReport"></div> <span class="UIActionLinks UIActionLinks_bottom"></span></div> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45720378418http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45720378418Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:24:14 -0400bayeaux tapestrywinnie the poohpooh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1df9cfd8f5dc0c41a21bbf183d6cd928/tumblr_mhjiaiMOFq1qzpzzao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/45302591982/thebrunettedreams-bonne-nuit-yipes">wnycradiolab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thebrunettedreams.tumblr.com/post/42154735212/bonne-nuit-the-brunette">thebrunettedreams</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bonne nuit!!</p> </blockquote> <p>Yipes.</p> </blockquote> <p>eek</p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45309983154http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45309983154Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:12:31 -0400sheep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d81ffc15238bd4c28a9d1bb966db49d/tumblr_mji5g8O2x41rte5gyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71ade41f1fa47538957f1761885facb6/tumblr_mji5g8O2x41rte5gyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42718a247f452ab22a97578231599c9c/tumblr_mji5g8O2x41rte5gyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bde1e24c3e489d6bccbb663e3318c29d/tumblr_mji5g8O2x41rte5gyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31a5bd2f8688d727e3dbe89c1940c55f/tumblr_mji5g8O2x41rte5gyo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.thisiscolossal.com/post/45112171164/lego-watercolor-paintings-and-other-structures-by">itscolossal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lego watercolor paintings and other structures by <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/03/lego-watercolor-paintings-by-los-carpinteros/">Los Carpinteros</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45113690207http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/45113690207Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:57:53 -0400watercolorpaintinglego<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9313c9d6837de05add3a9cbde96184e4/tumblr_mj64b00Jwy1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tian’anmen inspired roof typeface (Dan Cheng)</p> <p>via <a href="http://creativeroots.org/2013/03/tiananmen-inspired-roof-typeface/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20creativeroots%20(Art%20and%20design%20inspiration%20from%20around%20the%20world)&utm_content=Google%20Reader">CreativeRoots</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/44593438768http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/44593438768Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:28:11 -0500typographydesignwoodblock<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd044cffe2b61fd5901c65409b90589d/tumblr_mj43piuEcL1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.italianways.com/en/arts-and-crafts/detail/alessandra-spigaia-s-words">Italian Ways | Alessandra Spigai’s words</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/44504464401http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/44504464401Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:20:05 -0500typographysculpturewood type<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a4b4c7b4413b6969ae2bf3bff8d80763/tumblr_mi457xtZH91qznd83o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e954513e260769c024ee32392579f8b/tumblr_mi457xtZH91qznd83o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://are2.tumblr.com/post/42926711344/helvetica-made-from-typewriter-parts">are2</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://geekartgallery.blogspot.com/2013/02/typography-typewriter-helvetica.htm">Helvetica made from typewriter parts</a></p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/42927544375http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/42927544375Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:37:43 -0500helveticatypographytypewritersdesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cb59716c722ffdee02eb2cca23a998d7/tumblr_metmyoI0zm1rtmymbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://atelierstella.tumblr.com/post/37639826352/atelier-stella-whoop-new-pots-available-here">atelierstella</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Atelier Stella. Whoop! New pots available here now!</p> <p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AtelierStellaLondon"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AtelierStellaLondon">http://www.etsy.com/shop/AtelierStellaLondon</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/40485680318http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/40485680318Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:35:22 -0500potterycacticeramics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me0h3tTylt1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chez les Libraires Associés</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.designers-books.com/?p=8718&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chez-les-libraires-associes">designers books</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/36455291158http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/36455291158Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:31:04 -0500book coversillustrationmaps<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3s4p5Vgr1qzx4bjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><small><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption"><span class="hasCaption">Braille edition of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</span></span></small></p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/36037122194http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/36037122194Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:24:16 -0500braillethe little prince<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdbx4kK7Ju1rpri2zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdbx4kK7Ju1rpri2zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://suffire.tumblr.com/post/35576482250">suffire</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://museumuesum.tumblr.com/post/35557103627/lucas-foglia-photographs-from-the-series">museumuesum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://lucasfoglia.com/frontcountry/">Lucas Foglia</a></strong></p> <p>photographs from the series <em>Frontcountry</em></p> <p>c-type prints, 19.5” x 26”</p> <p><em>Coal-Fired Power Plant, Wyoming</em></p> <p><em>Hot Air Balloon Marriage Service, New Mexico</em></p> </blockquote> <p>“hot air balloon marriage service”</p> </blockquote>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/35578555356http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/35578555356Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:36:04 -0500new mexicophotographyhot air balloonswyoming<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1qyyoU8b1qazfxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>X Marks the Spot (Csilla Klenyanszki</p> <p>via <a href="http://thestrangeattractor.net/?p=10256">The Strange Attractor</a></p>http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/35104477176http://pilcrowpalaver.tumblr.com/post/35104477176Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:28:09 -0500birdartphotography