the fabulous Julia Stotz and her partner / boyfriend / equally fabulous photographer Brian Guido shot a really nice little story last Saturday afternoon. it rained.Frankie ate the props.the gear hauler (our 4wheeler) got a flat.but otherwise, a pretty successful little soiree 🙂 and then we actually had enough food left over to eat,which is a bonus. some behind the scenes shots:
3 hours can pass pretty quickly when you’re talking about something you love. As did the panel discussion I participated in last week at Columbia College. We drank, debated, and hopefully helped a photographer or two figure out this crazy business of balancing their personal passions of photography as a creative outlet with the commercial side of it all. It was a great opportunity to give a shout-out to a few of my favorite photographers (and contributors to my new book, published by Random House / Clarkson potter “FOUND FREE & FLEA” that launches this August) bjornwallander.com chrisstrong.com jacobhand.com aimeeherring.com…
i love this website.and it looks like they dig our living room too 😉 here’s who they say they are: “Welcome. Here you’ll find the latest home and interior-design focused Palettes and Patterns, as well as Blog, Trends and Forums to help guide your next interior design project.” check out colourlovers.com:http://tinyurl.com/3t8lw7m
check him out:steventeichelman.comthisisthreefold.com
where to start. photographer, designer, furniture builder, all-round amazing guy.Oh, and he built us a cabin in the sky. Bladon is one of the folks who teamed up to build us the Wandawega Treehouse. Bladon Conner is a Chicago furniture maker and designer, originally hailing from Southern Mississippi where he was educated in architecture. After a number of years in the corporate architecture setting, he took a chance on the hands-on world of furniture building. Bladon got his start blending vintage furniture with photography – using his graphic images as veneers over discarded modern furniture. He continued his furniture education…
where to start? SHAUN OWENS CASE & TYLER PETERSON.two young talented designers, builders and all-round great guys. I met these two talented gents when they came with angela of post27 to camp wandawega for art camp.They wanted to build a treehouse. I was thinking a platform with a rope ladder and maybe a bucket on a pulley. They had much larger plans. (along with bladon conner and steven teichelman, also to be featured in this little ‘friends of wandawega’ section) They design and build ALL furniture (see below), commercial and residential spaces.but that’s an understatement. check them out here: STONEBLITZER.COMÂ to…
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this week is all about collaborators, comrades and friends of camp wandawega. FIRST FEATURE: ANGELA FINNEY HOFFMAN. she makes most folks feel like they are standing still. I’m pretty sure there are actually three of her, and that is her secret to doing all that she does between the shop, the events, the projects. last week was one of my favorites- a photo shoot that will appear in Design Bureau magazine. here’s a sneak peak: check out more here: http://outpost.post27store.com/and here at a refinery29 story: http://tinyurl.com/3t96eys partner in crime for Art Camp, Treehouse building, holiday-making cards, and general mischief-Angela is…
“A Monstrous & Modern Family Tree Made of Buttons”Busy Beaver Button Company made all (nearly 1000) buttons for Anders Nilsen….(for our master bedroom wall!) THANKS, CHRISTEN! “Anders Nilsen recently did this large install of 10,000 buttons and homeowner Tereasa Surratt knew she had to have a similar look in her own home. Her space is modern and fresh (check it out over at Dwell) so your normal shabby chic, papercraft version wasn’t going to cut it.Nilsen partnered with our friends over at the Busy Beaver Button Co. and came up with a new fresh take on the family tree. The…
one of our neighbors just down the street from Wandawega.too cute!