March 2020

Aoi Hato Pinup Lures

Fishing, Graphic Arts, Illustration, NSFW, Sculpture, Sex Aoi Hato, Barbed, Cartoon, Fish Hooks, FIshing, Handmade, Illustration, Line Drawing, Lures, Makers, Mildly NSFW, Pen and Ink, Pinups, Sketches

Years ago in Dublin a mate was talking about his friends new girlfriend, “Ah Jaysus, she’s really got the c*nt hooks into him”. Stuck with me that one! But I digress…

Fish Printing Gyotaku Prints Fishprinter

Fish Rubbers

FIne Arts, Fishing, Food, Graphic Arts, Print, The Planet Fish Art, Fish rubbing, Gyotaku, History, Homma Museum, Inks, Japan, Ocean, Prints, Research

Fish rubbing or Gyotaku is a printing technique invented by Japanese fishermen in the early nineteenth century to record the size of their catch. By inking the fish and printing it onto fine Japanese paper, the intricate markings and texture of the fish can be captured forever. As for that […]

1957 International Youth Festival, Moscow 1957

Soviet Youth Festival Jazzy Matchbox Labels

Advertising, Graphic Arts, History, Music, Politics, Print, Typography, Vintage Caricatures, cyrillic, Festival, Jazz, Matchbox Labels, Moscow, Package Design, Packaging Design, Print, retro, Soviet, Typography, Vintage, Youth

I love the bold graphic quality of this matchbox label set. The contrast in colours and the block of cyrillic type balancing the comical caricatures that look like letters of the alphabet. Lovely stuff! 1957 International Youth Festival, Moscow 1957 1957 International Youth Festival—was held in Moscow from July 29 […]

Isaac Cordal | Follow the Leader | Annecy, France 2019

Isaac Cordal Cement Eclipses

Arts, Politics, Sculpture, The Planet, Urban Art Annecy, Dwellings, Isaac Cordal, Miniature Sculpture, Political Satire, Small Worlds, Street Art, Urban Art

Follow the leaders – Annecy Paysages. Annecy, France 2019 In the basin of an old pier at the edge of the lake, Isaac Cordal installs twenty characters representing an assembly of decision-makers debating the measures to be taken to fight against global warming. Beyond any polemical aspect, the work imposes itself […]

Rattlesnake in Silver | Made in Newark, New Jersey, USA

In this you’ll find a match – A Fist shaped Match Safe

Design, Fashion, History, Mechanical, Sculpture, Vintage Brass, Cast, Containers, Copper, Decorative Arts, Germany, Gold, Japan, Jewelry, match safes, Silversmith, The Smithsonian, Tiffany & Co., vesta boxes, Zippo

The Smithsonian have a terrific collection of Match Safes dating from the mid nineteenth century to the 1920’s. Also known as Vesta cases, vesta boxes, or pocket match safes, these containers basically kept your matches safe and dry and came in an amazing variety of designs. Check out the tiny […]

Kiyo Murakami | the greatest show in the sky

Kiyo Murakami’s Post apocalyptic carnival retro gothic erotic fantasy burlesque cyberpunk art

Asia, Creative, Fashion, Photography, Sex, Skills burlesque, carnival, Corsets, cyberpunk, Dolls, erotic, Fantasy, Gothic, Japan, Kiyo Murakami, Photography, post-apocalyptic, retro

Not to be confused with that master of magical realism Haruki Murakami, Kiyo Murakami’s work could well be considered to be its photographic equivalent. Post-apocalyptic-carnival-retro-gothic-erotic-fantasy-burlesque-cyberpunk art. See for yourself. FROM KIYO MURAKAMI’s website: I was born in Shizuoka, currently based in Tokyo, Japan. After I graduated from art school, I […]

The Cramps 18 Album Covers

Americas, Design, Europe, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Music, Print, Sex Album, Art, Bootlegs, CBGB, Covers, Garbageman, Psychobilly, Record, Smell of Female, Stay Sick, The Cramps, Underground, Vinyl

From Wiki: American garage punk band The Cramps was active from 1976 until 2009. Its discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, four compilations and 24 singles. The band also produced eight music videos. I have way more covers than the above the number of recordings, I guess bootlegs, EPs and re-releases would have different […]

The Big Yin in Big Banana Feet The Documentary

Arts, Comedy, Film, Funny, History, Performing Arts, Skills, Words etc 1975, Belfast, Big Banana Feet, Billy Connelly, Documentary, Dublin, Funny Video, Ireland, North, Rare, Scotland, South, Stand-Up Comedy, The Big Yin

BFI NOTICE OF INFRINGEMENT CLAIM Jan 19, 2024 The BFI is the exclusive rightsholder of the film Big Banana Feet (1975) and it has come to our attention that your website uses clips of the film at this link: https://www.puppiesandflowers.com/the-big-yin-big-banana-feet-1975-documentary/ We kindly request that you remove the content from your […]

Three Good Online Typography Games

Cool Games, Graphic Arts, Hmmn Interesting, Skills, Typography, Words etc Cool Games, educational, Font Foundries, Fonts, fun, Game, Kerning, Learning, Letter spacing, Online Games, Typography

You’ve probably heard of keming before—the result of improper kerning. Well, you can test your own kerning skills using Type Method‘s online game. Using the arrow keys or mouse you have to move the letters to create a visually balanced and legible word. Your solution is compared to a professional […]