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The latest installment in Matthew's Encyclopedia Mythologica series, Encyclopedia Mythologica: Dragons and Monsters Pop-Up Book will be coming out April 12th! Pre-order your signed copy here and complete your Encyclopedia Mythologica collection!
Matthew's latest book, DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book is now in stores! This 3-D masterpiece stars Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and many more favorite DC characters. Not only does this book include more than 25 pops, it also has a light up Bat-Signal! DC Super Heroes releases just in time for DC Comics' 75th anniversary!
Matthew's new pop-up series 'Puppies, Kittens and Other Pop-Up Pets' and 'Rescue Pop-Up Emergency Vehicles' features very simple bright art. 'Puppies' is a 5 spread book for smaller hands will feature pop-ups of adorable puppies, kittens, and other pets at play! 'Rescue' has simplified cars, trucks and other vehicles that pop up from the page. You can pre-order your copy of 'Puppies' here and 'Rescue' here today!
Posted on 19 January 2012 | 6:41 am
Artist Watch: Vanishing Cultures Project
The Vanishing Cultures Project is a documentary project that is helping to create awareness of native tribes and preserve their way of life. Taylor Weidman and Nina Wegner team up for half the year and go out to document indigenous tribes. They have already finished their first project about Tibet in the Upper Mustang region. You can purchase prints and a book about Tibet. Right now they are working on documenting the pastoral herders in Mongolia. Check out more about their project here: http://www.vcproject.org
What I really love about the project is not only the preservation aspect, but the photographs. They are truly stunning.
Posted on 5 January 2012 | 6:54 am
Artist Watch: Julie VonDerVellen
The internet is a brilliant thing, connecting all of visually. I came across Julie VonDerVellen's work last year. It really is amazing what one can do with paper. VonDerVellen creates garments out of handmade paper (which is made out of recycled cotton clothing). She says that "garments evoke memories; memories evoke garments" and she's right. Her pieces are intricately woven and painstakingly put together to re-create garments. The paper also has the story of the specific memory printed on it thus binding the memory and the garment together. Check out more of her work here.
