With our worsening economy and with so many people losing their jobs, it’s so hard to stay positive. So in order to help people the best way I know how, I’ve decided to let people who have recently lost their jobs and are looking for work to be able to take my art classes for [...]
Archive for December, 2008
FREE Art Classes for the recently laid off
Posted in Queens Stuff, art stuff on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whatswear.com
Posted in Queens Stuff, graphic tshirts, press & publicity on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Gift That Keeps Giving
December 18, 2008 by Joseph
A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but Queens-based designer Ciara Elend will help you grow windflowers wherever you live. Best known for the “I Heart Queens” message on the t-shirts in her Queensbound Collection, she also offers a couture line of limited-edition items.
Fusing modern aesthetics with old [...]
Cooltownstudios.com
Posted in Queens Stuff, art stuff, press & publicity on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Readers, check out this cool blog cooltownstudios.com which is a “crowdsourcing cool places for creatives.” They have interesting posts about creatives in different areas. And they wrote a nice writeup on me. How could I not love them?
No one in their creative right mind (no pun intended) would wear a tourist souvenir t-shirt displaying their [...]
Things happen for a reason
Posted in just plain ranting on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am a big believer that all things happen for a reason. When I was at Parsons I had my heart set on getting a job in book cover design. I interned at Random House and interviewed a few book cover designers. I even did an extra credit project on what of my favorite book [...]
A funny color theory tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A funny color theory tshirt that I didn’t make at http://store.mediocoreclothing.com/product/complimentary-colors.
Ins and Outs Magazine
Posted in Queens Stuff, graphic tshirts, press & publicity on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LIC-based graphic artist Ciara Elend works in a variety of mediums – drawing, painting, collage-making – but block printing is her speciality. Her American-made line of designer tshirts combines modern graphics with this “old-school”method of printing, in which designs are hand-carved in blocks of wood or linoleum. Her “Queensbound” line of Queens-inspired apparel for men [...]
Art Classes in Queens
Posted in Queens Stuff, art stuff, block printing on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
INTRO TO BLOCK PRINTING ON PAPER $60
3 hours, 30 minutes
Learn relief printmaking with rubber and linoleum blocks You will get an overview of basic to advanced techniques in block printing. You will learn all about one-color cuts, the reduction method and multi-block printing. You will create a carving or two of your choice, and print [...]
LOUD ABNOXIOUS AMERICANS…damn right.
Posted in just plain ranting on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Black Friday, we (me, Adam, Amanda, Jason, Bev and Janet-the family) decided to do something different, artistic and fun. We went around the city taking group pictures with absolute strangers. It was a great social experiment and I’m so glad they (the fam) made me do it because I soooo didn’t want to at [...]
Business 101 Advice
Posted in art stuff, just plain ranting on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I am getting more known as a designer, artist, small business owner, more and more people are asking for my advice. Which is actually pretty scarey when I think about it because most of the time, I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m just fooling everyone. But here are [...]
More art classes
Posted in Queens Stuff, art stuff on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
INTRO TO BLOCK PRINTING ON PAPER $60
3 hours, 30 minutes
Learn relief printmaking with rubber and linoleum blocks You will get an overview of basic to advanced techniques in block printing. You will learn all about one-color cuts, the reduction method and multi-block printing. You will create a carving or two of your choice, and print [...]
