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Infinity Prints

Based out of St. Louis,Infinity Prints is a design and printing studio run by Travis Lawrence. Travis creates beautiful prints made of woodcuts. Be sure to watch his process video behind the cut, it’s amazing.

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Recap: ArtPrize 2010

This weekend, we drove up to Grand Rapids to check out the big ArtPrize competition. There’s no doubt that it takes over the entire city. Luckily, we had two amazing tour guides to show us around. My cousin lives up there, and so does our very talented artist friend Ryan Weiss (interviewed). Ryan was also nice enough to give us a sneak peek of what he’s working on for his next show, so stay tuned for that in a few days.

Let’s just get Steam Pig out of the way. ArtPrize is all about making something that’s larger than life, so there’s no question that he was the star, suspended over the crowds in the B.O.B. parking lot. This was done by the same group responsible for Nessie in the river last year.

I loved these horses made out of plastic utensils. These were done by Sayaka Ganz.

Hands down, my favorite was called “you can’t fall off the floor” by Lora Fosberg. Lora placed hundreds of hand lettered pieces of paper on walls that intersected to form a room-like atmosphere.

Behind the cut, there are lots, lots more pics of my favorites. Unfortunately, unless you knew to register ahead of time, they make it a pain for attendees to actually vote. So if you see something you like, vote on my behalf! The top 10 is going to be announced tonight.

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Starred #34

Daniel Danger‘s toy debuted today at Gallery 1988

Logotype by Timba Smits (via Grain Edit)

Wood block print on a map by Best Made Company (via The Best Part)

New stuff from Dalek (via Arrested Motion)

Antique fans (via A Beautiful Mess)

Named after the Add Star feature in Google Reader, “Starred” is a column about things that catch my eye as I peruse the blogs I subscribe to. If you’d like to subscribe to Perfect Laughter, here’s a link to our RSS Feed.

“Bonfire” by Tugboat Printshop

Tugboat Printshop has a new woodcut print. It’s called Bonfire, and it’s making me long for summer, where I can run around a pile of burning palettes like a little heathen.

Bonfire is available for pre-order on Tugboat Printshop’s website. There is an edition of 100 and each print is $150. Behind the cut, you’ll find images of each of the five painstakingly carved blocks that made up this image. In case you missed it, check out our interview with Paul and Valerie that we did a few months back.

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Recent Highjinks from Cakeasaurus

Marian from Cakeasaurus Prints recently sent us a note about her latest edition. Birds Don’t Like You is a hand carved, two color woodblock print with a dark sense of humor.

The print measures 20 x 13″ and can be purchased at the Cakeasaurus Etsy shop. Marian also has more process pictures on her Flickr page.

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