erika

What better way to.....

Celebrate my 100'th post on this blog than with a trip out to the country?

we had such a wonderful time this weekend with our friends, who invited us out to share Memorial Day weekend with them at their country home.  It was very much needed for all of us to get out of the city, relax in the fresh air, eat good food, canoe on lakes, eat chips and dip...you know the sort of thing.  We had such fun- thank you Maureen and Ian for being so good to us!

And I've also been printing:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

work for a client

cards for the special day
available in my shop

and overall getting ready for the show this weekend!
UPDATE::::  I will be at the Art Star Craft Bazaar this weekend. Saturday and Sunday. The official site can give you more info.
ART STAR CRAFT BAZAAR

custom note set

custom note set, originally uploaded by Erika Ebert.

This custom note set I just finished.  It was the first project that I worked on in the new studio and it couldn't have gone any better.  I'm really happy with the way they turned out.  My client ordered them for her son and daughter-in-law who are celebrating their first wedding anniversary.  The traditional gift is paper - and I think she came up with a perfect idea for a gift for them.  Good job Diane!  And thank you :)

custom note set
printed on Cranes Lettra 100% cotton paper
gold and grey ink
set of 30 with matching envelopes

sneak peak at the shop

sneak peak at the shop, originally uploaded by Erika Ebert.

Here's a little sneak peak at the shop...It's not all cleaned up and ready to see, so i'm just going to put a little peak.  It's so purdy....  My Dad and I re-wired the press this saturday...Thanks Dad!!!

Women in war zones :::: silent auction

My collage series of The Democratic of the Congo- women- will be a part of the silent auction to support the film Women in War Zones

June 14th 7-10 pm
at the Cirle of Hope 1125 South Broad St. 2nd Floor

About a year ago I joined the Philly Business Lady's hosted by the fabulous ladies over at Art Star Craft Bazaar and organized by Joy from the blog Oh Joy! and the sationery line Nantaka Joy (good luck at the stationery show Joy!)  and the first couple of meetups all us ladies brought in what it was we "do".  Business wise- craft wise- didn't matter.  At the time I hadn't even started to do letterpress printing - i was working on this series of collages about the women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had suffered such human tragedy and pain beyond anything I could ever imagine - before- during- and after the genocide.  I was also working a lot on fabric dolls. 
So at the meeting I brought in a painting that I had recently finished and some other stuff- and when i put it out there- a woman who was also at the meeting Jenny Jaskey who runs a gallery in the Northern Liberties section of Philly said "I've seen your work before!  my friend Brad is doing a film about this and I've somehow seen your work..."
which I thought odd since I had never shown this series before and hadn't really put it out there other than on flickr.  So that night i came home and googled a little and found the website for the film.  I e-mailed brad letting him know that if ever he was looking to do some kind of collaboration with me and the pieces that I was making that I would be more than happy!  And now a year later- they are holding a silent auction to raise money to complete the film and I've been asked to show the work!  I'm really thrilled- not only about the totally round about way that this came to be- but also because of how amazing of a project this is to be a part of. 
What started the series for me was an initial interest that was thrust forward after having watched an Oprah show one day.  She had send Lisa Ling to the Congo to interview several women about their lives and I was sobbing for days.  And at one moment Oprah looked at the TV and said " there- now you know and you can't just sit there and pretend like you don't...you've gotta do something" and she's right.  So that something for me was to create art and try to reach out to others through my art. 

Happy Birthday Mom!

 

Happy Birthday Nonna!   

xoxo

Sophichka- Erika and Pavel!