An Artistic (Home) Life: The Little Friends of Printmaking

Midwest printmaking superstars (and married couple) Melissa and JW Buchanan are best known under their collaborative moniker, The Little Friends of Printmaking. We've long been fans of their work - it's upbeat, detailed, colorful and 100% identifiable as theirs - in other words, they've got a good signature style going on.

We were thrilled to see an interview with them at Grain Edit, where they discuss their work. And, very perfectly timed for our "Art, Craft and Collections" month, they also give a peek at their home and studio in Milwaukee and let us know what daily life is like for hardworking artists.

According to the interview, a typical day is a busy one:
JW: We get up around 10am, do our best to answer emails and take any calls we have to take, and we work until past midnight. I try to take a bike ride, if I can, before the sun goes down. That’s about it. I never leave the house. Come and get me, burglars.

Melissa: We also have food breaks occasionally. We print something every weekend. We used to try to print a small amount every night, but I started dreading it so we backed off a bit.

Check out the full post (and lots of wonderful images!) right here at Grain Edit.

More info on the Little Friends of Printmaking can be found right here and their shop is right here.

Via: Grain Edit

Images: C.Taylor, Grain Edit

Does anyone know where the curtains in the first picture are from?

posted by guerilla on September 17th 2009 at 11:37am
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That litter box is rad! Does anyone know where I can score one?

posted by editrix26 on September 17th 2009 at 11:40am
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I don't think it's a litter Box. looks more like a cat bed. Either way i want it.

posted by mntngr on September 17th 2009 at 12:38pm
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Ya gotta do a feature on this fab cat bed!!! Too, TOO kewl!

posted by Vincent B. on September 17th 2009 at 12:56pm
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the cat bed was made by whiskas. it was sold in england for a limited time. i found mine on ebay by searching "whiskas cat bed," just don't forget to go into advanced search and select "search any region"

posted by rasabasa123 on September 17th 2009 at 12:56pm
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can i be their friend?

posted by lab director on September 17th 2009 at 1:54pm
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come to Durham

posted by Kate (NC) on September 18th 2009 at 11:39am
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Thanks for the kind words!

guerilla - the curtains are from Ikea. I think they may be discontinued, but their name is UNNI BLAD. Hope that helps!

Kate (NC) - we came to Carboro a few years ago for a show we had at Wootini, but we'd love to come back to that area, if only to have more awesome barbecue!

lab director - of course you can be our friend!

posted by Melissa Buchanan on September 21st 2009 at 11:24pm
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