With Mother's Day approaching (and thank goodness for design and craft blogs or I would never remember these things), I embarked on a search for works of art that celebrate motherhood in, and this is crucial, non-cheesy ways. I found a few…
...but not a lot. If you know of any great ones, please share with the class!
- Let's kick it off with Tallcow's block print made just for all the mamitas out there. It's sold as a card, but at 7"x7", I think it would look great framed in your friend's/girlfriend's/sister's closet or bathroom, a sassy reminder that she's still the hottest thing on eight wheels.
- I love the colors and style of Mamá Convierte Las Lágrimas en Pipas by Vireta, but can anyone out there help with the translation? I've got it all except pipas, which my Spanish dictionary defines as the pips of fruits (or a barrel, cask, or pipe). Mother transforms tears into pips? I may not understand every word, but the feel of this piece is lovely.
- This Mama Bear woodblock print by Tugboat Printshop, and it is fierce, perfect for the toughest mother you know.
- APAK's Motherhood illustration is so sweet- I would hang it in my kitchen. It's only a $5 notecard, but stuck in a cute frame it would make a great gift.
- There's nothing like a hot-pink reminder of who exactly is the boss, and this Mummy Rules print by Rebecca Winter from MyDeco should do the trick.
- Last but not least, we have three works from one of the masters of the art of motherhood, Nikki McClure. Her poster print Please is very moving to me, as my mom and grandma started teaching me to bake when I was three years old. I make pastry for a living, but remain forever humbled by my grandma's transcendent baked goods. Trust is one of a set of four Mama + Baby prints. They're all great, but I love this pregnant lady on the rocks the best- so tough. Windsock is an original papercut, a celebration of natural forces. I like that this mom appears to be a slightly-older mom- there are so many kinds of moms!
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Love these images! What a great way to celebrate motherhood with art. I love when my interests collide like this: birth/pregnancy and art/interiors. Thanks Apartment Therapy!
I googled Pipa and according to Pipa Restaurant's website (http://www.pipa-nyc.com/), "The word Pipa is Spanish slang for “having a good time.”". So I guess that picture means that Mama makes everything fun again.
Ooh I'd love to receive mom-themed/non-cheesy art for mother's day! like #1, love #3-4.
any ideas like this for father's day? my husband is a stay at home dad and loves art, too.
That would be McClure, with a C.
@Norainapeartree- thank you so much for catching that! How embarassing to misspell Nikki McClure's name after loving her work for so many years!
Hi, I can help with pipas. They are actually the seeds of many plants, especially sunflowers. They are very popular, usually eaten by children and grown ups. I love pipas! They are very salty, just like tears. Pasárselo pipa means having a great, fun time. I love this artwork, very sweet.
What country is pipa commonly used in? Where I'm from, pipa means something else, so I had no idea what it meant. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't mean Mom's turn tears into a car muffler or smoking pipe.
Love the feeding chicken one--could see myself just like that if we had the space to have some chiks (my DH's dream; that, and a cow for fresh milk, ha).
Pardon me for plugging my own work, but I have an ongoing collaborative art project called Greetings From Motherland (http://www.greetingsfrommotherland.com), and one of our goals is to create non-cheesy, authentic representations of motherhood! I've recently made some of the photographs we did with miniature figures available for sale, and they'd make great mother's day gifts. We also create participatory installations, but those are harder to hang on a wall ;-)
hi, I am vireta... pipas is the fruit and the seed of the sunflower, and in Spain we use to eat them, they are funny because the sound when you eat them, or because when you eat them you use ti be having fun out, in the park, in the beach... you can eat them spicy or salted... and they look like a tear in the form... so mean a mom that tranforms all the bad and sad into fun...
sorry for my english
for father, Dad makes spaghetti clouds
https://www.etsy.com/listing/69490359/papa-convierte-las-nubes-en?listing_id=69490359&listing_slug=papa-convierte-las-nubes-en
Vireta,
Thank you! Love the Dad makes spaghetti clouds print and will be ordering it soon :)
I love Nikki McClure's art she is amazing. I have her baby book and it is so beautiful.