Nate Williams was one of six artists asked to contribute to Cloudy Collection’s ‘The Scarlet Lettering’ innovative print series. These super-green limited edition 4×6 inch letterpress prints are run on a 100% wind-powered press and printed on bamboo paper with vegetable-based inks.

This edition is unique in that they have two plates – one is inked red, and the other is a ‘blind deboss,’ where a small amount of transparent white ink is added to the plate. The effect is that there is an indentation in the paper for a subtle texture or message, but generally no color.

All that and only $40 a set including shipping! Plus a portion of sales goes to The Nature Conservancy.

Red Nose Studio’s illustration for The New York Times won an Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design 30th Edition. The competition invites entries from all general circulation newspapers—daily or non-daily, broadsheet or tabloid, traditional or alternative—published anywhere in the world. The piece ran as the cover for the newspaper’s Arts + Leisure section. Congratulations go out to Red Nose Studio, Tom Bodkin and Paul Jean!

Gordon Wiebe contributed a piece to The Lifted Brow’s year-end World Atlas Issue. Artists were invited to choose a country and submit anything from a song, a piece of writing, a comic strip or a piece of artwork based on that country. Canadian Gord chose Canada and his piece, The Last Fish, deals with Canada’s depleting fish populations.

The Lifted Brow is a biannual journal out of Australia that publishes writing, art, and music. Each issue is about 260 pages and includes a CD. Other contributors include Douglas Coupland, Sage Francis and Bodies of Water.

Bella Pilar is now selling limited-edition giclee prints through her website. They are printed with pigment inks on 8.5 x 11 inch acid free archival grade Hahnemuhle paper, signed and numbered. Each print arrives carefully packaged and unframed, and usually within 5-10 business days of payment being received. Remember to check back regularly as images will rotate as new prints become available.

Emiliano Ponzi had 5 pieces selected to appear in Creative Quartely No. 17, with his piece for France’s Milk magazine winning a Silver medal. Congratulations Emiliano!