Leah Giberson
site: www.leahgiberson.com

Since receiving her BFA in painting in 1997 from MassArt, Leah Giberson has made her living as a freelance flash designer and art director in Boston. In between client projects, she can be found getting her hands dirty in her painting studio, the kitchen or digging in her tiny garden.

Despite all the suburban houses in her mixed media paintings, she was actually raised by artists deep in the woods of NH and currently lives and works in a small, but sunny apartment with her sweetheart, 3 kids and a cat.

Joshua Stone
site: www.joshuastone.com
 
Joshua Stone is a Boston based designer who’s work, contemporary and creative, gives aesthetic structure to an otherwise rugged and banausic media. Originally from Connecticut, Stone attended Massachusetts College of Art and worked in commercial photography for over ten years. His work has taken him from Mumbai to Brooklyn, from Moscow to Bariloche. Stone’s insistence on maintaining his products as american handmade has presented significant challenges, but speaks to his inspiration.

Shara Porter
site: www.sharaporter.com

Shara Porter is a designer and artist who makes a career out of giving vintage accessories a new life. She received her MFA in Textiles from UMASS Dartmouth in 2004 and started her own business soon after. She spends many hours in thrift stores shopping for vintage leather accessories, then cleans and mends the items, and adds her signature printed image, making each piece current and unique.

Zoetropa
site: zoetropa.etsy.com

A passion for paper and design led Pamela Tobler to start her business Zoetropa. Her stationery items feature sweet and simple illustrations that are hand printed in fun vibrant colors. Pamela is inspired by everyday objects, animals, nature, Nordic design, and Japanese zakka.

Family Dinner for One
site: www.fdf1.com

FDF1 (Family Dinner for One), established in 2005, designs, mocks, alters, appropriates, and hand screen prints ridiculous images which may disturb or enlighten you.  Husband and wife team Beth and Seth started FDF1 to function as a makeshift vessel for their ideas. Now, just 3 years later their creative business venture has evolved into a world dominating empire.

JHill Design
site: www.jhilldesign.com

JHill Design's collection, "Places I Have Never Been", revolves around Jennifer Hill's drawings of her imaginary vacations. "I research different intriguing places and then let my imagination go! Each piece includes tid-bits of information about the place that inspired the pattern." The patterns are currently available as calendars, limited edition prints and note cards.


Aaron Demuth
site: assortedcats.blogspot.com

Aaron Demuth is a man of many curiosities. From miniature clocks to
Hitchcock's MacGuffin, Demuth collects facts and figures in his pockets, drawing on them as impetus for feline and ursine characters.

Modern Printed Matter
site: www.modernprintedmatter.com

Anna Cote is the owner and designer of Modern Printed Matter, a design studio + store based in Rhode Island.  Anna is inspired by nature and often uses her own photography to create her colorful modern organic illustrations.  Anna uses a combination of offset and screen printing for her designs which includes greeting cards, boxed stationery, art prints, and calendars.

Vonica
site: www.vonicadesigns.com

Erica von Schilgen divides her time between working on fine art, making mechanical collages and on Vonica Designs, her handbag and custom clothing business. Each Vonica item is designed and handcrafted entirely from Erica's own patterns. Often using uniquely textured and vintage fabrics, Vonica designs are whimsical, bold and often inspired by animal forms. Each handbag is finely crafted and made from sturdy materials. . . built to last.

Viva Ortegacy
site: www.vivaortegacy.com

Dave Ortega's tees and mini-comics have been featured at the Renegade Craft Fair, The Young Designer's Market (NYC), Stitch (Austin), Art Beat, the Bazaar Bizarre, The South End Open Market, Wears and Wares, and The Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD). He is a proud member of theMiracle5 art superhero group.

over,under
site: www.overcommaunder.com

over,under is a Boston-based multidisciplinary studio for design, interiors, urban design, graphic identity and publications.

Saint9
site: www.saint9.com

jen ferreira is the sole designer, creator and proprietess of saint9. saint9 began in
early 2004 (back then it was known as perishable productions and became saint9
in 2006) and the line has been developing and growing ever since. jen likes to
create all sorts of handmade treats such as tote bags, stationery, zippered pouches,
aprons and t-shirts, all hand-silkscreened with her own patterns and designs.

Two Trick Pony
site: www.twotrickpony.com

Two Trick Pony is owned and operated in the Boston area by Laurie Mee and Carrie Siegel. Since 2006, we have been illustrating, typesetting, and screen printing by hand an ever-growing collection of cards, invitations, and prints. Our cards and invites have been featured on blogs such as Design*Sponge, Poppytalk, Paper Crave, Creature Comforts, and The Bedlam of Beefy, as well as Stationery Trends Magazine. Two Trick Pony is also featured in a new book written by Eunice and Sabrina Moyle of Hello!Lucky called "Handmade Hellos."

Jenn Ski
site: www.jennski.com

Jenn Ski is an award-winning graphic designer and artist, with a passion for modern and mid-20th century art and design. In her work, she strives to balance these seemingly unrelated forces. The result is artwork that, while beautifully delicate, is incredibly sophisticated and, in one word, cool.

Jennski.com opened in June of 2007, offering her original pieces, as well as giclée prints of her digital art.

The 47th
site: www.the47th.com

The 47th is a happy new creative consultancy in the Boston area. Besides professional design for beloved clients, the 47th is hard at work on a conceptual magazine, various design applications to promote positive public interactions, and a mod textile design series.

FilzFelt
site: www.filzfelt.com

FilzFelt was founded in 2008 by two felt loving designers, Kelly Smith and Traci Roloff. This female run business prides itself on simplicity in design, beautiful photography, good packaging and jaw-droppingly great customer service.

Etcetera Media
site: www.etceteramedia.com

etcetera media as a Boston-based design studio that was founded in January 2005. Chris Grimley + Kelly Smith, a husband/wife team are collectively architects, interior, graphic, furniture, urban and textile designers.

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