Grove iPhone 4 Cases at Summer Blast!

We're excited to announce that my other business,grove, will be participating in the MacForce Summer Blast this Saturday! There are some great vendors including: Apple, Wacom, and Lacie. If you happen to be in inner SE Portland this Saturday, stop by to say hi! We'll be giving away several bamboo iphone 4 cases throughout the day. We'll also have the full iphone 4 case artist series on display.

The best part...FREE ROCKET POPS!!! Hope to see you there! - Joe

Written by Joe Mansfield on August 11, 2010

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We hope you had an excellent holiday season and would like to take this opportunity to wish you the very best for the upcoming New Year. Thanks for supporting Engrave Your Book and our artists! We’re excited to add more amazing art to the collection in 2010. Domestic shipping will continue to be FREE!

Send us a picture of your leather Moleskine cover for the chance of winning a free pocket cover and moleskine of your choice. The lucky winner will be chosen on January 10th.

I’d like to welcome Jacob Escobedo to the leather Moleskine cover artist series. Jacob is an artist and commercial designer living in Atlanta, GA. He is the Creative Director for the Cartoon Network’s adult-block of programming, Adult Swim. Only in person can one truly appreciate the intricate details of this piece.

Written by Joe Mansfield on December 31, 2009

3D Moleskine Icons

My friend Max Brown designed a great 3D Moleskine icon set in Google Sketchup
Click here to download
You are free to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the icons under the following conditions:
Attribution. You must attribute the work to Max Brown / www.orangeyear.com
Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
No Derivative Works. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.

Written by Joe Mansfield on September 25, 2009

Justine Ashbee Electric Threads

Justine Ashbee is known for her large scale free-form sharpie drawings. “I begin with a curve, from which lines and forms begin to emerge, evolve, morph, and grow organically, in an intuitive flow, while maintaining delicate, elegant precision.” Here are a few close-up shots of a 3×7m mural she created for a solo exhibit at Gallery Rojo in Barcelona with paint pens and china markers:

Check out more of Justine’s work at www.justineashbee.com
Congratulations on your first solo European show Justine!

Written by Joe Mansfield on September 25, 2009