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Home Sweet Home

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:25 +0000

My good friend Lily is incredibly stylish, intelligent and creative, as well as nice enough to allow me to publicize her very eclectic and charming apartment. Not only is the prewar architecture and detailing incredible, but Lily has an amazing knack for finding special antique treasures. If her apartment was a store, I would be very poor (hey that rhymes!).

Etsy: Typography

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:25:03 +0000

One of my favorite past times is browsing through Etsy, “window shopping” and getting inspired. They have an ample collection of cool typography work, from posters to pillows.

Hey New Yorkers

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:51:21 +0000

I’ve been super busy this last month traveling, moving, being sick and working, so I haven’t had much time to blog, so for today I’ll pass on this invite for a charity art exhibition in New York. If you live in NY, be sure to check it out:

Seattle in Black & White

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:12:10 +0000

Art & Copy: A Film

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:49 +0000

I am eager to see the newly released film Art & Copy directed by Doug Pray (who also directed the amazing Surfwise). It’s a film about advertising, inspiration and cultural manipulation and seems to fit perfectly into my research of social design. I also love the posters for it. Watch the trailer below.

COMBO By Blu and David Ellis

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:12:13 +0000

I am a huge fan of Blu so I was thrilled to see this recent video addition. Amazing.

San Francisco: Art & Architecture

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:55:01 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I watched the film La Jetee by Chris Marker for a multimedia class. I fell in love with the film and the method in which a long series of sometimes unrelated photographs can be streamed together with sound to create a story. I have actually been collecting images and stories about my dad for some time now in order to create something like this as well, however aside from using Animoto a couple times for work I have never actually put something like this together. When Tom posted his video via Vimeo, I decided to check it out and realized that along with iMovie, the process is very simple. With that said, this is my first video…an ode to the amazingly diverse and beautiful art and architecture of San Francisco.

San Francisco: Art & Architecture from Sara Williams on Vimeo.

Music by San Francisco band The Dodos.

Art Journal

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:49:16 +0000

When I was seven I began writing in a journal. I was adamantly opposed to people calling my journal a “diary” and believed “journal” garnered more respect. I wrote in it nearly every day, committed to tracking my life and remembering all the details I was sure to forget as I grew older.

Now 29, I seldom feel the need to sit alone and write to, technically, myself. Instead I’ve turned to blogging. However, there was a short period after the death of my father where I was inspired to mix art and journaling together. Looking back on it I see myself as being very patient with stamping and also that the process was therapeutic for me.