I practiced Chinese watercolor art when I was a little girl and I recently found out how much I missed painting. Nestled in the heart of Yaletown, Raw Canvas Art and Social is a ’soul-driven’ company that supports the cultivation of the artist within.
With a warm and inviting semi-Victorian (but a hippy at heart) atmosphere, it’s easy to feel comfortable instantly. You walk in, purchase a canvas of various sizes and away you go. Your smock, all paints and tools are supplied for you. As a hobbiest or professional painter, you can paint at ease and let your creativity flow.
They also offer great coffee, with an ethical menu, serving wines from Farmstead and local meat and cheese pairings. They have a lot going on each month so it’s best to … more …
Public Relations for food, fashion, art, and design…who are you going to call on? Shannon Heth. She is your Partly Sunny Industry Insider this week.
Tell us about yourself. How did Heth PR come about?: I always had an interest in public relations. For a number of years I handled PR for friends and special events, sometimes for free, just to get my feet wet. In 2007 I went to New York and worked at a boutique PR firm there. When I returned to Vancouver in 2008, HethPR as it is now, was born.
Things you love about what you do?: I’ve always loved meeting and talking to people. The great things about what I do is that everyday it’s pretty likely that I’m going to talk to new people, hear new … more …
It can be difficult to find a work of art that evokes a deep personal meaning, but these abstract portraits are literally as unique as you are.
DNA 11 used your own DNA, Fingerprints and Kisses to create a portrait that represents the real ‘you’.
Here’s how it works…Choose the style of portrait, the size, and frame that best suits your personality. Then choose from over 1 million colour combinations or juxtapose your colour palette to give your canvas a Warhol aesthetic.
Once you’ve decided which portrait you want, DNA 11 will send you an easy to use kit to turn your prints into a masterpiece. The process is simple and completely painless.
The lip-print collection kit, for example, features a M.A.C VIVA GLAM Lipstick and plenty of KISS image … more …
I’ve always been a huge fan of Polariods - Their grainy texture, glossy center and perfect built in matte-white frame instantly made all photos cool. Polaroid pictures are iconic in the fashion world - Models used them for their go-sees, designers use them for test shots and stylists used them for story boarding.
The news of them completely discontinuing them created somewhat of an uproar! But never fear, the people at Polariod have figured out a way to keep some of us happy with Poladroid!
Poladroid is a site that lets you download your very own virtual Poladroid camera. It sits on your desktop and you simply drag and drop photos in while you watch it develop before your eyes…like the real thing. It even has the sound effects to make … more …
