Author: Zandra
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Handmade Cavalcade is back for 2014, yo
Why buy “Made In Goodness-Knows-Where”? …when you can buy goodness, made here! The Handmade Cavalcade is back for 2014!!! https://www.facebook.com/events/712518378831184/ #handmadecavalcade #etsynyteam Lorna on Etsy …shout-out to my mom! 🙂
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ARTrovert — Introvert
If you know me, you know I’m an introvert. But if you didn’t know that, don’t worry — my own brother recently seemed surprised that I thus classify myself. Often people have expressed wonderment that I have not sold more work, or am not yet a highly-paid artistic director or corporate officer. Some show kind…
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Piz-Zazz… Brooklyn Tote Bags
SOMEbody bought about a dozen of my Katakana Brooklyn tote bags on Zazzle the other day — yay! Just when I was about to give up, someone made a purchase! Thanks, mystery shopper. 🙂 See the bag-nificence here: UPDATE 7 June 2019: I’ve closed my Zazzle store due to their April 2019 change of policy.…
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My Bucketfeet Print now live!!
The folks at Bucketfeet selected one of my pieces for sale as a print! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/HanbunBlack UPDATE: Shop for shoes at Bucketfeet via this link AND use this discount code ACIfwBvA for 20% off: https://www.bucketfeet.com/?utm_source=artist&utm_medium=program&utm_content=groupC&utm_campaign=AP_C_ZandraKubota
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Redbubba-liscious … Studio Zandra now on Redbubble!
“Those aren’t PILLOWS!” Well, actually, yes, they are pillows — fresh off the stylus. Why do Japanese love koi so much? I think it’s because they are soothing and relaxing to watch swimming around in a little cultivated garden pond. Certainly all right to have some on your couch or bed. I slaved over a…
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ザントカって誰？
「ザントカ」は私のスプーンフラワーのショップネームです！ 文学の研究した経験はあるならば、種田山頭火（Taneda Santoka)と言う詩人を思い出すでしょう。 「なんとか」 ＋ 私の下の名前ザンドラのコンビです。 そしてわたしのTwitter 名前@zan_toka ! :) ちょっとまって。。。「スプーンフラワー」というのは何でしょうか？？ Weblioオンライン辞典によると「ヤムイモまたはじゃがいものように料理され食べられる、食用の塊茎がある熱帯アメリカの里芋」です。自分の布をデザインしたり売ったり買ったりしているウェブサイトです — この下ご覧ください！
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Who is Zantoka??
Zantoka is my Spoonflower shop name!! It’s derived from a phrase in Japanese — “nan toka” — which means “something or other.” Students of literature may also be remided of the Japanese poet Santoka. Or my Twitter handle @zan_toka ! 🙂 Wait, what’s Spoonflower, you ask? It’s a fabric print-on-demand service, where artists from around…
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NYC’s spring flowers barge into my sketchpad!
I haven’t drawn flowers for about a decade, and that was a single three-foot wide tulip. Where these latest ones came from, I can only guess. I think it’s the spring flowers everywhere — they kind of demand one’s attention, bursting out between concrete slabs, clawing their way over chain link fences, getting in in…
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The only activity I ever enjoyed more than drawing…
…was reading, back when library cards were blue cardboard squares. It took me on quite a long detour in life, as instead of continuing fine art after LaGuardia HS, I ended up majoring in English. The third page of my newest pad of paper was devoted to words, and the word “word”. Literally, kotoba, in…
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Prints, reproductions, and things left unsaid
Prints and other reproductions are now live! I only receive a 10% commission on each item, but it’s nice to be able to finally offer prints. UPDATE 7 June 2019: I’ve closed my Zazzle store due to their April 2019 change of policy. My Redbubble store is still open here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/studiozandra/portfolio/recent