A Wicked Way With Wood. Font Wall Art & Coasters By Jen Pepper.

Jen Pepper, the designer behind Peppersprouts, combines technology with crafting to create homewares and wall art that have a modern style combined with a traditional sensibility. While she also works in acrylic, I am especially fond of her hand drawn and laser etched cherry and walnut coasters and wall art.


Sans Serif Font Wall Art:


Fan of sans-serif typefaces? Then you'll love this.
Set in laser-cut walnut wood are Helvetica, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, Univers Light, and Arial Black.

Easy to hang from Two small finishing nails.
Size: 15" x 14.25" (38cm x 36cm) and 1/4" thick (6.4mm)
Material: Dark Walnut
$70


Serif Font Wall Art:


Prefer serif fonts?
Then try this one. Set in Palatino, Copperplate, Archer Book, Courier Bold, Garamond, Times, and Georgia Bold.

Easy to hang from Two small finishing nails.
Size: 15" x 14.25" (38cm x 36cm) and 1/4" thick (6.4mm)
Material: Dark Walnut Laminated MDF
$70

"Home Sweet Home" Coasters:


The hand drawn houses have been etched on the surface of the wood and someone has gone and cut out all if the windows. The coasters have been laser cut from cherry wood, that has been hand rubbed with tung oil to protect them.



This set of coasters contains 4 coasters, each one has a different house.
Size: 3.4" x 3.4" and approx .25" thick.
Material: Cherry MDF
$28

"Take A Seat" Coasters:

The hand drawn chairs have been etched on the surface of the wood while little pieces have been cut away for very fun look. The coasters have been laser cut from cherry wood, that has been hand rubbed with tung oil to protect them.



This set of coasters contains 4 coasters, each one has a different chair.
Size: 3.4" x 3.4" and approx .25" thick.
Material: Cherry
$28

Classic Wood Silhouette Coasters:


The hand drawn silhouettes have been cut from the wood and the fancy ornate frame was engraved into the surface of the wood. The coasters have been laser cut from Colour Rimu wood, that has been hand rubbed with tung oil to protect them from water damage. Easy to clean, just wipe with soap and water.



This set of coasters contains one coaster of each silhouetted figure.
Size: 3.4" x 3.4" and approx .25" thick.
Material: Cherry MDF
$28

"Song Bird" Coasters:


The ornate designs or twirls and swirls have been engraved onto the surface of these wood coasters, while some dots, leaves, branches, and stars have been cut out making for a very lovely 3 dimensional object. The coasters have been laser cut from a cherry wood, that has been hand rubbed with tung oil to protect them from water over time.



This set of coasters contains four coasters of the same design.
Size: 3.75" diameter and approx .25" thick.
Material: Cherry Wood
$28

Shop for all the above shown items and more here.

About peppersprouts

Blurring the line between computer aided design and traditional craftsmanship, peppersprouts offers a wide range of affordable and eco-friendly homegoods.

It all started in 2009 in a tiny basement apartment in Brooklyn, NY. With a background in graphic design and the urge to create something new, Jen sketched a design for a coaster that she would love to see on the shelves of her favorite shop. With the help of some awesome people she was able to have her design protyped through laser cutting. After that, the ideas just keep flowing.

By using modern manufacturing techniques, and a little elbow grease, peppersprouts is proud to offer an affordable, well designed product.

The Pantone Wallstore Is A Magnetic Wall Organizer In 6 Fun Pantone Colors.

The Pantone® Wallstore is a simple magnetic notice board and storage solution in one. The large surface area on top allows good space for the user to store notes, photos, keys and keepsakes etc… while the folded section creates space for magazines and letters. The wallstore is provided with 6 mini magnets and all the fittings needed to fix it to the wall.



Pantone colored wall organizers designed by John Greene for Seletti (who doesn't ship outside of Europe), but is available here in the US and the UK:






Made of bent steel, each measures H.60cm x W.28cm x D.4cm and comes with 6 magnets

buy them here in the US
and here in the UK

Dead Animals Get Decorated By Sandra Musy.

above: Jane Doe #2, Unique piece (doe, green sequins, pins), 44cm x 39cm x 28cm

Sandra Musy: la nature vénéneuse was a recent exhibition featuring some seriously glamorous taxidermy -- sparkly stuffed animals of the real variety.

The artist, Sandra Musy, born in 1973, lives and works in Paris and creates in several mediums, one of which is, as you can see, taxidermy. This particular exhibit featured her wall-mounted deer heads and stuffed boars or pigs, ornately decorated with sequins.

The game trophy deer heads have the very clever names of John Doe and Jane Doe and are numbered. Her numbered sequined pigs are called Spider Cochon (or Spider Pigs) and they are a reference to The Simpsons.

The pieces shown below are available for purchase if not yet sold.

Jane Doe #1
Unique piece (doe, black sequins, pins), 44cm x 39cm x 28cm:


John Doe #1
Unique piece (roe deer, black sequins, pins), 50cm x 33cm x 28cm:


John Doe #2
Unique piece (roe deer, silver sequins, pins), 58cm x 38cm x 28cm:


Spidercochon #1 (SOLD)
Unique piece (young wild boar, green sequins, pins), 40cm x 20cm x 10cm:


Spidercochon #2
Unique piece (young wild boar, green sequins, pins), 44cm x 25cm x 14cm:


Spidercochon #3
Unique piece (young wild boar, black sequins, pins), 58cm x 32cm x 22cm:

all above photos courtesy of Arty Dandy


The exhibit was held at Arty Dandy from May 27, 2010- July 31, 2010 and the above pieces, if still available, can be purchased through them. Paris delivery offered, for shipping outside Paris, please contact them at contact@artydandy.com

The invitation to the show:


Soft Panic, an Electronica Psychedelic Pop artist named Wissam Hojeij in Paris, with John Doe #1 and Jane Doe #1, two of Sandra Musy's beautiful beasts:


Photos by Fred Lebain Photography

The Spidercochon below was from a previous show at Toast Gallery:


Sandra Musy's work is very difficult to find. She does not have a website, nor can I find the gallery that represents her, but you can view some of her other works here on Paris Art.

Sandra Musy is the second artist I've written about who uses stuffed dead pigs in her work.

To see the tattooed taxidermy of Wim Delvoye, go here.

Find books about taxidermy here.
Books on Wim Delvoye

Modern Mosaic Art For Interiors, Tubs, Lamps & Rugs: SICIS - The Art Factory

With showrooms in Milan and New York, SICIS The Art Factory does things with mosaics for both residential and commercial spaces that are contemporary, fun, elegant, functional and frankly, unmatched.

Move Over Vinyl Wall Stickers: Domestic's Line Of Artist-Designed Mirrors

If you're at all like me, you're getting a little Blik-sick and tired of the multitude of vinyl wall stickers on the market. So what's the next wall craze? Lasercut perspex mirrors that adhere to the wall.

The Narcisse Collection for Domestic.
The following wall mirrors are artist designed pieces for Domestic, another large vinyl wall sticker manufacturer. Each mirror comes with an adhesive backing. Be careful because once they are stuck to the wall, they are stuck!

By Antoine Audiau and Manuel Warosz:


By Rolito:


2 By 5.5 designers:


By Tado:


2 By Matali Crassat:


By Ich and Kar:


By Pierre Marie:


3 By Olivier Peyricot and Sylvie Chanchus:


2 By Ana Mir and Emili Padros:

By Genevieve Gauckler:


Buy them all here.