"The Timid Cabbage" Hardcover Book featuring original drawings by artist Femke Hiemstra & written by Charles Krafft. "It began with a poem written by and sent to Femke by artist, Charles Krafft. Femke was quite taken with the endearing charm of the poem and proceeded to illustrate it. Those drawings became a sold-out show at the Roq La Rue gallery in Seattle in November 2011. If you have a youngish child THE TIMID CABBAGE is a beautiful keepsake gift that they will forever treasure, if you have an older child they just might embrace the heartfelt moral of the story about the importance of being an individual. If you are a young adult, middle-aged pseudo hipster or even a decrepit bed-ridden invalid you will want it to revisit the magic of being young-minded and susceptible to enchantment. You'll want to have THE TIMID CABBAGE prominently displayed on your bookshelf to impress all your cheesy friends." This hardcover, foil stamped book is from an edition of only 1,000!

The Timid Cabbage

Arts & Photography

Krafft, Charles

Graphic Design

Sympathetic Press

David Arnoff's photography sheds intimate new light on the music of the underground from the earliest days of punk to the present. Shot in black-and-white, his subjects display an instantly recognizable and effortless style and confidence. His subjects include such iconic bands and musicians as The Ramones, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, Nico, Patti Smith, The Stray Cats, Johnny Thunders, Blondie, The Dead Kennedys, Gang of Four, The Dead Boys, The Gun Club, Nick Cave, Devo, Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Specials, and many more. He has always sought out the bands and people whose music he felt an affinity for, and photographed many of them just as they were starting out. “Cleveland is where I come from, which is no joke, despite what the cheap comedians say. It’s as gritty as the blackened roadside snow and as soulful as the music it generated. I started out the same year that local disc jockey Alan Freed went on-air to introduce the world to the music that he called rock ’n roll. He soon shook things up further by unleashing it live and in person at the Moondog Coronation Ball. That first teenage bash turned into a riot from the off and the cops shut it down after only one song was played. Rock ’n roll had arrived in fine style. Of course, I was way too young to witness that initial blast, but that music was on the car radio, in the city air, and in my DNA, as the fella says. I was there in spirit. And that’s where my spirit remained, after I was dragged off as a kid to sunny California. I do not have a sunny disposition. L.A. and I did not take to each other. It was a bad situation. But eventually something came along to change things for the better. In 1976, The Pattie Smith Group came to town. Which is where this book begins.”

Shot in the Dark: The Collected Photography of David Arnoff

Photography & Video

Young Alex Winchester woke up in a grey metal hospital bed surrounded by the peering eyes of strange malformed creatures. A giant oblong pink and blue pill with human legs was fiddling with an IV bag above his head, and to his left a trio of mismatched prosthetic legs were attached to three truncated appendages of a smiling turquoise octopus. However well your best dentist visit went, it didn’t go as well as the visit New York Times bestselling illustrator Camille Rose Garcia had several years ago. The result is this fever-dream of an illustrated children’s book that is equal parts William Burroughs and Walt Disney. In fact, WIRED magazine declared of her reimagining of the Brothers Grimm story that “Walt Disney would likely turn over in his cryogenic vault if he saw [her] gorgeously skewed portraits of Snow White and her angry dwarves.”

The Cabinet of Dr. Deekay

Garcia, Camille Rose

Individual Artists

ROCK AND ROLL is a facsimile reproduction of influential Indie-rock musician Kim Salmon's visual diary from his 2016/2017 tours through Australia, Basque Country, France, Germany and Switzerland in support of his My Script album.Salmon's vivid artwork beautifully portrays the real "life on the road" of a touring musician. The people, places, travelling and excitement of the shows and audiences he meets are wonderfully portrayed in Salmons pencil, ink and water color illustrations.- individually numbered edition of 1000

ROCK and ROLL

Salmon, Kim

The largest collection of the popular artist's drawings ever assembled. With over 200 sketches this comprehensive book invites you into the mind of this international artist. Collected in this rare tome are over 200 drawings reproduced from the artist's archives showcasing his creative process. The beautiful reproductions are captured in his 'old school,' pencil-to-paper fluid style. Barr's energetic loose line dances on the page. His pencil strokes evoke a playfulness and ease, yet reveal a honed mastery of storytelling. 'I love drawing and capturing that initial spark. That first crude concept of formulating an idea and having your hand deliver it to paper. Out of this 'stream of consciousness' of flowing ideas I find it usually leads to bigger themes and concepts for paintings, which most of the drawings in this book became.' - Glenn Barr

Studies: Glenn Barr

Barr, Glenn

History & Criticism

Product Description 
There are 70,000 Instagram followers who go crazy for Annie Montgomerie's “beautiful,” “amazing,” “awesome,” dirty-kneed, filthy-sleeved, sculpted animals dressed in stitched-together vintage finds -- and those are just the ones who are already following her and selling out her every gallery show. With the release of The Art of Annie Montgomerie: Flocked and Socked, the first book dedicated to her work, these fans now have a way to share their obsession with their fellow collectors ― and something they can actually buy that hasn't already been sold out from under them.\nU.K.-based mixed-media artist Annie Montgomerie creates individual and unique sculptures from “upcycled” children's dolls, bits of velvet and leather, vintage buttons and charms ― whatever she can find that speaks to her love of styles from horror to twee. The result is a world of animals that sits somewhere between Frankenstein and Peter Rabbit. “I don't mind admirers of my work saying it's cute but I hope my art has more to say. I like to skirt around the outside of dark with a hint of sorrow or regret that goes with the passing of time,” she says.\nVice described her work as “Hovering between pop culture and fine art … off-kilter and weird in the same way cats are.” Those tens of thousands of social-media followers are more to-the-point with comments like “gorgeous,” “magnificent,” and “They are all so cuuuute!!!” And just as her every gallery show sells out, we expect this book to sell out. 
 Review 
"Hovering between pop culture and fine art … off-kilter and weird in the same way cats are." --Vice 
 About the Author 
Annie Montgomerie has created a world of storybook beings -- curious creatures from the outside to display inside. Each piece is individual and unique, and because they are made from recycled materials, no two pieces are quite the same. Most of the fabrics she uses are foraged locally in Dorchester in the UK. She uses muslin, 100% wool felt, 'up-cycled' wool garments, velvet, leather, cotton, moleskin and blankets for wall hangings and figures. 
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I spend hours looking for old fabrics, clothing, little toys, key rings, charms, jewelry, and everything in between at flea markets, second-hand shops, and various junk sales. I can be browsing these places and see an inanimate object and suddenly a whole character with a story can come into my head. I'll elaborate on that story for a few days until it comes to fruition.\nThe animal I choose to make for a piece is relevant to my mood at the time, and images of animals that inspire me most. I spend a lot of time looking at animal photography but also an equal amount of time studying vintage photos. My all-time favourite images are old school photos, class photos in particular. I adore the expressions on each little face and imagine the time leading up to and after the photograph was taken. The children dawdling up to those steps or benches to have the annual school album updated. Saving a seat for their best friend, avoiding sitting next to him or her, shuffling into place. Most of their little faces are quite sullen although there's always the class clown making a face and a couple cracking a smile.\nThrough every part of my process I am thinking of the expression of the piece. Often my pieces look sad or lost. I think children can have these emotions quite regularly. I harp back to my feelings as a child ― I remember lonely times and that sense of inadequacy. Most of my school life was in a convent and I was taught by nuns who were often pretty intimidating in their black gowns and habits. Of course they're not all monsters, but to my eight-year-old mind they came fairly close.\nAll these insecurities and worries of childhood I channel into my art. It wasn't all doom and gloom and this can be reflected on a rare occasion, too, in a piece with a cheeky smile or smirk.\nI want my characters to

The Art of Annie Montgomerie: Flocked and Socked

Montgomerie, Annie

Hunger at the moon

Childish, Billy

Selected poems 1985-1995, both cleansing and confessional in the mould of Bukowski, Genet, or Celine. The 180 poems are generously interspersed with his unique woodcuts. 319 pages.

In 5 Minits Youll Know Me

Billy Childish

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