Look to The Past


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Sometimes I forget how awesome it is to reference archives. Then I stumble on things like this, and I am reminded. Please enjoy browsing a collection of archived Navajo rugs circa 1935 – 1939 in New Mexico’s Digital Collection



…But it Bears Repeating

Back Smith from Skate Bush Tumblr Site

Okay, I have bombarded some of you with this already, but I feel it needs to make it into the lives of others asap. Skate Bush is the imagined collaboration of 80’s dream- babe-wood-nymph Kate Bush, and some gnarly shreds on a skateboard. The tumblr site is fairly green, and boasts a mere 8 posts thus far, but it is my hope that the ingenious archive only grows with time. But seriously, will the photo caption “Bombing Down That Hill” every really be topped?

The Kick Inside Indeed!!



A Marriage of Form + Function – Hammer Time

Check out these nifty noggin clobberers Crummy pal Matt Thompson crafted in recent days. Not everyday you get a hand-made gift that is also a message on your door, real life style. Let’s all go work with our hands (away from these darn metal mind melter contraptions with the keys, and whatnot.



Good Golly, Miss Christie

Our very first CRUMMY alumnus, Christie Young has started doing weekly illustrations (with some very helpful rules to live by) over on Good Magazine’s site. Nice work, Miss Young. Keep it comin’.



Alex DeSpain

Well, better late than never, yeah? We are a little behind on singing the praises of talented painter, drawer, + rap connoisseur – Crummy-friend Alex DeSpain of Portland Oregon. Earlier this month, Alex opened Shapes at MoHDI Gallery . The collection of abstract pleasantries can be seen through the month of April, so if you be of the house of the northwest, get ye to the SHAPES! Aside from the show, there are other works to be seen on Alex’s Flickr page, including some very slick, geometric Stag & Doe tattoos, and my personal favorite, The Red Panda. Seen above, is a piece from one of Alex’s more recent collections, Plans.