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Owl Joy

Name: Owl Joy
Brand: WeMake
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My birdhouse is a functioning home for Western Screech Owls — a handmade wooden enclosure featuring an illustration of a genial Northwest woodsman with a glorious beard. As the illustration wraps around the birdhouse, the beard will transform into an owl-filled forest — expressing visually, the joy of being connected to wild places.

Maker: Elizabeth Goss, Illustrator/Graphic Designer

Materials: Untreated Pine, Cut Paper, Paint, Spar Varnish

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WeMake is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that helps to foster art and design in Portland's creative community through hands-on experiences, creative dialogue, and design in action initiatives. Come make it happen.

RT @scoutbooks: Fascinating to see the gender disparity in design broken down like this, and great to see our friends at @wemakepdx… https://t.co/SsDeDVKvVE
about 3 weeks ago
aigaeyeondesign took a look at gender equality for conference here in the US and in Europe. Our conference Disrupt… https://t.co/Yo6tzBBhvW
about a month ago

DESIGN WEEK EVENT! 4/9/19
WeMake welcomes New York artist & creative consultant Shawna X .
Known for her vibrant and highly graphical images, @shawnax creates work for clients in music, fashion, technology, and across mediums in digital, spatial and motion spaces.
Shawna has collaborated on unique experiences with clients such as Adidas, Adobe, Ghostly International, New Yorker, and Warby Parker. She enjoys projects discussing cultural identity, sexuality, and the modern creative process.

WeMake is excited to bring Shawna to Portland for an intimate conversation at @mississippistudios
More details will be following soon, but expect a night that celebrates diversity in design.

WORKSHOP! Our studio mates Make & Mary is having two full days of basket weaving workshops on 3/8-3/9 in our headquarters @tillamookst .

Guest teacher Alexa Rene' Rivera of @wovn.country , a basket weaver visiting from Burlington, Vermont will teach a brief history of basketry and it's relationship between people and what they carry. For Friday nights workshop attendees will create medicine baskets and on Saturday Garden Harvest baskets (pictured here)

Find out more and register via @themakeandmary These are 21+ events. 🌿

@aigaeyeondesign took a look at gender equality for conference here in the US and in Europe. Our conference Disrupt swept the rest with the highest percentage of women on stage and women speaking! We are so happy to be a platform for featuring fresh, inspirational designers at our events and conference and look forward to next years event!

#bethechangeyouwanttosee #wemakepdx #pdxdesign #genderequality

✨Wishing you a Golden 2019! We have some fun stuff planned for 2019 and are looking forward to @designweekpdx ✨

#staygolden #wemakepdx

TOMORROW- HOLIDAY POP UP on Industrial Row and at our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us from 10-4pm and 7 other makers! Walk the neighborhood and visit and shop the studios of our amazing neighbors.
We are blowing out our inventory! Prints, books, bags, pins, patches and more, FOR CHEAP! Proceeds benefit arts education.
Swipe 👈🏽 for tags and the map!

#wemakepdx #pdxart #pdxdesign #shoplocal #madeinpdx #portlandpopup #portlandmade #artseducation

THIS SATURDAY! A Holiday Pop Up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us, and 7 other makers along with a neighborhood walking tour with handmade holiday shopping, food, sips, and festive happenings on 12/15 from 10-4

At Tillamook Station you’ll also find these makers:

@highsocietycollection
@combedthunder
@parkersimonnedesigns
@themakeandmary
@apotspot
@red_desert_rose_pdx and
@mtn_top_living
Also visit our awesome neighbors in their studios!

@lrdesignco
@lisacongdon
@paperepiphanies
@modernmacrame
@rendered.co
@pigeon_toe
SWIPE 👈🏽 for the map!
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#pdxmakers #wemakepdx #pdxdesign #portlandmade #madeinpdx #youcaninportland
#happeninginpdx
#pdxevents
#pdxdesign
#industrialrow
#portlandshopping #shoplocal

WEMAKE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! We are so honored to be at Crafty Wonderland this year! Come check us out at booth #257 ( we’re sharing it with @themakeandmary ) and will be bringing limited edition books, prints, notebooks, bags, and pins from some of your favorite makers including: @jean_jullien @kellianderson @draplin @joshwhiggins @marykatemcdevitt @martinaflor and @nickmisani
Your purchase helps to support our cause of giving back to the community through design in action and arts education!
@craftywonderland has been a Portland icon supporting makers for so many years and we love them! Plus, so many of our friends will be there too including: @outletpdx @bigtimelivermore @dansyiles @morgaine_faye @queenbeecreations @annajoycedesign and @33booksco to name a few!! #shoplocal #wemakepdx #craftywonderland #madeinpdx #portlandmade #pingamestrong #portlandmaker #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #fieldnotes #limitededitionprint

INSPIRED BY: Mixed media artist, Deborah Roberts.

Looking at the work of @rdeborah191 you must look through multiple layers, double meanings and symbols. Her process combines found and manipulated images with hand drawn and painted details to create hybrid figures. These figures often take the form of young girls. “ I’m interested in the way young girls symbolize vulnerability but also a naïve strength. The girls who populate my work, while subject to societal pressures and projected images, are still unfixed in their identity. Each girl has character and agency to find their own way amidst the complicated narratives of American, African American and art history. “

Roberts’ artist statement really gives insight on the notion of beauty.– “My art practice takes on social commentary, critiquing perceptions of ideal beauty. Stereotypes and myths are challenged in my work; I create a dialogue between the ideas of inclusion, dignity, consumption, and subjectivity by addressing beauty in the form of the ideal woman, the Venus. By challenging Venus, my work challenges the notion of universal beauty—making room for women of color who are not included in this definition.” #africanamericanart
#mixedmedia #collageartist
#beauty #blackbeauty

INSPIRED BY: French artist Koralie creates vibrant, absorbing wall art and works on canvas that combine influences from both traditional and contemporary Japanese art, African and English history.

It is said that @____koralie____ uses a character in her work that is fully integrated into her backgrounds.

Koralie began in the field of architecture. In the early 2000s, she embarked on her career in art. She discovered graffiti in Toulouse, France which inspired her to start painting on walls throughout the city. She has since painted murals in Tokyo, New York, Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, Copenhagen, Paris, Philadelphia, Hô Chi Minh, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Bangkok, London, Cape Town.
She draws additional inspiration from her travels around the world and is particularly interested in folk customs, emblematic monuments and animist rituals, which offer an aesthetic richness full of a variety of symbols.
#inspiredby #grafittiart #muralist #folkart #womenartists

INSPIRED BY: Malika Favre is a French artist.

@malikafavre has a bold, minimal style – often described as Pop Art meets OpArt – it is a striking lesson in the use of positive/negative space and colour.

Her unmistakable style has established her as one of the UK’s most sought after graphic artists. Malika’s clients include The New Yorker, Vogue, BAFTA, Sephora and Penguin Books, and more.

Check out her feed to all the goodness.🧡💚🖤 ❤️💙

It’s Giving Tuesday and we want to give a shout out to a few of the programs in Portland that give back to under-served youth. As a non-profit ourselves we rely on the community to support the efforts of these amazing organizations. If you’re thinking of giving back, take a look at what they are doing. 💕 .
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@pearmentor
@marrowpdx
@schoolhousesupplies
@calderaarts
#wemakepdx
#givebacktuesday #community #artsed #pdxart

Holiday Pop-up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Dec. 15th from 10am-4pm
Featuring locally made goods from some of Portland’s favorite makers. Walk our neighborhood, visit studios and get handmade gifts by :
Lisa Congdon / @lisacongdon
Modern Macramé / @modernmacrame
Pigeon Toe / @pigeon_toe
Paper Epiphanies / @paperepiphanies
Combed Thunder / @combedthunder
Make & Mary™ / @themakeandmary
apotspot / @apotspot
LR Design Co / @lrdesignco
MTN TOP BAKERY / @mtn_top_living
Rendered Co / @rendered.co
Red Desert Rose / @red_desert_rose_pdx
Parker Simonne Designs / @parkersimonnedesigns and
High Society Collection / @highsocietycollection
Industrial Row is in the Old Triangle Mill district just off N Interstate & N Tillamook. Swipe right for the walking map. Hope to see you there!

#industrialrow #madeinpdx #portlandmade #youcaninportland #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #wemakepdx

Take a rest on Friday and go shop local on Saturday instead. Portland has sooo many small business crafting amazing work by hand! If local check out @littleboxespdx @madeherepdx @craftywonderland or @tenderlovingempirerecords to name a few.

Know of a great maker selling on Saturday? Post their name below!! Don’t live in Portland? Seek out local artists, designers, and makers in your town! .
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#shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #wemakepdx

Repost from @therightbraininitiative - Our friends over at The Regional Arts & Culture Council are looking to hire an Arts Education Coordinator to help coordinate services to school district funded by the Arts Tax and assist in communicating a vision for equitable education through the arts. Apply by December 7th 👉🏽https://bit.ly/2z3iEPS
#ArtsEd #RACC

It’s that time of the year again! We’ll be at @craftywonderland sharing a booth with @themakeandmary come see us and get some sweet goods for the maker in your life! .
#wemakepdx #makersgonnamake #pdxmakers #pdxdesign #getcrafty

Our hearts go out to the people and animals who have been affected by the tragic fires in California. These images are from folks expressing their love and doing what they can to support the victims. Art heals and makes a difference. 🧡

Hugging Bear by @3fishstudios
Skateboard Pin by @maplexo
Love you CA by @bethanyng
California Flower Print by @crystallynncollins
#californiafires #californiaart #artmakesadifference #artheals

Visiting the @lrdesignco shop for the @portland_made meet up. These ladies are amazing woodcrafters and welders who make custom work here in Portland. Check them out!

#wemakepdx #pdxmakers #portlandmade

Join us in our headquarters at @tillamookst for the @iprc_pdx 20/20/20 show! Letterpress prints by 20 artists to benefit IPRC!
#wemakepdx #community #letterpress

Be the change you want to see. The midterms are around the corner and everyone should vote like their rights matter. In Oregon there are a lot of human rights issues on the ballot. Find out more by visiting OregonMustVote.comPlease vote.
Artwork by @lettiejanemakes

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