The Little Friends of Printmaking

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The Little Friends of Printmaking are a husband-and-wife duo of printmakers/illustrators/designers living in Pasadena, California.

We specialize in silkscreened prints and posters, apparel, enamel pins, and other miscellaneous designer doodads. Our work is hand-printed, bright and colorful, and if you like cats you’re in for a special treat. In addition to our work as illustrators and designers, we continue our fine art pursuits through exhibitions, lectures and artists’ residencies worldwide, spreading the gospel of silkscreen to anyone inclined to listen.

 
 
 

STUDIO: A PLACE FOR ART TO START

THE RUMORS ARE TRUE: LITTLE FRIENDS HAVE MADE A BOOK! It's very good, and YOU SHOULD BUY ONE! How do I know? Well, you're here at our website, reading this blurb (nobody's twisting your arm, I presume) so I'd guess you're a fan of our particular brand of brightly-colored visual nonsense: prints brimming with arcane details and cute animal characters. STUDIO is a beautiful hardbound book full of stuff like that! If you loved our "PRINT SHOP" print (see below), imagine a book with not just a print studio, but a painting studio, a music studio, a ceramics studio, and so on! But why imagine it? It already exists, and you can buy it right here! Based on a beautiful song by beloved children's entertainer Emily Arrow, with story and pictures by the Little Friends. What are you waiting for? ......$17.99

TOKYO CATS: RECORD CAT lapel pin:

Do you like music? Do you like cats? You can see where I'm going here, right? Here's a pin with a cute li'l record-collecting cat on it, which you can wear on your person! These blurbs just write themselves sometimes.
[1.1" x 1.5"] ......$10

PRINT SHOP silkscreen print:

HEY GUYS! Our newest print is a printmaking studio overflowing with activity and happy little printmakers. (Sure, they're happy now, but this scene will look a lot crabbier if they're still printing after 1:00am. I speak from experience!) Based in part on an illustration from our upcoming childrens' book about artists' studios, the very imaginatively-titled STUDIO, this one is a must-get! It sold out at the L.A. Printers Fair, but we wouldn't leave you hanging like that! Get one!
[18" x 24"] ......$20

BLACK CAT silkscreen print:

SOLD OUT AT COMIC-CON! We're bringing this design back on bright, white paper for the general public, to show off more of that crazy underprinting. Spooky or adorable? I guess it depends on if you're a cat owner. Either way, there's a lot to enjoy here, so JUMP ON IT!
[18" x 24"] ......$20

LOVE RECORDS silkscreen print

WOW! The latest installment in our "Sugar Shack" series, This new print is A RIOT of color and absolutely PACKED with fun record store imagery and fun, weird characters! These sold out at SDCC, but we're printing more RIGHT NOW! Get one! [18" x 24"] ......$20