What’s New, Sisters?

A new illustration by artist Elsa Mora

OVER IN OUR TSP GALLERIES, we’ve showcased a number of sisters whose creativity, whether culinary, literary or artistic, moved us, inspired us or simply made us sigh at the beauty of their work. As we mark our blog network’s half-birthday, we thought it was high time we checked back in with some of your favorites, to see what they’re up to now, and to remind new visitors to check out work they may have missed. Sisters like these:

Elsa Mora was one of our very first profiles. The Cuban-born multimedia artist captivated us with her intricate papercuts, and then held us captive with her own real-life sister story. These days, Elsita has an adorable new book out called Blossom Buddies, and though she’s taking a bit of a blogging break, there’s wonderful work available in her Etsy store, and oodles of reading for new fans in her archives, and elsewhere–check out the profile of her home on Design*Sponge!

Circus Violet, a collaboration between Camilla Engman and Elisabeth Dunker

Camilla Engman, a Swedish artist known for her fanciful illustrations, shared stories of her dear sister-friends who’ve become her companions on her artistic journey. Indeed, with collaborators Elisabeth Dunker, Camilla has a new show of illustrations on porcelain hanging right now. Yes, it’s in Sweden, but you can see lots of it here.

Kanzashi (Japanese folded fabric flowers) by Diane Gilleland

Sister Diane, aka Diane Gilleland, is a crafty lady of the first order, and over at her CraftyPod website, offers divine glimpses into her own obsessions, as well as podcasts that are windows into the works of others (including our very own big sister, Margaret Roach). Diane’s first book, Kanzashi in Bloom, about a Japanese art of folding cloth into flowers, is scheduled for a July release, but you can get her ebook, Making a Great Blog: A Guide for Creative People, right away.

Our very first profile ever was of sisters Sarah and Katy McColl, who’ve had some big changes over the last couple of months. Katy has left New York for Montana, no doubt leaving a sad Sarah behind. But never fear, because Sarah seems to be channeling her energies into her recently redesigned super-fabulous site, Pink of Perfection. Described (by Sarah) as the “Thrifty Girl’s Guide to the Dolce Vita,” it’s the perfect antidote to trying times. Check out her birthday cake recipe, quite possibly about to become one of our favorites.

And finally, a sad update. We all know that sisters stick together in the good times and bad, and that’s true of our favorite sisterly knitters, sister-friends Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner of Mason-Dixon Knitting. After a brief illness, Kay’s husband, Peter, passed away last month. Kay and Ann encourage donations in his memory (of knitting, of course) to Afghans for Afghans. We send our condolences, and hope the community of sisters Kay and Ann have created will offer some solace in this hard, hard time.

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