Tag: Joe Ledbetter

Swatch has teamed up with Kidrobot to create Kidrobot for Swatch. Set features the artist’s signature printed on the band and Dunny foot, and each of the 300 Kidrobot limited edition comes in a clear box for preservation and display. Among the selected artists are 3 of them we appreciate a lot: Frank Kozik, Gary Baseman and Joe Ledbetter (but sadly, no Pete Fowler!), and Max Dana appreciates a lot French graffiti artist Tilt; no doubt she will ...

Sanrio celebrates its 50th anniversary and Hello Kitty is also celebrated. Many events are planned (Los Angeles, Miami)  and Hello Kitty fans in the United States will be able to see original artworks created by contemporary artists. Max Dana decided to post about these celebrations and to lift the veil on ‘her story with Hello Kitty’. An interesting post about something some of us have noticed for a while: Max is a big fan of Hello Kitty! ...

We really, really like Jon Burgerman and Joe Ledbetter (remember Beer Can chicken: A Bit of the Good Life with Joe Ledbetter?). And we are definitely not the only ones. So if you are also a fan, don’t miss two big news: Burgerman Screen Print available at Concrete Hermit Shop Home, and Eighty-Sixedgiclee prints (which, by the way, reminds us a lot about Max Dana’s ‘Sama in the Sky’…) available on Joe Ledbetter’s ...

Today is our first anniversary. The Sama Gazette was launched on July 28th, 2009: The Sama Gazette is now online… Time passes so quickly! During this first year, we shared with you what caught our attention, what we liked and the organizations and campaigns we support. Our first supporters are our valued Sama Readers who from the beginning of this great adventure, post comments, send emails and read us everyday. Many of them even actively support ...

Some artists perfectly fit the definition of ‘bon vivant’ and, almost fortuitously, they are also among the artists we appreciate the most. In April, we mentioned Pete Fowler in our post about cheese: French Cheese: Camembert, Brie, Roquefort, Chevre… We even published two of his drawings about cheese he did after he experienced French cheese ‘bad boy’ Bleu des Causses. Today, as we try a new recipe: Beer Can chicken from Simply ...