| I'll admit it actually did sneak up on me this year. Maybe it was the fact that I'd been too busy to step into a mall, or bothered to eavesdrop on coffee house conversations, but apparently Christmas is here. I'm only now noticing references to festive parties, holidays and the dreaded Christmas shopping.
Why the hell anyone would want to spend their hard-earned weekend nuzzled up to zombies vying for sweet parking spaces outside big box stores is beyond me. I'll spend a day online with everything shipped, wrapped and blessedly charged to my Visa to avoid that deathtrap. The following sites are my current favourites for gift ideas.
Meathaus (meathaus.com) is an artists’ collective born out of New York’s School of Visual Arts, including such illustrious members as James Jean, Jim Campbell and Tomer Hanuka. The group has published seven anthology comic books, which are available on its website along with prints, music and T-shirts. The Go for the Gold Meathaus sketchbook is not to be missed – it’s a gift so good you’ll want to keep it for yourself.
Magazine subscriptions are the gifts that keep giving, so your friends will remember how awesome you are year-round. Beautiful/Decay magazine "was created to bridge the gap between art and graffiti, underground and mainstream, design and fine art, punk rock and hip hop, illustration and design, and most importantly high and low art." Order it at beautifuldecay.com.
At motelgallery.com, you’ll find original artwork and prints alongside unique day planners, hand silk-screened monster dolls, and handmade Viewmaster reels with accompanying soundtracks. Not only will you be supporting artists, your gifts won’t be reminiscent of a Canadian Tire commercial. Guaranteed to not be regifted. |
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