Recession-Friendly Artist: Adam Juresko

Richmond collage artist Adam Juresko captures childlike images from magazines, books, catalogues, frees them from context and reimagines them in new settings. His works have a rough, DIY appeal. Although animals and guns can give them a violent undertone, they’re often liberated by birds in flight exiting a corner of the work. Juresko has work at J Fergeson Gallery in Farmville, Va. through November 2008 with most work around $200, check it.Here’s a video of Adam talking about his work, produced by RVA magazine

Envying And George

If you’re into the graige trend, may I present Charlottesville, Va. shop And George. Owned by mother-daughter team Jan Roden and Kristy Ford, the shop, in a little vine-covered cottage on tony Ivy road, has a wonderful balance of antiques, earthy elements like horn-handled spoons and antique nature prints, and classic, clean-lined furniture. much of which they custom make themselves.

And now one of my favorite things:

Get the Party Started Right

What’s better than letterpress?
Affordable letterpress! That’s right. An almost unheard of breed of luxury paper good. But, alas, here it is: 3 tags for $10. And these cute wine gift tags are funny, to boot.
Two Richmond, Va. advertising execs birthed Popptags in the midst of motherhood. Parenting required a degree of drinking, I guess. They’ve just released a holiday line, perfect to kick off your Christmas cocktailing.