Wednesday, January 11, 2012


This year is going to be overflowing ...
frosty mylar
Jan / Feb / March Screen Print Class offerings are on-line now
Make this year especially yours by acquiring more personal power!
There is something truly awesome about having the power and the newly found expertise to print your own
design/imagery on basically anything that is flat in nature be it paper, fabric, sheet metal, t-shirts . . .

In just 3 two hour class sessions, learn how to emblazon your print anything and customize your world.
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CandyCoated Valentines for all your sweethearts


Heart exhibitions....

Philadelphia:

'Heart Print'

Exhibition: January 14 - March 10, 2012

Reception: Friday, February 17, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia

www.fleisher.org

New Orleans:

'The Waking'

Exhibition: Jan 12- March 3, 2012

Reception: Saturday, January 14, 5-8 pm

www.DuMoisGallery.com

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For us, I believe the future of this special year of cosmic change will be overflowing with compassion, prosperity, freedom, and exceptional personal growth.
Warmed wishes for 2012,
C a n d y

Monday, November 28, 2011

Tis the season!!!

Tis the season!
Get all crafty this year on your family & friends with . . .

December Screen Print Classes
This year silk-screen unique DIY gifts for all your family and friends and have a blast doing it! Learn how to emblazon your custom designs on anything and everything from T-shirts, tote bags, pillows, tea towels, hoodies, aprons, baby apparel, paper goods including gift-wrapping.

Great gift idea & smile maker:
Why not give a class as a present for that budding artist or art loving friend...
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pillows and fabric panels for your couch!
Need the perfect gifts of art for those special someones?
Find them at the Totally Awesome CandyCoated Studio S A L E

This sale is going to blow you away with resplendent made-by-hand magical treasuresin the form of Koi goldfish screen prints, wallpaper and fabric lengths, T-shirts, diamondstickers, stuffed pussy cat dolls, framed collages, pillows, jewels and lots, lots more!
All products are under $100 (with skill trade/barter an option). Find the perfect gifts to please everyone on your list, even your furry friends.

katz

Free give-aways every day.....

Friday, December 9 from 3 - 8 pm
Saturday, Dec 10 from 6 - 9 pm
Sunday, Dec 11 from 12 - 6 pm
@ 118 N 3rd Street, 4th floor walk-up, Philly
Bring a T-shirt and print a cute KATZ! on it for free.
A portion of all KATZ! merch supports homeless women & children.

Or...
leisurely shop online the Candy Shop on ETSY starting DECEMBER 8

And visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art Store thru December 31, 2011

"This holiday season, art lovers stumped to find gifts for everyone on their list will find eclectic finds showcased at Philadelphia Produces Original Design (P.POD)", a pop-up bazaar featuring work of several local artists/designers including CandyCoated Studio!

www.philamuseum.org

candycoated studio sale gems!
CandyCoated goodies, a sweet way to share your love

Wishing you and yours health, wealth & pure happiness...
after all tis the real reason for the season!
<3 C a n d y

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Newzzzzz! November's sweet happenings!

www.candycoated.org
Please check out our DesignPhiladelphia collaborations on our BLOG
candycoated sugarwalls, fabrics & wallcoverings
Want to get Crafty this year?
November and December Screen Print Classes
This year silk-screen unique DIY gifts for all your family and friends! Learn how to emblazon your custom designs on anything from T-shirts, tote bags, pillows, tea towels, hoodies, aprons, baby apparel, to any kind of paper goods including gift-wrapping and have a blast doing it!
Further details and schedule @ www.candycoated.org

Special Holiday Card Making Workshops
Sundays, Nov 13 and 27 from 6-8pm @ the CandyCoated Center in Philly
Enjoy a fun and productive evening printing hand-made greeting cards whilst sipping on a hot toddy and making new friends! Paper, ink, envelopes and per cool holiday themed silk-screen designs are provided along with simple instruction: $40 each day.
To register email: candy@candycoated.org
card making workshop!

Upcoming Presentations in Philly & NYC
PPOD (Philadelphia Produces Original Design) Featuring candycoated designs @ Philadelphia Museum of Art Store, November 11- December 31, with a party from 5-8pm on November 11. www.philamuseum.org

Moore College of Art and Design, Slide lecture, "diamond power", Tuesday, November 15, 11:30am- 12:30pm Stewart Auditorium. Free and open to the public. www.moorecollege.edu

The Leeway Foundation, Slide Talk, "Tongue in Cheek", Wednesday, November 16, 6:30- 8:30pm @ 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Free and open to the public. www.leeway.org
The Historic House Trust, "Considering Contemporary", Forum on Friday, November 18, to be held at the World Monuments Fund, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2412, New York City. www.historichousetrust.org


Save the dates for...
Awesome CandyCoated Holiday Studio Sale and Fun-raiser!

This sale is going to blow you away with resplendent treasures in the form of Koi goldfish prints, wallpaper and fabric lengths, T-shirts, diamond stickers, framed collages, jewels and lots, lots more! These perfect gifts that will please everyone on your list, even your furry friends are under $100(barter trade works too). Free give-aways to the first and last 10 shoppers every day!
Friday, December 9 from 3 - 8pm
Saturday, Dec 10 from 6 - 9pm
Sunday, Dec 11 from 12 - 6pm
KATZ! wallpaper and fabric design or 'sugar walls'
For out of town friends and early birds: goodies will be listed on the ETSY starting Dec 8.
All proceeds from the sale of any KATZ! collectible will be donated to help find homes for animals that have none.
50% of profits directly support the Studio School.
Bring a T-shirt (or 2) and print a cute KATZ! on it for free. KATZ! will be there looking cute and giving out paw prints.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Happy Halloween, here's a whole lot of candy for you !

CandyCoated DesignPhiladelphia Highlights                         
Thanks to all that helped make the debut of our new endeavors ‘table.wear’  and ‘sugar walls’ a well-received success!  For more information about these dreams coming true please check out http://wwwcandycoatedorg.blogspot.com/


Wanna get crafty this year? yeah you do!
November and December Screen Print Classes
This year silk-screen unique DIY gifts for all your family and friends!  Learn how to emblazon your custom designs on anything from T-shirts, tote bags, pillows, tea towels, hoodies, aprons, baby apparel, any kind of paper goods including gift-wrapping and have a blast doing it!
Further details and schedule @ http://candycoated.org/school.html

                                                              image credit: silkscreen print lisa suseck, moore college of art 

Special Holiday Card Making Workshops
Sundays, Nov 13 and 27 from 6-8pm @ the CandyCoated Center in Philly
Enjoy a fun and productive evening printing hand-made greeting cards whilst sipping on a hot toddy and making new friends!  Paper, ink, envelopes and per cool holiday themed silk-screen designs are provided along with simple instruction: $40. 
To register email: candy@candycoated.org



PPOD (Philadelphia Produces Original Design) @ Philadelphia Museum of Art Store, November 11- December  31, 2011, with a party from 5pm-8pm on November 11.  
Highlighting work of www.candycoated.org! “This holiday season, art lovers stumped to find gifts for everyone on their list will find one-stop shopping at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Store with eclectic finds showcased at Philadelphia Produces Original Design (P.POD), a pop-up bazaar created by Alex Stadler.  www.philamuseum.org

Upcoming Slide Talks in Philly and NYC 
Moore College of Art and Design, Artist/Designer Lecture, “diamond power”, Tuesday, November 15, 11:30am- 12:30pm Stewart Auditorium. Free and open to the public.  www.moorecollege.org
The Leeway Foundation,  Designer’s Slide Talk, Tongue in Cheek”, Wednesday, November 16, 6:30- 8:30pm @ 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.  Free and open to the public.   www.leeway.org
The Historic House Trust, “Considering Contemporary”, Forum on Friday, November 18, to be held at the World Monuments Fund, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2412, New York City.  www.historichousetrust.org

Save the dates for... 
A totally Awesome CandyCoated Holiday Studio Sale and Fun-raiser! 
This sale is going to blow you away with totally affordable CandyCoated artworks all under $100 that will please everyone on your list, even your furry friends! Pillows, Koi prints, wallpaper and fabric fat quarters, T-shirts, diamond stickers, framed collages, jewels and lots, lots more!  Bring a T-shirt (or 2) and print a cute KATZ! on it for free.  
Friday, December 9 from 3 - 8pm
Saturday, Dec 10 from 6 - 9pm
Sunday, Dec 11 from 12 – 6pm
Free give-aways for the first and last 10 shoppers every day!  FYI: the real KATZ! will be there looking cute and giving out paw prints and for out of town friends and early birds; all goodies will be listed on the ETSY starting December 8.  All proceeds from the sale of any KATZ! collectible will be donated to help find homes for animals that have none.  50% of profits directly support the Studio School.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Tonite for DesignPhiladelphia! CandyCoated Sugar Walls Wallpaper show!


www.candycoated.org 'sugar walls' feline inspired fabric design debuting thursday, Oct 20 in Philly!


Colonial Wall Coverings showroom in South Philly, will debut a fresh collection of feline inspired candycoated 'Sugar Walls' wallpaper and fabric. Come learn about the world of wallpaper design from showroom owner Paul Sperling and find out about special wallpaper printing workshops taught by Candy all the while enjoying a signature "jazz-mariner" green tea hot toddy.

Meet and Greet is Thursday, October 20 from 5-7 pm
707 E Passyunk Ave (5th  @ Bainbridge)
www.candycoated.org

KATZ! wallpaper!  life size image of cute little feline ready to grace your walls ever so sweetly...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Treasures have been found, let me show you....


From 'sugar walls' tableaux vivant staged as part of DesignPhiladelphia (no wonder I couldn't find it the little event guide catalogue because it was printed in there for Sunday.... not Saturday : ( ........ so for those that missed it I am so sorry and provide description of the evenings happenings.)


After a wonderful Saturday evening of photography, drawing, and still life-ing this gem became real and in many formats!  


Two large print tables were the display situ for 2 ladies of fine mind and demeanor to pose in the manner of salmon fish swimming up stream.....spawning.  Lots of red fabrics poured off of Jaclyn- in pic below, as she was near the top of the 'stream' struggling the most with the natural progression of such a life.  Screen printed fabric yardages mimicked the colors of streams flowing and the sky reflected in the water abstracted, deconstructed and reconstructed.  A quilted, patchworked fabric stream/river.


On the wall behind Jaclyn is a wall drawing of dripping irridescent lavender ink, very watery with a touch of melancholy yet reminiss of japanese sumi ink brush strokes.  This drawing frames the stilled life resting on the platform.  It also has two vantage points, one being at the entry of the space.


Lauren posed on the longer table, 'swam' further down stream in a dress of patch worked of shimmering squares of fabric, rather than typical fish scales.......


All the while, Denise sketched with a purple ink pen an accordian book full of drawings of the various poses of these fish girls tranformations......pics of those to come!


Please enjoy the work of many talents that came together for moments in time.  More to come, especially brilliantly edited pics of Jaclyn and Lauren, the posing ladies, from the skills of photographic connoisseur/craftsman Sean.  


Until then here is one image I snapped of a pose.....



Wednesday, October 12, 2011




This is 'Treasure Hunt', your map to locate hidden gems at DesignPhiladelphia

'table. wear' is a tasteful collaboration with chef Tony Aiazzi, of the Workshop Kitchen, that highlights the art of food styling and presentation. CandyCoated imagery on porcelain dinnerware is graced with Tony's skill designing menus and styling culinary delights. Check back to this blog for more pics and the delightful recipes. Here are a couple tastebud stimulators:







'Next' at Minima, in Old City, has devoted prime wall space for a bit of sugar coating! Come visit the exquisite design showroom's exhibition featuring only made by hand works by designers this

Friday, October 14 from 7-9 pm at 118 n. 3rd street, Philadelphia.








Upstairs from the debut at Minima is 'Sugared Walls', where this brand new wallpaper project is hot off the print table presents its utter sweetness with a suite of fabric/wallpapers as a fabulous "tableau vivant" installation with in the walls of the Candy Coated Center. Models arranged in gorgeous piles and stapled directly to freshly papered walls pose swathed in gowns for this elaborate "nature mort" staged for one night only.

Vernissage for Saturday, October 15th, 6 - 8pm
118 north 3rd street, 4th floor walk-up
This exhibit features more than 15 of my silk-screened prints as it explores playful, whimsical images and concepts through diverse mediums such as painting, photography, screen printing, puppetry and video. 
I will be there on Sunday, Oct 16 from 12-3ish as a part of POST




and last but not least.......Colonial Wall Coverings showroom in South Philly, will debut a fresh selection of feline inspired 'Sugar Walls' wallpapers. Come see and learn about business of wallpaper design from showroom owner Paul Sperling while enjoying the CandyCoated signature "jazz-mariner" green tea hot toddy.

Meet and Greet is Thursday, October 20 from 5-7 pm
707 E Passyunk Ave (5th & Bainbridge)


Wednesday, September 28, 2011


October is full of goodies for you!
Starting today with...

'Printed Matters', opening just in time for rush hour traffic flow!
The Comcast Center Concourse, 1701 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia
September 28 (for 5pm rush hour) - October 1
Closing reception on Saturday, October 1, 12-3 pm
For a short time only, The Studio School presents a decorative intervention, 'Printed Matters' in the Comcast Center Concourse in the form of - what else but a multi-color screen-printed wallpaper poster. It is amazing that over the last three years more than 125 students have been bitten by the printing bug with this little educational iniative: each smile is highlighted in the sky of blue.
'Printed Matters' poster in progress (jaclyn garvey)
'Printed Matters' poster in progress (jaclyn garvey)

New Studio School offerings are now online!
Updated offerings for October until end of December are now online. Click on pic to see or www.candycoated.org
Oct - Dec class schedule online @ www.candycoated.org
Intro student printng 2 color fabric design

'Old House, New Art'

I was invited by Cate Conmy to be a panelist for this amazing conference, the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Conference, Baltimore, MD,
to chat with museum professionals about the importance of 'smushing' together the old with the new and my past installation projects staged in historic houses, specifically 'between worlds...', Physick House Museum, Philadelphia. If in the area...
www.midatlanticmuseums.org
guilded skulls & 'table.wear' at the Physick House Museum
'table.wear' @ physicks house museum
POST Open Studio Tour, 'Tongue in Cheek' @ the Leeway Foundation, October 15 & 16


DesignPhiladelphia Collaborations
'Sugar Walls', brand new wallpaper project is hot off the print table debuting its utter sweetness with a suite of fabric for a fabulous "tableau vivant" installation at the Candy Coated Center. Models arranged in gorgeous piles and stapled directly to freshly papered walls pose swathed in gowns for this elaborate "nature mort" staged for one night only.
Vernissage for Saturday, October 15th, 6 - 8pm
RSVP candy@candycoated.org to attend, as space is limited
patchworked fabric for 'sugared walls' @ the CandyCoated Center
patchworked fabric for 'sugared walls' @ the CandyCoated Center
'Treasure Hunt', a citywide hunt for hidden gems!
The map can be found online starting October 13, along with sneak peaks, the makings of, and the chef's special recipes @ CandyCoated blogspot
'table. wear' is a tasteful collaboration with chef Tony Aiazzi, of the Workshop Kitchen, that highlights the art of food styling and presentation. My imagery on porcelain dinnerware is graced with Tony's skill designing menus and styling culinary delights. Posh local eateries will display tantalizing photos of this delicious teamwork.

Minima, in Old City,has devoted a beautiful plaster wall for sugar coating- please stop by and see new wallpaper and fabric designs for this gorgeous showroom during DesignPhiladelphia.
Colonial Wall Coverings showroom in South Philly, will debut a fresh selection of feline inspired 'Sugar Walls' wallpapers. Come see, learn about the art and business of wallpaper design from showroom ownerPaul Sperling, and enjoy my signature "jazz-mariner" green tea hot toddy.
Meet & Greet is Thursday, October 20 from 5-7 pm
707 E Passyunk Ave (5th & Bainbridge)
Hope to see you here, there, and anywhere!
Candy Depew