Nov.-Dec. 2011 - Maryland Institute College of Art

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Members of MICA Community Show Off Wares During Holiday Retail Season
the holiday season, with its focus on the spreading of cheer and gifts, is an ideal time for members of the MICA community to
showcase their artistic talents. In one such effort, the MFA in Illustration Practice has partnered with The Baltimore Museum of Art
Shop in its holiday initiative, Maryland Made. Students and faculty are producing exclusive products that sell in the museum’s gift
shop. Shown here are other artistic expressions available over the holidays from members of the MICA community.
Flat Vernacular, Eyelets in Ogle (detail).
Mary Walsh-Reynolds of Myrtle Dove Vintage
Flat Vernacular
When Payton Cosell Turner ’08 (painting) and Brian Kaspr ’06 (general
sculptural studies) met at MICA, little did they know they’d be forging a personal
and business relationship. Today, the newlyweds are enjoying the success of Flat
Vernacular, a wallpaper business that has already been featured in the likes of Elle
Décor, The New York Times Home section, and W.
The couple’s hand-drawn and hand-printed wallpaper designs can best be
characterized as “referencing the traditional but with a contemporary voice,”
said Cosell Turner. “We like to make strange tongue-in-cheek wallpapers.” For
example, Eyelets in Ogle, is a design that from far away looks like lace, but when
you get up close it features hundreds of eyelids and pronounced eyelashes. “We
like to do something that’s a little bit humorous,” Cosell Turner said.
This fall and winter Flat Vernacular will release hand-printed double-sided
wallpaper. Cosell Turner credits MICA with helping to teach her how to find her
creativity. “MICA gave me the foundation. The teachers allow you to breathe and
seek your own voice,” she said.
Shop online at: www.flatvernacular.com
Myrtle Dove Vintage
all her life, Mary Walsh-Reynolds loved thrift-store shopping. So when an
opportunity came for the manager of MICA’s Writing Studio and the Learning
Resource Center to open a store of her own, she jumped at the chance. With her
sister Michelle Walsh, Walsh-Reynolds opened Myrtle Dove Vintage last July.
“We offer vintage clothing and accessories for men, women, and children,”
Walsh-Reynolds said. The store also serves up retro housewares, and kitschy
knickknacks. “Since I’m an artist and work at MICA, we like to have locally made
artwork and crafts,” she added. Walsh-Reynolds also creates some products such
as jewelry and mosaics that are sold in the store.
Located in the Roland Park neighborhood, the store has proven a hit with
other thrift-store shoppers. “I love to see a customer come in and try on something
that hasn’t been worn in 40 years and breathe new life into it,” she said.
Visit Myrtle Dove Vintage at 5006 Lawndale Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland or
shop online at: www.etsy.com/shop/myrtledovelove