Route 66 T Shirts- http://ow.ly/IDuJ
Friday, December 04, 2009
How To Freeze Raw Oysters
Raw oysters can be frozen. Cover the shucked oysters in their liquor to avoid freezer burn, water can be added to do this. Leave space for expansion when they freeze. Frozen oysters have a 3 to 6 month storage life. After freezing oysters are best used in soups and gumbos and other cooked dishes.
Oyster Festival by figstreetstudio
Other Oyster designs available at Fig Street Studio at http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/2853433
Canoeing Shirts, Posters, and Gifts,
Caveman Vegan, The First Vegetarian T Shirts
Who Dat Fan Shirt with Fleur De Lis
Who Dat? Football fans Christmas gifts from local art studio sold on the web- http://ow.ly/IxLq
Matisse Style Faces Custom Shoes
Rebel Flag Wall Clock
Rebel Flag Wall Clock http://ow.ly/IwBl
Decorate any room in your home or office with our 10 inch Confederate Flag wall clock. Black plastic case. Requires 1 AA battery (included). See http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio.54773292
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Fig Street Art Studio vend des tirages, des cartes, des chemises en France http://ow.ly/Ilgv
Fig Street Art Studio verkauft Drucke, Karten und T-Shirts in Deutschland: http://ow.ly/Ilha
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Who Dat? Christmas gifts from local Art Studio
Who Dat? Christmas designs on shirts and gifts, see for more http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/dat+gifts
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Who Dat? Black and Gold Fleur De Lis Tile
Who Dat? Black and Gold Fleur De Lis Tile http://ow.ly/HAO4
Click link for details-http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio.419901403
Click link for details-http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio.419901403
Who Dat? Black and Gold Fleur De Lis Tile,
Who Dat? Black and Gold Fleur De Lis Tile 4.5 inch tile coaster others available at http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio.419901403
Designed at Fig Street Studio. Who Dat? Black and Gold Fleur De Lis Tile, copyright by the artist.
Who Dat? Nation Snowman Christmas Ornaments
Who Dat? Nation Football Snowman Christmas Ornaments sold at New Orleans Fig Street Studio-
http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio.419867776
Monday, November 30, 2009
RT @figstreetstudio: Germany and UK- Greeting cards, prints, shirts, from Fig Street Studio sold in Europe, http://ow.ly/GXQR
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Fleur De Lis Washout in White on Black T Shirts
Fig Street Studio, Downloading My Art Off The Web Is Prohibited, full story at- http://ow.ly/GLSH
Dowloading My Art Off The Web Is Prohibited
As a follow up to my blog post about me discovering 2 crafters this month downloading my art off the web I want to mention how I know it was clearly mine. Most of my fine art is signed and a lot of my graphic art shows Fig Street Studio on the image. The ones I do that do not have a name on them have clear marks I put in them. For example my Pontchartrain Beach design above. It is an adaptation of an ad run in a local newspaper in the 1950's. The original black and white image has a clown face and the words "Fun at Pontchartrain Beach" and in the background a hand drawn image of the Zephyr Roller Coaster. My adaptation has a similar clown face I drew, one of the bigger differences is the hat on mine is different than the original and the background in mine is an old aerial photo cut down to one color matching the clown and in different font "Fun, Pontchartrain Beach". The other Pontchartrain Beach images are fashioned from clip art and me adding in the words Pontchartrain Beach working the images so I know I did them. Those are not based in any historical image of the beach, but me selecting images to use. Pontchartrain Beach is not a trademark and in the public domain, my art work is my work product and thus copyrighted by me. All of it takes time and thought so the people who just download it without permission and use it on products will get caught and I will sue to stop them.
The issue is not new I ran into it in the past and will do a separate blog on the past incidents. However the reason it has happen recently is due to how Cafe Press is presenting the products I sell through them. They recently re-designed the presentation of the products using a larger un-protected image then in the past. The old images were too small and fell apart after downloading then enlarging them. They were so blurry they could not be used. The new presentation the images are larger and do not fall apart as badly so they reproduce up to 4 inches slightly blurry. Large enough for smaller crafts like fridge magnets. I have e-mailed Cafe Press to alert them my images need to have a water mark or be prevented from downloading like other companies do my art on the web.
The recent discover of my art being wrongfully used is gross as a lot of the images clearly have my name, mark, or Fig Street Studio on them yet were reproduced on products I also sell. Thus the person who took them has no work product or time in those images and sells them less. Selling my hard work in competition with me on products I also sell. Copyright is a lot easier to enforce now and so happens my brother-in-law does that legal work. As I no longer practice law, I gave it up to do art, he is consulted when this happens. I just hope the people who hijack my art realize I do things to clearly know it is mine and I take steps to protect my copyright. If you see my art being sold let me know via e-mail so I can prevent the wrongful taking of my art.
Some information on copyright by Brad Templeton-http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Pirating Of My Art
Today I went the the French Market to see a friend and buy a camera bag. After getting the bag I saw a young man at a booth selling ceramic tiles so I walked over to see them. I immediately saw some of my art on them and told him these look nice. I asked where he got the images but before he could explain I realized most all were my art. He initially said from a friend. So I introduced myself and said I must know his friend then because all of these are my art work and began to explain how I did the art and noticed some still had my name or Fig Street Art Studio on them. The images were blurry so I told him he download them from the web and after going over several of the images and explain how and where and when I did them he was ready to admit what he did. I told him to be ready to count out the ones and pay me for them before I have my lawyer get involved. This is the second time this month I discovered my art being pirated and sold locally. I wonder who else is doing it?? I going to have to take a day off and look at all the local shops and craft sales to see who is taking my art and selling it without permission. If you see my art anywhere e-mail me so I can stop people from wrongfully taking and selling my art. I work too hard for someone to simply download my art and begin to sell it like that.
Interesting he took ones that are clearly mine especially the Spanish Tile Replicas with my name clearly on them that were a lot of hard work to do. In fact he took one Rue Chartres tile I did just 2 weeks ago for a special order customer, and he under sells me by 50%. I guess because he does not have the time or effort in doing the art to begin with. My tiles are http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/397643
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