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Something doesn’t look right

Something doesn’t look right

Illustration by D.R. Laferriere This past week, I had my first direct encounter with a scammer on LinkedIn. They tried to exploit my current job-seeking situation, posing as someone eager to “help.” It all started shortly after a blog post posted on LinkedIn. A person...

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Unicorn?

Unicorn?

Illustration by DRLaferriere I've been looking for a job for the past few months. Now and then, as part of a job description or how someone may describe the employee they're looking for, they will reference that they are looking for a "unicorn." My first thought is...

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Linoleum block printing

Linoleum block printing

I found that a linoleum block print is an easier way to get started with block printing. The ease of cutting linoleum, the detail, and the smooth texture were helpful as I learn the process. Not having to prepare a wood block and not think about how the wood grain can...

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Woodblock printing

Woodblock printing

I've wanted to do printmaking, woodblock or linoleum, for a while. Years ago I began and stopped. I'm not sure why I stopped but here I am cutting a woodblock thanks to my brother Jim. It has been interesting getting the feel for a medium I didn't think would be easy....

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On being ‘on’ every time

On being ‘on’ every time

By being ‘on’ I mean the drawings that day would be a good ones. I really didn't care how good or bad the drawing was. It was all about the idea, the thought I had in my head that morning, and about having some fun. Are there sandwich bag drawings that I don't like? I...

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Before going viral

Before going viral

When I started, I didn't think that my sandwich bag art may go viral and that didn’t happen quickly. Unless you think 4 years is quick. School mornings began with coffee, make sandwiches, make sure the kids were awake, draw something on each bag, make sure the kids...

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May 1, 2008

May 1, 2008

May 1, 2008, that's the date stamp on the first bag I uploaded to my Flickr feed and I can't not use this cliche: it doesn't seem like 14 years ago. Doing a quick drawing on my kids' sandwich bags began after I tried and failed to draw directly on the bread with food...

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Peel that orange

Peel that orange

An orange is not my usual choice for fruit as it takes some extra time to get to the fruit. Apples you can just eat them, no peeling required. I just compared apples and oranges. Usually I opt for quartering the orange and eating fruit. It's quick and easy. Still a...

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Homemade Ginger Ale

Homemade Ginger Ale

My notes are in the parenthesis. Makes about 8 cups (enough to fill a 2-liter plastic soda bottle)The original story and recipe I used is found on The Kitchn.com and is by Emma Christensen and here's her The Bold BrewerINSTRUCTIONS Peel and finely grate the ginger (I...

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Spring pins

I will have some laser etched, cut, and hand-colored pins available in my online store soon. Here's a preview of the pins I will have online.

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From sandwich bag to stickers, t-shirts and more

I’m redrawing a bunch of my sandwich bag art to put them on mugs, t-shirts, stickers, and more. Here’s an example of a bag I recently did that I call I Heart PIzza. This pizza art is currently available in my shop as a sticker and a t-shirt. I will be redrawing more...

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Products for sale

I have T-Shirts and Mugs for sale with my fun-crazy art. More will be added as I redraw the characters from my sandwich bags. Shop now Do you have a character that you saw on my Instagram or Flickr feed? Let me know in the comments below.  [contact-form-7 id="1788"...

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Thank you haircut

I am at the tail-end of a Shave-My-Head fundraising effort for the Attleboro Arts Museum. The goal is $20,000 and a little over $16,000 has been raised so far, and as the President of the Board of Trustees I would like to say thank you to those who have donated by...

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Bunny

Bunny

Color, Cut, Fold and Paste Bunny Above is the completed Bunny. All you have to do is download this PDF, print it on card stock (for best results). Color it, cut it out along the solid outlines, score the dotted lines, fold, and paste together. Tip: Add the "face"...

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2019 to include blog, Patreon, art

2019 to include blog, Patreon, art

I will be working on a few different projects this year and would like to include anyone who follows me on social media to know what’s coming up, give me feedback, and be able to purchase art from these projects and maybe a few surprises along the way.  Patreon...

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May milestones

May milestones

Here what happened this May: Ended my seventh year drawing on my kids' sandwich bags and started the eighth year My Flickr views went beyond 28 million There are now over 1,800 sandwich bag drawings The last sandwich bag drawing for my oldest son will be on May 29. He...

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Introducing The Kritzels

Introducing The Kritzels

The Kritzels are the name of the imaginary characters drawn by a dad on his kids' sandwich bags. These cheeky little creatures are symbolic of love, friendship and trust. Over a period of time, David Laferriere, the creator of Kritzels, has drawn over 1,500 unique...

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The places those bags have been …

Thank you to all who shared my Sandwich Bag Art around the world. I really appreciate it. Video: Weekly Flickr geobeats The View (Teaser at the beginning and at 36:20, end of show) aol.com ABC TV The Chew (at about the 6ish minute mark) Morning Wide, South Korea...

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A million thanks distractify.com

A million thanks distractify.com

Over 10 million views Distractify.com posted a piece about my sandwich bags on Dec. 23. Since then the views on my Flickr site have been crazy. Just today, January 2, I received 713,701 views. A new one-day record for me. Last Saturday, Dec. 27, I reached  9 million...

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Thank you, 8 million times

Thank you, 8 million times

On November 28, Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., I surpassed 8 millions views on my Flickr site. A big boost came on Nov. 12 when Pee Wee Herman mentioned my bags on his Facebook Page. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank...

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Fighting Food Waste, One Bag at a Time

Fighting Food Waste, One Bag at a Time

Did you know 25% of the food & beverages we buy annually goes to waste? I've teamed up with my friends at Glad® to help fight food waste in kitchens across the US for their #SaveItSunday campaign. To do so, take the pledge at www.saveitsunday.com and help decrease...

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Featured in print

Featured in print

August 10-16 edition of American Profile Magazine has my Sandwich Bags on the cover and mentioned inside. People magazine's August 11, 2014 issue had a feature about parents who are creative with their kids lunches. Those sandwich bags were featured in 2013 in a group...

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Over 5 million views!

Over 5 million views!

Thank you! Today, July 31, my Flickr site went over 5 million views. I can only hope that everyone enjoys them as much as my kids do and I do drawing them. If you have a favorite sandwich bag let me know in the comments below. I want to offer some way for you all to...

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Coolest Dad Ever!

Coolest Dad Ever!

Today, April 25, my sandwich bags were on The View. You can watch the full episode or the two clips from my brother Jim from his Facebook page. There is a teaser in the beginning showing what is in the image to the right. Then at the end of the show at 36:20 is when...

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The rediscovered ant farm

The rediscovered ant farm

I saw the ant farm sandwich art on a blog recently and it made me chuckle. Here's this image of an ant farm complete with a scarecrow. Look down the tunnels and you see an ant painting a canvas on an easel. Down further are a couple of ants sitting on a couch watching...

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Digging Dino

Digging Dino

We all have favorites and I have many favorites among my sandwich bags. Digging Dino is definitely one. I remember looking at the groove in the bread and thinking about some kind of cutaway-like image, something buried. What I like about this is the bone sticking up...

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Sandwich Bags on Gizmodo

Sandwich Bags on Gizmodo

Gizmodo editor Jesus Diaz featured my sandwich bag art on Gizmodo/Food on Feb. 19. It has been amazing how much has come from that one posting. Read the comments, they run the gamut of good, nice, weird, stupid and ugly. Then read the replies to those comments. The...

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Sandwich bag drawings

Since May 2008 I have been drawing on my kids' sandwich bags with Sharpie markers. Each drawing is done just after I make the sandwich. I take a picture and post to flickr. My kids usually don't see the drawing until it is lunchtime. The challenges are coming up with...

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Attleboro Farmers Market logo design

Attleboro Farmers Market logo design

There always comes a time when certain things align. In this case it was friends who wanted to take an existing farmers market and give it a boost. The market was the Attleboro Farmers Market. Here, in brief, is the back story. Sometime in the 80's there was a group...

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First-time chalk drawing

I was asked to participate in Attleboro's Expo for the Senses as a chalk artist. Each artist had to create something from an art masterpiece. Not wanting to just do a masterpiece, I decided to make an anamorphic masterpiece using a cylinder mirror. Everything had to...

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Wheaton Summer Quarterly

Wheaton Summer Quarterly

This Quarterly's cover story and photos came out really well because of the time, thought and energy put into planning and getting it done. It was a group effort and it shows in this piece as well as the total magazine. Just after the story idea was settled on we...

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Spring Quarterly

Spring Quarterly

Ah, a stinky fish tale by Wheaton College professor Betsey Dyer. She wrote about tasting surströmming which means "sour herring." Click on the cover image above to get the PDF.

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Water under the ice

I was walking the dog through our usual route the day before the blizzard. There was a patch of ice on the edge of Mechanics Pond and I observed the waves making blob-like patterns under the ice. Watch the video below.

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Local artists and crafters

Attleboro Arts Museum Artist Members This is a listing of the Museum's artist members Any artist member can be included in the list Village Artisans Collaborative Fine arts and crafts, classes and events 21 N Washington Street, North Attleboro 508-695-1010...

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Cut N Fold Christmas Tree v2

Cut N Fold Christmas Tree v2

Decorate around your desk or on the mantle with this Cut N Fold Christmas Tree. Print on heavy paper. Carefully cut, score the fold-lines, and paste. Make one or make a forest. Do you have a pair of Chromadepth glasses? If you do they will add another dimension to...

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Winter Quarterly

Winter Quarterly

As the Designer of the Wheaton Quarterly I have been caught up with the inner-workings of InDesign and Wordpress and how to get them to play nice and get along. This issue was put together with that in mind. The goal was to come up with a way to get the text and...

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Chromadepth art

Chromadepth art

Chromadepth® 3-D has been an on and off experiment of mine for at least three years. The Chromadepth® 3-D process allows the creation of a 'normal' looking image that can be viewed as two-dimensional, but which jumps into holographic 3-D when viewed using Chromadepth®...

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Cut N Fold Christmas Tree

Cut N Fold Christmas Tree

Here's a Christmas Tree that you can make, just print it and put it together. Click on the image on the left to download the PDF document. Print the PDF on heavy letter size paper and follow the build instructions on the PDF. All you need is a pair of scissors or an...

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Adding a “voice” to climate action

Today, Oct. 10, 2010, during the Farmers Market at Attleboro Farms in North Attleboro we observed Global Work Day as part of 350.org. Our local 350.org group help spread the word about climate change and how everyone can help. I took photos of people at the market and...

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Fall Wheaton Quarterly

As the graphic designer in the Communications office at Wheaton College in Norton, MA. I get to work on the Wheaton Quarterly alum magazine. The latest edition is available on ISSUU. Not only to I get to design the magazine but I also get to do some illustration work....

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Ocean Grove Rats

Ocean Grove Rats

I got a message via Facebook from, Jimmy, a friend who was looking for a drawing of a rat. He's just beginning a computer business in Ocean Grove, a section of Swansea, MA. It was a fun drawing to do. I began with some quick sketches in my sketchbook. Once I had a...

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$1,165 raised!

I got the official word in the mail from the Attleboro Arts Museum. The Museum's and my Facebook buddies, my emailing and a handful of dropped-off donations combined to add $1,165 to the Annual Fund. The ponytail was cut at the end of the Seeing Double opening...

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Ponytail gets cut Wednesday

Ponytail comes off Wednesday night at the Attleboro Arts Museum. The cutting will be after the awards and artists recognitions at the Seeing Double exhibit opening (begins at 7, cutting around 8:30). Still time to make a donation to the Annual Fund, see below. The...

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One more week!

I am extending my I'll-Cut-My-Hair-for-Donations one more week. So far $1,000 has been donated! The Attleboro Arts Museum needs the donations more than I need my hair. If you make at least a $10 donation to the Annual Fund I will cut my ponytail, get a crewcut or even...

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Did you know . . .

. . . that I will cut my hair if you make a donation to the Attleboro Arts Museum's Annual Fund? Despite funding deficits this past year and with the Herculean effort on part of the reduced staff and committed volunteers, the Museum has had some outstanding...

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1 inch to be trimmed

The Attleboro Arts Museum needs our help to get it through these difficult times.  Despite deficits last year and with Herculean efforts on the part of the reduced staff and committed volunteers, the Attleboro Arts Museum has had some outstanding accomplishments. Did...

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September 30, 2023

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