Special Projects



Welcome to ECStewart Designs | Services & Special Projects
We provide sophisticated art & design solutions for your business.

ECStewart Designs is the home of ECStewart Collections and the CalligraphyPets, an expanded line of calligraphic-based illustrations that adhere to my commitment to bringing simple elegance and sophistication to people’s lives through my artwork. Featuring multiple themes beyond just pets and animals, the ECStewart Collections are intended to broaden the appeal to areas outside stationery including home furnishings, fashion accessories and more.

Imagine Collaborating on Your Special Project

We enjoy collaborating with great clients to develop special projects with our art and design. Among many projects, Lisa is currently working to develop a full occasions greeting card line exclusive to Kate’s Paperie in Manhattan; garden sculpture; woven textiles for tabletop, home decor, & fashion; as well as products for an upcoming movie, to name a few. We are open to exploring new relationships with manufacturers that are able to execute outstanding products with exemplary service, who can enhance our brand awareness and current product statements, and who understand ECStewart Collections’ brand positioning. If you feel that ECStewart Collections designs would be a perfect complement to your project, we would love to learn more about your company.

Visualize the Flexibility Through Licensing

While we typically work from a master product plan with our current ECStewart Collections licensees, we are also excited to speak with potential licensees who create quality products, understand our brand and envision a powerful partnership with ECStewart Collections. We currently have more than 1000 images in our library and are constantly growing and updating the collections. Ready-to-use motifs, patterns, and placement designs available for the choosing or have something custom tailored to meet your customers needs. Please read more about our License Philosophy & Bespoke Product Development.

Crafting Your Logo/ID Systems

We’ve decided to augment our business and share our elegant and sophisticated style by creating logos for you because of the many urgent requests we receive. Working together, we’ll provide the most elegant, imaginative, and professional ID system you’ve come to expect from us. We’re eager to learn how we can bring you the ultimate solution in well-planned, meaningful design. Please read more about The Process of Crafting Your Identity

Please contact us if you have a special project in mind.

Lisa, CreativeGoddess
lisa@ecstewart.com
919 271 0668

CalligraphyPets: The Legend of Bacchus



How many of you know the legend of Bacchus?

Bacchus was the inspiration behind CalligraphyCats which has now evolved into CalligraphyPets®. We adopted Bacchus and his brother, Cheshire in May 2001 as mates for Eros, the resident king of cats. As adorable tabby cats, they revealed their wonderful personalities through play and mischief.

The A-ha! Moment: Creating Bacchus & the Ball of Yarn
During Christmas season 2001, my mother n’law sat frantically knitting a gift for an expectant mother during our ‘movie hour.’ Under low light, naturally, our beloved pussycat, Bacchus absconded with her ball of yarn. Rescuing the yarn from certain peril, I realized the wonderful feline gesture highlighted by the glow of the movie was similar to that of calligraphic lines. I went straight to my sketch pad and began feverishly illustrating the numerous gestures that cats exhibit.

Introducing CalligraphyCats
During that time, we we’re owned by three (3) cats with 3 distinctive personalities; I insisted that each be represented within this first series of line work. Throughout time, each cat exemplifies various traits, therefore, each cat is appended with various nicknames -and I’m sure you’ve got a few of your own. Given the season, the famous story “T’was the Night Before Christmas’ was influential in providing a meter for remembering the gestures of the cats.

“On Dasher, on Dancer, Prancer, & Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, & Blitzen!”

Now that you know the meter, try saying the names from CalligraphyCats Volume 1:

Pouncer, Bouncer, Chaser, and Lay; Beggeth, Purreth, and Runneth Away!

Or how about the names from CalligraphyCats Volume 2:

Strutter, Lunger, Licketh, and Play; Stretcher, Stalker, and Walketh Away!

Don’t forget CalligraphyDogs:

Fetcher, Beggar, Jumper, Await; Snoozer, Pointer, Scratcher, and Shake!

Since the series inception, our small litter has seen bittersweet growth and loss and continue to remain inspired by their primal and comical ways of enjoying life. Gestures of Eros can be found showcased as Beggeth in CalligraphyCats V1, and Eros & the Empty Bowl in CalligraphyCats V2. Cheshire can be found as Purreth and Runneth Away in CalligraphyCats V1 and Licketh and Walketh Away in CalligraphyCats V2. Bacchus, naturally, is our showcase feline. As Bacchus & the Ball of Yarn remains to be the number 1 image in our line up, we have fun designing products based on his image -even abbreviating it on jewelry and leathergoods.

Meanwhile, I have created more cats, dogs, pets you’d find on farms, woodland creatures, and even animals with celtic influence!

Beyond the ‘Pets
The past few years, you have embraced my calligraphic style and have shared them with your friends and I can’t thank you enough. I am striving to create new imagery and innovate new products just for you, whether it be something we design in our own workshop or with partners. You will begin to see luxe products with paisley designs, wine, flowers, Adrinka symbols, breed specific dogs and even pop art with a calligraphic touch.

Please stay tuned to the additional products we will be revealing in the near future. You won’t want to miss them!

Lisa’s Birthday Giveaway: Paisley Journal!!



I want to celebrate my birthday with a giveaway!

We’ve been working extremely hard the past month creating a new line of Paisley Collections and while doing so, we have a few good looking samples to giveaway. Since you’re fans of ours, we thought you’d like first snag at an opportunity to win a beautiful new luxe suede journal adorned with our paisley.

Run to CREATIVEGoddess for your chance to win!!

Contest ends, Tuesday, June 30th!!

Paisley Collections: Luxe Accessories



Throw away those lifeless totes and dull mobile phone cases… Straight from our workshop to your hand are luxe paisley accessories!!

ECStewart Collections expands the famous paisley series into luxe accessories. Luxe totes, Moleskine® journal covers, mobile iPhone cases, and MacBook sleeves, this streamlined accessory line features Lisa’s color-coordinated paisley on buckskin with complementary leather. With an ECStewart woven tag in the seam, these luxe elements will will definitely set you apart from the crowd.

Available in wine, chocolate, and blueberry.

Update: Now available!

If you’re interested in purchasing any of the pieces or the entire set, please contact me.

Thanks!
Lisa, CreativeGoddess
lisa@ecstewart.com
919 271 0668

Lisa Speaks at Indie Biz Breakfast



“How to Use Social Media to Leverage Your Brand and Attract More Paying Customers For Your Business!”

Indie Business Breakfast: Raleigh — Saturday, June 06, 2009 — Raleigh, NC

The Event is for artisans and galleries alike.

This is a ticketed event. Be one of the first to reserve and receive a free gift (see Pricing/Special SignUp).

BUY TICKETS NOW: http://bit.ly/4TrTb

GUEST SPEAKER
Our special guest is Lisa Stewart, CREATIVEGoddess of ECStewart Designs in Raleigh. She is an award winning designer and illustrator who, along with her husband and business partner, creates an extensive line of sophisticated images that are licensed on all kinds of elegant home accessories and personal products designed to enhance the lifestyle of the sophisticated customer. Lisa is a graduate of Western Michigan University’s School of Graphic Design and Fine Arts.

Through the years, Lisa and her husband have become intimately familiar with the challenges artists and crafters face when seeking to make the most of the financial opportunities that flow from their gifts. Lisa and her work have been featured in dozens of magazines and news outlets.

Lisa will share from her experience and answer your questions about everything from maximizing online sales to achieving favorable publicity. If you want to learn how to use free and low cost social media tools to entrench your brand in your niche market, you need to follow Lisa’s lead! She can help you turn your artistic talent into a vehicle that will help you enjoy your craft while also living a lifestyle you have always dreamed of.

Attendance is limited to 100 because of the size of the venue. Reserve your ticket now. Tickets are non-refundable.

LOCATION
John P. “Top” Green Neighborhood Center, 401 Martin Luther King Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27061

SCHEDULE
* 9:00-10:00 :: Eat, Meet, Greet; Open Networking
* 10:00-10:15 :: Indie Business Revolution
* 10:15-11:15 :: Q&A and Discussion
* 11:15 - noon :: Open Networking

PRICING/SPECIAL SIGNUP SWAG & DRAWING
$20 in advance (register here) or $25 at the door (space permitting)

Sign Up by Friday, May 29th and the first 20 people receive:
1) One free print from CalligraphyPets, and
2) Your name gets entered into a drawing for a free social media two-hour consulting session (worth $150) from ECStewart Designs.

ABOUT INDIE BUSINESS
Indie Business is where independent business owners connect, collaborate and succeed. We share tips and how-tos, and use the latest branded new media tools to create new relationships and expand our spheres of influence.

Indie Business Breakfast is hosted by Donna Maria Coles Johnson, founder and president of the Indie Beauty Network and Indie Business Media. Known as the Chief Executive Indie and the Original Lifestyle CEO, Donna Maria is passionate about empowering people to maximize their potential through small business ownership. You can follow Donna Maria’s entrepreneurial journey at http://www.IndieBusinessBlog.com. You can also connect with her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IndieBusiness and on Facebook at http://companies.to/IndieBusiness.

ABOUT CAROLINA MIXED MEDIA ART GUILD
Carolina Mixed Media Art Guild is an artistic enclave dedicated to increasing the awareness of and enthusiasm for mixed media arts and artists. Regular meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month at Jerry’s Artarama, 3060 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC at 7:00pm.

Please join us!

Lisa, CreativeGoddess
lisa@ecstewart.com
919 271 0668

Bacchus on Record Makes Rounds in NYC



Art on Record is an exhibit held in NYC twice a year and as a multi-artist show, I was invited earlier this year to participate. The instruction was to apply the art to a specific substrate: The vinyl record.

APW Gallery in NY

Show Opening: May 1, 2009 - May 31, 2009
Gallery: APW Gallery, NYC

Artist Statement:
We love to experiment with our showcase cat, Bacchus & the Ball of Yarn within the CalligraphyPets series. Originally illustrated in brush and ink, this sleek feline allows us to manipulate a variety of materials to promote a varied solution to any challenge.

In this exercise, the round substrate (the vinyl record) encouraged us to accent and compliment the elegant calligraphic lines of Bacchus while the final project reveals the juxtaposition of man-made and natural materials: wood and leather.

Bacchus in Wood
This sleek calligraphic image is die-cut in dyed wood veneer highlighting Bacchus on birch veneer background mounted on vinyl record.

Bacchus in Leather
This sleek calligraphic image is die-cut in dyed suede highlighting Bacchus on suede background mounted on vinyl record.

Handmade Kit | Featuring Bacchus in Wood & Suede
This sleek calligraphic image is die-cut in dyed wood veneer highlighting Bacchus on suede background mounted on vinyl record.

Please stop by the show if you can. Would love to hear your thoughts on my pieces and the exhibit.

Entire press release: “Bacchus on Record” Makes the Rounds in NYC (pdf) 180kb.

If you’re interested in purchasing any of the pieces or the entire set, please contact me or go here: http://apwgallery.ecrater.com/category.php?cid=778086&srn=1.

Thanks!
Lisa, CreativeGoddess
lisa@ecstewart.com
919 271 0668

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