I use mind mapping when I plan a project. E.g. as in Molly, a true crime analysis: I also use mind mapping when I ingest information. It
Category: by post street
The sock monkey and the paper dress.
I love making paper dresses! — — Check out: I’m obsessed with my paper dress The bypoststreet paper dress The bypoststreet punk paper dress My
Allá cuelga mi vestido. The Frida Kahlo paperdress in progress
I love drawing. I love crafting. I love street art. And I LOVE making paper dresses. Perhaps because it combines all my art forms- I
The winner of 100 Faces project special Labor Day Weekend contest (2 limited edition tees) is… [drum roll]
WINNER OF THE SPECIAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND CONTEST IS: Shadi Javadi SHE HAS WON 2 OF MY LIMITED EDITION TEES: #MCQUEEN AND #BLOW. Stay tuned
Sacred Contracts Journaling Exercise Part 3 of 8: what masks do we wear?
SACRED CONTRACTS JOURNALING EXERCISE SERIES PART 3 OF 8 WHAT MASKS DO WE WEAR? We are tapping into our calling, our purpose, our joy in
Flour, water, sugar. China markers and newsprint. Plus some youth. Perfect combo!
Latest gallery of wheatpaste sessions with Intersections Media Opportunities for Youth Society and Byrne Creek Secondary! All my street art projects are inspired by JR
Sock Monkey Life Skills Entrepreneurship Curriculum Development update!
Recall I am developing the following project: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SERIES 1: THE @BY POSTSTREET SOCK MONKEY LIFE SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM for youth groups, schools
Sale ends June 30 Midnight! Portraits in my signature style only $60 CAD!
Portrait Sale! ENDS JUNE 30, 2014 MIDNIGHT 18×24 on newsprint From May 17-June 30, 2014, I have been offering handdrawn portraits in my signature style for only $60.00
SALE! Today only! Ending 12AM PT: order a handdrawn portrait in my signature style for only $30!
Many of you have asked, pleaded, begged… so today I’m doing a special SALE! Today only ending 12AM PT: order your handdrawn portrait in my signature
OSM HANDBOOK LIFE SKILLS
CURRENTLY PLANNING NEXT STEPS AS I CONTINUE FUNDRAISING FOR the Operation Sock Monkey Handbook for youth groups, schools and community organizations GENERAL STRUCTURE FOR WORKBOOK: •
Cultural identity project at Byrne Creek Secondary- Gallery #wheatpaste #chinamarker #paint
CULTURAL IDENTITY PORTRAIT PROJECT SESSION 6 OF 7, BYRNE CREEK SCHOOL GR. 8 Recall previous posts about this project: Does wheatpaste work on a ceiling tile?
@BYPOSTSTREET ART HOUSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SERIES 1 PHASE 1
THE @BYPOSTSTREET ART HOUSE GLOBAL: Creative Director, Anna Thorsen LOCAL: Art Director, Kat Thorsen (Vancouver BC) MISSION: To awaken creative expression VISION: To develop global art initiatives Art Events, Street Art,
It has been a beautiful fight. Still is. – Bukowski
“Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is.” – Charles Bukowski
Order your personalized Sugar Skull Portrait by @bypoststreet’s art director now!
ORDER THROUGH PAYPAL and email me your portrait image of choice! — CONTACT KATARINA: Email
To mark our one year anniversary at @bypoststreet, we launch a new crowdsourcing campaign on @indiegogo!
@bypoststreet was first conceived on Feb 12, 2013. In a year, my daughter and I have created three limited edition t-shirt collections, hosted several successful art events
Transition, retreat, reevaluate
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. – Marcus Aurelius My life has taken an interesting turn, and
Evolution of a #wheatpaste. Portrait of @ThaneKoi, one year later
What is the point of a piece that is meant to be temporary? Work that is impermanent reminds us that nothing in life is permanent,
The wheatpaste wall at YouthCO!
Making a painting in a studio can be a bit stifling at times, but when you add the street installation element to it, it begins
We want to take a moment to say THANK YOU.
From Anna Thorsen, Creative Director and Katarina Thorsen, Art Director: We want to take a moment to say THANK YOU. It was a year ago
The @bypoststreet sample sale and interactive art event benefitting @YouthCO
Spend an evening with @bypoststreet & YouthCO! @bypoststreet takes Spring Cleaning to the next level with an inventory clear out sale of all remaining Designer
The I AM AN ARTIST MANIFESTO
The I AM AN ARTIST manifesto – Katarina Thorsen, 2014
This past year has been about risk and building. #startup #entrepreneurship
This past year has been about risk and building. Now we sit, exhausted, wide-eyed. And spent. In every sense of the word. What now? What
For such the angels go … And uniforms of Snow. #streetart w @mediaforyouth
We trust in plumed procession For such the angels go – Rank after Rank, with even feet – And uniforms of Snow. ~Emily Dickinson Anyone
My china marker portraits on @bypoststreet’s limited edition Winter Collection t-shirts!
The bypoststreet limited edition Winter collection t-shirts now available at bypoststreet.com! @bypoststreet features unisex luxury and sportswear inspired t-shirts designed by our creative director. Our eco-friendly
The lowly paper-wrapped grease pencil. #chinamarker
The paper-wrapped grease pencil is a smooth-writing, economical marker for marking almost any surface. [source] I adore using China Marker. It has the give and control
As an right-brain entrepreneur- I need to a flexible and fluid yet rigid schedule.
I am about to embark on a full-time art career as in-house artist for by post street, illustrator, writer, street artist, and art facilitator for
Submission call from @bypoststreet! Email us for details! #art
Message from creative director, Anna Thorsen: HEY EVERYONE!! bypoststreet is relaunching on OCT 15 and I’m looking for submissions to become a part of our brand new website! If
“What are your thoughts on modern day censorship? Are you offended by the images?” #comments please!
Re: Drawing on Pain Closes Early “A couple days ago we had to take down Kat Thorsen’s exhibit at 689 Espana (pictured left), the by post street in-house
Draw-a-sugarskull tutorial!
Pull out some supplies and enjoy this old drawing tutorial to celebrate the release of our by post street iPhone case featuring Calavera (sugarskull) Karl!
SEPT 20 7AM PST: @bypoststreet iPhone case release! #sugarskull #iPhone #iOS7 #iphone5S
Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and as profound and cruel as
Did something unexpected happen? Laura asked. #sfo #reflection
I had a wonderful conversation about my San Francisco trip today with my incredible friend, Laura Mack. As always, she managed to ask powerful questions
My Frida Hangs There. #streetart #sfo
Frida Angel pasted at 18th and Valencia. A taste of my incredible San Francisco trip for by post street. Thank you to SF for a
by post street at Tank 18, San Francisco: portraits, interactive art
A huge thank you to everyone at Tank 18 and our DJ Riccardo Bhi for a fantastic day!
#SFO bound with @bypoststreet!
Excitement rising as I prep with by post street for our trip to San Francisco, which includes art events, portraits, street art, wheatpasting, journaling, writing,
New tattoos. Wear your heart on your skin in this life. – Sylvia Plath
I originally visited Granville Street Tattoos last year for my Frida tattoo by English Dan. I was so happy to be back as I treated
Journal entry: In DEBT yes, but inDEBTed to art as well.
I have been experiencing chronic anxiety [or more than usual] of late. I am better able to sit with it [not perfect by any means,
Desperately seeking Kate Moss…
Elusive, difficult to capture. No. No. No. No. No. No. Sometimes it is so easy to capture the essence of a person. Sometimes it just
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter- in the eye. #streetart
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye. ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
What stays, what goes, what changes. Our ever-evolving wall. #streetart #downtowneastside
Huge thank you to Brianna Baker, Chrissy Capilano, Dan O’Brien, Zöe Harvey and Warren Nicolson for being part of the latest wheatpaste session at our
JR and Swoon: my #wheatpaste heroes
The original inspiration: JR, a French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face. He makes his audacious TED Prize wish:
The @bypoststreet #portrait #drawing process. #chinamarker #sugarskull
This is my process: Portrait of Anna T Fabulous. Design. Discover. Deejay. by post street is a creative and collaborative source for fashion, house, hip hop and art.
“Do you ever stop? I mean truly just stop?” How the #RightBrainBusinessPlan is helping me quiet my mind.
Kat, do you ever stop? I mean truly just stop? Just taking a day and doing nothing, just drinking tea in pjs and doing nothing?
The Vivienne Tee. @bypoststreet Collaboration 2.
by post street’s COLLECTION 2 was created in celebration of Chaos to Couture at the Met. It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this,
Booty Call Wednesdays and @bypoststreet Collaboration 2!
by post street’s COLLECTION 2 was created in celebration of Chaos to Couture at the Met. To launch the collection, we collaborated with Booty Call Wednesdays in San
Face of the month collaboration with Global Model Scouting and @bypoststreet!
Introducing our new collaboration! Face of the Month with: FACE OF THE MONTH At the end of every month GMS will pick a “Face of
Collaboration 2 @bypoststreet f. dj of the month by @kaseyriot! W. podcast!
— Check out djriot.com: SHOP by post street! Follow @bypoststreet The latest creative collaboration by @poststreet (Kat Thorsen) and @the_social_life (Anna T Fabulous). Art/ Fashion/ Music Portraits/ T-shirts/ Podcasts Twitter/
Big-vision visualization #mindmaps inspired by #rightbrainbusinessplan
Recall my journey with visionboards, mindmaps using: My previous posts: For I dipped into the future… Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes. Making
Making the task more ME… #mindmaps #visionboards #projecteverything
On this rainy Saturday, it’s time to re-focus on the projects I am working on by using: I am getting clearer as to the multiple
The art is on the wall. Latest updates.
My daughter and I [wearing our by post street tees] as featured on the cover of WE Vancouver! For complete article go to: POST NO
Anna and the @bypoststreet paper dress as caught by the inimitable @viranlly
The by post street paper dress photographed by Viranlly Aix Liemena: The Social Life team: Viranlly, Anna and Josh! The by post street online store is
The white t-shirt and the evolution of the @bypoststreet tee
— BY POST STREET Video by Julian Bowers
Our 2014 @bypoststreet #manifesto. Time to #declare #claim #choose
THE BPS 2014 MANIFESTO I choose to share my expression. I am an artist. SHOP BYPOSTSTREET Read more at the @bypoststreet blog!
Walking the streets of dreams… #rudeboy #ska #wheatpaste #streetart #portraits
It’s hard to imagine a day without a china marker now… The joy I feel in sharing my art freely and for free on the
