A favorite designer of mine for a while has been Nikki McClure. She creates beautiful and stark vignettes on posters, postcards, calendars, etc. They have the feel of a screen print, but she actually cuts each design out by hand with an x-acto knife, which is quite impressive. I’d love to see her actually do this sometime or hear her explain the process. Thematically, her work seems to deal with issues ranging from activism, motherhood, the environment, innocence and childhood. I really appreciate her use of such a strong contrasting black in almost all her pieces and the emotional connection the viewer gets from these scene, and enjoy the handcrafted, unique feel of all her work.

You can see more work and buy it at her site.