Vanitas Press

@vanitas.press

words and pictures by @izzy.desantis mostly words on substack
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today i wrote about good paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Ian Myers @____chart____ . I want to be good at painting. By which I mean, I do not necessarily want to be good at painting (messy, expensive), but I want to give my attention to something so fully that it takes over my life.
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1 month ago
wrote about Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt's tinfoil rats and my mom's christmas swan. artifacts, craft, glitter, etc. merry christmas, girl rats!
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4 months ago
new ssstack about my trip to montreal, talking to rocks, and asking for what i want. *new* link in the usual place, vanitaspress(dot)substack(dot)com (consolidating creative assets baby)
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5 months ago
behind the scenes of toad zine. small friend was well-tended and released back to the leaves. oct. 2025 on a lunch break.
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5 months ago
🐸toad zine🐸 made in collaboration with a forest friend. editioned 7 so far, each cut by hand with unique pagination, and each interior ft. a sweet little toad print!
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5 months ago
🍊new zine alert!!🍊what do dutch still-life paintings and instagram brunch pics have in common? they're both in THE CAMERA EATS FIRST, my longstanding art historical hot take, at last in print!! the deets: 🥑riso edition of 20, with 5 cover options (orange/yellow spectrum) and scrap yarn bindings (green/pink/sparkly). 🥑avail sliding scale ($5-10) and ill mail it to you for free ✨ i had a nice time making this one :)
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1 year ago
⚡️the reviews are in⚡️(emmie sat on the book aka she liked it) have sold 1/5 already, lmk if you'd like a copy 🦋 and if its too $$$ but you still wanna read my work, dw, i'll be making a pdf version soon !
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1 year ago
sneak peak inside DES HEAUX ARTS !! part 2: SACRED, takes place in Florence, where Alice has traveled on account of spoilers. This section interrogates how to know someone, intimately, both digitally and IRL. DES HEAUX ARTS is an illustrated novel in a limited edition of 100, with the first 25 copies available now for purchase ($50 USD). DM me to reserve a copy 💘
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1 year ago
sneak peak inside DES HEAUX ARTS !! part 1: PROFANE, is set primarily in London, where American art history student Alice d'Oliva pushes the boundaries of what it means to make art and have a culturally authentic experience while ✨studying abroad✨. Alice’s not-quite-love affair with fine arts student Guy, told through a series of museum dates, arches the narrative of this section. DES HEAUX ARTS is an illustrated novel in a limited edition of 100, with the first 25 copies available now for purchase ($50 USD). DM me to reserve a copy 💘
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1 year ago
after four years, it is done! got into drawing glitter frames on the covers of the last few. limited edition of 25 available at my birthday party next week, dm me if you cant come but wanna reserve a copy🪞
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2 years ago
get a spine !! 🩻
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2 years ago
aaand a few dozen riso-printed title plates for the rest 💜 finished books coming soon!!!
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2 years ago