Vintage Fruit & Vegetable Crate Labels

Beautiful, funny and sometimes racy, fruit and vegetable labels were created to catch the eye of consumers on cans and labels for produce crates.

Early in the 1900's growers and merchants used beautiful artwork to entice people to buy their fruits and vegetables.

Artist created sun drenched landscapes and romantic scenes to make their produce stand out.

The artwork on these labels can now be appreciated for their unique beauty and have become popular retro kitchen decor.

Following are examples of great art that can be found in vintage crate labels...

Abstract Collage Workshop Today

This morning I'll be heading up north to Paso Robles to attend a collage workshop with Lynn Kishiyama.  The workshop will be held in her commercial studio from noon to 5pm.  I visted her studio several weeks ago as part of the Art Obispo Open Studio 2009 Tour and really liked her work.  Some of it is amazing - so I'm really looking forward to attending the workshop...

Here are several pieces of Lynn's work at her website:

Latest Collage Work

This is my most recent collage piece entitled "Grape-Label Trio."  I am currently working with vintage fruit-crate labels from the early 1900's.  I just love the look of many of the beautifully printed stone lithography vintage labels which are now collectors' items so I thought I'd try to incorporate them into some of my collage work.  So, I'm experimenting designing with the labels and having a blast while doing it...