Cool little snowflake charity

I was hunt­ing around after a children’s book illus­tra­tor and ran across this site, a can­cer char­ity called Robert’s Snow. The orga­nizer is a children’s book illus­tra­tor, who got other illus­tra­tors to con­tribute ceramic snowflakes with unique decorations/illustrations/paintings on them for auction.

The auc­tion is pretty much over, but you can still see all the snowflakes. As an artist(ic per­son), graphic designer(like guy), and gen­eral cre­ative sort(of bloke), I found the vari­ety of snowflakes cool. Click through to see the larger ver­sion, they are much bet­ter than the thumbnails.

They are being auc­tioned on eBay, and are fetch­ing between $200 and $1000 so far, with a few days left to bid.

Some of my favorites:

Martha Alexan­der The back makes me think of my son.
Christo­pher Bing I like the wood­cut, black and white look.
Christo­pher Denise Beau­ti­ful com­po­si­tion, and a cute sen­ti­ment.
Sarah Dil­lard So pretty.
Jar­rett J. Krosoczka I love the back of this one, too.
Loren Long Love the long­ing feel of this.
David Macaulay You might remem­ber him from Cas­tle or Cathe­dral.
Meghan McCarthy Love the col­ors of this one.
Anik McGrory Great com­po­si­tion, love the water­col­ory flakes with the more pre­cise bear.
Eric Rohmann Made me laugh for the look on the reindeer’s face.
Mag­gie Swan­son Would make a great orna­ment on a tree.
James T. Williamson Edward Hop­per snow­fake: the name alone is worth admis­sion.
Jane Yolen Last, but not least, this one almost made me cry.