these are simply too cute not to share – dog portraits by Itsuko Suzuki
Tag Archives | Art
Thakoon
had some fun with a few looks from the beautiful Thakoon pre-fall 2012 collection. click on them to go big.
runway images courtesy of vogue. painting credits from top to bottom: landscape / birches / a girl on the cliffs in hanko / view over högklint / from the coast of amalfi
Sophie Duran
i’ve been seeing Sophie Duran‘s work around the internet for a while now, so i was thrilled when she got in touch to tell me about her new print collection Undiscovered Wonders of the World.
Created out of self made photographes, old travel books and minerals, these unknown mysterious worlds are open to multiple interpretations. Inspired by Celtic, Norwegian, Indian and Greek ancient stories, every landscape has a name that gives slightly a clue of where you could explore it. All prints are digitally printed at the Audax Textile Museum Tilburg and CATDigital Glasgow, Scotland. As a material I used silk velvet and crepe de chine. The velvet gives vibrance to the colours and makes the landscapes look three-dimensional. Crepe de chine gives a lightness and sophisticated feeling to the prints. The designs are presented as scarfs (135cm x 135cm), finished with a 925 silver detail.
Picasso
inspired by this post by lauren about francoise gilot i decided to do some vintage picasso hunting – and of course the life archives delivered. picasso lived in the town of vallauris on the french riviera for 7 years where he created ceramics at the madoura workshop (amongst other things of course – the man was nothing if not prolific). francoise is pictured in this series of photographs taken in 1949 by gjon mili, though she eventually left picasso after a myriad of infidelities.
Paulina Surys
boy did i spend a lot of time looking through the portfolio of Paulina Surys, a london based polish artist and photographer who makes use of hand-developing and hand-colouring techniques in the darkroom. the results are simply breathtaking. she is represented by mystery management and you can also check out her flickr stream.
all photographs by Paulina Surys
More Wall Space, Please
i change the pictures on my walls pretty regularly, and i’m gradually aiming to replace stuff i’ve printed out from the internet (yes, i’m on a budget – don’t judge) with real art made by talented people.
vu de l’extérieur print by fieldguided:
fin iii by richard roberts:
summer fruit & winter fruit by claire nereim:
texas by curtis jinkins:
get back to work by steady print shop co:
dueling watson the cat by medium control :
la lune by double merrick:
chronic bitchface by kris atomic:
sweater by karolin schnoor:
mountains by leah duncan:
b&w wave by rinn:
perfect twist by debbie carlos:
homestead by beauchamping:
process colour triangle print by desTroy:
lion for a day by random objects:
think from felt & wire:
Illustration Station
someone emailed me the other day asking what happened to my illustration section. i decided to group illustrations under art when i did the blog’s redesign – but you can still browse the illustration tag if you like.
which reminds me, i have been seeing some great stuff around lately. really need to get my drawing on again.
dark waters by riikka sormunen:
work in progress by denise nestor:
by lizz conley:
2012 calendar by camilla engman:
nosebleed by sepehr nabi:
by tatsuro kiuchi:
merci by emma block:
untitled by melissa castrillon:
valentino 2012 beauty by madame lolina:
les confitures bonne maman by laura manfre:
yawn for me by mina milk:
the room #1 by jiiakuann:
Tenka Gammelgaard
spotted the studio of Danish artist Tenka Gammelgaard over at mackapär and emmas designblogg this week. the fact that she paints her paint brushes is pretty much the cherry on top for me.
images from mackapär, emmas designblogg and tenka’s blog.
