Category Archives: Artists

Keira Rathbone Typewriter Art

London based artist, Keira Rathbone, captures amazing detail using old, manual typewriters.  Keira has quite a collection of typewriters that she uses to capture architecture, nature, still life, and faces using a wide variety of letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation.

I think it’s so cool to see artists using and repurposing old items as their medium that we’ve thought to be practically extinct in such a creative and unique way.

Typewriter Art by Keira Rathbone

Hammersmith Bridge Triptych by Keira Rathbone

Miss Moss (left) & Times Mag Model (right) by Keira Rathbone

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Happy Fall!

Being that the artist’s canvas selection is typically a carefully selected leaf, I figured Spanish artist, Lorenzo Duran, was the perfect artist pick for the first day of fall.

Waste Landscape: Discarded CDs form a Still Sea of Metallic Dunes

Waste Landscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard

Waste Landscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard

Waste Landscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard

Waste Landscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard

Waste Landscape, an installation by French artist Elise Morin and architect Clémence Eliard, is composed of 65,000 discarded CDs. The artist envisioned Waste Landscape to be like “a still sea of metallic dunes.” The CDs were hand-sewn together into an amazing 500-square meter surface and then draped over inflatable mounds.  This is a traveling exhibition, but currently is featured at the Halle d’Aubervilliers of Paris’ Le Centquatre Art Space until September 10th, 2011.

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State-Shaped Cutting Boards

Ohio Cutting Board by A.Heirloom

I am originally from Ohio and graduated from The Ohio State University, so I can’t help but be prideful of my home state.  So, naturally I want this super cool cutting board from Brooklyn based artists, Amy & Bill Stringer-Mowat at A.Heirloom.  Of course, they also offer many other neat state and country cutting boards for all of you non-Ohioans.

California, New York, Florida, France, Italy, & Australia Cutting Boards by A.Heirloom

Raw Textiles

‘Raw Textiles’ installation by Raw Color’s Edwin Pelser of Den Haag, Netherlands features a unique series of hand dyed silk scarves that are derived from vegetable pigments.

[via Bancroft and Ivy & Raw Color]

Photo Mosaics by Andrew Miller

Photo Mosaic by Andrew Miller

Photo Mosaic by Andrew Miller

Photo Mosaic by Andrew Miller

Photo Mosaic by Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller creates beautiful custom photo mosaics out of thousands of images.  It seems like a perfect way to truly capture and keep the most touching family moments visually displayed in the midst of one art piece.

Crayon Art

Rainbow Drizzle by Jessica Kerbawy

Tickled Pink by Jessica Kerbawy

Scattered Showers by Jessica Kerbawy

Sunset Drip by Jessica Kerbawy

Well, after yesterday’s post, J.Crew Went Color Happy, and all the rainbow bright trends lately, I figured Jessica Kerbawy was the perfect artist to showcase today.   Her crayon art is such a fun expression of color!  Love it!

[Concept to Object]

Anouk Kruithof

Enclosed Content Chatting Away in the Colour Invisibility by Anouk Kruithof

Enclosed Content Chatting Away in the Colour Invisibility by Anouk Kruithof

 

I am fascinated with installations by Anouk Kruithof.  This particular installation is made out of approximately 3,500 of found colored books.

Bernard Katz’s Hand Blown Glass Sculptures

Trans Bolinas (in cerulean blue) by Bernard Katz

Salinas group (left) & Grand Serenoa (right) by Bernard Katz

Melange Series 8 (left) & Melange Series 2 (right) by Bernard Katz

Vilano and Trans Bolinas (in cinnamon) by Bernard Katz

Large Root Vase (left) & Pine Vase group (right) by Bernard Katz

I am completely fascinated by the increasingly popular hand blown glass sculptures of Philadelphia artist, Bernard Katz.

Bike Arch

Bike Arch by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector (c) 2007.  Photo by Andrew Grinberg

I love this Bike Arch!  This installation, located in Black Rock Desert, NV, was made from around 240 scrap bicycles by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector.

Book Sculptures by Bronia Sawyer

Book Bird Sculpture by Bronia Sawyer

Book Bird Sculpture by Bronia Sawyer

Blue & Gold Sculpture by Bronia Sawyer

Book Sculptures by Bronia Sawyer

Book Sculptures by Bronia Sawyer

UK based artist, Bronia Sawyer, skillfully folds, rolls, and colors the pages of old books to create these uniquely beautiful birds & flower-like sculptures.

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Melissa Borrell Jewelry Design

Vines Pendant, Pop-Out Collection by Melissa Borrell Design

Lace Earrings, Pop-Out Collection by Melissa Borrell Design

Narrow Topograph Necklace, Topograph Collection by Melissa Borrell Design

Tangent, 2d3d Collection by Melissa Borrell Design

Bubble Ring, Bubble Collection by Melissa Borrell Design

I originally stumbled across Melissa Borrell’s Jewelry at the MoMA Design Store in NYC.  I quickly realized that she is becoming quite popular with her pop-out jewelry collection.  The pop-out jewelry literally comes still attached to original metal card from which the design was cut.  You do it yourself – pop out the piece and attach it to the chain or earring wire.  As you can see Melissa also has other beautiful jewelry collections, and also creates beautiful wall coverings, sculptures, textile designs, lighting, home accessories, etc.  Clearly she is making her mark in the art & design world.

Cocoa & Hearts by Jen Ramos

Assorted Small Paintings by Jen Ramos

COLORS 13 by Jen Ramos

COLORS 25 by Jen Ramos

Lipstick Dots 5 by Jen Ramos

Gold & Wine by Jen Ramos

I was so happy to discover the increasingly popular, Jen Ramos of Cocoa & Hearts!  Jen recently opened Cocoa & Hearts to feature her original works in acrylic on canvas.  So pretty!  And naturally they are selling like crazy…

[via Spicer + Bank]

Universal Wrapping Paper & Greeting Cards

Wordless Universal Wrapping Paper

Wordless Universal Wrapping Paper

Wordless Universal Wrapping Paper

Wordless Universal Wrapping Paper

Wordless Universal Greeting Card

Wordless Universal Wrapping Paper & Wordless Universal Greeting Card are a really clever concept designed by Fabio Milito and Francesca Guidotti.  Both the card and the wrapping paper are a simple word search puzzle with words for every holiday and celebration you can imagine!  This seems like the perfect card/wrapping paper solution to always have available.  Simply circle the correct phrase, sign the card or wrap the gift, and your set to go.   I love this idea!

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Manga Plates by Mika Tsutai

Combination of Plates

Punch / Pudding

Combination of Plates

Sweat / Fork

Flash / Sushi

Gun / Kiwi

Japanese designer Mika Tsutai created Manga Plates as his graduation project while studying at the Koyoto Insitute of Technology in Japan.  Japanese food is typically displayed as an art form and these dishes emphasize the experience with a Japanese Magna or anime effect to tell the story.

[via design boom]

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