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11 December 2009
9 December 2009
Happy Holidays!!!
Have extra socks? Why not make them into sock toys...here is a link to patterns and ideas for sock toys... Scrappy! How to make sock toys, 1958
Have extra socks? Why not make them into sock toys...here is a link to patterns and ideas for sock toys... Scrappy! How to make sock toys, 1958
2 December 2009
Just sharing some artists and crafters that I have admired over the past little while...
For starters, Yellow Owl Workshop makes these wonderful postcards, found below, among many other things such as cards, ceramics, stamp sets and paintings.
I love French artist Maissa Toulet's work. She makes these cabinets of curiosities inside of glass boxes. All collected and found objects are matched together to tell a different story in each cabinet. Found below are two of her works: Echographie and Les Végétaux. They remind me of old botany displays, catalogues and encyclopedias.
Studio Mela makes the cutest prints. Found below is So Very Happy V3.
Julie Chen is an artist and book maker. Her books are intricately detailed. Her books unfold or span open in a meaningful manner to reveal layer upon layer of changing imagery and text. Her Ode To A Grand Staircase is pictured below.
I love Amy Victoria Wakefield's photography, especially her portraiture made to look like old fashioned photographed postcards, like the one pictured below.
Finally, I love how Paige Smith repurposes tea cups and saucers into jewelry holders, so elegantly. One of her creations is found below.
For starters, Yellow Owl Workshop makes these wonderful postcards, found below, among many other things such as cards, ceramics, stamp sets and paintings.
I love French artist Maissa Toulet's work. She makes these cabinets of curiosities inside of glass boxes. All collected and found objects are matched together to tell a different story in each cabinet. Found below are two of her works: Echographie and Les Végétaux. They remind me of old botany displays, catalogues and encyclopedias.
Studio Mela makes the cutest prints. Found below is So Very Happy V3.
Julie Chen is an artist and book maker. Her books are intricately detailed. Her books unfold or span open in a meaningful manner to reveal layer upon layer of changing imagery and text. Her Ode To A Grand Staircase is pictured below.
I love Amy Victoria Wakefield's photography, especially her portraiture made to look like old fashioned photographed postcards, like the one pictured below.
Finally, I love how Paige Smith repurposes tea cups and saucers into jewelry holders, so elegantly. One of her creations is found below.
20 October 2009
I like this landscaping, found on Canada Blooms.
I first discovered designer Jeff Leatham a couple years ago when he was resident florist for Hotel George V in Paris prior to staring in his own show flowers: uncut.
Watch this video of him and his floral designs at the Hotel George V.
I first discovered designer Jeff Leatham a couple years ago when he was resident florist for Hotel George V in Paris prior to staring in his own show flowers: uncut.
Watch this video of him and his floral designs at the Hotel George V.
26 September 2009
Could this be a glimpse of what could be in our city's future? We're looking forward to visiting PF1 (Public Farm 1 is the official name for the installation), and seeing how the project works when it's in an actual space with actual people and yielding actual vegetables. In other areas of the world vertical or step farming happens in the countrysides where terrain or flat space constraints (mountains) have necessitated this way of growing. These projects begin to show us how we can farm within the landscape constraints of major cities. More and more, people are talking about the need to better utilize our natural resources. These designs attempt to do that as well as bring city people closer to food sources.
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WORKac is the architectural firm responsible for the design, inspired by urban vertical gardening concepts. Public Farm 1’s intent is to educate thousands of visitors on sustainable urban farming through the unique medium of contemporary architecture.
The unveiling of Public Farm 1 by WORKac, the winner of MOMA/PS1's annual architectural design competition, took place in June 2008 in PS1's courtyard.
You can view the evolution of construction and planting of the actual Public Farm 1 on the PublicFarm1 website.
And just a few links...
Christien Meindertsma's Urchin Pouf
Canadian Photojournalism...
Jonetsu Photography
Davina + Daniel
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WORKac is the architectural firm responsible for the design, inspired by urban vertical gardening concepts. Public Farm 1’s intent is to educate thousands of visitors on sustainable urban farming through the unique medium of contemporary architecture.
The unveiling of Public Farm 1 by WORKac, the winner of MOMA/PS1's annual architectural design competition, took place in June 2008 in PS1's courtyard.
You can view the evolution of construction and planting of the actual Public Farm 1 on the PublicFarm1 website.
And just a few links...
Christien Meindertsma's Urchin Pouf
Canadian Photojournalism...
Jonetsu Photography
Davina + Daniel
24 September 2009
I love Bonbon Oiseau, makers of jewelry and hair adornments!!! Here are a couple of their pieces...
When Christien Meindertsma spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig from a farm in the Netherlands, this Rotterdam designer found 185 products contributed to by the animal. She has published her findings in a book titled Pig 05049. To read the entire article click here.
I stumbled across a great blog by Saipua, who make soap and flowers. Soap for washing. Flowers for occasions. Well they make really beautiful flowers and beautiful soap, especially the packaging. Here's a peek at some of their amazing products...
Some great links taken from the Saipua blog...
17 beats - a blog of haikus
Flowers by Bornay - romantic floral artistry
Jezebel - love the stationary!!!
La Martiné - beautiful wedding flowers, beautiful flowers to wear
small stump + studio choo - photo diary of floral and art projects
Tacklebox - architecture + furniture + design
When Christien Meindertsma spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig from a farm in the Netherlands, this Rotterdam designer found 185 products contributed to by the animal. She has published her findings in a book titled Pig 05049. To read the entire article click here.
I stumbled across a great blog by Saipua, who make soap and flowers. Soap for washing. Flowers for occasions. Well they make really beautiful flowers and beautiful soap, especially the packaging. Here's a peek at some of their amazing products...
Some great links taken from the Saipua blog...
17 beats - a blog of haikus
Flowers by Bornay - romantic floral artistry
Jezebel - love the stationary!!!
La Martiné - beautiful wedding flowers, beautiful flowers to wear
small stump + studio choo - photo diary of floral and art projects
Tacklebox - architecture + furniture + design
17 August 2009
21 July 2009
Here is an artist statement I dug up from a university photography course. I think it still applies to my work today:
Portraiture remains the focus of my photographic work. I am interested in capturing a person’s personality with the use of photography, however, I am more interested in moving away from direct representationalism. Instead I like to explore abstracted methods, because non-representational photography allows me to explore more personal and expressive forms of portraiture, where I can directly influence and manipulate the image.
To begin, I explore the idea of photography as art making, whether this means manipulating the film/photographs through double exposure or with the printing process, such as double exposure, multiple exposure, layering, manipulated negatives and prints, painting or drawing with developer. These types of photographic methods, such as multiple exposure, distortion, reflections, photograms, non-photographic negatives, direct applications of developer and posterizationare are most commonly used by abstract artists.
For example, Val Telberg, born Russian artist, aligned himself with the surrealist painters and avant-garde filmmakers. His photography was largely influenced from painting and Surrealism. Telberg uses multiple exposures in the camera or prints from multiple negatives. This creates a layered effect that I am interested in capturing with my work.
Additionally, Paul Citroen largely influenced my ideas, mainly with the way he dealt with photography. He was a German artist who was largely associated with the Dada group. He studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar which influenced his principles in art making. He was an active photographer and painter, mostly known for his photomontage work. For this, he started with representational photographs and added layers of drawings over top, creating both non-representational and unique portraiture.
Contemporary Australian photographer Julie Brown-Rrap's work reminds me of Citroen’s photomontages. The difference being that Citroen’s layered work uses the true photograph as the first layer or background, whereas Rrap’s photographs of the human body seem to hover over her backgrounds and remain separate. Her use of acrylic, oil and print on canvas is beautiful and her backgrounds have an expressive message. Instead of using paint and canvas, I will try to achieve the same effects using painted backdrops.
My portraiture remains focused on experimentation with both photo taking and print processes, influenced by abstract photography. My series of portraiture makes use of techniques of layering, posterization, distortion, double and multiple exposures. Adding to this, I manipulate the print with the use of applied developer and layered transparencies (like photograms).
Here is a series of portraits that although are non-representational, remain crafted in a way to maintain the subject’s personality.
Here are the photographs from the project:
Portraiture remains the focus of my photographic work. I am interested in capturing a person’s personality with the use of photography, however, I am more interested in moving away from direct representationalism. Instead I like to explore abstracted methods, because non-representational photography allows me to explore more personal and expressive forms of portraiture, where I can directly influence and manipulate the image.
To begin, I explore the idea of photography as art making, whether this means manipulating the film/photographs through double exposure or with the printing process, such as double exposure, multiple exposure, layering, manipulated negatives and prints, painting or drawing with developer. These types of photographic methods, such as multiple exposure, distortion, reflections, photograms, non-photographic negatives, direct applications of developer and posterizationare are most commonly used by abstract artists.
For example, Val Telberg, born Russian artist, aligned himself with the surrealist painters and avant-garde filmmakers. His photography was largely influenced from painting and Surrealism. Telberg uses multiple exposures in the camera or prints from multiple negatives. This creates a layered effect that I am interested in capturing with my work.
Additionally, Paul Citroen largely influenced my ideas, mainly with the way he dealt with photography. He was a German artist who was largely associated with the Dada group. He studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar which influenced his principles in art making. He was an active photographer and painter, mostly known for his photomontage work. For this, he started with representational photographs and added layers of drawings over top, creating both non-representational and unique portraiture.
Contemporary Australian photographer Julie Brown-Rrap's work reminds me of Citroen’s photomontages. The difference being that Citroen’s layered work uses the true photograph as the first layer or background, whereas Rrap’s photographs of the human body seem to hover over her backgrounds and remain separate. Her use of acrylic, oil and print on canvas is beautiful and her backgrounds have an expressive message. Instead of using paint and canvas, I will try to achieve the same effects using painted backdrops.
My portraiture remains focused on experimentation with both photo taking and print processes, influenced by abstract photography. My series of portraiture makes use of techniques of layering, posterization, distortion, double and multiple exposures. Adding to this, I manipulate the print with the use of applied developer and layered transparencies (like photograms).
Here is a series of portraits that although are non-representational, remain crafted in a way to maintain the subject’s personality.
Here are the photographs from the project:
16 May 2009
Just some beautiful and inspiring things I stumbled across this week...
Saffron Craig
Domestic Construction
Emily Sutton
Valerie Hammond
Saffron Craig
Domestic Construction
Emily Sutton
Valerie Hammond
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