This is Limbo brings art to the public, in the streets of Tel Aviv and worldwide ...

{Bless this Mess}

His art makes use of so many different techniques - sticking, cutting, sewing, painting, the precious link to the location, and interaction between the imaginary and the world.

My favourite sets are: 3-D Instillations and 3-D 2-D and Post Winter Lanterns

This is what he says about his Post Winter Lanterns ...

"before the winter over here started i handmade a series of about 200 lanterns out of paper, and lit the images stencilled on them with candles lighting them up: www.flickr.com/photos/thisislimbo/sets/7 2157600304155485/. but as the rain got more and more frequent, i thought i would postpone it until the weather was more sympathetic. now that it is, i thought about trying to make it a little more developed and the attached pics are what came out of it. all the brighter spaces are the candlelight shining through rice paper applied to a cut-out hole in the cardboard."

{Like Pigeons in the Rain}

"what i like about the lanterns is that it deals with the frail temporary aspect of putting up art in street. if i take the best case scenario (that nobody takes the piece after a short while and there are no extreme winds or rain) then the longest life span of these pieces will be that of the candles, which is probably just a few hours. therefore, when someone runs into it on the street they know that it was placed there not so long ago and they, by coincidence, got there in the small time frame that the piece was "active", hopefully giving them the feeling that it was placed there especially for them, and maybe guiding them, following them home and subtly lighting up their way."

Some more from This is Limbo ...

{To Retreat (Treading Through the Discarded Leftovers)}

{Bound Like Broken Birds (We All Go Down Together)}

{Feebled (With Humbled Hearts but Unable Limbs)}

{Confessing Currents}

{Know Hope - A Minor Bottle Rocket Set Out To a Minor Place}

Street Art in Calgary ... Some photographs I've taken ...

More unusual Street Art...

Joshua Allen Harris' Inflatable Bag Monsters

Slinkachu's Little People - a tiny street art project

The Canadian-made ecodesigns of posch inspire me!

They have designed cute handbags using upcycled fabrics and material. I especially love the bird motif on each bag, which no doubt reflects their ecofriendly designs!

Lately, I noticed their reusable wrapping 'paper' biota, which is simply a piece of square cloth that has been printed with terrific patterns and screens of wildlife. Inspired by biodiversity and endangered species, they have printed four different designs, each featuring a Canadian endangered animal. They were inspired by the Japanese Furoshiki wrapping technique. In recent years, this technique has seen a renewed interest as environmentalism has come into the forefront. Here are some simple Furoshiki folding techniques.

“It is extremly useful, to be able to wrap almost anything, regardless of size or shape with a little creativity in folding. When you are done, unlike traditional bags, you can fold it up with a small footprint.”

Furoshiki has the potential to replace grocery/shopping bags, back packs, hand bags/purses, and lunch bags. It reminds me of other Japanese wrapping and folding techniques, such as the folding of origami and the wrapping and folding of kimonos.

Just a little side note...candid photographs make me smile. One group I like to check in on every now and then is the hardcore street photography pool.