Beck Wheeler
Posted by Amy on Thursday September 2, 2010
From Kate McCarthy I stumbled on the work of Beck Wheeler — an artist who is living in New Zealand. She combines toy making, textile and woodworking techniques to produce sculptures and her work has been exhibited in Melbourne, Spain, UK, USA and Canada.
She is continually inspired by the tradition of folklores and since her move back to New Zealand from Melbourne, Australia – she is inspired by patterns and textures found in nature. She’s also experimenting with digital media and will bring painting, sculpture and digital media together through installation which will culminate in an exhibition entitled The Swanndries Guys, which will be held at High Seas Gallery in Auckland starting 22nd October 2010.
Kate McCarthy
Posted by Amy on Wednesday September 1, 2010
Ever looked at child-inspired art that’s well, grown up?
Take a look at Kate McCarthy’s work and you’ll see what I mean. Inspired by early childhood memory of pure shape, color and intent, Kathy’s managed to dissect the colorful (and sometimes fleeting) world of play into a 2D interpretation mixed media work with a spot of humor thrown in.
I could detect a hint of innocence in her works, and also a sense of wonder as she wields her brush – I love the playfulness that shines through!
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Dasrotesrabbit
Posted by Amy on Tuesday August 31, 2010
Loving the strong visuals behind Sarah of Dasroterabbit’s work. She’s a freelance designer since 2003 (with a Masters in Visual Communications from Danmarks Design School) who resides in Sweden. Dasroterabbit is a brand
she created that pulls together her love for graphics and arts and embraces graphic design, illustration, art direction and handmade plywood (wall hanging) artworks.
Right now in her Etsy shop there’s lots of colorful posters available that’s guaranteed to add some zing to your walls!
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Isol
Posted by Amy on Wednesday August 18, 2010
Isol is a children’s book illustrator based in Buenos Aires, who has illustrated for several authors such as Jorge Luján, Graciela Montes and Paul Auster.
She has quite a following, and no wonder – her deceptively simple illustrations say so much. Everything on her website is in Spanish, so if you’re not as linguistically challenged as I am, you can also peruse her blog which has a collection of posters that she illustrated. (of course, I can always count on Babelfish to help me out!)
{Thanks to Yael for the introduction into her work!}
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Siri Illustratie
Posted by Amy on Friday August 13, 2010
I’m admiring the playful quality of Siri Hol’s illustrations for children. She’s an artist based in Netherlands (Breda, to be specific) where she does lots of drawings and also small personal projects like the Faces Series. Love the imagination that she brings to each project!
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Tiny Inventions
Posted by Amy on Wednesday July 28, 2010
Tiny Inventions is the Brooklyn-based directing team of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, and I’m in love with their latest project: a 10-minute animated dark comedy called Something Left, Something Taken about a vacationing couple’s encounter with a man they believe to be a serial killer. The film also features their own voices!
While the film is great, I really appreciated the highly detailed posts about their process. From character design (they purposely made “uglier” characters!), to how they filmed the decomposition stage (watch the whole show to find out more!), they shared their experience with fans and students generously. Max and Ru combine handcrafted art, photography, and digital techniques into their animations; and adds their own humor into the mix. The result? Beautiful, one-of-a-kind handmade films that I wouldn’t mind watching over and over again.
See more of the duo’s work over at Tiny Inventions!
{Thanks to Gina for pointing out their work!}
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Milk and Cookies
Posted by Amy on Saturday July 17, 2010
Friday is book review time and I haven’t forgotten! I need a little more time to prepare the post as it will be a post about three lovely ones that came in my mailbox this week.
And of course, what better way to ring in the weekend with some lovely news? Tali Gal-on’s (featured previously) new Milk and Cookies Etsy shop is now open and it’s filled with cute prints that will surely beat away those week-day blahs! Everyone needs a red balloon, don’t you think?
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ebenezer archer kling
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Monday July 12, 2010
Ebenezer Archer Kling. For real! That’s his name. Super bad, right? Archer is from Northampton, MA and this might sound weird but to me, his style reminds me a lot of children’s book illustrator Tomie d’Paola’s art -if Tomie d’Paola and Monty Python had an art baby.
Check out Kling’s portfolio, blog, and Etsy!
(I was going to end it with a Monty Python quote but thought it might be too inappropriate!)
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Ivy Atoms
Posted by Amy on Wednesday July 7, 2010
I stumbled on Ivy’s Etsy shop a few days ago and discovered that she’s seventeen and is gearing to go to college in fall. I really like her simple watercolor drawings and of course, the humor that shines through! And if you buy her art, you’re chipping in to help her with college education fund – so how about doing a good deed today?
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Mr. Spoqui
Posted by Amy on Wednesday June 30, 2010
Mr. Spoqui is a blog run by four brothers; Amba (19 years old), B.B (14), Mi (17) and Ogait (11). I’ve been a fan of their lovely blog for a few weeks now and they’ve always managed to make me smile with their creations.
I think it’s beautiful how they support each others’ work – they seem to truly enjoy themselves, and they collaborate with each other too; and the results are fun experiments in art that they then document on the blog. They’ve just released their first family magazine for June and I can’t wait to see what’s inside!
How’s that for brotherly love and keeping it in the family?
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