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Monthly Archives: July 2012
As I am
Just close the door, turn up the volume, press full screen mode, listen… and watch The xx – Angels from F L on Vimeo. – Kylie
What my dreams are made of…
…via DrawDrawDraw on Pinterest… Watercolour tins on Sushipot Pencils on Bippity Boppity Boo Pastels on A Beautiful Mess Pastels on Escalators and Ladders Washi tape on Present and Correct Erasers on The Best Time of the Day Vintage lecturer’s chalk … Continue reading
‘Lympic pomp
Let the games begin! Well I know it’s a little daggy but, the whole world watches, and with so little ceremony in our lives I wish I could be there! (I am in Melbourne though which is also pretty good). … Continue reading
The Details
I am deeply immersed in a world of fine detail today. As such I thought I’d share the incredibly detailed work of Louise Despont, who creates ornate artworks using graphite and coloured pencils on antique ledger books. All images Louise … Continue reading
Two things
“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.” – Max Ernst Dior Garden Couture Pajol Kindergarten, France I watched the beautiful documentary Margaret Olley: A Life in Paint. It has nothing … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: art, design, fashion, florals
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ROYGBIV
Raymond Saa Mary Button Durell Susan Dwyer Tiziana Tosoni David Hockney ‘Rain’ lithograph 1973 Luli Sanchez Kimberley McDonald Elly
Neither Out Far Nor In Deep
To be continually creative you need to spend time away from your work, to stand back, shift focus and revisit. My camera happened to be in the car from another job when I met my mum for a walk and … Continue reading
Oh, jewellery…
Ruth Holland Meredith Turnbull Nel Linssen Yuko Fujita Nadine Treister Cursive Design Natalia Milosz-Piekarska Jenni Rope Jess Dare Peta Kruger Una Elly
Absence and discovery
“A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight. It is barely domesticated, a mustang on which you one day fastened a halter, but which now you cannot catch. It is a lion you cage … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: art, design, looking in, pattern, photography
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Delicate Ceramic Art
Jeanne Opgenhaffen is a Belgian artist who creates large murals by overlapping fine handmade ceramic tiles. Her work is influenced by wind patterns and landscapes. I think they almost look like the tiles on a butterfly’s wings… From the top: … Continue reading