Friday, September 25, 2009

week something




Numerous tiny lemmings follow each other in a figure eight. I made this drawing so they could continue following and grazing forever without falling off any cliffs.



Elise is the maker behind Argyle Whale and is in love with all things involving small animals and anything handmade. I love how she takes something like a print and makes it something that everyone can have and love , but each is still personal and cared for.







Brittany Veitch & Ben Landau :Living in the city isolates us from the natural world. Built environments are barriers to greenery, fresh air, sea breezes and sunlight. Skyscrapers soar above us instead of trees, while laneway stench emanates from the city grid. Bio-accessories is a series of wearable couture pieces which mask the unpleasant sights, sounds and scents of the city in an attempt to bring some of the natural world back into civil living.

Each piece of Bio-accessories incorporates a living organism to accompany the wearer throughout their day, creating a symbiotic relationship. The human tends to the animal or plant, which reciprocates by bringing fresh air, light, greenery, privacy or birdsong to the wearer. The pieces are representative of mobile natural environments, framed within a fashionable alternative – the couture accessory. With a trend towards boutique individuality, Bio-accessories provide an unusual take on the wearable garment.





Goldsworthy regards all his creations as transient, or ephemeral. He photographs each piece once right after he makes it. His goal is to understand nature by directly participating in nature as intimately as he can. He generally works with whatever comes to hand: twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds and thorns. Also he would be my future husband if it wasn't for the fact that he hates people, lives in scotland , and is already married.








Noah Doely works with sculpture, installation, and antiquated photographic processes. He was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota and has lived in Wisconsin, Iowa, New York, and Florida. He received his BFA from University of Northern Iowa in 2005 and has exhibited his work nationally in cities such as New York, Chicago, Des Moines, Tampa, Seattle and Berlin. He lives and works in San Diego, California and is a MFA candidate at UCSD









Rob Voerman"Some years ago, I started a body of work in which I try to create the architecture of fictive communities living in remote areas or occupying existing city-landscapes. The communities will consist of a mixture of utopia, destruction and beauty, a symbiosis of hippie-communities from the seventies, with their often highly decorated self-build structures, the cabin of the Uni-bomber hidden in the Montana forests, art-deco and other influences. Romanticism combined with the grim qualities of terror. It is often a direct translation of destruction in a purely aesthetic form."




Thursday, September 24, 2009







Jay Ryan learned to screenprint beginning in 1995, working under steve walters at screwball press. jay printed posters for his own band (dianogah), his friends' bands, and the clubs they played at. slowly, work from other clubs and other bands came in.





Gelitin, the group was formerly known as gelatin and changed their name in 2005. They are known for creating sensational art events in the tradition of Relational Aesthetics, often with a lively sense of humor.




Silja Purane is a Finnish textile artist.




Hope Kroll:"In these works, either the book covers themselves, or the antique blank paper found in old books serve as the ‘canvas’ upon which I assemble the intricately cut-out images."


LaChapelle is known for his highly saturated color and over-the-top themes in his fashion and photography, is also a well-known music video director

Friday, September 18, 2009

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Catherine Campbell is an artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

She graduated from the College of Fine Arts UNSW in 2001, and now runs a small gallery and store.






AIDAN KOCH's art is beautiful and yet raw in its presentation , combining delicacy with harsh childlike marks

Banksy is a graffiti artist from Bristol, UK, whose artwork has appeared throughout London and other locations around the world. Despite this he carefully manages to keep his real name from the mainstream media. However, many newspapers assert that his real name is Robert or Robin Banks.

THEO JANSEN“over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.”

KIKI SMITH's art is startling, provocative, and often difficult to look at. She uses images of the human body – its forms, internal organs, and biological systems to make compelling, and sometimes shocking, artworks that are about human existence. In works of art such as Born, Smith moves beyond the body to incorporate a complex personal symbolism, which addresses the role of humans in the wider context of nature and the universe