When reading Myungjin Kim’s artist statement I knew right away that we would be fast friends – her aesthetic in a few words, “hand painted porcelain vessels.” Amazing. She usies instinct to form her vessels and creates, as she says, “inside/outside surrealistic dramas.” The above is a close up of the piece entitled, “Translucid Remains” – [...]
Non-woven materials was the phrasing that caught my eye after first seeing Kaori Umeda’s work. What is non-weaving and how does it look so cool. The above is non-woven fabric so I take that to mean that it’s just shaped somehow into this form. In her artist statement Kaori simply says, “When I make my artworks, [...]
Valerie Zimany’s work incorporates many elements that I love – they’re largely made of porcelain, she creates multiples from the same mold and manipulates those repetitions, and she uses her molds til they break down – turning memories into faded ones. You can see where her molds are fused on the pieces, which I also [...]
Sophie and Lili is a small company that makes adorable and fun fabric dolls for, I would argue, “girls of all ages.” I don’t know where I came upon their work but…it was probably Instagram…I’m hooked. I have a particular affinity for their non-doll offerings – super summery prints. As we start to pack and [...]
I love oil paintings and I love color, color blocking and more so when I came across the work of Teil Duncan I was thrilled. She’s young, lives in Charleston, South Carolina and paints fabulous nudes as well as beautiful animals with a really distinct touch. She’s a young Auburn graduate as well! I remember [...]
Holly Senn is really cool. I know, I say that about everyone. But Holly creates her sculptural installations out of discarded library books. It’s funny in part because Holly herself has worked in corporate and academic libraries for much of her career. How many of us haven’t wanted to tear up some of our work [...]
I love how modern these textiles works by Eleanor Anderson look but I really can’t find out too much about her online. I found out about her through the even-awesome, Textile Arts Center where it appears she’s a resident right now. As I got to digging around though it appears she’s far younger than I [...]
I’ve been writing this blog for a long time – the very first post was January 14, 2009 in fact so it’s been just under four years. The whole time I’ve been hoping that amazing, young artists would come and tell me about their incredible work and several have over the years. A few weeks [...]
I really can’t find out too much about Katrien Vogel but that doesn’t stop me from loving her works. She is based in the Netherlands and was a part of the 2012 Paper Biennial Rijswijk at the Museum Rijswijk as well. Amoebas! I went into Google Translate to try to figure out her materials and it looks [...]
I’m not sure what I’ll do here on the blog if Neil leaves the Netherlands. Without him there I never would have heard about the 2012 Paper Biennial Rijswijk at the Museum Rijswijk in The Netherlands. But no need to worry because there were incredible artists there to keep me busy including Georgia Gremouti, a [...]
When reading Myungjin Kim’s artist statement I knew right away that we would be fast friends – her aesthetic in a few words, “hand painted porcelain vessels.” Amazing. She usies instinct to form her vessels and creates, as she says, “inside/outside surrealistic dramas.” The above is a close up of the piece entitled, “Translucid Remains” – [...]
Absentee blogger alert! As many of you know I quit my full-time position in Early April and was thrilled to have more time for things like blogging and volunteering but, as often happens, the work I am doing on my own totally consumed my mind and my interest and the blog bore the brunt of [...]
Sophie and Lili is a small company that makes adorable and fun fabric dolls for, I would argue, “girls of all ages.” I don’t know where I came upon their work but…it was probably Instagram…I’m hooked. I have a particular affinity for their non-doll offerings – super summery prints. As we start to pack and [...]
Last Valentine’s Day was a blur of six girlfriends in bright colors on South Beach soaking up the sun and listening to awesome playlists. This year, while they make the pilgrimage again, I don’t think I’ll be making the journey. With the change that was my move to Boston I sort of dropped the ball [...]
Last night while in San Francisco for work I was able to take an hour in between events for dinner with my cousin David. We were at a bar on Minna St. so we walked down the way to a restaurant called Anchor & Hope. The ambiance of the restaurant was exactly what I like [...]
While poking around on sites my boyfriend sent me I came across Mjolk Shop. I have long been a fan of Scandinavian design and this site blends Scandinavian treats with Japanese ones as well. As it’s the holidays I thought it was appropriate to share some of the coolest things I found on the site. [...]
