Flavorwire :: Christian Faur’s Amazing Crayon Pixel Portraits
Showing posts with label mixed media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mixed media. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Christian Faur’s Crayon Pixel Portraits.
These are absolutely mindbending to me.
Flavorwire :: Christian Faur’s Amazing Crayon Pixel Portraits
Flavorwire :: Christian Faur’s Amazing Crayon Pixel Portraits
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Amy Earles.
I love it when I run across something that makes me take a good long look. These articulated pieces by Amy Earles did just that.
Amy Earles / Rare Device / good stuff for you and your home / San Francisco
Amy Earles / Rare Device / good stuff for you and your home / San Francisco
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Steven Nederveen.
I'm loving these mixed media pieces by Steven Nederveen.
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery: Steven Nederveen
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery: Steven Nederveen
Monday, August 18, 2008
I believe I can walk through walls.
A piece by Reed Barrow that made me smile.
I believe i can walk through walls
2006
Styrofoam, concrete, cotton sheet. basketball, steel
W4'x L4'xH8'
REED BARROW
I believe i can walk through walls
2006
Styrofoam, concrete, cotton sheet. basketball, steel
W4'x L4'xH8'
REED BARROW
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Mark Orr's ravens.
I've blogged Mark Orr's work before, but I just ran across it again. I love his little found object raven sculptures again. Sure, they seem a bit mass produced, but they are lovely.
Mark Orr - Scavenger Furniture Artist Profile
Mark Orr - Scavenger Furniture Artist Profile
Monday, March 17, 2008
Lament by Paul Villinski.
Found knit gloves, thread, needles, pack frame, aluminum,
Lament by Paul Villinski - Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
(via we make money not art)
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Vinyl Art.
Nostalgic and cool. A great present for a music lover.
SoCal native Daniel Edlen's reverence for music goes way past simply collecting records: he rescues vinyl that's scratched beyond playability and paints acrylic portraits of the artists –- like Ray Charles, Lou Reed or Janis Joplin -- on each LP's surface. It’s a gambit that could so easily be cheesy (in an Elvis-on-velvet sort of way) but instead manages to be completely cool. - getTRIO.com
Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen - Online Gallery
(via getTRIO.com)
SoCal native Daniel Edlen's reverence for music goes way past simply collecting records: he rescues vinyl that's scratched beyond playability and paints acrylic portraits of the artists –- like Ray Charles, Lou Reed or Janis Joplin -- on each LP's surface. It’s a gambit that could so easily be cheesy (in an Elvis-on-velvet sort of way) but instead manages to be completely cool. - getTRIO.com
Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen - Online Gallery
(via getTRIO.com)
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Glass Cathedrals by Lisa Swerling.
Tiny things. And clever titles. Ace.
1) The world is a scary place, but I have armbands.
2) Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Glass Cathedrals - by Lisa Swerling
1) The world is a scary place, but I have armbands.
2) Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Glass Cathedrals - by Lisa Swerling
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Mended Spiderwebs.
I've just spent about an hour on Nina Katchadourian's site - completely mesmerizing. Her concepts are wonderfully curious and challenging and captivating. Be sure to wander around and check out her other projects.
The Mended Spiderweb series came about during a six-week period in June and July in 1998 which I spent on Pörtö. In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread. All of the patches were made by inserting segments one at a time directly into the web. Sometimes the thread was starched, which made it stiffer and easier to work with. The short threads were held in place by the stickiness of the spider web itself; longer threads were reinforced by dipping the tips into white glue. I fixed the holes in the web until it was fully repaired, or until it could no longer bear the weight of the thread. In the process, I often caused further damage when the tweezers got tangled in the web or when my hands brushed up against it by accident.
The morning after the first patch job, I discovered a pile of red threads lying on the ground below the web. At first I assumed the wind had blown them out; on closer inspection it became clear that the spider had repaired the web to perfect condition using its own methods, throwing the threads out in the process. My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned. The larger, more complicated patches where the threads were held together with glue often retained their form after being thrown out, although in a somewhat "wilted" condition without the rest of the web to suspend and stretch them. Each "Rejected Patch" is shown next to the photograph showing the web with the patch as it looked on site.
Nina Katchadourian
The Mended Spiderweb series came about during a six-week period in June and July in 1998 which I spent on Pörtö. In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread. All of the patches were made by inserting segments one at a time directly into the web. Sometimes the thread was starched, which made it stiffer and easier to work with. The short threads were held in place by the stickiness of the spider web itself; longer threads were reinforced by dipping the tips into white glue. I fixed the holes in the web until it was fully repaired, or until it could no longer bear the weight of the thread. In the process, I often caused further damage when the tweezers got tangled in the web or when my hands brushed up against it by accident.
The morning after the first patch job, I discovered a pile of red threads lying on the ground below the web. At first I assumed the wind had blown them out; on closer inspection it became clear that the spider had repaired the web to perfect condition using its own methods, throwing the threads out in the process. My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned. The larger, more complicated patches where the threads were held together with glue often retained their form after being thrown out, although in a somewhat "wilted" condition without the rest of the web to suspend and stretch them. Each "Rejected Patch" is shown next to the photograph showing the web with the patch as it looked on site.
Nina Katchadourian
Friday, February 9, 2007
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