I ended last week with something space related; why not start this week the same way by admiring these stunning quilts by Jimmy McBride!
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Lego Balcony
I’ve seen Legos used as design elements and details, but I’ve never seen it look so classy!
… [T]he renovation also brought him something straight out of a toy-store fantasy: a wall and staircase made completely of Legos. Working with Suzan Wines, co-founder of I-Beam Design, Marks dreamed up the concept based on both Archie’s love for the bricks and her own affection for geometric, abstract design and Lego-like colors, which carries through the rest of the apartment. To install the wall, they enlisted Sean Kenney, one of only five people in the country licensed by the Lego company to undertake projects as ambitious as, say, a four-foot, 13,000-piece replica of the Empire State Building. In the end, the building process took Kenney and his two assistants two weeks of fourteen-hour days to complete. The staircase, however, is still something of a work-in-progress, as Archie and his playdates are always adding their own structures to it.
Also, this is my new dream work/art space… all those drawers for prints and paper and supplies!!!
In Like a Lamb
Spectacular weekend, I must say! The weather was down-right magical (I hope this doesn’t mean the end of the month is going to be brutal).
Saturday:
- Quickly ran down to Capitola to submit for the Begonia Festival, but no one was there… Grocery store for snacks and wine for the party.
- We had one of the most amazing Pop-Up Art Party yet! Andres’ place, with its incredible view, was perfect! We ate, we drank, we enjoyed the art. Check out more at the official Art Party page.
- After everything was packed up, we carpooled out with Jess and Brian (and their pup, Ruby Tuesday) to a great diner party at John and Lesley’s. Great food, more drinkin’ and a thrilling game of Apples to Apples!
Sunday:
- A touch hungover, but headed over to work at Jack’s grandparents (light cleaning stuff).
- Once Jack was up and ready to go, we headed back down to Capitola and dropped off our submission to the Begonia Festival (which is above). This just happened to be at the Major’s house, who Jack has known for since he was little. So, if was fun chit-chatting with him for a bit.
- Chilled out and watched They Live (which I can’t remember the last time I watched).
- Stayed up way too late and finished up a pet design project of mine: Fight Club – Criterion Collection
Still Life
Oh! Well, a happy Monday to you, as well! Been crazy busy in these neck of the woods (almost even missed today), so this little blog suffered a bit; sorry about that.
Above is some really neat interactive art by Scott Garner, entitled “Still Life”.
Years ago I had the idea of a still life painting that wasn’t so still, but could never quite wrap my head around how to build it. After various experiments and explorations, I settled on Unity 3D as the ideal tool to make it happen.
Riusuke Fukahori “Goldfish Salvation”
I am speechless!
When struggling with artistic vision, Fukahori’s pet goldfish became his inspiration and ever since his passion and lifelong theme. His unique style of painting uses acrylic on clear resin which is poured into containers, resulting in a three-dimensional appearance and lifelike vitality.
Via Colossal
Ladies in Type: Sketches
Well, this weekend was pretty quiet. Aside from a trip to the Bargain Barn with Jess (yay, frames!) and a quick bite at Paula’s, it was a stay-at-home, watch-some-anime-and-Goodfellas kinda weekend.
I did have a small project for myself, and that was to get these “Ladies in Type” sketches matted and framed. I think that turned out great and go really well with the big pieces.
For larger photos and see the final pieces, check out the Flickr set.
5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte
Part of the Art 404 collection, 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte, is just that:
[A] sculpture consisting of a 1 TB Black External Hard Drive containing $5,000,000 worth of illegally downloaded files. A full list of the files with clickable download links can be found here (PDF).
Via The Next Web
ixxi
Oh, all the wonderful possibilities with ixxi tiled wall art! Pixelated or enlargement. Fine art or photography. Collage or patterned.
I’d love to put together a collaged set, featuring our road trip… or my fav NY pictures… or maybe our prints… or Orignaux… I can’t choose!
Via Design Milk
Ladies in Type: COMPLETED!
And I could not be happier!
I briefly posted about this project before, and a few of these have gone up in the shop, but there’s really nothing like having the whole set complete and seeing it all, as a whole.
The collection took about 5 months, from beginning to end (with a couple of breaks, here and there). The time it took to complete each piece ranged from a couple of days to a couple of weeks, depending on the size and sewing technique I used. Sizes vary from 8″x10″ to 24″x36″. All the base landscape and still-life paintings were found at flea markets or garage & yard sales; half came with frames and half did not. I have no idea how much embroidery floss I went through, but many, many thanks to Cyd and my Aunt Betsy who supplied me with an overabundance it!
I hope to be able to put on a show soon (we had one planned for this upcoming First Friday, but those plans sadly fell through). Until then, you can view higher quality photos and detail shot on our Flickr stream! Now, on to more projects!
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